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Tim’s Take | J.W. Anderson Spring/Summer 2017

Tim Blanks talks to Jonathan Anderson to decode the creative thinking behind his latest collection. Watch now.

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  • Tim Blanks

LONDON, United Kingdom —  In the second season of Tim's Take, BoF editor-at-large Tim Blanks talks to fashion's top designers to decode the creative thinking behind their latest collections. Blanks speaks to Jonathan Anderson about his Spring/Summer 2017 show and how he drew inspiration era hopping between the 1530s to girls in Ibiza today.

To read Tim Blanks’ review of J.W. Anderson's Spring/Summer 2017 collection, click here.

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