The Journal — Fashion Design

Intersectional Inclusivity in Fashion

February 20, 2020 • Editorial • Emerging Designers • Fashion • Fashion Design • Fashion Week • Opinion

I recently read a piece by model and activist Felicity Hayward in the London Evening Standard about why she boycotted London Fashion Week. Here is how I think she can take it up a notch.

Erebus Collective, Edition #03

September 24, 2018 • Avant-Garde • EcoFashion • Emerging Designers • Fashion • Fashion Design • Pop Up Shop • Slow Fashion

The latest edition of the Erebus Collective, a series of pop up shops supporting and highlighting innovative sustainable brands, is coming soon!

Graduate Fashion Week 2018: Ravensbourne

July 05, 2018 • Emerging Designers • Fashion • Fashion Design • Fashion Week • Graduate Fashion Week

Ravensbourne is always something to look forward to during Graduate Fashion Week. The students here are not afraid to push the boundaries, and the sculpted pieces throughout the show this year are no exception. Fatima Miñana Fatima's designs were an interesting mis of fabrics, something traditional with something more technical. She even thought about the styling, all the way down to the fabric wrapped booties. Isabel Hibbert Isabel's menswear pieces were a modern take on a Japanese inspired urban dandy. Karolina Dastikaite This collection was full of almost wearable pieces with some bold silhouettes. Isabella Peace The juxtaposition of utilitarian...

The Evolution of a Dark Universe

May 07, 2018 • Avant-Garde • Behind The Seams • Emerging Designers • Fashion • Fashion Design • Fashion Week • Slow Fashion • Womenswear

The CLON8 Dark Universe is going through a transformation. AristoKRATkA is the evolution of the CLON8 signature appeal for this upcoming Autumn Winter 2018 season.

Transitions 2.0

February 23, 2018 • Education • Emerging Designers • Exhibition • Fashion Design • Slow Fashion

I was honoured to be invited to experience this latest exhibition from the students at Ravensbourne, one of our favourite fashion universities in London. For the second year, they partnered with Wrangler, this being their 70th anniversary, for Transitions 2.0. The exhibition took place at Bargehouse in OXO Tower Wharf just on the Thames. The space is an old warehouse, still with its raw industrial feel. The entrance was a wide open space welcoming you in. As you go up to the main event, you passed the works from students of BA (Hons) Digital Photography, BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Year...

Into Into [self-reproach] SS18 [NSFW]

December 15, 2017 • Accessories • Avant-Garde • Editorial • Emerging Designers • Fashion • Fashion Design • Slow Fashion

|Self-reproach| for ss|18 compilation of different collections and projects by avant-garde artist and designer into|into, combined into one theme.
So this season into|into decided to illustrate the moments of self-recrimination we might experience on daily basis.

Graduate Fashion Week 2017: International Catwalk Show

June 30, 2017 • Emerging Designers • Fashion • Fashion Design • Graduate Fashion Week

It was great to see how the best of the best beyond our shores translated their trends and cultures into their craft at the Swarovski International Catwalk Show at GFW17.

Graduate Fashion Week 2017: Arts University Bournemouth

June 30, 2017 • Emerging Designers • Fashion • Fashion Design • Graduate Fashion Week

The grads from this year's show for Arts University Bournemouth at Graduate Fashion Week really knew how to accessorise to complement their collections.

Graduate Fashion Week 2017: Kingston University

June 29, 2017 • Emerging Designers • Fashion • Fashion Design • Graduate Fashion Week

Kingston University is usually the school with the strongest menswear collections, which consisted of half of their show this year. See what they've accomplished.

Graduate Fashion Week 2017: University of Brighton

June 28, 2017 • Emerging Designers • Fashion • Fashion Design • Graduate Fashion Week

As always, there was a lot of strong talent coming from the University of Brighton this year, from totally wearable collections to some more inspired, conceptual designs.

Graduate Fashion Week 2017: Norwich University of Arts

June 23, 2017 • Emerging Designers • Fashion • Fashion Design • Graduate Fashion Week

This was the first year I sat for the Norwich University of Arts show and was pleasantly surprised to see such amazing and commercial talent coming from this school.

Graduate Fashion Week 2017: Birmingham City University

June 22, 2017 • Emerging Designers • Fashion • Fashion Design • Graduate Fashion Week

There was a wide array of talent and skills on display from this year's students from Birmingham City University at Graduate Fashion Week.

Graduate Fashion Week 2017: Edinburgh College of Art

June 22, 2017 • Emerging Designers • Fashion • Fashion Design • Graduate Fashion Week

Edinburgh College of Art swept up for the Best of Graduate Fashion Week with many of the students nabbing awards. See for yourself why that was.

Graduate Fashion Week 2017: Manchester School of Arts

June 21, 2017 • Emerging Designers • Fashion • Fashion Design • Graduate Fashion Week

The collections from this year's Manchester School of Arts grads at Graduate Fashion Week were quite colourful and just a touch of retro.

Graduate Fashion Week 2017: University of Creative Arts Epsom

June 20, 2017 • Emerging Designers • Fashion • Fashion Design • Graduate Fashion Week

There was a lot of innovation on display at this year's University of Creative Arts Epsom show for Graduate Fashion Week.