DESIGNER GALLERY
JAKE EASBY-KEATING
Having studied Sportswear Design for his first two years at Falmouth University, Jake was able to use these skills when he moved onto the Fashion course to design his final collection. With the sportswear ethos combined with fashion aesthetic and his interest in textiles he was able to create a utilitarian collection based around historical content, always looking backwards to go forwards. Jake says he doesn’t aim to be original but to elaborate on what has already been in his own personal style.
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JAMES REEVES
James Reeves’ work explores a masculine identity through military references, juxtaposed and spliced with sequin. In combination with print and colour, he aimed to challenge the lack of such things within menswear.
James reflected on his own wardrobe and at school uniforms, how these two ideas of subconscious and enforced conformity dictated men’s dress. Bright colours and prints made little to no appearance and this informed the direction of his collection.
Read more
JASMINE FARMER
Jasmine Farmer’s collection has a primary focus on colour and texture. Exploring intricate knit structures to display her concept of Tactile Nostalgia, a concept based upon the idea of Braille - a way of fabric evolving into something sensory through contrasting yarns and fabric manipulation.
Throughout her time at Nottingham Trent University where she studied Fashion Knitwear design and Knitted Textiles Jasmine’s main focus was to develop her knowledge of knitwear through development of stitch and texture.
Read more
JEONGHYEON HAHN
Jeonghyeon Hahn is a South Korean designer who graduated from Kingston University Masters in Fashion in 2018. Her work which falls under the category of 'deconstructivism’ often tend to exhibit androgynous traits by focusing on the basics of clothing. She seeks distinction by augmenting the feminine sentiments. While her current project was based on deconstructivism, the designs were refined and feminine traits were subtly added.
Read more
JEMIMA JARVIS
With a passion for the alpinist lifestyle, Jemima wanted to explore how mental health can be positively effected and improved through skiing, represented through ski heritage. During the time when she start pursuing her BA in Fashion Design at Heriot-Watt University, Jemima had always been focused on combining the old with new using problem solving and innovation.
Read more
Jen MM DSGN
Italian born and raised in Germany, Jennifer Moica has had a love for creating and drawing from an early age. This passion lies in her family’s DNA, her grandmother in Sardinia used to sew and tailor pieces for all of her relatives and friends.
The pieces she creates give off an edgy, psychedelic feel and are filled with urban graphics, material mixes and layered drapes. She has received wide-ranging media coverage for her collections and has been featured on the likes of Glamour Magazine, Sleeves Magazine and Bright & Bent Magazine.
Read more
JESSICA ROSE BRAITHWIATE
Jessica Rose Braithwiate is a knitwear designer, completing her final year BA (Hons) at Nottingham Trent University. She is specialising in gender fluid, sustainably minded design, Jessica’s final collection “An Anxious Generation” looks at the anxiety inducing environments that many creatives work within.
She takes inspiration from these environments, she is creating a collection that shows the inner tension and outer exuburance of those in the creative industries. Over the last few seasons, Jessica has seen more and more fashion houses closing the gender divide in terms of their design and execution.
Read more
JESSIE MCGUIRE
With a passion for trail running, wild swimming and cycling, Jessie McGuire is a womens sportswear designer based in London. She has created a bold, “feminine” collection of versatile performance cycle-wear pieces which addresses the issue of female under-representation within the sport.
In 2011, a study by academics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine examined Cycling and the City and why “In London…cycling is disproportionately an activity for affluent white men.” In response to the invisibility of women in cycling culture, BA Textile Design student Jessie McGuire has created a bold, “feminine” collection of versatile performance cycle-wear pieces.
Read more
JI MIN LEE
Ji Min Lee is a menswear designer from South Korea. She graduated Parsons MFA Fashion Design & Society 2019 and her thesis collection selected to present during New York Fashion Week Runway Show SS20.
Read more
JIAXUAN LYU
Jiaxuan LYU is recently graduated from Fashion Design Womenswear at London College of Fashion 2019. She has completed two internships at Wanbing Huang and J.JS. LEE for a total of 8 months. Jiaxuan is from Shanghai, China and grew up in North of China, she likes exploring the diversity between different cultures.
In this final collection, Jiaxuan stays true to her style of finishings and tailored cuts. These pieces exude a romantic and elegant style that stands out against a noble palette of rose, wine red, violet, warm grey, lavender, dark blue, light blue and pearl.
Read more
JILL HYNDMAN
Jill Hyndman is an Irish fashion designer with a passion for drape, creating unique sculptured silhouettes with a romantic feminine feel. Jill’s collection was inspired by two contrasting historical points, the Juxtaposition of the beauty and elegance of 18th century menswear along with the raw sexuality of 19th century women’s lingerie.
Before pursuing her BA (Hons) in Fashion Design at Bath spa university, Jill came from a background of knitwear, working with designers such as Edel MacBride. This help Jill develop her skills in knitwear and design.
Read more
JIMIN KIM
Jimin Kim is a Fashion Designer based in New York. She is originally from Korea, she successfully graduated from Parsons with a Master of Fine Art majoring in Fashion Design & Society.
“As a fashion designer, I am fascinated by the idea that I create clothes that allow people to be who and how they want to be."
Read more
JIN LEE
Jin Lee’s collection is themed around a combination of coexistence and conflict condition within feminism. Inspired by Colette, a New York feminist artist in the 70s, Jin’s designs would follow a similar aesthetic, in which both were affected by a maximalist environment and contrasts between soft materials and outdoor chaos.
Being a woman in the 21st century is very different from what it was like thirty years ago. Nowadays, women are told to be independent, strong creatures and not just soft and nurturing. Jin’s graduate collection combines the two emotions, both delicate and vigorous.
Read more
JINQIU LI
Jinqiu Li tries to look forward to the future of textile materials innovation possibilities, through the combination of materials, complementing each other. The initial design of the interior space has become more far-sighted extended to a more free living space.
Moreover, the application has been expanded, but also promoted the field of textile boundaries, integration of cross-border and at the same time put a new energy to textile future.
Read more
JISU KANG
Jisu Kang grew up in South Korea, which heavily inspired her when it came to designing her collection. The area she grew up in was nature-friendly yet scientifically developed. Jisu picked up on these two juxtapositions and learnt how they coexist in one city. Combining both science and art from her hometown, Jisu used this to develop a flexible way of thinking when it came to her work.
Jisu expresses her emotions and thoughts through her surroundings and experiences in daily life. She turned her negative experience with depression into something positive by using it to inspire her graduate collection.
Read more
JIYEON LEE
Jiyeon Lee’s graduate collection inspiration came from washing machines. One button is pressed and everything is spinning and all twisted together. She felt that her identity was also tangled up within that. Following the wash, the clothes are hung out to dry, which is where her thoughts also straighten out. The silhouettes and prints are from a laundry process, for example, what happens inside the washing machine and the shapes of the clothes when they are hung out to dry.
In this collection, the key prints are mixed colour and crumpled, wet fabrics. As very common patterns are transformed inside the washing machine, unique print and textiles are reinvented.
Read more
JOANNA PRAZMO
Joanna Prazmo derives inspirations from art, philosophy and nature. She likes to transfer conceptual ideas into textiles and garments where she can experiment with different mediums and objects. Joanna completed BA education as Fashion Designer at London College of Fashion and as Pattern Designer at VIA University College in Denmark. Her style is strongly influenced by pattern making and tailoring skills with use of non traditional fabrics and raw finishing techniques.
Read more
JOJO RUIJI ZHOU
Passionate about bringing fun and performative elements into garments, Jojo Ruiji Zhou is a knitwear designer/stylist born in China and lived in London.
JONTY KRISTIAN MELLMANN
Jonty K. Mellmann is a fashion designer who will graduate from the University of Westminster’s Fashion Design course this year.
JOOHYE EMMA PARK
Having completed BA in Fashion in South Korea, Joohye Emma Park moved to London to pursue for her MA degree in Fashion at Kingston University. Her graduate collection is a manifesto which talks about the emancipation of women’s bodies, focused particularly on feminism. Her investigation into feminism has led her to question herself: whether she was a genuine feminist, or simply a trend follower. This contributed on her thinking about the authenticity with an additional question: Why has she become a feminist?
Read more
JOOMI JAY JUNG
Joomi Jay Jung is a shoe designer and maker who graduated BA Cordwainers Footwear Design at London College of Fashion in 2018.
Joomi represents ‘Mature Beauty’ at her first collection which inspired from old wardrobes’ items of parents or grandparents. They have their own style with their familiar clothing and accessories regardless looks like fashionable.
Read more
JOSEFINE ALMASANU
Josefine Almasanu’s designs tells a story of escapism, with a mood inspired from fantasy and nature. She is heavily influenced by costume design and historic dress such as the Victorian and Romanic eras. Furthermore, she tries to explore current issues in her work to give it modern relevance and reflect some of the ideals and debates from our time, while also keeping a sense of the past.
For a fantasy element, Almasanu often researches folklore for inspiration, especially influenced by Romanian and Scandinavian folktales, as this ties in with her own heritage.
Read more
JULIANE RUMPF
Juliane Rumpf combines the interplay of creative cutting and an innovative approach to material manipulation to create her own signature design aesthetic. Her ability to absorb influences from her surroundings with an open mind enables her to develop innovative pieces filled with culture.
Her graduate collection captures the positive cultural aspects of migration. During the most recent refugee crisis during which millions of war refugees from Syria and other war torn countries have reached Europe in the past year, this seems to have been entirely neglected.
Read more
JUN NAKAMURA
Based on the designer’s unique background both in the kimono and the fashion industry, JU-NNA creates garments inspired by abstract arts, combining Japanese traditional handicraft Shibori with modern fashion aesthetics.
Japanese traditional technique Shibori, which is originally used for kimono and tie-dye effect, is applied on printed fabrics. This combination shows a new aesthetic and offers a quite unique 3D structure.
Read more
JUNG HSUAN LIN
Jung-Hsuan Lin is a graduate jewellery designer from Central Saint Martins. Lin is passionate about enamel and interested in the rigour required to work with this demanding substance in jewellery.
Exploring new colour and surface approaches in gold leaf and the Japanese enamel technique called 'Shippo', Lin's collection, Sakura Gold, is made in silver and vitreous enamel. She combines the soft pink gradation with contrasting colours into the contemporary form to create a modern collection.
Read more
JUNGEUN KIM
With a passion for storytelling and painting, Jungeun Kim is a Jewellery designer based in Korea and London.
She studied painting in art high school and pursued her passion for painting in her BA Jewellery Design in Central Saint Martins. She chose enamelling as a way of combining painting and design.
Read more
JAEHYEONG BAK
Jaehyeong Bak is menswear designer of label ‘Jak Bae’. He had studied computer science at university when he was in South Korea, but he stopped studying and then came here to London to study fashion design. Recently, he graduated from BA Fashion Design and Technology Menswear at London College of Fashion. He is interested in history, primitive and ancient technology, engineering, machinery and robot toys, all of this stuff are the background of his inspiration.
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Jaehyeong Bak is menswear designer of label ‘Jak Bae’. He had studied computer science at university when he was in South Korea, but he stopped studying and then came here to London to study fashion design. Recently, he graduated from BA Fashion Design and Technology Menswear at London College of Fashion. He is interested in history, primitive and ancient technology, engineering, machinery and robot toys, all of this stuff are the background of his inspiration.Read more
JAKE EASBY-KEATING
Having studied Sportswear Design for his first two years at Falmouth University, Jake was able to use these skills when he moved onto the Fashion course to design his final collection. With the sportswear ethos combined with fashion aesthetic and his interest in textiles he was able to create a utilitarian collection based around historical content, always looking backwards to go forwards. Jake says he doesn’t aim to be original but to elaborate on what has already been in his own personal style. Read more
JAMES REEVES
James Reeves’ work explores a masculine identity through military references, juxtaposed and spliced with sequin. In combination with print and colour, he aimed to challenge the lack of such things within menswear.James reflected on his own wardrobe and at school uniforms, how these two ideas of subconscious and enforced conformity dictated men’s dress. Bright colours and prints made little to no appearance and this informed the direction of his collection.
Read more
JASMINE FARMER
Jasmine Farmer’s collection has a primary focus on colour and texture. Exploring intricate knit structures to display her concept of Tactile Nostalgia, a concept based upon the idea of Braille - a way of fabric evolving into something sensory through contrasting yarns and fabric manipulation. Throughout her time at Nottingham Trent University where she studied Fashion Knitwear design and Knitted Textiles Jasmine’s main focus was to develop her knowledge of knitwear through development of stitch and texture.
Read more
JEONGHYEON HAHN
Jeonghyeon Hahn is a South Korean designer who graduated from Kingston University Masters in Fashion in 2018. Her work which falls under the category of 'deconstructivism’ often tend to exhibit androgynous traits by focusing on the basics of clothing. She seeks distinction by augmenting the feminine sentiments. While her current project was based on deconstructivism, the designs were refined and feminine traits were subtly added. Read more
JEMIMA JARVIS
With a passion for the alpinist lifestyle, Jemima wanted to explore how mental health can be positively effected and improved through skiing, represented through ski heritage. During the time when she start pursuing her BA in Fashion Design at Heriot-Watt University, Jemima had always been focused on combining the old with new using problem solving and innovation.Read more
Jen MM DSGN
Italian born and raised in Germany, Jennifer Moica has had a love for creating and drawing from an early age. This passion lies in her family’s DNA, her grandmother in Sardinia used to sew and tailor pieces for all of her relatives and friends. The pieces she creates give off an edgy, psychedelic feel and are filled with urban graphics, material mixes and layered drapes. She has received wide-ranging media coverage for her collections and has been featured on the likes of Glamour Magazine, Sleeves Magazine and Bright & Bent Magazine.
Read more
JESSICA ROSE BRAITHWIATE
Jessica Rose Braithwiate is a knitwear designer, completing her final year BA (Hons) at Nottingham Trent University. She is specialising in gender fluid, sustainably minded design, Jessica’s final collection “An Anxious Generation” looks at the anxiety inducing environments that many creatives work within. She takes inspiration from these environments, she is creating a collection that shows the inner tension and outer exuburance of those in the creative industries. Over the last few seasons, Jessica has seen more and more fashion houses closing the gender divide in terms of their design and execution.
Read more
JESSIE MCGUIRE
With a passion for trail running, wild swimming and cycling, Jessie McGuire is a womens sportswear designer based in London. She has created a bold, “feminine” collection of versatile performance cycle-wear pieces which addresses the issue of female under-representation within the sport.In 2011, a study by academics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine examined Cycling and the City and why “In London…cycling is disproportionately an activity for affluent white men.” In response to the invisibility of women in cycling culture, BA Textile Design student Jessie McGuire has created a bold, “feminine” collection of versatile performance cycle-wear pieces.
Read more
JI MIN LEE
Ji Min Lee is a menswear designer from South Korea. She graduated Parsons MFA Fashion Design & Society 2019 and her thesis collection selected to present during New York Fashion Week Runway Show SS20.Read more
JIAXUAN LYU
Jiaxuan LYU is recently graduated from Fashion Design Womenswear at London College of Fashion 2019. She has completed two internships at Wanbing Huang and J.JS. LEE for a total of 8 months. Jiaxuan is from Shanghai, China and grew up in North of China, she likes exploring the diversity between different cultures.In this final collection, Jiaxuan stays true to her style of finishings and tailored cuts. These pieces exude a romantic and elegant style that stands out against a noble palette of rose, wine red, violet, warm grey, lavender, dark blue, light blue and pearl.
Read more
JILL HYNDMAN
Jill Hyndman is an Irish fashion designer with a passion for drape, creating unique sculptured silhouettes with a romantic feminine feel. Jill’s collection was inspired by two contrasting historical points, the Juxtaposition of the beauty and elegance of 18th century menswear along with the raw sexuality of 19th century women’s lingerie.Before pursuing her BA (Hons) in Fashion Design at Bath spa university, Jill came from a background of knitwear, working with designers such as Edel MacBride. This help Jill develop her skills in knitwear and design.
Read more
JIMIN KIM
Jimin Kim is a Fashion Designer based in New York. She is originally from Korea, she successfully graduated from Parsons with a Master of Fine Art majoring in Fashion Design & Society.“As a fashion designer, I am fascinated by the idea that I create clothes that allow people to be who and how they want to be."
Read more
JIN LEE
Jin Lee’s collection is themed around a combination of coexistence and conflict condition within feminism. Inspired by Colette, a New York feminist artist in the 70s, Jin’s designs would follow a similar aesthetic, in which both were affected by a maximalist environment and contrasts between soft materials and outdoor chaos.Being a woman in the 21st century is very different from what it was like thirty years ago. Nowadays, women are told to be independent, strong creatures and not just soft and nurturing. Jin’s graduate collection combines the two emotions, both delicate and vigorous.
Read more
JINQIU LI
Jinqiu Li tries to look forward to the future of textile materials innovation possibilities, through the combination of materials, complementing each other. The initial design of the interior space has become more far-sighted extended to a more free living space.Moreover, the application has been expanded, but also promoted the field of textile boundaries, integration of cross-border and at the same time put a new energy to textile future.
Read more
JISU KANG
Jisu Kang grew up in South Korea, which heavily inspired her when it came to designing her collection. The area she grew up in was nature-friendly yet scientifically developed. Jisu picked up on these two juxtapositions and learnt how they coexist in one city. Combining both science and art from her hometown, Jisu used this to develop a flexible way of thinking when it came to her work.Jisu expresses her emotions and thoughts through her surroundings and experiences in daily life. She turned her negative experience with depression into something positive by using it to inspire her graduate collection.
Read more
JIYEON LEE
Jiyeon Lee’s graduate collection inspiration came from washing machines. One button is pressed and everything is spinning and all twisted together. She felt that her identity was also tangled up within that. Following the wash, the clothes are hung out to dry, which is where her thoughts also straighten out. The silhouettes and prints are from a laundry process, for example, what happens inside the washing machine and the shapes of the clothes when they are hung out to dry.In this collection, the key prints are mixed colour and crumpled, wet fabrics. As very common patterns are transformed inside the washing machine, unique print and textiles are reinvented.
Read more
JOANNA PRAZMO
Joanna Prazmo derives inspirations from art, philosophy and nature. She likes to transfer conceptual ideas into textiles and garments where she can experiment with different mediums and objects. Joanna completed BA education as Fashion Designer at London College of Fashion and as Pattern Designer at VIA University College in Denmark. Her style is strongly influenced by pattern making and tailoring skills with use of non traditional fabrics and raw finishing techniques. Read more
JOJO RUIJI ZHOU
Passionate about bringing fun and performative elements into garments, Jojo Ruiji Zhou is a knitwear designer/stylist born in China and lived in London.During her BA course fashion design with knitwear at Central Saint Martins, Jojo developed a stronger interest in exploring the connection between garments and wearers and creating stories from the movements of bodies.
Read more
JONTY KRISTIAN MELLMANN
Jonty K. Mellmann is a fashion designer who will graduate from the University of Westminster’s Fashion Design course this year.His graduate collection - ‘Countryside Rave Art Project’ (C.R.A.P) - is inspired by a fictitious subculture where the styles, symbols and sounds of ravers melt together with the characters of the Great British countryside in an acid-fuelled frenzy.
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JOOHYE EMMA PARK
Having completed BA in Fashion in South Korea, Joohye Emma Park moved to London to pursue for her MA degree in Fashion at Kingston University. Her graduate collection is a manifesto which talks about the emancipation of women’s bodies, focused particularly on feminism. Her investigation into feminism has led her to question herself: whether she was a genuine feminist, or simply a trend follower. This contributed on her thinking about the authenticity with an additional question: Why has she become a feminist?Read more
JOOMI JAY JUNG
Joomi Jay Jung is a shoe designer and maker who graduated BA Cordwainers Footwear Design at London College of Fashion in 2018.Joomi represents ‘Mature Beauty’ at her first collection which inspired from old wardrobes’ items of parents or grandparents. They have their own style with their familiar clothing and accessories regardless looks like fashionable.
Read more
JOSEFINE ALMASANU
Josefine Almasanu’s designs tells a story of escapism, with a mood inspired from fantasy and nature. She is heavily influenced by costume design and historic dress such as the Victorian and Romanic eras. Furthermore, she tries to explore current issues in her work to give it modern relevance and reflect some of the ideals and debates from our time, while also keeping a sense of the past. For a fantasy element, Almasanu often researches folklore for inspiration, especially influenced by Romanian and Scandinavian folktales, as this ties in with her own heritage.
Read more
JULIANE RUMPF
Juliane Rumpf combines the interplay of creative cutting and an innovative approach to material manipulation to create her own signature design aesthetic. Her ability to absorb influences from her surroundings with an open mind enables her to develop innovative pieces filled with culture. Her graduate collection captures the positive cultural aspects of migration. During the most recent refugee crisis during which millions of war refugees from Syria and other war torn countries have reached Europe in the past year, this seems to have been entirely neglected.
Read more
JUN NAKAMURA
Based on the designer’s unique background both in the kimono and the fashion industry, JU-NNA creates garments inspired by abstract arts, combining Japanese traditional handicraft Shibori with modern fashion aesthetics.Japanese traditional technique Shibori, which is originally used for kimono and tie-dye effect, is applied on printed fabrics. This combination shows a new aesthetic and offers a quite unique 3D structure.
Read more
JUNG HSUAN LIN
Jung-Hsuan Lin is a graduate jewellery designer from Central Saint Martins. Lin is passionate about enamel and interested in the rigour required to work with this demanding substance in jewellery. Exploring new colour and surface approaches in gold leaf and the Japanese enamel technique called 'Shippo', Lin's collection, Sakura Gold, is made in silver and vitreous enamel. She combines the soft pink gradation with contrasting colours into the contemporary form to create a modern collection.
Read more
JUNGEUN KIM
With a passion for storytelling and painting, Jungeun Kim is a Jewellery designer based in Korea and London.She studied painting in art high school and pursued her passion for painting in her BA Jewellery Design in Central Saint Martins. She chose enamelling as a way of combining painting and design.
Read more