EVENTS IDRIS ELBA HAS A DREAM AND SO DOES OUR DESIGNER VIOLA MENCHINI X ISTITUTO MARANGONI INDUSTRY TALK 2019 1st April 2019 
Fashion Crossover London is seasoned when it comes to hosting industry talks, yet this time there was a surprise. We didn’t come alone, as a good luck charm we brought one of our most successful graduate designers from our Graduate Talent Programme, Viola Menchini. The Marangoni alumni was warmly greeted by students, alumni and tutors as it hadn’t even been a year since she herself graduated from the fashion design course. Yet this time around, she was at the other side of the table — quite literally — sharing her story on how she managed to achieve her dreams following her graduation.Read more
FASHION CROSSOVER LONDON X LFW AW19 STREETSTYLE 28th February 2019 The start of the AW19 Fashion Month, saw London kick things off in true British style, with Anya Hindmarch’s heart balloons transforming London’s iconic skyline, ensuring love is in the air. With love and acceptance in the air, London became a hub for fashion’s most stylish crowd. Continuing from last season’s successful LFW press coverage, numerous influencers including stylist, models and bloggers, graced the streets of London’s dressed head to toe in Fashion Crossover designers. It was extremely rewarding to see our emerging designers being worn to various formidable fashion events, and turning the streets into a fashion frenzy.
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LFW AW19 X FASHION CROSSOVER LONDON: LONDON'S TECHNICOLOUR TREND 27th February 2019London Fashion Week AW19 saw a shock turn of events. The final day of LFW saw many paying homage to the late King of fashion and influential icon, Karl Lagerfeld, following his sad passing on Tuesday 19th February. As the industry mourns the loss of one of the greatest figures in fashion history, it has paved the way for many young and emerging designers to step out. With London renowned for its emerging talent, it is the perfect Fashion Capital for emerging designers and graduates to debut their collections in London’s subversive and slightly rebellious setting.
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LFW AW19 X UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER X FASHION CROSSOVER LONON 25th February 2019 In the heart of the University of Westminster campus, we were summoned to take a front-row seat and scout the next graduate talent from a show featuring the work of their fifteen fashion design students. Established on the premise of incubating and promoting emerging and graduate designers, it would be an understatement to say the Fashion Crossover Team was excited for the burst of creativity that was about to take place. With high caliber-alumni such as Vivienne Westwood and Christopher Bailey it came as no surprise that every single designer was more than deservant of a spot on our platform through our Graduate Talent Programme.
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LFW AW19 X FASHION HONG KONG X FASHION CROSSOVER LONDON22nd February 2019 If LFW stands guarantee for one thing, it’s showcasing new, fresh and original designers. With Brexit a mere six weeks away, there is a general state of uncertainty that comes with an urge to identify new markets, beyond Europe. Enter the Hong Kong Trade Development Council: the key goal of the council is promoting Hong Kong’s culture as well as sourcing new business opportunities in different markets. After a successful debut in fashion last year, the council returns to the British capital with Fashion Hong Kong and brings four Hong Kong designers with them, each with ties to prestigious London-based fashion universities.
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FASHION CROSSOVER LONDON X LCF MA_1916th January 2019 This year the ostentatious St George Church, Bloomsbury, was host to the annual London College of Fashion MA Menswear catwalk show. On Monday 7th January, during the London Fashion Week Men’s period, the church transformed into a fashion frenzy with the MA Menswear Class of 2019 debuting their new collections. Accompanied by live opera singer, Phoebe Haines, singing in multiple languages. The prestigious show presented cultural diversity and inclusivity of both the graduate designers and their collections. The message is clear that London remains open, even if the country is going through a hard time deciding on whether to activate Brexit in March or having another referendum.
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FASHION CROSSOVER LONDON X LFWM AW19 STREETSTYLE 11th January 2019 Kicking off this season’s fashion week festivities, London Fashion Week Men’s saw an influx of buyers, press, influencers and fashion industry professionals from around the globe descending on the British Capital. Held in the notoriously quirky hub of the East End, Brick Lane became packed full of paparazzi all trying to get the perfect shot.
The Old Truman Brewery was host to the infamous three-day-event, which saw numerous attendees step out in a variety of fashion week staple brands as well as emerging designers.
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FASHION CROSSOVER LONDON X LFWM AW19: POKEMON GO, LET’S GO PIKACHU! 10th January 2019 Following a jam packed January of London Fashion Week Men’s events, Fashion Crossover London reflects on the most memorable and striking shows from LFWM AW19. Gone are the days of conventional catwalks, paving way for contemporary performances and collaborations. This season saw a lot of designers step away from showcasing their collections in the Designer Showrooms, instead opting for catwalk collaborations with big brands including; Dr Marten, Pokémon, New Balance, Timberland and Ticker.
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IN CONVERSATION WITH BELGRADE FASHION WEEK FOUNDER; NENAD RADUJEVIC29th November 2018 Belgrade, also known as the “White City” capital of Serbia, has historically long served as an important stronghold during the Byzantine Empire, Frankish Empire, Bulgarian Empire and Kingdom of Hungary. As the city is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans, its geographical position has allowed it to develop into an important passage way between the East and West throughout the past centuries.
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Fashion Crossover London X BFW SS1912th November 2018 2018 saw Belgrade present their 44th annual Fashion week, 26th October - 2nd November. Showcasing in Serbia twice a year, Belgrade wast the first Eastern European country to host a Fashion Week, with it remaining one of the largest events of its kind, attracting both international buyers and industry experts.
BFW hosts 30 on and off schedule events, showcasing more than 75 international designers, more than 10 fashion brands and attended by more than 10,000 visitors over 5 different locations.
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The 44th Belgrade Fashion Week: Pop culture icons GAGA for emerging designers9th November 2018 This year was host to the 44th annual Belgrade Fashion Week, 26th October - 2nd November. Showcasing in Serbia twice a year, Belgrade Fashion Week was the first in Eastern Europe and remains one of the largest events of its kind, attracting international buyers and industry experts.
BFW showcased an array of native designers and overseas designers, well-loved by international celebrities.
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Fashion Crossover London X Kingston 11th MA Catwalk18th October 2018 The luxurious St Pancras Renaissance Hotel was the perfect host for the Kingston School of Art MA catwalk show, uniting Victorian aesthetic with contemporary style.
On Thursday the 11th October, the grand hotel transformed into a fashion frenzy with the MA class of 2018 debuting their new collections.
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Fashion Crossover London X LFW SS19 DESIGNER HIGHLIGHTS26th September 2018 Fashion Crossover reflects on the most memorable and striking shows from LFW SS19. From live singers to professional ballet dancers, this season had it all in terms of a performance.
Promoting and showcasing emerging talent is at the heart of Fashion Crossover, and so we attended a variety of up-and-coming designer showcases, detailing the ones to watch and the future of fashion.
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Fashion Crossover London X LFW SS19 FASHION WEEK FIRSTS26th September 2018 The 68th London Fashion Week saw a first for many designers and fundamental changes in the fashion industry.
The fashion sector remains one of the most vital aspects of the UK economy, with the industry contributing £32.3 billion to the UK economy in 2017 – a 5.4% increase on 2016. The fashion industry remains a major UK employer with 890,000 jobs across the industry, up 1.8% on 2016.
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FASHION CROSSOVER LONDON X LFW SS19 STREETSTYLE25th September 2018 With fashion week rounding up the upmost stylish and fashionable people, LFW SS19 streetstyle did not disappoint. An array of striking looks incorporated London’s fashion festivities, with fashion week attendees ensuring they remained as stylish as the models strutting down the runway.
The streets of London saw an influx of colour and pattern, from sneakers to stilettos the trends were clear to see. Bold oranges, leopards, and of course chunky trainers.
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FASHION CROSSOVER LONDON X CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS INDUSTRY TALK 201831st May 2018 In times when ‘unpredictability is the new normal’, industries have no choice but to overcome external challenges and adapt to the changing industrial landscape in order to remain relevant.
Universities, as the ultimate creators of the future educated workforce, therefore possess a particularly crucial function. In order to 'keep up' with various industrial innovations, schools are in real need of tailoring their curriculums to keep their students from becoming disconnected from their industries upon graduating.
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amfAR GALA HONG KONG17th April 2018 On the 26th of March 2018, Fashion Crossover London was honoured to be invited to attend the amfAR Gala charity event in Hong Kong as representative for the international emerging designer. The annual amfAR Gala charity event has been a long established aristocratic function, with admission only made accessible to the most influential and affluent members of the society. This was the fourth year that the event has been held at Shaw Studios in Hong Kong, where the honorees included fashion designer and UNAIDS Ambassador Victoria Beckham, international actress and amfAR Ambassador Michelle Yeoh, and leading Hong Kong businesswoman and philanthropist Pansy Ho.
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FASHION CROSSOVER LONDON X ISTITUTO MARANGONI 2018 INDUSTRY TALK16th April 2018 In March 2018, following the successful industry talk at Instituto Marangoni from the previous year, our Founder and Managing Director of Fashion Crossover London, Since Wang was invited by the school again to make a presentation at its London campus as part of its Industry Exchange. Founded in Milan in 1935, Istituto Marangoni is a private Italian school of fashion and design, and became a Scuola Professionale Artistica "professional art school" in 1942. The establishment has gained enormous reputation in the global fashion industry.
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CSM 2018 MA SHOW9th March 2018 Historically, there is one course from a London academy, that is truly respected, and internationally recognised, for discovering some of the best professional talents in the fashion industry. Yes, it is the MA Fashion course from Central Saint Martins. For years, this course has demonstrated an unfailing ability, to unearth world class designers such as Alexander McQueen, Stella Mccartney, Christopher Kane, Mary Katrantzou and Molly Goddard, and to transform their raw talent into trend changing prowess. As a result, the reputation of the course does not only echo around Europe, but is extended across every corner of the world.
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MATTY BOVAN AW189th March 2018 Here at Fashion Crossover London, this is the first time our team has attended one of Matty Bovan's shows; and what a first show to attend! Not only was the beautiful Adwoa Aboah there at the opening of the show, but there were also various high profile models, such as Winnie Harlow, wearing his extravagant and wonderful pieces.
The star alumni of Central Saint Martins is a Senior Contributing Fashion Editor of LOVE Magazine, and has previously worked with major names such as Marc Jacobs and Miu Miu.
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ROBERTA EINER AW186th March 2018 Standing in front of The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane; right across the street from the Royal Courts of Justice, we were at first slightly perplexed by the chosen location, as we entered the venue for the Roberta Einer AW18 presentation. One could not help but question: Why was a fashion event being held at a venue that had so little to do with its creative industry? We soon discovered the answer, as we witnessed the content of the presentation.
The hired models were not only there to exhibit Einer's luxury pieces, but also to demonstrate a point.
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THE QUEEN'S SURPRISE VISIT AND THE UNEXPLORED MARKET IN CHINA5th March 2018 Something extraordinary has occurred in this year's London Fashion Week: Queen Elizabeth has paid a visit to the venue at 180 Strand, and awarded Central Saint Martins' 2016 MA Fashion graduate Richard Quinn with the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design at Quinn's own Catwalk show.
While it is most encouraging to see Her Majesty on site visiting displays and meeting designers at the Autumn/Winter 2018 fashion festivities, one can not help but wonder, is there a deeper underlying implication in the Queen's visit?
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REGINA PYO AW1818th February 2018 Rejina Pyo, the award winning Korean born fashion designer presented her stunning AW18 collection this past London Fashion Week. Although it was only Rejina's second ever catwalk show, Rejina was able to demonstrate her brand's steady rise by filling out the front seats with powerful buyers from across the world. The streetstyle looks were as thought through as the catwalk shows, where we saw various attendees wearing Rejina's previous collections. This time around, Rejina Pyo chose to showcase her collection at the decorative stretch of Burlington Arcade amongst its individual and high prestige boutiques.
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LONDON FASHION WEEK MEN'S STREETSTYLE8th January 2018 Celebrating the New Year, the extreme coldness welcomed London Fashion Week Men’s AW 18/19. Even though the London weather was still severe, it wasn’t enough to deter the snazzy crowd who came all the way to attend this prestigious celebration of men’s fashion. That is why our team felt so compelled to see the show as it guaranteed that we were going to see people in unique styles on each street we walked along toward the show venue. And that, we assumed, was just how everyone one else felt, all of them heading to London Fashion Week Men’s.
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LONDON FASHION WEEK MEN'S SHOWROOM8th January 2018 The 11th instalment of men’s fashion week kicked off in the capital on 6th January 2018. With a bitter chill, the Fashion Crossover London crew armed itself with hot coffee, scarves and gloves, and landed at the London Fashion Week venue in 180 Strand safe and sound. Probably it would be a pertinent weather for the fashion people to be puffed up with feathery and fluffy fur coats.
This season, London Fashion Week Men’s chose to keep it as ‘quality over quantity’ this time round. The scale of the designer showroom seemed to have been far reduced than before, whilst the spectrum of brands still being selected cleverly.
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LONDON FASHION WEEK MEN'S AW188th January 2018 London Fashion Week Men's Autumn/Winter 2018 kicked off with the celebration of the 11th season of biannual celebration of British menswear. This time round the schedule was more chock-full than ever before. In the world of men’s fashion, London has always been deep-rooted in classic tailoring, and I would bet no other cities could excel how London does. Without exception, we were again excited to be mesmerised into the true spirit of British tailoring tweaked with a sense of humour.
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NEW WHITE MILANO X ITALIAN TRADE AGENCY23rd November 2017 Ever since the days of exploration to Asia along the Silk Road, Italy has always been the pioneer in reaching out to different parts of the globe, to seek for new inspirations, and at the same time, to share its own unique culture with the rest of the world.
For centuries, this fine tradition has been honoured and passed down with much discipline. Nowadays, from the Coliseum in Rome to Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the Italian history, architecture and heritage has always been a subject of great interest in the Far East.
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NEW DESIGNERS PRESS DAY 201726th October 2017 On the 26th October we were very excited to have our biannual PRESS DAY in Central London at the Oui 2 Rooms showroom.
With our platform now featuring a range of up to 70 talented international designers from all around the world including United Kingdom, Europe, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, South Korea and the Middle East we were spoilt for choice when selecting who we wanted to showcase for the event
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SHANGHAI FASHION WEEK SS18 STREET STYLE19th October 2017 Shanghai street style is exploding this year as the people in China are growing bolder and more experimental with what they wear. The event welcomed the SS18 collections and with it came the glamorous, the quirky and the spectacular.
Shanghai's best dressed sported an array of top trends from hip hop styling to Japanese Manga. We witnessed an array of distinguished clothing with immense attention to detail.
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KINGSTON MA FASHION 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY19th October 2017 The class of 2017 Fashion MA took over the the world's leading contemporary Design Museum in the heart of Kensington to launch their new collections on Thursday 19th October. The Fashion Crossover Team were honoured to have been personally invited to the showcase by Anna Paolillo, Kingston University’s Placements Officer.
A selection of 10 fashion designers featuring from an array of international backgrounds including China, Japan, Korea, Brazil and Africa showed how Kingston did not disappoint.
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BIRKENSTOCK PRESENTS THE DEER INSTALLATION14th October 2017 The classic German footwear brand, Birkenstock collaborated with two remarkably talented Chinese designers, Jiang Sheng and Ms MIN for their SS18 collections during Shanghai Fashion Week. Our Managing Director, Since Wang was personally invited by the CEO of Attila & Co, Andrea Longhi to The Deer Park Installation, who had organised the event.
Since Wang wore Fashion Crossover’s designer pieces, which included Meng Zhang’s jewellery pieces and Wangliling’s jacket.
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SHANGHAI FASHION WEEK SS18 X WHITE SHOW MILANO12th October 2017 Our Managing Director, Since Wang, was personally invited to the opening private press event of the White Show Milano in partnership with Shanghai Fashion Week by CEO, Brenda Bellei Bizzi on the 12th October.
Named “Style Routes to Shanghai,” the show presented a range of talented Italian fashion designers. We found it very compelling to see the Italian brands being brought to Shanghai, in the sense of developing their cultural lifestyle and showcasing luxury to the Chinese market.
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LONDON FASHION WEEK SS18 STREET STYLE19th September 2017 The street style at London Fashion Week is incomparable and always will be. LFW SS18 was a festivity of London's contrasting societies and subcultures, varying from kaleidoscopically, vibrant club kids wearing their own colourful formulations to the impeccably flawless dressers sitting front row, this year had it all.
Never overlooking the finer details is what we loved about the street style we spotted this year. Instagrammable individuals strutted between the SS18 shows, filling us with fun, edge and confidence.
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LONDON FASHION WEEK SS18 DESIGNER SHOWROOMS19th September 2017 The fashion crowd filled with models, bloggers, designers and photographers have gathered and Instagram is in overload for London Fashion Week SS18 and we were one of the lucky ones to get passes to get into the prestigious event.
Braving the drizzly British weather we headed to the Designer Showrooms at 180 Strand to take a closer look at some of this season’s offering. On arrival the scene is unlike any other with photographers’ cameras clicking as stylish individuals pose in the courtyard.
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JULIEN MACDONALD SS1818th September 2017 Julien Macdonald’s SS18 show had the A list fans out in force, with a star-studded front row including Ronan Keating, Tom Daley, Amanda Holden and Rachel Stevens. However, Macdonald also lined up a range of big names to walk his runway. Hailey Baldwin, Winnie Harlow and Victoria's Secret Angel Alessandra Ambrosio strutted down the catwalk before joining the designer for the show's dramatic finale.
The Fashion Crossover London team were incredibly excited to head down to Invicta Plaza for the event with Domi Perek, editor of Mess Magazine who sported Fashion Crossover London’s graduate designer pieces.
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ROBERTA EINER SS1815th September 2017 Glistening glamour, elaborate ornamentation and superlative shades are what we absolutely adore about Roberta Einer’s creative aesthetic, and her SS18 presentation at the old Central Saint Martin’s building, where the designer graduated, did not disappoint.
Einer allowed us to escape rainy London by taking us to a tropical utopia filled of palm trees and ice-cream sandwich snacks. Think California beaches, skaters, surfers and your typical LA girl as that is what Roberta Einer’s SS18 collection colourfully characterised.
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INSIDER SAMPLE SALE & PRIVATE NETWORKING EVENT24th August 2017 Well didn't that fly by? It felt like only last night we were surrounded by a heap of clothes, ready to be bagged and tagged for our first ever Insider Sample Sale.On Thursday the 24th August, Fashion Crossover London gave all fashionistas a date for their designer diaries, hosting the event in our London Showroom. Our concept was natural flowers and plants, which is what we decked our venue out in, in order to bring the outside in, resembling that of an Instagram aesthetic dream.
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GUANGZHOU: CHINA’S NEXT FASHION HUB 20th June 2017 Last month, the Fashion Crossover London team travelled to Guangzhou, one of China’s capital cities to meet our retail partner, Modern Avenue Group. Only a two-hour train ride from Hong Kong, Guangzhou is the up and coming fashion city in China, making it the perfect location to discuss collaborations and the direction of future projects with Modern Avenue Group.
Our team visited one of Modern Avenue’s multi-brand buyer shops, 01 Men. By staying up to date on all the key trends 01 Men are able to grow within fashion circles.
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LONDON FASHION WEEK MEN'S 201711th June 2017 Nothing can stop the force that is London Fashion Week Men’s. Come rain or shine the fashionista’s marched through the capital’s streets to celebrate the events 5th Anniversary. Asian designers have been on the rise recently and the buzz around them at LFWM saw that they were a force to be reckoned with in the industry this year. It was exciting to see the range of emerging and established Asian designers having a huge influence and offering a range of visions in both the showrooms and on the runways.
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GRADUATE FASHION WEEK 20177th June 2017 Mix together 22 catwalk shows and 60 of the best fashion universities, and you’re left with Graduate Fashion Week 2017. It is the showcase for the imagination and risks; influencing the way fashion works and appears. Showcasing over 1,000 students work and attracting over 30,000 guests, the yearly event boosts the careers of the UK’s smartest fashion talent into conventional consciousness.
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JUDY CHOU X WHYTT MAGAZINE24th May 2017 From Model to Stylist to TV Presenter and everything in between, Judy Chou is making herself heard.
Wandering through Soho with pit stops at The National Gallery, Regent Street and Carnaby Street, Judy opened up in our creative video featuring Underground Shoes for Whytt Magazine.
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PRESS DAY AW 201727th April 2017 On the 27th April we hosted our biannual PRESS DAY AW 2017 in the Oui 2 Rooms showroom in collaboration with POP PR in Central London.
At the event we were pleased to introduce our selection of designers from Mainland China, Hong Kong and South Korea. The strong diversity in the backgrounds of this line-up illustrated that London is definitely open for business on the global market and we here at Fashion Crossover are helping to build that cross-cultural bridge.
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ANNIE CHOI’S BIG DEBUT18th February 2017 Last Saturday during the roundup of London Fashion Week events, Fashion Crossover London and our creative Judy Chou attended the Oxford Fashion Studio show to see our graduate designer, Annie Eunbyeol Choi, present for the very first time. Choi’s pieces were worn by Taiwan’s top fashion icon, Judy at the recent NYX Hollywood event.
Hitting the clothes at different angles, the clothes spoke to Annie’s fine tailoring and craftsmanship. The garments sat atop each model fittingly. The brushstroke and paint effects flowed down each garment seamlessly in her notorious wide-dress silhouettes and pleated detailing.
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ROBERTA EINER AW1717th February 2017 We started off London Fashion Week in style as we headed down to the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre to check out Roberta Einer's new AW17 collection. The designer has a resumé that will have you inundated with jealousy as she's worked with huge names such as McQueen and Balmain, and her spirited designs have been featured in the likes of Vogue, Elle and i-D magazine.
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HAIZHEN WANG AW17 'IN TRANSIT'17th February 2017 Late on Friday afternoon we were honoured to have been invited to Haizhen Wang’s presentation at London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 17. Due to the high popularity and reputation of the designer, we were queuing in line for this 'invitation-only' event outside of the small Swiss Church near Covent Garden.
Hundreds of fashion editors, stylists and industry professionals occupied this little space, excited to see what the newest Haizhen Wang collection was going to surprise us with.
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BORA AKSU AW1717th February 2017 Another catwalk we had the pleasure of seeing over London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 17 was the show of acclaimed Turkish fashion designer Bora Aksu. He is a London based Central Saint Martins alumnus who collaborates with big fashion houses internationally and dresses celebrities. We are very pleased to have been invited to view his latest collection.
The looks were a combination of soft feminine fabrics and structured monochrome patterns, with subtle yet strong embroidered messages such as ‘Peace’ and ‘Freedom on the garments.
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TEATUM JONES FW17 'THE BODY'17th February 2017 On early Friday morning our team attended the opening of the Fall/Winter 2017 London Fashion Week - the Teatum Jones catwalk show - the fashion lovechild of designers Rob Jones and Cat Teatum.
As we know, fashion gets political at times as was clearly Teatum Jones' aim with this collection. This time the models walked the runway to a mix of Meryl Streep's Golden Globe speech critiquing Donald Trump blended with music.
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ALEXANDRA SHULMAN ON VOGUE AND THE BUSINESS OF DESIRE12th February 2017 February is a busy month for the fashion industry, from runway shows held in all the major fashion capitals to trade shows such as PURE London, one of UK’s largest biannual buying event.
This weekend at PURE London, the esteemed Alexandra Shulman holding both titles of OBE and longest serving editor in British VOGUE history, a title she held for 25 years until her recent departure, addresses the audience about fashion then and fashion now.
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FASHION CROSSOVER LONDON X ISTITUTO MARANGONI31st January 2017 Istituto Marangoni knows how to ring in the new year. With the month of January dubbed as ‘Career Month’, it was a great way to keep spirits high. Our founder Since Wang was invited to speak with the likes of Alexandra Shulman, Fashion Scout, Versace, Selfridges and WGSN.
After speaking about her past experiences, the growth of the platform, its future plans and imparting words of wisdom, Since invited the students to peruse three of the collections displayed. Wang Li Ling and GoFeFe’s key pieces were displayed alongside a variety of Shur Ruitz’s collection, an Istituto Marangoni alumna.
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Fashion Crossover London is seasoned when it comes to hosting industry talks, yet this time there was a surprise. We didn’t come alone, as a good luck charm we brought one of our most successful graduate designers from our Graduate Talent Programme, Viola Menchini. The Marangoni alumni was warmly greeted by students, alumni and tutors as it hadn’t even been a year since she herself graduated from the fashion design course. Yet this time around, she was at the other side of the table — quite literally — sharing her story on how she managed to achieve her dreams following her graduation.
The start of the AW19 Fashion Month, saw London kick things off in true British style, with Anya Hindmarch’s heart balloons transforming London’s iconic skyline, ensuring love is in the air. With love and acceptance in the air, London became a hub for fashion’s most stylish crowd. Continuing from last season’s successful LFW press coverage, numerous influencers including stylist, models and bloggers, graced the streets of London’s dressed head to toe in Fashion Crossover designers. It was extremely rewarding to see our emerging designers being worn to various formidable fashion events, and turning the streets into a fashion frenzy.
London Fashion Week AW19 saw a shock turn of events. The final day of LFW saw many paying homage to the late King of fashion and influential icon, Karl Lagerfeld, following his sad passing on Tuesday 19th February. As the industry mourns the loss of one of the greatest figures in fashion history, it has paved the way for many young and emerging designers to step out. With London renowned for its emerging talent, it is the perfect Fashion Capital for emerging designers and graduates to debut their collections in London’s subversive and slightly rebellious setting.
In the heart of the University of Westminster campus, we were summoned to take a front-row seat and scout the next graduate talent from a show featuring the work of their fifteen fashion design students. Established on the premise of incubating and promoting emerging and graduate designers, it would be an understatement to say the Fashion Crossover Team was excited for the burst of creativity that was about to take place. With high caliber-alumni such as Vivienne Westwood and Christopher Bailey it came as no surprise that every single designer was more than deservant of a spot on our platform through our Graduate Talent Programme.
If LFW stands guarantee for one thing, it’s showcasing new, fresh and original designers. With Brexit a mere six weeks away, there is a general state of uncertainty that comes with an urge to identify new markets, beyond Europe. Enter the Hong Kong Trade Development Council: the key goal of the council is promoting Hong Kong’s culture as well as sourcing new business opportunities in different markets. After a successful debut in fashion last year, the council returns to the British capital with Fashion Hong Kong and brings four Hong Kong designers with them, each with ties to prestigious London-based fashion universities.
This year the ostentatious St George Church, Bloomsbury, was host to the annual London College of Fashion MA Menswear catwalk show. On Monday 7th January, during the London Fashion Week Men’s period, the church transformed into a fashion frenzy with the MA Menswear Class of 2019 debuting their new collections. Accompanied by live opera singer, Phoebe Haines, singing in multiple languages. The prestigious show presented cultural diversity and inclusivity of both the graduate designers and their collections. The message is clear that London remains open, even if the country is going through a hard time deciding on whether to activate Brexit in March or having another referendum.
Kicking off this season’s fashion week festivities, London Fashion Week Men’s saw an influx of buyers, press, influencers and fashion industry professionals from around the globe descending on the British Capital. Held in the notoriously quirky hub of the East End, Brick Lane became packed full of paparazzi all trying to get the perfect shot. 
Following a jam packed January of London Fashion Week Men’s events, Fashion Crossover London reflects on the most memorable and striking shows from LFWM AW19. Gone are the days of conventional catwalks, paving way for contemporary performances and collaborations. This season saw a lot of designers step away from showcasing their collections in the Designer Showrooms, instead opting for catwalk collaborations with big brands including; Dr Marten, Pokémon, New Balance, Timberland and Ticker.
Belgrade, also known as the “White City” capital of Serbia, has historically long served as an important stronghold during the Byzantine Empire, Frankish Empire, Bulgarian Empire and Kingdom of Hungary. As the city is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans, its geographical position has allowed it to develop into an important passage way between the East and West throughout the past centuries.
2018 saw Belgrade present their 44th annual Fashion week, 26th October - 2nd November. Showcasing in Serbia twice a year, Belgrade wast the first Eastern European country to host a Fashion Week, with it remaining one of the largest events of its kind, attracting both international buyers and industry experts. 
This year was host to the 44th annual Belgrade Fashion Week, 26th October - 2nd November. Showcasing in Serbia twice a year, Belgrade Fashion Week was the first in Eastern Europe and remains one of the largest events of its kind, attracting international buyers and industry experts. 
The luxurious St Pancras Renaissance Hotel was the perfect host for the Kingston School of Art MA catwalk show, uniting Victorian aesthetic with contemporary style. 
Fashion Crossover reflects on the most memorable and striking shows from LFW SS19. From live singers to professional ballet dancers, this season had it all in terms of a performance.
The 68th London Fashion Week saw a first for many designers and fundamental changes in the fashion industry.
With fashion week rounding up the upmost stylish and fashionable people, LFW SS19 streetstyle did not disappoint. An array of striking looks incorporated London’s fashion festivities, with fashion week attendees ensuring they remained as stylish as the models strutting down the runway. 
In times when ‘unpredictability is the new normal’, industries have no choice but to overcome external challenges and adapt to the changing industrial landscape in order to remain relevant.
On the 26th of March 2018, Fashion Crossover London was honoured to be invited to attend the amfAR Gala charity event in Hong Kong as representative for the international emerging designer. The annual amfAR Gala charity event has been a long established aristocratic function, with admission only made accessible to the most influential and affluent members of the society. This was the fourth year that the event has been held at Shaw Studios in Hong Kong, where the honorees included fashion designer and UNAIDS Ambassador Victoria Beckham, international actress and amfAR Ambassador Michelle Yeoh, and leading Hong Kong businesswoman and philanthropist Pansy Ho. 
In March 2018, following the successful industry talk at Instituto Marangoni from the previous year, our Founder and Managing Director of Fashion Crossover London, Since Wang was invited by the school again to make a presentation at its London campus as part of its Industry Exchange. Founded in Milan in 1935, Istituto Marangoni is a private Italian school of fashion and design, and became a Scuola Professionale Artistica "professional art school" in 1942. The establishment has gained enormous reputation in the global fashion industry.
Historically, there is one course from a London academy, that is truly respected, and internationally recognised, for discovering some of the best professional talents in the fashion industry. Yes, it is the MA Fashion course from Central Saint Martins. For years, this course has demonstrated an unfailing ability, to unearth world class designers such as Alexander McQueen, Stella Mccartney, Christopher Kane, Mary Katrantzou and Molly Goddard, and to transform their raw talent into trend changing prowess. As a result, the reputation of the course does not only echo around Europe, but is extended across every corner of the world.
Here at Fashion Crossover London, this is the first time our team has attended one of Matty Bovan's shows; and what a first show to attend! Not only was the beautiful Adwoa Aboah there at the opening of the show, but there were also various high profile models, such as Winnie Harlow, wearing his extravagant and wonderful pieces.
Standing in front of The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane; right across the street from the Royal Courts of Justice, we were at first slightly perplexed by the chosen location, as we entered the venue for the Roberta Einer AW18 presentation. One could not help but question: Why was a fashion event being held at a venue that had so little to do with its creative industry? We soon discovered the answer, as we witnessed the content of the presentation.
Something extraordinary has occurred in this year's London Fashion Week: Queen Elizabeth has paid a visit to the venue at 180 Strand, and awarded Central Saint Martins' 2016 MA Fashion graduate Richard Quinn with the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design at Quinn's own Catwalk show.
Rejina Pyo, the award winning Korean born fashion designer presented her stunning AW18 collection this past London Fashion Week. Although it was only Rejina's second ever catwalk show, Rejina was able to demonstrate her brand's steady rise by filling out the front seats with powerful buyers from across the world. The streetstyle looks were as thought through as the catwalk shows, where we saw various attendees wearing Rejina's previous collections. This time around, Rejina Pyo chose to showcase her collection at the decorative stretch of Burlington Arcade amongst its individual and high prestige boutiques.
Celebrating the New Year, the extreme coldness welcomed London Fashion Week Men’s AW 18/19. Even though the London weather was still severe, it wasn’t enough to deter the snazzy crowd who came all the way to attend this prestigious celebration of men’s fashion. That is why our team felt so compelled to see the show as it guaranteed that we were going to see people in unique styles on each street we walked along toward the show venue. And that, we assumed, was just how everyone one else felt, all of them heading to London Fashion Week Men’s. 
The 11th instalment of men’s fashion week kicked off in the capital on 6th January 2018. With a bitter chill, the Fashion Crossover London crew armed itself with hot coffee, scarves and gloves, and landed at the London Fashion Week venue in 180 Strand safe and sound. Probably it would be a pertinent weather for the fashion people to be puffed up with feathery and fluffy fur coats.
London Fashion Week Men's Autumn/Winter 2018 kicked off with the celebration of the 11th season of biannual celebration of British menswear. This time round the schedule was more chock-full than ever before. In the world of men’s fashion, London has always been deep-rooted in classic tailoring, and I would bet no other cities could excel how London does. Without exception, we were again excited to be mesmerised into the true spirit of British tailoring tweaked with a sense of humour.
Ever since the days of exploration to Asia along the Silk Road, Italy has always been the pioneer in reaching out to different parts of the globe, to seek for new inspirations, and at the same time, to share its own unique culture with the rest of the world.
On the 26th October we were very excited to have our biannual PRESS DAY in Central London at the Oui 2 Rooms showroom. 
Shanghai street style is exploding this year as the people in China are growing bolder and more experimental with what they wear. The event welcomed the SS18 collections and with it came the glamorous, the quirky and the spectacular. 
The class of 2017 Fashion MA took over the the world's leading contemporary Design Museum in the heart of Kensington to launch their new collections on Thursday 19th October. The Fashion Crossover Team were honoured to have been personally invited to the showcase by Anna Paolillo, Kingston University’s Placements Officer.
The classic German footwear brand, Birkenstock collaborated with two remarkably talented Chinese designers, Jiang Sheng and Ms MIN for their SS18 collections during Shanghai Fashion Week. Our Managing Director, Since Wang was personally invited by the CEO of Attila & Co, Andrea Longhi to The Deer Park Installation, who had organised the event.
Our Managing Director, Since Wang, was personally invited to the opening private press event of the White Show Milano in partnership with Shanghai Fashion Week by CEO, Brenda Bellei Bizzi on the 12th October.
The street style at London Fashion Week is incomparable and always will be. LFW SS18 was a festivity of London's contrasting societies and subcultures, varying from kaleidoscopically, vibrant club kids wearing their own colourful formulations to the impeccably flawless dressers sitting front row, this year had it all. 
The fashion crowd filled with models, bloggers, designers and photographers have gathered and Instagram is in overload for London Fashion Week SS18 and we were one of the lucky ones to get passes to get into the prestigious event.
Julien Macdonald’s SS18 show had the A list fans out in force, with a star-studded front row including Ronan Keating, Tom Daley, Amanda Holden and Rachel Stevens. However, Macdonald also lined up a range of big names to walk his runway. Hailey Baldwin, Winnie Harlow and Victoria's Secret Angel Alessandra Ambrosio strutted down the catwalk before joining the designer for the show's dramatic finale.
Glistening glamour, elaborate ornamentation and superlative shades are what we absolutely adore about Roberta Einer’s creative aesthetic, and her SS18 presentation at the old Central Saint Martin’s building, where the designer graduated, did not disappoint.
Well didn't that fly by? It felt like only last night we were surrounded by a heap of clothes, ready to be bagged and tagged for our first ever Insider Sample Sale.On Thursday the 24th August, Fashion Crossover London gave all fashionistas a date for their designer diaries, hosting the event in our London Showroom. Our concept was natural flowers and plants, which is what we decked our venue out in, in order to bring the outside in, resembling that of an Instagram aesthetic dream.
Last month, the Fashion Crossover London team travelled to Guangzhou, one of China’s capital cities to meet our retail partner, Modern Avenue Group. Only a two-hour train ride from Hong Kong, Guangzhou is the up and coming fashion city in China, making it the perfect location to discuss collaborations and the direction of future projects with Modern Avenue Group. 
Nothing can stop the force that is London Fashion Week Men’s. Come rain or shine the fashionista’s marched through the capital’s streets to celebrate the events 5th Anniversary. Asian designers have been on the rise recently and the buzz around them at LFWM saw that they were a force to be reckoned with in the industry this year. It was exciting to see the range of emerging and established Asian designers having a huge influence and offering a range of visions in both the showrooms and on the runways. 
Mix together 22 catwalk shows and 60 of the best fashion universities, and you’re left with Graduate Fashion Week 2017. It is the showcase for the imagination and risks; influencing the way fashion works and appears. Showcasing over 1,000 students work and attracting over 30,000 guests, the yearly event boosts the careers of the UK’s smartest fashion talent into conventional consciousness. 
From Model to Stylist to TV Presenter and everything in between, Judy Chou is making herself heard.
On the 27th April we hosted our biannual PRESS DAY AW 2017 in the Oui 2 Rooms showroom in collaboration with POP PR in Central London.
Last Saturday during the roundup of London Fashion Week events, Fashion Crossover London and our creative Judy Chou attended the Oxford Fashion Studio show to see our graduate designer, Annie Eunbyeol Choi, present for the very first time. Choi’s pieces were worn by Taiwan’s top fashion icon, Judy at the recent NYX Hollywood event.
We started off London Fashion Week in style as we headed down to the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre to check out Roberta Einer's new AW17 collection. The designer has a resumé that will have you inundated with jealousy as she's worked with huge names such as McQueen and Balmain, and her spirited designs have been featured in the likes of Vogue, Elle and i-D magazine. 
Late on Friday afternoon we were honoured to have been invited to Haizhen Wang’s presentation at London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 17. Due to the high popularity and reputation of the designer, we were queuing in line for this 'invitation-only' event outside of the small Swiss Church near Covent Garden.
Another catwalk we had the pleasure of seeing over London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 17 was the show of acclaimed Turkish fashion designer Bora Aksu. He is a London based Central Saint Martins alumnus who collaborates with big fashion houses internationally and dresses celebrities. We are very pleased to have been invited to view his latest collection.
On early Friday morning our team attended the opening of the Fall/Winter 2017 London Fashion Week - the Teatum Jones catwalk show - the fashion lovechild of designers Rob Jones and Cat Teatum.
February is a busy month for the fashion industry, from runway shows held in all the major fashion capitals to trade shows such as PURE London, one of UK’s largest biannual buying event. 
Istituto Marangoni knows how to ring in the new year. With the month of January dubbed as ‘Career Month’, it was a great way to keep spirits high. Our founder Since Wang was invited to speak with the likes of Alexandra Shulman, Fashion Scout, Versace, Selfridges and WGSN.