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Our signature tracksuit, redefined for fall.
Introducing PANGAIA: REIMAGINED, a study in transformation centred around the most recognisable PANGAIA piece: the tracksuit. Redefined through the distinct creative visions of three leading stylists - Harry Lambert, Anders Sølvsten Thomsen, and Jeanie Annan-Lewin - our signature silhouette becomes a canvas for reinterpretation.
PANGAIA: REIMAGINED is both a campaign and a manifesto: reflecting our belief that creativity is collective. Captured by Rory Van Millingen and shaped under the creative direction of Anders Sølvsten Thomsen, unfolds as a triptych: three worlds in dialogue, three moods in motion. Together, these perspectives chart the PANGAIA tracksuit’s evolution from everyday uniform to cultural icon.
“My philosophy is about world-building - injecting culture and different aesthetics to create imagery that moves, disrupts, and tells a layered story”.
Responsible design in motion
What is a lesson you would tell your younger self?
A lesson I would tell my younger self is that all the things that I loathe about myself are the things that will eventually be my superpower.
How would you describe your styling philosophy?
I think my style philosophy is a mix of world-building and trying to inject culture and as many different aesthetics as I can to create different imagery.
What gives you hope about the future of fashion?
I think it's the younger people coming in. Everyone's got a different viewpoint.
There's lots of exciting conversations going around and there's a lot of people breaking the rules, not following the old guard that's kind of happened before.
Who or what inspires you?
I think it's about everything: Places, friends, family, old and new, films I watch all the time, art galleries.
I'm sort of inspired by everything.
"Color evokes a deeply personal response. I wanted to reshape the tracksuit into something dynamic - to take it beyond sport and into a different dimension”.
A masterclass in mindful color
Tell us a little about your journey.
I came to London in '98 with the hope of becoming an actor, with absolutely zero acting experience. I fell into fashion and styling accidentally. There were sort of two key experiences that led to this, very different ones. The first one was my grandmother who used to make all my clothes as a kid and sort of ignited that interest for me. The second one was in my early twenties, [I was] doing a lot of clubbing in London and seeing the incredible creativity around me. We started making our own outfits and designing and customizing stuff. I think that eventually led me to pursue a career in the industry.
What does color mean to you?
Color means a lot in both my work and my personal life. I can never really decide on an outfit the night before because it would very much depend on my mood. I think what is so interesting about color is that it can evoke such a personal experience. I often use a lot of color in my styling and in my work. It can either be through full-blown head-to-toe color moments, or just little accents, but there's usually always an element of color throughout it.
We all have so many different associations when it comes to specific colors that we have either learned through history or people's culture. [That’s where] it gets really exciting, when you're on-set and people have such different interpretations of what a color means to them.
What inspired you about reinterpreting the PANGAIA tracksuit?
I was really inspired by the PANGAIA tracksuit and the vibrant colors they come in. I wanted to use them to try and create strong fashion imagery, by reshaping and creating a dynamic version of a tracksuit that you usually wouldn't see. We're so used to tracksuits being associated with sports but it now lives in everyone's wardrobe, so I wanted to take the idea of the tracksuit and bring it into a different dimension.
What does being part of a creative community mean to you?
Being part of a creative community is extremely important to me. Connection, for me, means community, and I seek a connection with my peers and other creatives—it can be quite lonely sometimes working as a freelance stylist. I think one of the most important things is to build up a close network of colleagues that you can lean on when things are bad. You create these incredible partnerships where you can come together and make these beautiful fashion images.
“What excites me is disrupting what feels normal about a tracksuit. Pairing the casual with the formal - a shirt, a smart shoe - puts a new twist on the everyday and creates something unexpected”.
The art of considered contrast
Tell us a little about your journey.
When I was super young, I was always really into clothes and fashion, but mainly more the way I dressed rather than picking up fashion magazines. When I got to university, I really learned that styling was a job and an occupation. I studied photography, but realised very early on that I didn't want to be a photographer.
But this felt like the right path, and through photography, and meeting other fashion designers in my school, I was let into the world of styling. We ended up doing photo shoots for the young designers at the university, borrowing clothes from the charity shops, and creating our own fantasy editorials. So it wasn't until a lot later in my life, like into my twenties, that I really understood what styling and fashion could be. It came from a love of shopping and a love of dressing myself—that then [became] this fun job that I have now.
What does your day-to-day look like?
I'm really lucky that I have a super varied day, so it kind of depends what we're doing. My studio is like a ten minute walk from my house, so I'll go to the studio, work with my team [on] anything from prepping for red carpets, or events for talent [to] working on a tutorial [or] working on lots of different creative projects. It's hard to explain what my normal regular day would be I guess, but I'm very lucky that I get to be super creative and have a really amazing team with me.
What gets you out of bed in the morning?
I mean my job really does get me out of my bed in the morning. I love my job so much. I struggle to take holidays or have time off because I have so much fun—which I know, again, I'm in a very lucky position. Doing a shoot [like] today where I get to be super creative and take something and put my twist on it is really, really fun. Every day kinda feels like a holiday.
What gives you hope about the future of fashion?
I love working with young emerging designers, that always really excites me. Getting them to create special bespoke pieces for shoots, trying to guide them through their early career, getting them to custom make stuff for talent I work with—it's great.
What inspired you about reinterpreting the PANGAIA tracksuit?
Today, I was really inspired by the colors of the collection I was working with. We're really focusing on these kinds of earthy tones—which read to me as super chic. What I love to do in my styling work, whether it be in editorial or on the red carpet, is mixing the casual with the formal. I think that was just really fun here. Adding a shirt or a smart shoe to a tracksuit disrupts what you think is normal and actually puts a really fun twist on something.