Romance was in the air at Acne Studios SS27

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Emerging in the dreary Britain of the late 70s and early 80s, the New Romantic movement was an explosion of bright colours, flamboyant androgyny and historical LARPing. Decked out in cavalry jackets and Elizabethan ruffled collars, Adam Ant, one of its leading lights, looked as much like a pirate or an extra in Barry Lyndon as he did a typical pop star. Acne Studio’s SS27 collection was directly inspired by this aesthetic, yet it offered a differenthellip;read more raquo;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;View Gallery (46 images)nbsp;