In five years, Samuel Ross has grown A-COLD-WALL* from an art project exploring the UK as a cultural melting pot into an international menswear label, scooped up the BFC’s British Emerging Menswear Designer (2018) award and joined the shortlist for the LVMH Prize. Yet, despite widespread industry recognition, A-COLD-WALL* has remained true to Ross’s original intentions for the brand: an elevation of utilitarian workwear informed by a unique graphic identity. Synonymous with experimental tailoring and technical fabrics (a nod, in part, to Samuel Ross’s internship at Off-White), A-COLD-WALL*’s designs have morphed from elaborate streetwear pieces into something more minimal, as he explains here.