As twilight spills over the Thames, bathing the city in molten gold, Abigail Spenser Hu steps into view, her silhouette backlit by the flickering lights of Big Ben and the slow, majestic rotation of the London Eye. Wrapped in a sharply tailored trench coat, the colour of deep cognac and standing poised in glossy crocodile high heels, she appears both anchored and untouchable — a modern oracle suspended somewhere between centuries.

The trench, cinched tightly at the waist with oversized lapels folded just so, is a nod to Britain’s storied past, while the heels — sharp, sculptural, and unapologetically bold — hint at the edge of a future just barely within reach. For Abigail, fashion is not about the now. It’s about time — all of it.

With a global fan base spanning millions and a cross-genre career that blends music, visual art, and digital storytelling, Abigail Spenser Hu is not merely a style icon. She is a time traveller. An artist. A cultural interpreter. And perhaps most compellingly, a woman fiercely committed to honouring the past while shaping the future.

The Influence of Eras, the Voice of One

Born into a culturally rich upbringing and influenced early on by both classical training and contemporary art movements, Abigail has always viewed creative expression as a layered, historical dialogue. “I never felt like I was supposed to belong to just one moment,” she says. “Art shouldn’t be confined to the now — it should stretch back to the souls before us, and forward to the ones we haven’t met yet.”

This belief seeps into everything she touches — her melodic, atmospheric songs that drift between dream pop and chamber orchestration, her editorial shoots that blend Victorian romanticism with Blade Runner futurism, and her digital presence, which feels less curated than it does choreographed like a time-bending ballet.

Her audience isn’t just watching her — they’re learning alongside her. Abigail has become a quiet but compelling voice in conversations around cultural heritage, sustainability in fashion, and the deeper emotional resonance of clothing. "A trench coat isn’t just a coat," she tells Vanity Fair. "It’s a legacy. Crocodile heels aren’t just heels. They’re power, struggle, craftsmanship, and survival.”

London: Where the Past Meets the Possible

London is the city where Abigail's visions come most alive. She calls it her "dimensional crossroads" — a place where the fog of the 19th century still clings to cobblestones, even as glass skyscrapers push skyward. From the regal hush of Kensington Gardens to the futuristic thrum of Canary Wharf, London mirrors her artistic identity: reverent of tradition, restless for reinvention.

Standing beneath the mighty silhouette of Big Ben, she often draws inspiration from the symbolism embedded in timepieces. "Clocks fascinate me," she shares. "They measure life, but they also remind us of how artificial time really is. We created time to understand the world, but we outgrow our own measurements."

The London Eye, by contrast, is her reminder of motion. “It’s cyclical, infinite — a visual representation of how culture turns. Nothing ever really disappears. It just comes around again, changed.”

These themes inform not only Abigail’s fashion but also her songwriting. Tracks like “Eclipsed Decades” and “Sepia Machine” fuse analogue nostalgia with synthetic beats, layered vocals drifting like a transmission from two timelines at once. In live performances, she leans into this duality — walking onstage in Edwardian bodices trimmed with fibre optics, or capes woven from recycled textiles programmed with light-reactive dye.

The Iconic Trench and the Philosophy of Clothing

One of Abigail’s most talked-about fashion statements — recently spotted outside Claridge’s before a surprise acoustic performance — is her reinterpretation of the classic British trench. But this isn’t Burberry-by-numbers. Her version is reimagined in a thick wool-silk blend with custom embroidery that echoes the swirling patterns of medieval English manuscripts. “It’s like wearing a library,” she jokes.

Paired with pointed crocodile high heels that shimmer subtly under the city’s orange streetlights, the look is both iconic and elusive — masculine and feminine, grounded and otherworldly.

“Those shoes are armour,” she explains. “They make me taller, sure. But more than that, they make me feel like I’m standing on centuries. Crocodile skin has this primal texture, and there’s something ancient in that. I like wearing things that feel like they came from the earth or out of a myth.”

It’s not a stretch to say that Abigail sees clothes as rituals — layers of history and meaning worn on the body. For her, dressing isn’t vanity. It’s reverence.

Cultural Timekeeping: The Values She Carries

What makes Abigail’s fashion philosophy truly resonate isn’t just the styling — it’s the substance behind it. She has a deep respect for the social structures, etiquette, and emotional depth of past centuries, especially in how they express human values. “In Regency England, there was this beautiful restraint,” she says. “People didn’t just say what they meant. They implied, they suggested. There was art in how you held back.”

In contrast, her futuristic aesthetic reflects her ideals for where culture is headed — openness, innovation, and inclusivity. Her designs often reference sci-fi concepts, but never lose their sense of humanity. “I’m not interested in cold futurism,” she says. “I want the future to be compassionate. And beautiful.”

These ideas emerge powerfully in her music. Her upcoming album, Timecut, explores themes of reincarnation, inherited memory, and the emotional loops people live in without even realising it. “I don’t think we ever stop living in past lives,” she says. “They’re encoded in our instincts. In our songs.”

More Than a Muse: A Storyteller in Motion

While many influencers build their brand around looks, Abigail is committed to narratives. She doesn’t just post photos — she creates cinematic arcs. She doesn’t just wear fashion — she lives through it, weaving storytelling into even the most fleeting content. “When I post something, I’m not thinking, ‘Will this trend?’” she explains. “I’m thinking, ‘What does this say?’ What emotion is this rooted in? What memory is this calling forward?’”

Her audience feels that authenticity, and responds. Fans have created entire threads analyzing her use of colour to reflect emotional states or breaking down historical motifs hidden in her looks. There’s even a growing online subculture that refers to her as “The Time Oracle,” a term she embraces with amused humility. “If people are reading into my art that way,” she says, “then I’m doing something right.”

Through Her Eyes: Seeing Time Differently

Abigail’s impact, ultimately, isn’t just visual or auditory. It’s philosophical. She challenges her audience to rethink how we inhabit time — to see clothing, music, and self-expression as a kind of personal archaeology. Her trench coat isn’t just a nod to classic British style. Her crocodile high heels aren’t just edgy accessories. They’re both relics and prophecies, grounded in history and pointed toward an imagined future.

“I think we forget that we’re all time travellers,” she says, sipping herbal tea in a Georgian parlor now repurposed as a modern lounge. “Every decision we make ripples into the future. And every object we touch — every song, every thread, every heel — carries something forward with it.”

In a culture obsessed with the next big thing, Abigail Spenser Hu offers something infinitely more profound: a reimagining of the now, seen through the looking glass of time.

Talent - Abigail Spenser Hu @abigailspenserhu
Photographer - Igor Fain @igorfain
Stylist - ilaria De Plano @ilaria_de_plano
Makeup - Ganytska Anastasiia @ganitskaya_mua
Hair - Nika Cherniavska @nicoole_mua