It is no secret that establishing connections between emerging designers and large-scale manufacturers comes with an array of obstacles. Yet there are those trying to mitigate these challenges, bridging the gap between the young designer and the global manufacturer in order to, ultimately, push forward a new chapter in the story of sustainable...
4 Oct 2024
From the moment he began sketching his original designs and learning the basics of sewing from his aunt at a young age, Bishme Cromartie, a self-taught designer, realized that fashion was much more than a mere hobby to him. After successfully growing his brand over the last few years, the Baltimore-native designer is ready to carve out a name...
14 Feb 2024
Dana Mortada, a Lebanese-American designer based in Los Angeles, is at the helm of a luxury womenswear brand fresh off its first collection: Dāl the Label. With a philosophy on capsule wear and slow batch production, Mortada’s brand is driven by the marrying of her environmental values along with her “passion for fashion.” Though Dāl the Label...
1 May 2023
Cos is teaming up with London-based emerging designer Reece Yeboah to launch a limited-edition capsule collection on February 1. Entitled ‘Metamorphosis,’ the collection represents the evolution of his namesake brand Yeboah, experiences from his formative years spent in Ghana, and the drive to make his mark on the world. The result is more than...
25 Jan 2023
Paul Smith has named New York-based brand Commission as the next recipient of its '&PaulSmith’ mentorship and collaboration programme. Following on from the British designer’s project with London-based menswear designer Priya Ahluwalia earlier this year, Smith has teamed up with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) on a...
21 Dec 2022
JCA | London Fashion Academy, MA Fashion Entrepreneurship in Design and Brand Innovation graduate Sophie Park debut the first collection of her eponymous plant-based gender-neutral footwear brand during a catwalk showcase in October. Park, the only footwear designer on the MA course, describes her footwear brand as pairing “stylistic originality...
23 Nov 2022
Last month, the first graduates of Jimmy Choo’s JCA | London Fashion Academy’s MA Fashion Entrepreneurship in Design and Brand Innovation course showcased their collections on the catwalk. Birmingham-born designer Annabelle Barton used the show to debut her “anti-fit” fashion label for petite women called Size-A. As a petite woman herself,...
16 Nov 2022
Danish menswear label Iso.Poetism by Tobias Birk Nielsen has won another accolade, adding the Wessel & Vett Fashion Prize 2022 to the Zalando Sustainability Award it picked up during Copenhagen Fashion Week earlier this year. The Wessel & Vett Fashion Prize is the Nordic region’s most prestigious and influential design award to support emerging...
14 Nov 2022
Payment provider Clearpay has partnered with Square, a commerce tech company, to launch a programme with the British Fashion Council (BFC) that looks to help emerging designers establish their online presence. As part of the initiative, British designers that are a part of the BFC network can take part in an e-commerce mentoring package provided...
28 Oct 2022
Earlier this month the first cohorts of Jimmy Choo’s JCA | London Fashion Academy’s MA Fashion Entrepreneurship in Design and Brand Innovation course showcased their debut collections. Noon Khouri opened the show with her nomadic, inclusive and upcycled denim brand, Angels Wear Nada, described as the “new eco-friendly alternative, battling the...
24 Oct 2022
Los Angeles-based retailer Fred Segal has launched the first collection from Madelen Nyau, winner of the second annual Season Zero design contest presented by Mastercard to support emerging Black designers and artists. Zambian-born and Queens-raised Nyau, who is now based in Brooklyn, New York, is a graduate of the Pratt Institute and impressed...
On Monday night, London Fashion Week 2.0 kicked off with Patrick McDowell and his debut designer-in-residence collection at Jimmy Choo’s JCA | London Fashion Academy, which saw the sustainably conscious designer merge the world of Marie Antoinette with his own Liverpudlian roots. The show, postponed from September due to the Queen’s death, took...
12 Oct 2022