There was an undisputed vein of optimism linking together this season’s various virtual offerings, a sense of the long gloom finally lifting, replaced with a wet-nosed readiness to re-enter all that was hastily left behind. For the third (or is it fourth?) season running, film provided one of the most popular avenues of alternative creative expression, resulting in a body of moving image that felt more accomplished than ever before.

From Virgil Abloh’s tour de force for Louis Vuitton to Matthew M. Williams’ sci-fi-esque collaboration with Jordan Hemingway, it’s almost tempting to say the change in global circumstances has yielded an accidental blessing by shaking up an increasingly stale runway format. Sifting through the cinematic flair to separate the gems from the dross is HERO + HEROINE’s senior fashion editor Peghah Maleknejad, who has picked out her favourite looks from SS22 and compiled them all neatly in one place below. You’re welcome!

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