London Fashion Week is right around the corner, with events and presentations kicking off the Autumn/Winter season at the capital later this week. And while the Swinging City may not have the big-money splendour of New York or the century-old aesthetic of Paris and Milan, London’s vibrant energy is unmatched compared to the rest of the big four. Its brimming experimental nature is a creative haven for emerging talent like Nensi Dojaka, Simone Rocha, JW Anderson and Erdem, all of whom have grown to become global phenomena in recent years. The same fervour is extended to storied English houses too, like Burberry and Vivienne Westwood, rendering London’s fashion industry a pioneer of subversion and boundary-breaking design.

This is why Central Saint Martins — the famed London fashion school whose impressive list of alumni includes the late Alexander McQueen, Phoebe Philo and Christopher Kane, among others — has a permanent slot on the Fashion Week schedule, as it’s generally agreed that its graduates are primed for greatness.

This is why leather expert Charles & Keith has teamed up with a select group of CSM styling students for its latest campaign. Shot by celebrated photographer Darrel Hunter, the shoot benefits from his affluent lens as well as the students’ fresh attitudes, resulting in unrestrained creative expression that is so quintessentially Charles & Keith. Proving, once again, that no one does it like Londoners.