Scottish supermodel and cultural maverick Eunice Olumide unveils her debut TRNAIR collection at London Fashion Week, created from recycled and upcycled garments, offcuts and discarded material 

This London Fashion Week, Scottish supermodel and maverick Dr. Eunice Olumide MBE will join forces at the Groucho Club for The Future of Fashion – an evening challenging the industry to imagine where fashion could be by 2035. Olumide will debut a sample collection from her radical new fashion venture, Trillionaire Apparel (TRNAIR). Created from recycled and upcycled garments, clothing offcuts and discarded materials, TRNAIR transforms fashion’s unwanted leftovers into bold, individual pieces, turning waste into desire and challenging what we consider valuable, luxurious and wearable. 

Described by Rolling Stone as “your favourite creative’s favourite creative” and a “maverick”, and by Vogue as “one of the most famous activists in the modelling world,” Olumide has spent two decades disrupting the boundaries between fashion, art, music, media and social change. 

Now Scotland’s first black supermodel is bringing that spirit of reinvention to her own label. Olumide said: “The future of fashion is about imagination. We already have so much material around us, the challenge is seeing its potential. TRNAIR is about individuality, freedom and making the ordinary extraordinary.”

A piece from Olumide’s TRNAIR collection

The presentation will be followed by an inspiring panel, supported by Oxfam as part of its Second Hand September campaign, which challenges ideas about the value of clothes and celebrates the creativity, individuality and potential of what already exists. The panel will explore where the fashion industry could be in 2035, and will bring together Olumide, acclaimed journalist and sustainability commentator Lucy Siegle, and legendary fashion stylist Bay Garnett. The conversation builds on findings from Oxfam’s first State of Style report, which explores Britain’s changing relationship with clothing and the environmental costs of buying more and wearing less, as a fifth of unwanted clothes end up in the bin. 

Olumide’s debut album, Love Tree

The evening concludes with a DJ set by Eunice Olumide. With a career spanning the catwalks of Harris Tweed, Prada, Vivienne Westwood, Mulberry and Christopher Kane, international broadcasting, art, film, music and activism, Olumide has consistently used culture as a catalyst for change. This time, she’s making the statement out of waste. 

Olumide released her debut album, Love Tree (available via Amazon or Apple) earlier this year. It was recorded in Scotland and New York, with artwork created by artist Derrick Ofosu Boateng.