FIFTEEN YEARS BOLD

Since 2010, LN-CC (Late Night Chameleon Café) has existed less as a store and more as a living installation. It has continuously redrawn the lines between fashion, music and subculture. Now, at its fifteenth anniversary, the East London institution marks the moment with Lacoste l8te, a collaboration with Lacoste and New York artist Frank Dorrey, unveiled at London Fashion Week.

The project launches the first chapter of LN-CC’s anniversary trilogy, We Love You, We Love What We Do, We Love Music. Opening with We Love You, it takes Lacoste’s iconic L1212 polo, a garment that has travelled from sport to street, and reshapes it as a cultural statement. No longer just attire, it becomes an expression of dialogue, reframed through LN-CC’s own history of disruption.

The collection is rooted in l8te, LN-CC’s basement club that has long been a crucible for pioneering music and experimental nights. That spirit has been distilled into eight limited edition polos. Each one balances Lacoste’s heritage with LN-CC’s uncompromising energy. The result is a playful reworking of preppy codes for a generation that thrives on reinvention.

At the centre is Frank Dorrey, celebrated for his surreal collages made entirely on an iPhone 6. His practice transforms everyday fragments into dreamlike compositions of colour, humour and sharp juxtapositions. For Lacoste l8te, Dorrey’s vision manifests in eight designs that are vibrant, fantastical and charged with character. Each polo operates as both artwork and clothing, carrying his philosophy of gratitude, reinvention and what he calls “old and new swag.”

“Frank was a natural choice for us,” says Reece Crisp, LN-CC’s Buying and Creative Director. “His work speaks to the same intersections of music and visual culture that have shaped LN-CC since the beginning. This collection is not just about clothing; it is about extending our story.”

The collection will debut at London Fashion Week in an immersive exhibition that merges the sensibility of the gallery with the atmosphere of the shop floor. Produced in a very limited run, the polos will be released via raffle, giving LN-CC and Lacoste patrons the chance to secure a rare piece.

With Lacoste l8te, LN-CC celebrates fifteen years at the edge of fashion, art and sound while setting the stage for what comes next.