Fashion model standing outdoors in front of a wooden fence with greenery, wearing a white trench coat and matching pants with black abstract prints, open to reveal a cropped top, and pink heels with fluffy details.

Black Walnut AS24+ Collection

A collaboration with nature.

This collection was made in collaboration with fashion design Piero D’Angelo. The collection is hand made from lichens, organic wool, walnut ink, algae, hemp, slime mould, and was presented during London’s Fashion Week at the Oasis Farm in Waterloo in September 2023.

Fashion Styling by Marika-Ella Ames.
Casting direction by Emma Matell.
Make up by Crystabel Riley.
Hair by Sarah Jo Palmer.
Photography by Ladislav Kyllar.
Art direction by More Or Less Studio.
Production Albertini Productions.

A tall woman with dark skin, short styled hair, and wearing a long, patterned dress with brown, white, and black abstract designs, standing barefoot on a concrete surface next to a garden bed with green plants and a leafy vine on a wooden and metal fence.

A person wearing a matching black and white patterned suit with contrasting red and green textured accessories at the waist and feet, standing on a concrete ground.

Side-by-side photos of two women wearing artistic, unconventional outfits. The woman on the left has wet hair and is dressed in a dress made of red fluffy material with large cutouts. The woman on the right, with long dark hair, wears a top made of intertwined black yarn and a patterned skirt with a side slit, standing against green leafy background.

A woman wearing a matching black and white patterned suit, holding a red textured bag, standing outdoors in front of greenery.

Left side: Close-up of red, twisted, fluffy yarns. Right side: Woman wearing an avant-garde dress made of red yarn all over, posing outdoors next to a large tree.

An extract from ‘Black Walnut AS24+’ by Shelly Nel.