Natalie B Coleman on her collaboration with UN population fund

In fashion there often seems to be something in the ether - whether that’s a trend for a colour, or a shape that determines a space in time - the trend for beige this season, for example, or the instantly recognisable silhouette of the 80’s power shoulder.

A glance at the international fashion week catwalks reveals that AW19 looks set to be characterised by protest as design houses Dior (under its first female artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri) and Viktor & Rolf utilise fashion to make declarations of protest or intent.