Aadnevik completed his MA in Womenswear from the Royal College of Art in London just six years ago. While at school, he worked at Alexander McQueen as a design assistant – and likely picked up some of McQueen’s dark, gothic and rock-n’-roll influences that would later surface in his own designs. From there, he completed a stint at Charles Jourdan in Japan before returning to the UK in 2004 to start his own eponymous label.

But it was his collaboration with Donatella Versace just a few months ago that would give him his biggest break to date. Versace was one of five designers participating in an initiative that paired an established designer with a protégé of their choice to create a capsule collection using Australian merino wool. His line earned him critical acclaim and the respect of his mentor Versace, who has since continued to advise him and even helped him get further funding to show in Milan this season.