"Dragons were circling in Paolo Carzana 's mind while he was designing his Autumn/Winter 2025 collection. They were also closing in on him more literally. At his studio in London's Smithfield Market, dragons carved in stone appear ready to swoop down from the eaves. Strong, cunning and beautiful, Carzana's imagined mega-lizards are not so much eldritch as unbound by morality, their concerns grander than those of short-lived, shortsighted humans."
"They are the last of their kind, a literary representation of a dying time - wisdom and freedom made into scales and hot breath. Carzana, 30, is also Welsh, so the emblem links to Y Ddraig Goch, the red dragon of his home country's flag. He was born and raised in Cardiff, before coming to London to study at Westminster University and Central Saint Martins."
The Autumn/Winter 2025 show, Dragons Unwinged at the Butchers Block, was staged in purgatory and completes the Trilogy of Hope exploring heaven and hell. Dragons function as emblematic, powerful, morally unbound creatures representing a dying time, wisdom, and freedom. The dragon motif references Y Ddraig Goch and connects to Carzana's Welsh background. Dragons also symbolise community, notably LGBTQIA rights, framed as beautiful, powerful, and vulnerable. The label launched in 2021. Shows carry an elegiac energy and are presented in intimate venues, with models moving slowly through personal, close-knit spaces.
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