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On Camera | Inside Thomas Tait’s Autumn/Winter 2013 Show

BoF spoke to the precise and sculptural London-based designer Thomas Tait in the hours before his Autumn/Winter 2013 show, just as the components of his creative vision --  including lighting, sound, staging, venue, and of course, the collection itself -- were all coming to life.

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  • Imran Amed

LONDON, United Kingdom -- BoF first got to know the precise, sculptural and unmistakably modern hand of Thomas Tait when he was still a student at London's Central St Martins College of Art & Design. At 21, he was the youngest ever graduate from the school's esteemed MA Fashion programme. But despite his youth and relative inexperience, Thomas has proven to be the real deal. He is a designer who thinks about the entire creative direction of his shows from end-to-end, including lighting, sound, staging and venue, and of course the collection itself. BoF spoke to Thomas Tait in the hours before his show, just as his creative vision was all coming to life.

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