Brand Event Photography: Filippa K Fashion Dinner at BiBo in the Mondrian Hotel in Shoreditch

We are happy that small events are starting to take place again in London and it’s so nice to be out photographing parties, launches, openings and dinners. Last week BiBo was the restaurant of choice to host a private dinner for the début of Scandinavian designer Filippa K’s Autumn/Winter 2021 collection with the new campaign “What Lies Within”.

Shooting on behalf of our regular client’s Sane Communications we captured the key guests and delicious catering provided by chef Dani García.

“What Lies Within” takes inspiration from the rollercoaster that has been the last year, the designs shed excess and fuss and return to the brand’s core values of authenticity, confidence, and simplicity. The campaign is fronted by spoken word poet, activist, and model Kai Isaiah Jamal stars, whose approach to life and art echoes the values of the collection.

The activist treated guests to a reading of her poem which titles the campaign and collection. The poem describes the power that clothing has to define us: the simplest details can hold the memories that make up who we are, and give us the confidence to be our authentic selves.

Read the poem below and explore the collection here.

WHAT LIES WITHIN

Written and performed by Kai Isaiah Jamal

I wish you fabric that blows and whispers in the wind and an unending piece of string.

I wish you a red string, tied from your heart to your sleeve, a coordinate on where to wear it.

I wish you a silk shirt dancing in the breeze

and a body that lets you bare it.

I wish you a frayed hem

if nothing more but a reminder we all have things to work on. I wish you too a frayed hem that needs none.

For any pile of cotton can be named a mess;

A test of who is touching

or tidying.

A test of what they have felt before.

A test of what they are yet to.

I wish you fabric that smells like memories you refuse to lose. I wish you a life that renews like second skin.

I wish you an undying softness upon skin

so you’ll never forget what lies within.

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