As London Fashion Week marks its 40th anniversary, it stands as both a beacon of innovation and a mirror reflecting the industry's evolution. The event's legacy, particularly its 1990s zenith, casts a long shadow over today's proceedings. In that era, the runways sizzled with the avant-garde visions of Alexander McQueen, the punk-infused...
18 Sept 2024
Albania-born, London-based emerging designer Nensi Dojaka, who has won the LVMH Prize and the BFC Foundation Prize, unveiled a collaboration with global fashion powerhouse Calvin Klein during her London Fashion Week spring/summer 2025 show. Against the Gothic Revival backdrop of the St Pancras Renaissance hotel, Dojaka merged her intricate and...
16 Sept 2024
Albanian-born designer Nensi Dojaka has unveiled her first-ever bridal capsule collection via a collaboration with the luxury online retailer, Mytheresa. The 24-piece line is exclusively available on Mytheresa’s e-commerce website, alongside a dedicated editorial story directed by the retailer’s chief creative officer Julian Paul. Nensi Dojaka's...
23 Feb 2023
Nona Source, the luxury resale platform that offers deadstock fabrics and leathers from leading brands for reuse by fashion and design professionals, has launched an ambassador programme to support young emerging designers. The platform, which grew out of LVMH’s DARE intrapreneurial programme, has created ‘The Mindful Creatives Collective’ and...
15 Feb 2023
Nensi Dojaka, 2021 winner of the LVMH Prize, has launched an exclusive capsule collection with LVMH-owned online shopping destination 24S.com. The 24S.com x Nensi Dojaka capsule is Parisian-inspired and revisits key pieces from the Albanian designer’s spring/summer 2022 show, with barely-there pieces reinterpreted in nude tones. Dojaka, who won...
20 Jul 2022
Albanian designer and winner of the 2021 LVMH Prize, Nensi Dojaka returned to London Fashion Week for this season to present a selection of signature pieces alongside some new design additions. In a display of both sex appeal and clean tailoring, Dojaka’s AW22 collection took cues from Irving Penn’s Flowers series, flooding the catwalk in nudes,...
22 Feb 2022
London Fashion Week officially starts today and notably absent from the schedule is the UK’s biggest luxury brand, Burberry. While the company best known for its infamous check hasn’t made an exodus to another fashion capital – Burberry is due to present its AW22 collection on 11 March in London with a live runway show – it has chosen to present...
18 Feb 2022
LVMH prize winner Nensi Dojaka, alongside emerging design house AC9, is set to launch a collaboration with Alessandro Dell’Acqua’s luxury brand No. 21 on two collections. London-based Dojaka has been assigned by the Italian designer to run the creative direction of a collection that reimagines the No. 21 aesthetic. Next to her capsule, AC9’s...
13 Sept 2021
Matchesfashion has added three new designers to its Innovators talent-support programme for 2021-2022, including Nensi Dojaka, the latest winner of the LVMH Prize. Dojaka will be joined by menswear designer S.S. Daley and Maximilian, who celebrates Black history and identity in his work. All three were chosen for their “unique DNA and compelling...
10 Sept 2021
London-based designer Nensi Dojaka has been announced as the winner of this year’s LVMH Prize for Young Designers, receiving a 300,000 euro grant as well as a year-long mentorship programme hosted by LVMH executives. Known for her complex mini-dresses and organza designs, the Albanian designer was selected based on future potential, with a group...
7 Sept 2021