Tag: london fashion week
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Madeleine’s Fashion Show Overviews
By Madeleine Oakley during LFW Sept 2019. For show galleries, check out our online issues! FJU Talents at Fashion Scout Yu-Mei HuangThe knitwear designer showcased oversized slouchy knits in an array of candy colours. There were stripes and Aztec designs covering the garments. Plenty of texture and fabric manipulation added to the collection’s playful, beachy…
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SHOULD WE BOYCOTT FASHION WEEK?
This week, Madeleine Oakley explores the environmental issues and subsequent human reactions to London Fashion Week. Let’s be blunt. The fashion industry is damaging the environment. London Fashion Week is not helping. The biannual event showcases hundreds of elaborate garments, made from globally sourced materials. A wealth of fossil fuels is used for fabric production,…
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S URVIVING FASHION WEEK
London Fashion Week is hectic, chaotic, confusing, thrilling, pell-mell, and exciting. Our team take you with them as they attend shows, rush across London from one venue to another, and generally figure out how to survive fashion week… Illustrations by Lauren Rowley RHIANNON D’AVERC – CHIEF EDITOR This season, I was determined not to succumb…
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HOW TO GET INTO LONDON FASHION WEEK AS A PHOTOGRAPHER
Rhiannon D’Averc explains how to get those elusive passes when you’re just starting out. With illustrations by Joe Bailey If you dream of being a runway photographer, you can’t get much better than London Fashion Week. As one of the main fashion capitals, it’s a place to see and be seen, with big designers coming…
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Issue 42 Launch
The LFW issue. Featuring Jamie Wei Huang, ALEXACHUNG, Rohmir, Halpern, Molly Goddard, Natasha Zinko x DUO, Malan Breton, Simon Mo, Pam Hogg, Pritch London, Livia Tang, Karol Cygan, and more. Discussions on boycotting fashion week, bicycle shorts, behind the scenes at LFW, our attraction to designer labels, classic makeup looks, 2000 Trees music festival review,…
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Anya Hindmarch to showcase collection at LFW using ‘Postbox Maze’
News by Madeleine Oakley Not one to follow the tradition of a regular catwalk show, designer Anya Hindmarch has created an immersive Postbox Maze exhibition to present her latest collection at the upcoming London Fashion Week. The giant red maze will allow visitors to be wander through during a 30 minute time slot and thus…
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Issue 19 Launch
Buy a copy of issue 19 here: BUY PRINT High-quality glossy print copy of issue 19. Featuring editorial looks from UhuruFashion.com, Pakistan Fashion Week London, London Fashion Week Men’s, Modest Fashion Live and more runway and event coverage. Also, why Amy Winehouse became an icon, SS19 menswear report, thoughts on empowerment, art on the runway,…
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News: POTENTIAL UK-WIDE FUR BAN PROPOSED BY PARLIAMENT
by Simranjeet Aulakh When one thinks about high fashion, fur can come to mind. However, in recent years we have come to notice a growing decline in the usage of fur for fashion with many luxury brands gaining ethical awareness, which organisations such as PETA have been loyal advocates for. Contextually, humans first began wearing…
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IS BREXIT IN VOGUE?
Helen Ifeagwu talks to fashion industry professionals about the impact of Brexit – and how it is already being felt. Nestled in the heart of Soho, London, among the bustling shops, cafés, and restaurants, sits a petite shop with white-washed walls on Broadwick Street, easily overlooked. But Broadwick Silks is nothing short of a hallmark…
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Interview: AGNES KRIVANICS
After her work was presented at ILFWDA during LFW, we just had to catch up with Agnes about her designs. Hi Agnes! Let’s start at the beginning: how did you become a fashion designer? My way to become a fashion designer was very unusual. Most of the designers would answer this question easily like they…
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Interview: DEBORAH ST LOUIS
We caught up with the organiser behind Fashions Finest, a successful off-schedule showcase that our readers will recognise. Hi Deborah! Congratulations on the latest Fashions Finest shows. How much work does it take to organise a show like this? Thank you, I have a process I follow and having done these events for years it…
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LONDON’S STREET STYLE SCENE
Lorna Tyler takes us through street style from this season’s fashion week. London’s streets provide a free catwalk of almost every style imaginable, showcasing floral, bold, bright colours and smart and casual wear. With such a mix of people in the capital, a jacket you see on the street could range from Primark to Gucci.…
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REDESIGNING FASHION WEEK
Ethical Issues on the Runway Rachel Parker writes about the ethical issues surrounding LFW, and how to move forward. With its focus on getting the press and buyers lusting after new trends, London Fashion Week would rarely spring to mind as an event concerned with promoting ethical principles. While most people are aware of the…
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MAKING LONDON FASHION WEEK
What, when, where Baffled by LFW? Here’s a quick guide to what it is, and how it has evolved over the years. London Fashion Week was first launched in 1983. It quickly became one of the ‘Big Four’ fashion weeks (also including New York, Paris, and Milan) that take place twice a year: once for…
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JUDITH JONES – Interview
This week, we grabbed the chance to chat with Judith Jones of A Touch of Gemstones ahead of her show at ILFWDA, off-schedule during LFW. Read all about her work here! Hi, Judith – how did you become a jewellery designer? Believe it or not, I stumbled into it after a mental breakdown due…