DESIGNER GALLERY
SAKOLOKO
Mariane Rech Henrique is a Brazilian designer who spent most of her adult life in Europe. She previously studied interior design and photography in Barcelona, before running her own design company, CIRANDA, Spain. Mariane ;later diversified into photography, filmmaking and fashion in France.
Her goal is to create perfectly finished bags that are both original and elegant, perfect for today's independent women. Mariane has hopes that every time a woman wears a SAKOLOKO, she will feel unique.
Read more
SALLY MANKEE
Sally Mankee is a textile and womenswear designer based in Kent, England whose work celebrates a bygone era. She has a passion for the past and can be inspired by anything ranging from a postage stamp to an umbrella stand. Sally takes mementos from days gone by, combining them with illustrations in her signature quirky playful style to produce fabrics full of charm and rich in narrative.
Read more
SARA CHYAN
Sara Chyan's works take a minimalistic approach with conceptual support. Sara tries to draw on a wide scale of subjects in a multi-layered way, likes to involve the viewer in a way that is sometimes physical and believes in the idea of function following form in a work. Her works respond directly to the human body and surrounding environment, and uses everyday experience from the artist as a starting point.
Sara believes that jewellery is an object that carries more than just an intrinsic significance, for it is not merely an ornament but also a medium for expressing one’s individuality, which is what drives her to creating her awe-inspiring, picturesque jewellery pieces.
Read more
SARAH GARFIELD
Sarah Garfield is a young, London based, Womenswear designer, who graduated in 2017 from Ravensbourne. Having grown up in London, Sarah was continually taking in the City’s rebellious, non-conformist, often outlandish sense of dress, particularly as a teenager, which is deeply entrenched into her design DNA. There is a clear sense of adolescent rebellion in her clothing, to be expressed at any age.
Sarah’s main aesthetic combines a subtle darkness with a sad, fragile beauty. She mixes delicate, nymph-like historical references, with modern references to strong, forceful female subcultures and confident female sexuality. The main focus is contrast, giving a bittersweet feel.
Read more
SARAH THOMPSON
Sarah Thompson explores the relationship the British farming community have to their clothing. The value in which they place upon practical attire and attachments they gain. Growing up within the remote North Yorkshire Moors, her clothing focused on practicality, durability and the ability to mend, alter and longevity often becoming sentimental.
Through this cycle of deconstruction snd mending came an accidental shabby signature aesthetic, which has formed by design signature and one that this collection has explore.
Read more
SARAH WOOLLEY
Sarah Woolley (SarahWoolleyStudio) is an ambitious, highly driven creative individual who has a strong passion for combining fashion and architecture. Sarah specialises in womenswear, mostly experimental pattern cutting. She is very interested in pattern cutting and experimenting with different shapes to create sculptural garments.
Read more
SASHA LOUISE
Sasha Louise graduated in Womenswear at London College of Fashion and interned for Michael Van Der Ham during his first collection for Fashion East, collaging beautiful dresses together.
Later Sasha started working for Kim West, this is where her Latex career started. Experimenting with the material more and more she made her own fabric, Latex net. Sasha admits latex net is a material that was created from being too broke to buy latex sheeting and through trial and error she came up with this technique that creates unique clothing pieces.
Read more
SAVVAS ALEXANDER
Savvas Alexander is a menswear designer based out of London, focusing on garment development that blends technical construction with fluidity and drape. Having recently graduated from his BA at London College of Fashion, his focus was developing his skills in pattern cutting innovation and exploring 3D modelling techniques to develop interesting silhouettes.
Read more
SEBASTIAN NISSL
Sebastian Martin Nissl is a London based fashion designer graduate from Kingston University. Through drawing and sketching a lot early on in his life and his compulsory passion to observe, he soon figured out that designing fashion is the way for him to express his collected impressions.
During his time at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, studying for his Bachelor of Arts, he learnt how to harness his creativity without losing its freedom. As of recently, Sebastian successfully completed his Master's program in the United Kingdom. Here he perfected his work and style to introduce himself to London.
Read more
SEUNG CHO
Born in South Korea and received BFA degree in Fashion Design from Parsons the New School for Design, Seung is passionate about art, design, and communication.
Seung believes fashion is an artistic medium and wants to apply many elements of abstract painting and collage to her collection. In her collection, she expresses her aesthetic sensibility through oversized shapes with bold colors so that her clothes provide freedom and artistic sensibility to wearers. She likes to design unconventional clothes with geometric lines with refined details.
Read more
SHAMIMA MUSARRAT
Shamima’s collection ‘Conflicted Heritage’ focuses on the inner struggles that exist within all of us in various aspects of our lives, which shape us to be the individuals we are.
This particular project explores her own conflicting thoughts and emotions that arise out of a need to construct an identity that considers all of the flavours of her different cultures.
Read more
SHANNON LOUISE
Shannon Louise completed a BA fashion design at Leeds Arts University with the interests of design, garment manufacture and garment technology for womenswear. Shannon's passion for textiles and aim to push boundaries, ensured she created a meaningful collection that could potentially affect society. The personal topic, ensured her collection would be a passionate piece of art to make a global statement.
Read more
SHAN ZHANG
The brand name “Kill King Thrushbeard” comes from Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale King Thrushbeard. The story portrays a young, beautiful princess being humiliated by King Thrushbeard because of her pride and sarcastic nature. Even so, she accepts his so-called love gratefully at the end for he offers her fancy clothes and the position of the queen. Kill King Thrushbeard is to celebrate women’s intelligence, and the belief of sarcasm as a sign of humour and philosophical thinking.
Read more
SHAOFEN
Shaofen is an alumna of London College of Fashion, specializing in Womenswear. She graduated in 2017 and was listed amongst ’10 designers to watch from the London College of Fashion’s Fashion show’. Shaofen launched her namesake label in 2019, offering timeless, modern yet effortless Ready-to-wear pieces. Her collections are often informed by experimenting with variations of scales and shapes in 2D before translating it onto fabrics resulting in clothing with clean cuts which reflects her personal identity.
Read more
SHUN YIP
Shun Yip is a Sheffield based Menswear Designer who graduated from Sheffield Hallam University. This project is delving into the notion of the film ‘Pleasantville’ She is using it as a bedrock to push the ideas from an archetypal world that has divergent protagonists. An existence that has distractions from what the world really is, the utopian principles painting a picture of a faultless environment, a sanctuary from the reality that surrounds us every day.
Read more
SHUR RUITZ
Ruizi Shi graduated in Fashion Womenswear from Istituto Marangoni, Italy in 2012. After her studies abroad in Italy and London, she returned to China and founded her brand and store SHUR RUITZ in Chonqing in 2013. Her designs can be described as an amalgamation of East couture with the West and aim to bring harmonious aesthetics to modern times.
She is influenced by Taoism, the concept of inner peace translates into her minimal contemporary designs.
Read more
SIAN ROBINSON
Sian Robinson is a British designer who has recently graduated from the University of Brighton. Her work see’s the merging of Sports Luxe and Outerwear.
Sian is heavily Influenced by menswear and the traditionalism behind ‘the rules’ of menswear, she uses this to inject a masculinity to her feminine silhouettes as well as forming a unisex aspect.
Read more
SID BULLMORE
Panna designs clothing solely through experimentation with advanced materials and unorthodox methods of construction. The initial focus on purely how the clothing is made removes any historical or cultural referencing from the design process.
Read more
SIXTINE GENDRE
When pursuing her BA degree in Embroidery and Textiles design at London College of Fashion, Sixtine became the spectator of a series of demonstrations and protests which took place in her home country -France - and the country she lives in - England. New movements and revendications arose, people presently revive the action of protest. The body becomes then a revolution, a flag on its own.
Read more
SIJIA JIANG
During the time when she was pursuing her BA in Fashion Design and development course in London College of Fashion, Sijia had always been focused on how relationships between creativity, wearable and femininity.
Nowadays, her interest falls on stories from the 1900s. Her collections constantly incorporate themes from 20 century‘s myth, allied with deconstruction elements.
Read more
SINEAD GOREY
Sinead Gorey, born and bred in South East London and a recent graduate from the reputable London College of Fashion Womenswear course.
She has had her garments worn by relevant figures such as Jorja Smith, Zara Larson, Tiffany Calver, JGrey, Nilufer Yanya, Mira May and more. Her most recent collection is a nostalgic nod to her years of growing up around the London squat raving scene, creating garments for the new age matured raver.
Read more
SIYI LONG
Siyi Long graduated from the London College of Fashion in 2019 after following in an MA in menswear design and technology, where she focused on womenswear, technology, and knitwear. She’s a fashion designer who explores the harmony between functionality and a strong sense of design. Siyi Long has a clear yet simple philosophy: create innovative, functional high-end clothing for dads so they can enjoy a more confident life more with their children and family.
Read more
SMASH CLOTHING
SMASH is fresh clothing and accessories brand entirely handmade from quality materials, providing comfort in daily life and unique style. Behind the brand stand artists and creative individual with a vision. SMASH designs are bold, colourful, simple with lots of little details, original, trendy and with the ability to turn heads. Every piece has the perfect balance between freedom, luxury, and setting a fashion statement. Be you! BESMASHABLE!
Read more
SOHYEON PARK
Since acquiring an Associate Womenswear degree at Baewha college in South Korea, Sohyeon Park decided to explore textile at Greentextile Vendor. While working there, she could learn how to produce fabrics from factories and negotiate between manufactures and market. However The more she worked at the company, the more she felt sick about commercial business and fast fashion as the company mostly dealt with the industry. Therefore she made decision to move into UK as she always admired London fashion after obtaining Working holiday visa from UK.
Read more
SOL YI
Sol Yi is a South-Korean designer based in Seoul, establishing his brand orisoup after graduating from the Korea National University of Arts in 2019. He loves to explore new manufacturing technologies and materials, seeking a way to hack things so they function differently. His work is characterized by discovering new uses of materials and creating new sensations through interesting combinations.
Read more
SOPHIE BAILEY
Sophie Bailey is a modern, up and coming designer with a fresh approach to Menswear, featuring a strong aesthetic consisting of textiles and print application.
Her latest collection perfectly epitomised her aesthetic by looking to the everyday and hoarding to create an impactful, cohesive collection of pieces featuring vinyl graphics, new fabrication techniques and hardware detailing. With a tone on tone colour palette throughout the collection it created a sophisticated and matured aesthetic, developed throughout her MA course at Kingston University.
Read more
SOPHIE HIRD
Sophie Hird is a recently graduated designer from London College of Fashion. Her work focuses on reducing the number of garments ending up in landfill, by up-cycling them and giving a new vibrant context; her graduate collection prides itself in being produced completely with up-cycled football jerseys.
Read more
SOPHIE JANE ROBINSON
Sophie Jane Robinson is a London based Womenswear designer and recent graduate from UCA Epsom. With a passion for unusual textile use, her designs feature clothing made from interior fabrics and items. Throughout her BA in Fashion, she became more conscious of the impact of the fashion industry upon the environment and therefore, a constant focus on the environmental impact of her work has resulted in the development of unusual and reused textiles within her work
Read more
Sophie Marshall
Sophie Marshall is a Fashion Designer and Pattern Cutter who will graduate from The Glasgow School of Art in June 2020. Throughout her studies, Sophie has developed a keen interest in tailoring which has become a fundamental component of her graduate collection. Sophie spends a lot of time pattern cutting and has gained skills in creative pattern cutting for womenswear, founded on an understanding of cutting for traditional menswear tailoring. Although she is based in Glasgow, industry experience for high-end womenswear brands in London has solidified for her the strong feminine identity that she wishes to have as a designer.
Read more
STARSICA
Originally from Seoul, Ike Seungik Lee studied BFA Sculpture at Seoul National University, subsequently MA Fashion at Kingston University. Upon graduating in 2016, Ike launched his own label ‘STARSICA’. By combining the distinctive values from his earlier art works, Ike incorporates functionality with his conceptual messages, thus showing his ability to evolve into the brand ‘STARSICA’.
Read more
STEVE JIN
A Menswear Design graduate from the London College of Fashion, Steve Jin decided to find inspiration for his first collection through introspection and opposition. As a minimalist with high standards of cleanliness, Steve wanted to incorporate these personal aspects.
At the same time, he wanted to create tension and found himself fascinated by the festivalgoers of Woodstock – their fluid motions and carefree nature. Marrying these two seemingly contradictory ideas together, he coloured his garments with hand embroidered flowers and softer lines on a delicate palette. The collection made use of fusing together and modernising traditional draping and tailoring techniques.
Read more
STEVEN PASSARO
Born in France with a Portuguese heritage, Steven Passaro is a menswear designer based in London. At the age of 19, he entered the set and interior design course of Duperré where he developed his ability and taste for constructions.
During his time in Paris, Steven worked for Christian Dior as a VM designer for a year while learning sewing and pattern making.
Read more
STUDIO COPULA
STUDIO_COPULA began as an experimental accessories lab based in NYC. Established by four designers Christina Zhu, Cecilia Zhu, Eason Gao, Chubai Liu in 2018.The name is derived from the Latin noun for a “link” or “tie” that connects two different things. The label holds the belief that humans are social animals that need to be connected in order to thrive and to survive.
“Social”, the word itself, is merely a coping-ideology formulated by the development of our societal infrastructure, fuelled by the human instinct to orient towards each other. It is merely collective ideas projected outwards, merely expressions of human connectivity, yet a dominant force that shapes the perception and behaviour of our current generation.
Read more
STUDIO KARRO
Caroline Karro is an award-winning designer and founder of Studio Karro. Caroline’s designs and detailed tailoring is proof of the mastered fashion craftsmanship that Studio Karro is bringing to the each of the garments.
She debuted her first collection at London’s Graduate Fashion Week, which was followed by the first stockist boutique at London’s Camden Town and a showcase of her collection at London Fashion Week.
Read more
SUBIN HAHN
Subin Hahn is a Gender Fluid Wear designer. Taken from traditionally feminine elements, his designs challenge traditional mens and unisex fashion aesthetics, aiming to provide equality in current fashion industry, while embracing his or her own ambiguity and fluidity.
Based on his belief that art is a spiritual activity that conveys one’s faith and belief, he aims to help the wearers bring out their own spirits through his designs, and to provide hope of a better future.
Read more
SUSAN FORREST
Susan Forrest is a Glasgow based menswear designer who graduated from Manchester School of Art. Her first collection explores the concept of our relationship with denim clothing
Fascinated with what happens to denim clothing once it ends up in close proximity with the body; the wear and tear that occurs through constant wear and how denim molds to the body. This, in turn, allowing everyday habits and lives to become visible within the material.
Read more
SYDNEY UMBERTO
A New York-based designer, Sydney Umberto is a graduate from Parsons, The New School of Design, with a BFA in fashion design.
Her design philosophy is very much inspired by her emotions. Specializing in women's ready-to-wear, Sydney's designs are minimal, focusing on informal daywear, although some pieces will satisfy some formal aspects of a woman's life. She focuses on fine fabric and juxtaposing the perfect fit with relaxed, oversized silhouettes, using a calm colour scheme.
Read more
SABRINA HSIEH
Significantly influenced by her upbringing in Taiwan, a country of complex culture background, Sabrina has cultivated a keen passion for different cultures. The dynamic art scene and cultural climate in New York provided her a wellspring of inspirations and nourishment. Titled “the Art of Travel,” Sabrina’s first collection was enlightened by her journey to Williamsburg in Brooklyn, where the vigorous street art blends in the Jewish neighborhood.
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Significantly influenced by her upbringing in Taiwan, a country of complex culture background, Sabrina has cultivated a keen passion for different cultures. The dynamic art scene and cultural climate in New York provided her a wellspring of inspirations and nourishment. Titled “the Art of Travel,” Sabrina’s first collection was enlightened by her journey to Williamsburg in Brooklyn, where the vigorous street art blends in the Jewish neighborhood.Read more
SAKOLOKO
Mariane Rech Henrique is a Brazilian designer who spent most of her adult life in Europe. She previously studied interior design and photography in Barcelona, before running her own design company, CIRANDA, Spain. Mariane ;later diversified into photography, filmmaking and fashion in France.Her goal is to create perfectly finished bags that are both original and elegant, perfect for today's independent women. Mariane has hopes that every time a woman wears a SAKOLOKO, she will feel unique.
Read more
SALLY MANKEE
Sally Mankee is a textile and womenswear designer based in Kent, England whose work celebrates a bygone era. She has a passion for the past and can be inspired by anything ranging from a postage stamp to an umbrella stand. Sally takes mementos from days gone by, combining them with illustrations in her signature quirky playful style to produce fabrics full of charm and rich in narrative.Read more
SARA CHYAN
Sara Chyan's works take a minimalistic approach with conceptual support. Sara tries to draw on a wide scale of subjects in a multi-layered way, likes to involve the viewer in a way that is sometimes physical and believes in the idea of function following form in a work. Her works respond directly to the human body and surrounding environment, and uses everyday experience from the artist as a starting point.Sara believes that jewellery is an object that carries more than just an intrinsic significance, for it is not merely an ornament but also a medium for expressing one’s individuality, which is what drives her to creating her awe-inspiring, picturesque jewellery pieces.
Read more
SARAH GARFIELD
Sarah Garfield is a young, London based, Womenswear designer, who graduated in 2017 from Ravensbourne. Having grown up in London, Sarah was continually taking in the City’s rebellious, non-conformist, often outlandish sense of dress, particularly as a teenager, which is deeply entrenched into her design DNA. There is a clear sense of adolescent rebellion in her clothing, to be expressed at any age.Sarah’s main aesthetic combines a subtle darkness with a sad, fragile beauty. She mixes delicate, nymph-like historical references, with modern references to strong, forceful female subcultures and confident female sexuality. The main focus is contrast, giving a bittersweet feel.
Read more
SARAH THOMPSON
Sarah Thompson explores the relationship the British farming community have to their clothing. The value in which they place upon practical attire and attachments they gain. Growing up within the remote North Yorkshire Moors, her clothing focused on practicality, durability and the ability to mend, alter and longevity often becoming sentimental.Through this cycle of deconstruction snd mending came an accidental shabby signature aesthetic, which has formed by design signature and one that this collection has explore.
Read more
SARAH WOOLLEY
Sarah Woolley (SarahWoolleyStudio) is an ambitious, highly driven creative individual who has a strong passion for combining fashion and architecture. Sarah specialises in womenswear, mostly experimental pattern cutting. She is very interested in pattern cutting and experimenting with different shapes to create sculptural garments.Read more
SASHA LOUISE
Sasha Louise graduated in Womenswear at London College of Fashion and interned for Michael Van Der Ham during his first collection for Fashion East, collaging beautiful dresses together.Later Sasha started working for Kim West, this is where her Latex career started. Experimenting with the material more and more she made her own fabric, Latex net. Sasha admits latex net is a material that was created from being too broke to buy latex sheeting and through trial and error she came up with this technique that creates unique clothing pieces.
Read more
SAVVAS ALEXANDER
Savvas Alexander is a menswear designer based out of London, focusing on garment development that blends technical construction with fluidity and drape. Having recently graduated from his BA at London College of Fashion, his focus was developing his skills in pattern cutting innovation and exploring 3D modelling techniques to develop interesting silhouettes.Read more
SEBASTIAN NISSL
Sebastian Martin Nissl is a London based fashion designer graduate from Kingston University. Through drawing and sketching a lot early on in his life and his compulsory passion to observe, he soon figured out that designing fashion is the way for him to express his collected impressions.During his time at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, studying for his Bachelor of Arts, he learnt how to harness his creativity without losing its freedom. As of recently, Sebastian successfully completed his Master's program in the United Kingdom. Here he perfected his work and style to introduce himself to London.
Read more
SEUNG CHO
Born in South Korea and received BFA degree in Fashion Design from Parsons the New School for Design, Seung is passionate about art, design, and communication.Seung believes fashion is an artistic medium and wants to apply many elements of abstract painting and collage to her collection. In her collection, she expresses her aesthetic sensibility through oversized shapes with bold colors so that her clothes provide freedom and artistic sensibility to wearers. She likes to design unconventional clothes with geometric lines with refined details.
Read more
SHAMIMA MUSARRAT
Shamima’s collection ‘Conflicted Heritage’ focuses on the inner struggles that exist within all of us in various aspects of our lives, which shape us to be the individuals we are.This particular project explores her own conflicting thoughts and emotions that arise out of a need to construct an identity that considers all of the flavours of her different cultures.
Read more
SHANNON LOUISE
Shannon Louise completed a BA fashion design at Leeds Arts University with the interests of design, garment manufacture and garment technology for womenswear. Shannon's passion for textiles and aim to push boundaries, ensured she created a meaningful collection that could potentially affect society. The personal topic, ensured her collection would be a passionate piece of art to make a global statement.Read more
SHAN ZHANG
The brand name “Kill King Thrushbeard” comes from Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale King Thrushbeard. The story portrays a young, beautiful princess being humiliated by King Thrushbeard because of her pride and sarcastic nature. Even so, she accepts his so-called love gratefully at the end for he offers her fancy clothes and the position of the queen. Kill King Thrushbeard is to celebrate women’s intelligence, and the belief of sarcasm as a sign of humour and philosophical thinking.Read more
SHAOFEN
Shaofen is an alumna of London College of Fashion, specializing in Womenswear. She graduated in 2017 and was listed amongst ’10 designers to watch from the London College of Fashion’s Fashion show’. Shaofen launched her namesake label in 2019, offering timeless, modern yet effortless Ready-to-wear pieces. Her collections are often informed by experimenting with variations of scales and shapes in 2D before translating it onto fabrics resulting in clothing with clean cuts which reflects her personal identity.Read more
SHUN YIP
Shun Yip is a Sheffield based Menswear Designer who graduated from Sheffield Hallam University. This project is delving into the notion of the film ‘Pleasantville’ She is using it as a bedrock to push the ideas from an archetypal world that has divergent protagonists. An existence that has distractions from what the world really is, the utopian principles painting a picture of a faultless environment, a sanctuary from the reality that surrounds us every day. Read more
SHUR RUITZ
Ruizi Shi graduated in Fashion Womenswear from Istituto Marangoni, Italy in 2012. After her studies abroad in Italy and London, she returned to China and founded her brand and store SHUR RUITZ in Chonqing in 2013. Her designs can be described as an amalgamation of East couture with the West and aim to bring harmonious aesthetics to modern times. She is influenced by Taoism, the concept of inner peace translates into her minimal contemporary designs.
Read more
SIAN ROBINSON
Sian Robinson is a British designer who has recently graduated from the University of Brighton. Her work see’s the merging of Sports Luxe and Outerwear.Sian is heavily Influenced by menswear and the traditionalism behind ‘the rules’ of menswear, she uses this to inject a masculinity to her feminine silhouettes as well as forming a unisex aspect.
Read more
SID BULLMORE
Panna designs clothing solely through experimentation with advanced materials and unorthodox methods of construction. The initial focus on purely how the clothing is made removes any historical or cultural referencing from the design process. Read more
SIXTINE GENDRE
When pursuing her BA degree in Embroidery and Textiles design at London College of Fashion, Sixtine became the spectator of a series of demonstrations and protests which took place in her home country -France - and the country she lives in - England. New movements and revendications arose, people presently revive the action of protest. The body becomes then a revolution, a flag on its own. Read more
SIJIA JIANG
During the time when she was pursuing her BA in Fashion Design and development course in London College of Fashion, Sijia had always been focused on how relationships between creativity, wearable and femininity. Nowadays, her interest falls on stories from the 1900s. Her collections constantly incorporate themes from 20 century‘s myth, allied with deconstruction elements.
Read more
SINEAD GOREY
Sinead Gorey, born and bred in South East London and a recent graduate from the reputable London College of Fashion Womenswear course.She has had her garments worn by relevant figures such as Jorja Smith, Zara Larson, Tiffany Calver, JGrey, Nilufer Yanya, Mira May and more. Her most recent collection is a nostalgic nod to her years of growing up around the London squat raving scene, creating garments for the new age matured raver.
Read more
SIYI LONG
Siyi Long graduated from the London College of Fashion in 2019 after following in an MA in menswear design and technology, where she focused on womenswear, technology, and knitwear. She’s a fashion designer who explores the harmony between functionality and a strong sense of design. Siyi Long has a clear yet simple philosophy: create innovative, functional high-end clothing for dads so they can enjoy a more confident life more with their children and family. Read more
SMASH CLOTHING
SMASH is fresh clothing and accessories brand entirely handmade from quality materials, providing comfort in daily life and unique style. Behind the brand stand artists and creative individual with a vision. SMASH designs are bold, colourful, simple with lots of little details, original, trendy and with the ability to turn heads. Every piece has the perfect balance between freedom, luxury, and setting a fashion statement. Be you! BESMASHABLE!Read more
SOHYEON PARK
Since acquiring an Associate Womenswear degree at Baewha college in South Korea, Sohyeon Park decided to explore textile at Greentextile Vendor. While working there, she could learn how to produce fabrics from factories and negotiate between manufactures and market. However The more she worked at the company, the more she felt sick about commercial business and fast fashion as the company mostly dealt with the industry. Therefore she made decision to move into UK as she always admired London fashion after obtaining Working holiday visa from UK.Read more
SOL YI
Sol Yi is a South-Korean designer based in Seoul, establishing his brand orisoup after graduating from the Korea National University of Arts in 2019. He loves to explore new manufacturing technologies and materials, seeking a way to hack things so they function differently. His work is characterized by discovering new uses of materials and creating new sensations through interesting combinations.Read more
SOPHIE BAILEY
Sophie Bailey is a modern, up and coming designer with a fresh approach to Menswear, featuring a strong aesthetic consisting of textiles and print application.Her latest collection perfectly epitomised her aesthetic by looking to the everyday and hoarding to create an impactful, cohesive collection of pieces featuring vinyl graphics, new fabrication techniques and hardware detailing. With a tone on tone colour palette throughout the collection it created a sophisticated and matured aesthetic, developed throughout her MA course at Kingston University.
Read more
SOPHIE HIRD
Sophie Hird is a recently graduated designer from London College of Fashion. Her work focuses on reducing the number of garments ending up in landfill, by up-cycling them and giving a new vibrant context; her graduate collection prides itself in being produced completely with up-cycled football jerseys.Read more
SOPHIE JANE ROBINSON
Sophie Jane Robinson is a London based Womenswear designer and recent graduate from UCA Epsom. With a passion for unusual textile use, her designs feature clothing made from interior fabrics and items. Throughout her BA in Fashion, she became more conscious of the impact of the fashion industry upon the environment and therefore, a constant focus on the environmental impact of her work has resulted in the development of unusual and reused textiles within her work Read more
Sophie Marshall
Sophie Marshall is a Fashion Designer and Pattern Cutter who will graduate from The Glasgow School of Art in June 2020. Throughout her studies, Sophie has developed a keen interest in tailoring which has become a fundamental component of her graduate collection. Sophie spends a lot of time pattern cutting and has gained skills in creative pattern cutting for womenswear, founded on an understanding of cutting for traditional menswear tailoring. Although she is based in Glasgow, industry experience for high-end womenswear brands in London has solidified for her the strong feminine identity that she wishes to have as a designer.Read more
STARSICA
Originally from Seoul, Ike Seungik Lee studied BFA Sculpture at Seoul National University, subsequently MA Fashion at Kingston University. Upon graduating in 2016, Ike launched his own label ‘STARSICA’. By combining the distinctive values from his earlier art works, Ike incorporates functionality with his conceptual messages, thus showing his ability to evolve into the brand ‘STARSICA’.Read more
STEVE JIN
A Menswear Design graduate from the London College of Fashion, Steve Jin decided to find inspiration for his first collection through introspection and opposition. As a minimalist with high standards of cleanliness, Steve wanted to incorporate these personal aspects. At the same time, he wanted to create tension and found himself fascinated by the festivalgoers of Woodstock – their fluid motions and carefree nature. Marrying these two seemingly contradictory ideas together, he coloured his garments with hand embroidered flowers and softer lines on a delicate palette. The collection made use of fusing together and modernising traditional draping and tailoring techniques.
Read more
STEVEN PASSARO
Born in France with a Portuguese heritage, Steven Passaro is a menswear designer based in London. At the age of 19, he entered the set and interior design course of Duperré where he developed his ability and taste for constructions.During his time in Paris, Steven worked for Christian Dior as a VM designer for a year while learning sewing and pattern making.
Read more
STUDIO COPULA
STUDIO_COPULA began as an experimental accessories lab based in NYC. Established by four designers Christina Zhu, Cecilia Zhu, Eason Gao, Chubai Liu in 2018.The name is derived from the Latin noun for a “link” or “tie” that connects two different things. The label holds the belief that humans are social animals that need to be connected in order to thrive and to survive.“Social”, the word itself, is merely a coping-ideology formulated by the development of our societal infrastructure, fuelled by the human instinct to orient towards each other. It is merely collective ideas projected outwards, merely expressions of human connectivity, yet a dominant force that shapes the perception and behaviour of our current generation.
Read more
STUDIO KARRO
Caroline Karro is an award-winning designer and founder of Studio Karro. Caroline’s designs and detailed tailoring is proof of the mastered fashion craftsmanship that Studio Karro is bringing to the each of the garments.She debuted her first collection at London’s Graduate Fashion Week, which was followed by the first stockist boutique at London’s Camden Town and a showcase of her collection at London Fashion Week.
Read more
SUBIN HAHN
Subin Hahn is a Gender Fluid Wear designer. Taken from traditionally feminine elements, his designs challenge traditional mens and unisex fashion aesthetics, aiming to provide equality in current fashion industry, while embracing his or her own ambiguity and fluidity.Based on his belief that art is a spiritual activity that conveys one’s faith and belief, he aims to help the wearers bring out their own spirits through his designs, and to provide hope of a better future.
Read more
SUSAN FORREST
Susan Forrest is a Glasgow based menswear designer who graduated from Manchester School of Art. Her first collection explores the concept of our relationship with denim clothingFascinated with what happens to denim clothing once it ends up in close proximity with the body; the wear and tear that occurs through constant wear and how denim molds to the body. This, in turn, allowing everyday habits and lives to become visible within the material.
Read more
SYDNEY UMBERTO
A New York-based designer, Sydney Umberto is a graduate from Parsons, The New School of Design, with a BFA in fashion design.Her design philosophy is very much inspired by her emotions. Specializing in women's ready-to-wear, Sydney's designs are minimal, focusing on informal daywear, although some pieces will satisfy some formal aspects of a woman's life. She focuses on fine fabric and juxtaposing the perfect fit with relaxed, oversized silhouettes, using a calm colour scheme.
Read more