Paul Smith on lockdown dressing: 'Don’t laugh but I've still been wearing my suits'

The designer discusses how the pandemic has affected with latest collection - and why he likes digital fashion shows

This time last year Paul Smith celebrated his fiftieth anniversary with a bells and whistles fashion show in Paris. There was a greatest hits collection and Susan Sarandon and Jon Hamm front row. This year, things are a little different. Paris men's fashion week is largely digital and Smith's show on Friday afternoon was a behind-closed doors event with no audience. It was filmed in London and streamed online as part of the Paris schedule for autumn/winter 2021.

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