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The elaborate bibliographies distributed before every Grace Wales Bonner show are legendary in the fashion world – and the LVMH prizewinner’s autumn/winter 2021 menswear collection is her most distinctly literary yet. (Take the athleisure top emblazoned with the phrase: “Grace Wales Bonner x Adidas Originals Literary Academy”, part of her latest buzzy collaboration with the athletics giant.) The final instalment in a triptych inspired by Caribbean culture, the presentation follows an autumn/winter 2020 showcase nodding to Afro-Caribbean fashions in ’70s London and a spring/summer 2021 presentation devoted to ’80s dance halls in Jamaica. Wales Bonner’s latest joyful range of tailoring, knitwear and accessories, meanwhile, pays homage to the wardrobes of Caribbean poets and Afro-Caribbean students at Oxbridge through the decades.