Trapstar Celebrates 20 Years With 'The Culture' Exhibition at London Fashion Week
Fashion21 September 2026
AuthorIsabella Pettitt
Trapstar marked two decades of London streetwear with an archive exhibition bringing together fashion, music, and art during LFW
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hile the rest of London Fashion Week was busy obsessing over what comes next, Trapstar spent the weekend looking back at the culture that actually built them.
The London-born streetwear label marked its 20th anniversary on Saturday with The Culture, a one-night exhibition at Saatchi Yates. It traced the brand’s journey from an underground label founded in 2006 to a name recognised far beyond the city.
Held during LFW, the invite-only night brought together fashion, music, and contemporary art, three worlds that have always been closely tangled in Trapstar’s history.
The exhibition opened up the Trapstar archive, displaying pieces from across its two decades alongside campaign imagery, personal photography, and previously unseen material. Visitors also got a first look at the brand’s forthcoming 20th-anniversary collection.
The real heartbeat of the exhibition was the story of founders Mikey, Lee, and Will. Personal imagery documented both their own evolution and the community surrounding Trapstar from its earliest years. Friends and family who supported the label at the beginning appeared right alongside the musicians and cultural figures who later helped push its identity to a much wider audience.
That relationship with music was pretty impossible to miss in the guest list. Central Cee, who wore Trapstar during the early stages of his career, attended alongside Lancey Foux and K-Trap, while DJ Skyla Tylaa provided the soundtrack for the evening.
Art also played a major role. Slawn, 10 Foot, Chito, and SYMBLE contributed work created and curated specifically for the night, each bringing a different relationship with graffiti, street culture, and contemporary art to Trapstar's history. For the anniversary, anonymous London graffiti writer 10 Foot also created a limited run of handmade, individually numbered T-shirts, turning his instantly recognisable visual language into one-off Trapstar pieces.
The Culture wasn't just about revisiting an archive; it placed the people, music, art, and city surrounding the clothes right back at the centre of the story.
And amid a week dominated by the industry's newest collections, Trapstar made the case for looking backwards, too, at the culture that allows a fashion brand to survive long enough to celebrate 20 years.
