Gia Jenkins is a Welsh menswear designer whose practice explores identity, desire and the performance of masculinity through exaggerated silhouettes, material contrast and reworked masculine dress codes. Drawing on her working class background and over a decade spent within nightlife, she creates clothing that examines how bodies are trained, styled and presented, balancing humour, sexuality and tension. Her latest collection, Almost Perfect Form, investigates bodybuilding culture and masculine display, bringing together the visual languages of the gym, officewear and nightlife. Leather, Welsh shearling, structured jersey and sharp tailoring are pushed into deliberately distorted proportions, while exposed skin disrupts the collection’s heavier, disciplined forms. The result is confident, highly styled menswear that feels slightly off, questioning where strength, vanity, control and vulnerability begin to overlap. A recipient of the Judy Blame Scholarship, Jenkins has developed a multidisciplinary practice that champions an unapologetic approach to menswear. Designed to move effortlessly between training, work and the dance floor, her clothes are created for men who want to dress with the same confidence, intention and fashion authority as the women around them. They are clothes for men who understand their own desirability and dress with intention rather than convention.