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Bottega Veneta cross-stitch knit melange sweater, POA. Vintage Hussein Chalayan cotton gaucho trousers, from a selection at Passage Archives. Maison Margiela leather knee-high Tabi boots, £1,550. Issey Miyake wool/felt wrap hat, £750. 

Left and right: Comme Des Garçons faux-leather jacket, €1,670, silk shirt (just seen), €174, and wool skirt, €1,012. Falke cotton socks, £17. Vintage Comme Des Garçons leather Derby shoes, from a selection at Passage Archives. Vintage Loewe leather hat, from a selection at 20age Archive

Chu wears Louis Vuitton multi-feather bolero coat, POA, cotton tank top (just seen), POA, wool-mix skirt, POA, and padded-leather boots, £1,380. Asphalt wears Maison Margiela wool/mohair suit jacket, matching trousers, and cotton button-down shirt, all POA. Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello patent-leather Derby shoes, £820. Charvet cotton tie, €210

Phoebe Philo leather jacket, £6,300. Vintage Comme Des Garçons wool-mix cropped trousers, from a selection at ReSee, and leather shoes, from a selection at Passage Archives. Handmade viscose fabric hat, stylist’s own

Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello wool jacket, £4,580. Vintage Comme Des Garçons cotton poplin shorts, from a selection at ReSee. Vintage Costume National suede hat, from a selection at ReSee

Chu wears Chanel embroidered jacquard coat, POA, and cashmere turtleneck, £2,495. Vintage Falke cotton socks, £17. Comme Des Garçons leather shoes, from a selection at Passage Archives. Yohji Yamamoto wool/cotton visor hat, €1,820. Asphalt wears Maison Margiela wool-mix coat and wool trousers, both POA. Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello patent-leather Derby shoes, £820

Junya Watanabe faux-leather spike-embellished coat, €1,880, and wool trousers, €679 

Junya Watanabe faux-leather spike-embellished belted coat, wool pinstripe trousers and leather silver-toed boots, all POA

Louis Vuitton tassle-buckle leather dress and straw hat, both POA. Vintage Comme Des Garçons leather shoes, from a selection at Passage Archives

Asphalt wears Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello rubber trench coat with satin bow closure, £13,200, cotton knit and viscose turtleneck, POA, and wool/flannel trousers, £1,275. Chu wears Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello rubber coat and crepe satin/jersey pantaboot leggings, both POA. Maison Margiela patent-leather Tabi strap heels, £920. Laurence Bossion felt Cloquée hat, POA 

Models, Chu Wong at Elite Paris and Asphalt at Success Models. Casting, Piergiorgio Del Moro and Helena Balladino at DM Casting. Hair, Damien Boissinot at Art + Commerce. Make-up, Christelle Cocquet at Calliste. Set design, Sophear Van at Art + Commerce. Photographer’s assistants, Thomas Clodine-Florent and Jacopo Marconi. Stylist’s assistants, Xenia May Settel, Camryn Pessin and Hannah Berugo. Hair assistant, Kyoko Kishita. Make-up assistant, Aya Murai. Set design assistant, Victor Leverrier. Production, Alice Gotheil at Altra Production