
Backstage at the Di Petsa Show With Ayra Starr
Feb 24, 2025
London Fashion Week kicked off last Thursday. Di Petsa, a favorite of hot girls everywhere, presented its Fall 2025 collection, "Reflections of Desire," which was "a sensual exploration of divine sexuality and the subversion of female desire archetypes," according to the brand's show notes. Turning misogyny on its head, designer Dimitra Petsa reimagined menswear from the female gaze, creating characters meant to be manifestations of Eros like poets, muses, fantasies and goddesses.
Nigerian musician and self-proclaimed "celestial being" Ayra Starr was one of the goddesses who walked the show. Since her single "Rush" debuted in 2022, which granted her a Grammy nomination for Best African Music Performance, Starr has taken over the world. Last year, she released her sophomore album, The Year I Turned 21, and now she's storming the runway.
Starr documented her experience at the Di Petsa Fall 2025 show in an exclusive photo diary. Follow along, below.
Photography: Simi Kunle-Oni
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