Cultural influences · SS27
Who borrowed from whom
Every pairing of a house and a tradition from outside the country it is based in: who drew on it, what they took, and the look that shows it.
Where each look stands
1102 looks that drew on a tradition, by how the tradition relates to the house- From another region 389
- From a neighbouring country 135
- Home tradition or own region 472
- Can't tell 146
From a neighbouring country
35 pairings, most looks first
France → ScotlandNeighbouring
17 looks · 5 houses · tartan / kilt
Jeanne Friot · Egonlab. · Agnes B. · Ernest W. Baker · Franck Sorbier
“Red ground sett with navy and green bands and fine yellow and white overchecks, closely resembling Royal Stewart tartan, tailored into a matching three-piece suit and coat.”

Japan → ChinaNeighbouring
13 looks · 9 houses · pankou / frog closures, qipao / cheongsam, tang jacket
Seivson* · Auralee · Mame Kurogouchi · Charinyeh* · Noir Kei Ninomiya and 4 more
“Three pairs of white knotted-cord ornamental closures with looped floral coils replace buttons down the front of a striped trench-style coat.”

Italy → ScotlandNeighbouring
13 looks · 6 houses · tartan / kilt, scottish thistle brooch, scottish thistle emblem
Elena Miro' · Forte_forte · Fabio Quaranta · Etro · Kiton and 1 more
“Silver pin topped with a Scottish thistle head and leaves; shaft has Celtic interlace knotwork, the classic kilt-pin form, here worn on a lapel.”

Denmark → ScotlandNeighbouring
9 looks · 4 houses · tartan / kilt, tam o'shanter
Henrik Vibskov · MKDT Studio* · Anne Sofie Madsen · Stem*
“Navy and dark green sett with thin red and white overcheck lines, in the manner of Black Watch-style tartan, rendered as printed or knitted hosiery.”

Belgium → ScotlandNeighbouring
8 looks · 2 houses · tartan / kilt, harris tweed
Dries Van Noten · Julie Kegels
“Knee-length dark tartan-check skirt with flat wrapped front panel and pressed pleats massed at the side, echoing kilt construction; embellished with scattered studs.”

France → SpainNeighbouring
7 looks · 5 houses · manton de manila, traje de flamenca, espadrille
Kenzo · Dior · Franck Sorbier · Julie de Libran · Lemaire
“Dense multicolour silk-style floral embroidery on crimson ground: large peonies/roses, scrolling tendrils, scattered blossoms, characteristic of mantón de Manila shawl embroidery, reworked as a full gathered skirt.”

Italy → SpainNeighbouring
5 looks · 4 houses · cordobes hat, espadrille / alpargata, manton de manila
Loro Piana · Dolce&Gabbana · Eleventy · Forte_forte
“Black felt hat with a flat-topped cylindrical crown and stiff, flat, very wide brim. This is the cordobés shape, with the brim exaggerated in proportion.”

Denmark → SpainNeighbouring
5 looks · 3 houses · campero boots, manton de manila, traje de flamenca
La Bagatelle* · OpéraSport* · Sson*
“Tall dark brown leather riding boots with contrasting lighter top band and tasselled side pulls, characteristic of Spanish botas camperas.”

Italy → IrelandNeighbouring
5 looks · 3 houses · irish crochet lace, celtic insular knotwork / zoomorphic interlace, celtic interlace / insular knotwork
LA Doublej · Alanui · Dolce&Gabbana
“Vertical bands of interlaced zoomorphic beasts with biting heads, triskele-like spirals and trumpet curves typical of Insular manuscript art (Book of Kells style); could equally be Scottish/Pictish Celtic.”

Germany → SpainNeighbouring
5 looks · 2 houses · manton de manila, mantilla and peineta, shawl-panel construction
“Dark ground densely embroidered with pale flowers, leafy scrolls and blossoms, edged with long knotted silk fringe, characteristic of mantón de Manila shawls, reworked into a halter dress.”

Italy → GreeceNeighbouring
5 looks · 1 house · greek key meander and amphora motif, ancient greek vase / column motif, classical greek vase and column motifs
“All-over print of amphorae, palmettes, scrolling foliage and Greek key meander bands, black on ochre-orange like ancient Greek black-figure pottery.”

Italy → AustriaNeighbouring
4 looks · 4 houses · trachten jacket / janker, trachten silver buttons and cord trim
Blazé Milano · Eleventy · Ermanno Scervino · Marni
“Dark boiled-wool-like jacket with contrasting braided cord trim along lapels, edges and cuffs, metal dome buttons; oversized proportions rework the Alpine janker.”

Italy → RussiaNeighbouring
4 looks · 1 house · papakha / cossack fur hat, cossack fur hat / papakha, russian fur hat / papakha
“Tall brimless cylindrical black fur hat with a flat crown, worn low on the brow, in the Cossack papakha shape.”


United Kingdom → SpainNeighbouring
3 looks · 1 house · manton de manila, traje corto / chaquetilla, traje de luces / matador
“Ivory silk cape with large polychrome rose embroidery, an openwork knotted mesh band (enrejado) and long silk fringe, all characteristic of the Manila shawl, reworked as a cape.”

Nigeria → MaliNeighbouring
3 looks · 1 house · bogolan / mudcloth
“Off-white ground with dark brown repeated geometric glyphs, chevron-filled ovals, zigzag bands and dotted lines in rows, typical of bogolan mudcloth layout; printed rather than mud-dyed.”

United Kingdom → GermanyNeighbouring
2 looks · 2 houses · dirndl / tracht, trachten haferlschuh shoe
“Pointed front corselet panel with metal studs, like Alpine mieder hooks, in floral-striped cotton, worn over a full gathered skirt in a dirndl-like silhouette. Could equally be Austrian tracht.”


Nigeria → GhanaNeighbouring
2 looks · 2 houses · bolga basket, bolga straw weaving, raffia / sisal fibre knotting
Cynthia Abila* · Garbe*
“Tightly coiled-woven elephant-grass style fan/half-moon bag with natural straw ground and bands of green, red-orange and dark dyed fibre, typical of Bolgatanga basketry and hand fans.”

Côte d’Ivoire → FulaniNeighbouring
2 looks · 1 house · fulani jewellery
“Multiple stacked strands of large gold beads, filigree-style spheres and lozenge pendants recalling Fulani/Wolof gold bead and filigree adornment; triangular pendant amulet-like.”

Côte d’Ivoire → YorubaNeighbouring
2 looks · 1 house · aso oke
“Narrow-strip-style woven stripes in tonal blues with small dotted supplementary weft and fringed selvedge ends; could also read as other West African strip-weave cloth.”


Denmark → GermanyNeighbouring
2 looks · 1 house · dirndl / tracht
“Fitted square-neck bodice with criss-cross front lacing over a contrasting underlayer, full gathered skirt and a ribbon tied at the waist like a dirndl apron bow. Alpine dirndl tradition spans Germany and Austria.”

Ghana → YorubaNeighbouring
2 looks · 1 house · adire, aso oke
“Indigo ground with white hand-drawn-looking hatched blocks, concentric arcs and line clusters arranged in a patchwork grid, like adire resist motifs, printed onto sheer chiffon.”

Belgium → AustriaNeighbouring
1 look · 1 house · dirndl / tracht
“Light-blue ground with vertical stripes of tiny flowers and star-shaped edelweiss-like blooms, recalling Alpine trachten/dirndl cotton prints; Germany and Switzerland also plausible.”


Côte d’Ivoire → GhanaNeighbouring
1 look · 1 house · kente
“Strip-woven look with zigzag bands in yellow, red, blue and purple and blocked red rectangles, typical kente palette and motifs, tailored into a cropped Western jacket.”


Ireland → ScotlandNeighbouring
1 look · 1 house · tartan / kilt
“Woven twill wool in a repeating symmetrical sett of brown, camel and dark overchecks; tartan-like plaid used head to toe in tailoring rather than as a kilt.”



Japan → MongoliaNeighbouring
1 look · 1 house · deel
“Calf-length robe silhouette with high stand collar, full skirt gathered at the waist and contrasting cuff panels, reworked in technical nylon with a centre zip.”

South Korea → JapanNeighbouring
1 look · 1 house · red-crowned crane motif
“Red-crowned cranes with black-tipped wings among pines, stylised scalloped cloud bands and gold sunburst flowers, recalling Japanese kimono and byōbu screen crane-and-pine imagery.”

Sweden → AustriaNeighbouring
1 look · 1 house · loden
“Dense, felted, heathered moss-green wool with a matte milled surface typical of Alpine loden cloth. Cut as a plain city overcoat; domed contrast buttons faintly recall trachten buttons.”

Ukraine → SpainNeighbouring
1 look · 1 house · abanico hand fan
“Red pierced wooden-rib folding fan with hand-painted flowers on fabric leaf, the classic Spanish abanico, held open in flamenco-style pose”
By where the house is based
Looks drawing on another country's tradition, and the traditions drawn on most
- Italy139 looks · 27 houses
Japan (18) · India (15) · Ecuador (15) · Central Asian (unspecified) (13)
- France75 looks · 21 houses
Japan (23) · Scotland (17) · China (17) · Spain (7)
- Japan56 looks · 24 houses
Scotland (26) · China (13) · Spain (4) · Mexico (3)
- Denmark52 looks · 16 houses
India (15) · China (10) · Scotland (9) · Spain (5)
- United States50 looks · 16 houses
Scotland (15) · India (9) · Ghana (6) · Spain (5)
- Nigeria29 looks · 14 houses
Morocco (7) · China (6) · Japan (3) · Mali (3)
- Germany25 looks · 9 houses
China (13) · Spain (5) · Austria (2) · Japan (2)
- Belgium24 looks · 3 houses
Scotland (8) · Andean (7) · India (7) · Austria (1)
- United Kingdom20 looks · 9 houses
West African (unspecified) (4) · Japan (4) · Spain (3) · Andean (2)
- South Africa9 looks · 2 houses
Japan (4) · West African (unspecified) (3) · Mali (2) · Fulani (1)
- Lebanon8 looks · 2 houses
India (7) · China (1)
- Côte d’Ivoire5 looks · 1 house
Fulani (2) · Yoruba (2) · Ghana (1) · South Asian (unspecified) (1)
- Mexico5 looks · 4 houses
Japan (2) · China (1) · Korea (1) · Spain (1)
- South Korea5 looks · 1 house
European (unspecified) (2) · Austria (1) · Japan (1) · Russia (1)
- Brazil4 looks · 3 houses
China (1) · European (unspecified) (1) · Japan (1) · Palestine (1)
- China3 looks · 3 houses
Japan (3)
- India3 looks · 2 houses
Cambodia (1) · Scotland (1) · Spain (1)
- Sweden2 looks · 2 houses
Austria (1) · Korea (1)
- Netherlands2 looks · 2 houses
Japan (1) · West African (unspecified) (1)
- Ghana2 looks · 1 house
Yoruba (2)
By tradition
Looks by houses based elsewhere, and where those houses are based
- Scotland91 looks · 9 countries
Japan (26) · France (17) · United States (15) · Italy (13)
- China72 looks · 11 countries
France (17) · Japan (13) · Germany (13) · Denmark (10)
- Japan68 looks · 13 countries
France (23) · Italy (18) · Denmark (4) · United Kingdom (4)
- India59 looks · 8 countries
Denmark (15) · Italy (15) · United States (9) · Lebanon (7)
- Spain39 looks · 12 countries
France (7) · Denmark (5) · Germany (5) · Italy (5)
- Morocco17 looks · 3 countries
Italy (8) · Nigeria (7) · France (2)
- Ecuador16 looks · 2 countries
Italy (15) · United Kingdom (1)
- Central Asian (unspecified)16 looks · 2 countries
Italy (13) · Denmark (3)
- South Asian (unspecified)13 looks · 8 countries
Denmark (4) · Italy (3) · Germany (1) · France (1)
- Austria12 looks · 7 countries
Italy (4) · Germany (2) · United States (2) · France (1)
- West African (unspecified)11 looks · 6 countries
United Kingdom (4) · South Africa (3) · France (1) · Italy (1)
- Native American (unspecified)10 looks · 3 countries
Italy (7) · Japan (2) · United Kingdom (1)
- East Asian (unspecified)10 looks · 5 countries
Italy (3) · United States (3) · France (2) · Denmark (1)
- Andean10 looks · 3 countries
Belgium (7) · United Kingdom (2) · Italy (1)
- Ghana9 looks · 3 countries
United States (6) · Nigeria (2) · Côte d’Ivoire (1)
- Mexico8 looks · 4 countries
Japan (3) · United States (3) · Belgium (1) · France (1)
- Middle Eastern (unspecified)6 looks · 4 countries
Italy (2) · Nigeria (2) · Denmark (1) · United Kingdom (1)
- Yoruba5 looks · 3 countries
Côte d’Ivoire (2) · Ghana (2) · Denmark (1)
- Germany5 looks · 3 countries
Denmark (2) · United Kingdom (2) · Italy (1)
- Greece5 looks · 1 country
Italy (5)
How each look is placed
- Another region From another region
- Neighbouring From a neighbouring country
- Home tradition The house's own tradition
- Own region From the house's own region
- Can't tell Indigenous tradition, on the house's home ground
- Base unknown House base not recorded
* Base inferred from the national fashion week the house shows at; the house has no recorded base.
How we read it
Read from the runway photographs by our AI tagger: an element counts when it is recognisably drawn from a specific dress or craft tradition and the tagger is at least 60% confident. It describes the clothes only, never the person wearing them, and it is not a statement by the house.
A look is borrowed when the house that showed it is based outside the country the tradition comes from. We compare the house's base (recorded, or inferred from the one national fashion week it shows at) with the tradition the tagger named. Traditions the tagger could only place by region, such as “West African”, count as borrowed only when the house is based outside that region. For Indigenous traditions a house based on the same territory may or may not belong to the community, so those looks are marked “can’t tell”. A house’s base says nothing about its designers’ own heritage, and borrowing is not a verdict: it can be collaboration, homage or appropriation, which the photographs can’t show.
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