Sara Reghensburger, a fashion designer born in Germany whose family is from Iran, presented her Spring/Summer 2027 collection at London Fashion Week on Thursday, 26 Shahrivar, titled “Diaspora: The Art of Belonging.” The collection, as she said, is inspired by the experience of growing up between two cultures and blends Western tailoring with Iranian details, including a checkered jacket decorated with Iranian coins.

Reghensburger, who uses vegan materials and was named “Designer of the Year” by the organization PETA in 2022, said she wants to show Iranian culture “beyond what’s in the news,” adding: “I feel like Iranians and people of Iranian background are not really understood. We have poetry, we have art, we have music.” She also spoke about her dual identity, saying: “I’m too Iranian to be German, and too German to be Iranian.”