Spanish fast fashion retail Pull&Bear has launched ‘Canvas for Creativity,’ an initiative that seeks to amplify emerging talent through a unique partnership model. The project positions rising designers as Guest Creative Directors, granting them access to the brand’s expansive resources while ensuring their distinct artistic visions remain at...
17 Feb 2025
Since its inception in a Kensington car park in 1984, London Fashion Week has undergone significant transformations. In those early days, with established fashion calendars in New York, Milan, and Paris, British designers, particularly those fresh out of school, found themselves lacking both outlets and budgets to showcase their collections....
21 Feb 2024
London-based Asian-American designer Chet Lo has unveiled a capsule collection with Tinder to mark the dating app’s debut UK fashion collaboration. The ‘Lovestruck Collection by Chet Lo for Tinder’ delves into the designer’s queer sexuality and the ideas of sexuality in Asian culture and features a series of slogan T-shirts and accessories. In a...
1 Feb 2024
We often speak of the value that fashion weeks bring to a city – their economic impact, the buzz, the cultural exchange and community engagement. However, the cost for independent brands can sometimes be overwhelmingly high, rendering these events less worthy of investment. London Fashion Week witnessed undeniable gaps this season, from the...
20 Sept 2023
Hong Kong’s FabriX came to London Fashion Week over the past week via a partnership with the British Fashion Council (BFC) that saw the launch of an event aiming to bolster the presence of 17 emerging designers. The company’s showcase was open to visitors throughout the duration of the fashion week at the Old Selfridges Hotel, where a new “try...
19 Sept 2023
2023 marks the 30th anniversary of the British Fashion Council’s NewGen initiative, which supports and nurtures emerging British designers, and the autumn/winter 2023 season kicks off a year-long celebration, which will include an exhibition hosted by the Design Museum in September. NewGen offers designers financial support, showcasing...
23 Feb 2023
London’s luxury scene can be defined by young designers that have merged their own cultures and upbringings to that of the bustling city’s lifestyle in which they are based. Many have been, and often still are, backed by the British Fashion Council (BFC), which uses its NewGen initiative to put a spotlight on upcoming influential names in the...
12 Dec 2022
London-based Asian-American designer Chet Lo, who has seen his popularity grow due to his futuristic spiky knits being loved by the likes of Doja Cat, Dua Lipa, and Kylie Jenner, embarked upon his first solo LFW catwalk show, after two seasons as part of incubator Fashion East. For spring/summer 2023, Lo was inspired by his childhood and a...
23 Sept 2022
Emerging talent incubator Fashion East has confirmed that its autumn/winter 2022 catwalk showcase during London Fashion Week will feature Maximilian, Jawara Alleyne and Chet Lo. The three young designers, which all showcased with Fashion East last season, will present on-schedule on February 20 in a back-to-back catwalk show, with support from...
8 Feb 2022
Emerging designers Harris Reed and Chet Lo have decorated The Standard hotel in London for Christmas. The designers, both artists in residence at The Standard, were asked to create their own festive installation for the hotel based on the question: What does Christmas look like to you? Image: The Standard, London; Harris Reed On the ground...
10 Dec 2021
Talent incubator Fashion East is supporting five designers for spring/summer 2022 at the upcoming London Fashion Week and has announced an all-new multimedia partnership with luxury retailer Browns. Fashion East will return to a physical showcase for the first time since the easing of lockdown with a live event at the Institute of Contemporary...
10 Sept 2021