For model and actress Deba Hekmat, fighting to make your own opportunities has been essential. Scouted into modelling at age 16, she came into the industry with a level-headedness and desire to learn and explore more on her own terms, only to keep reaping the rewards of authenticity by recently starring in multiple Gucci campaigns, as well as making her acting debut in Sasha Nathwani's latest film Last Swim. Coming into the Fashion Forensics hot seat, Hekmat dives into her early years g...

In the world of session hairstyling, Anthony Turner is one of the 'enfants terribles' in his gothic ways of deconstructing glamour. Front lining some of the biggest fashion shows in the face of Prada and JW Anderson, he has created deeply deconstructed worlds of his own references and life path, which has not been easy. Starting hairdressing as a form of survival, Turner quickly became Guido Palau's first assistant, diving straight into the editorial world of fashion and art - reaching...

Conner Ives is someone who has had many home runs in his short career as a designer. After moving to London from Bedford, New York, he took on graduating from Central Saint Martins and putting all of his effort into building a fashion label that he has envisioned since he was seven years old. Since creating his eponymous label, he has achieved it all - dressing Adwoa Aboah for the Met Gala whilst being in his first year of university, attracting the attention of Rihanna and creating mu...

Standing Ground's Michael Stewart spent nearly 5 years trying to show people his craftsmanship talents before being given the stage to do so. Known for his savoir-faire, his couture adjacent techniques in his work have propelled him to become one of the most exciting and special talents in the industry, however, this did not happen in peace. After spending almost 5 years gathering interest, the Irish-born designer made his debut under Lulu Kennedy's London-based talent incubator Fashion East ...

When he first founded fashion retail space Machine-A in London, Stavros Karelis gave small and independent artists and designers a stage to express themselves upon. Quickly, the conceptual boutique became more than just retail, but a cultural hub frequented by artists and creatives like Scissor Sisters, Lady Gaga, Anna Trevelyan, Nicola Formichetti and more. Since its inception in 2013, Karelis has turned it into a global experimental space where young and exciting designers sit firmly along...

Designer and Creative Director Sandra Choi has devoted her life into building a global shoe empire, starting out by learning the craft in her uncle Jimmy Choo's London workshop. Since then, 29 years later, she is still the core nucleus driving forward one of the biggest fashion brands in the world. Coming onto Fashion Forensics, Choi recalls the memories that defined her life - from accepting Princess Diana's request to create custom pairs of shoes to match her dress, through kitting o...

Being raised by multiple generations of strong, resilient women, model and activist Cora Corré has carried the legacy of her grandmother - the ultimate punk disruptor and designer Vivienne Westwood - forward by making fashion think about what matters most. Expanding the humanitarian work of The Vivienne Foundation into further developing projects and raising funds for humanitarian crisis response funds, Corré has taken Westwood's all-important message of utilising your own platform to s...

What is it like to be an independent brand in fashion in 2025? For Paris-based Zomer, it is stability - inside and out. After starting their brand in 2023, Designer Danial Aitouganov and Dazed Magazine Fashion Director Imruh Asha have achieved many accolades that have propelled them into entering some of the most sought-after spaces in the industry such as becoming LVMH Prize finalists in this year's edition, as well as a prime spot on the official Paris Fashion Week schedule. Com...

Fashion communications and PR specialist Lucien Pagès needs no introduction in the world of fashion and design. Starting out as an intern for Gianfranco Ferré during his tenure as the Creative Director at Christian Dior, Pagès went on to create a PR empire with the launch of his own agency in 2006 - Lucien Pagès Communication. Since then, he has looked after the vision and expression of the greatest fashion designers and brands of our time - Schiaparelli, Saint Laurent, Emilio Pucci, J...

Born in Sheffield, artist Corbin Shaw has always looked back onto the everyday British way of life for inspiration. Raised in the digital era of Tumblr, the Internet became an escapism for him, which later transpired as one of the main influences in him pursuing art and performance at Central Saint Martins. This path later led him to create contemporary work about the modern notions of masculinity, class and adolescence with some of the most established artists, photographers and edito...

Musician, muse and artist Cosima has always walked a very personal road within fashion and music. Becoming Pierpaolo Piccioli's Maison Valentino muse and performing at his Haute Couture and ready-to-wear fashion shows further inspired her to express deeply hidden stories through making music, and devote her life to owning your own artist autonomy - something she has advocated for since her first record in 2016 and having launched her own record label. By becoming vulnerable through her musi...

What means the most for Jordanluca? Love. Every expression of it. Design duo Jordan Bowen and Luca Marchetto’s meet-cute moment famously occurred in the line for the toilets at a London gay club. Now, years later, they have built a monumentally disruptive fashion brand, have become husbands and shifted the modern perception of work-life balance within the fashion industry. Their story features two very different upbringings, but sharing the same joie de vivre of rebellion. L...

Alexander Fury is a fashion editor and archivist who has hit every single touchpoint you can experience with the fashion industry. From the moment he witnessed Carla Bruni on the runway for John Galliano in 1995, he knew he wanted to devote his life to fashion. His early work with Nick Knight at SHOWstudio ushered in a fierce determination in taking apart and examining each particle that makes the industry - something he has led on to take across his work later on for Love Magazine, Financial...

Welcome to Fashion Forensics - the visual podcast where we examine fashion as a non-transaction with some of the world’s best artists, stylists, designers, photographers and editors, stripping it down to its core identity. My name is Angel Nemov, a fashion journalist and editor, examining how past imagery has shaped our present identity, and what that means for our collective future. How do we recall the visual moments in our lives that have shaped who we are? As the fashion and c...