Fashion Scout ONES TO WATCH and Merit Award designers in Paris this week.

Selected from a shortlist of 50 emerging designers by a panel of industry experts, four Ones To Watch designers are among Fashion Scout’s stable of young talents this season showcasing at Fashion Scout Paris Showroom on currently until October 6^th.

FASHION SCOUT supports young designers during London Fashion Week.

They are Anita Hirlekar, JS Shin, Leaf Xia and Typical Freaks.  Also showing is Katie Roberts Wood, winner of the acclaimed Fashion Scout SS16 Merit Award.

Roberts / Wood by Katie Roberts Wood.

Designer Anita Hirlekar graduated from London's Central Saint Martins MA Fashion Textiles in 2014, launching her luxury womenswear label based in Iceland. Anita creates garments with attention to innovative fabrications, focusing on her ability to combine unique handcrafted skill with a refined high fashion sensibility. 

Anita already has a string of accolaides under her belt including from ITS, Elle DK, Vogue Italia and a handbag collaboration with BVLGARI.

J S Shin is the recently launched London based womenswear label from designer Joon-Sik Shin. Graduating from Fashion Design Technology Womenswear at London College of Fashion in 2015, Joon-Sik applies conceptual ideas and inspiration to contemporary womenswear. 

With a background and experience in Italian tailoring, Joon-Sik’s signature aesthetic lies in luxury tailoring twinned with hand-craft.

Originally from China, now New York based, Leaf Xia graduated from Parsons the New School of Design in 2015. Focusing on colours, print and a strong silhouette, Leaf specializes in collage, creating playful and brave designs.

At the core of Leaf’s garments is her bold personality, using her collections to communicate a positive energy to everyone through the vehicle of fashion.

Bold, colourful and conceptual street wear brand Typical Freaks is designed by Central Saint Martins MA Graduate Seun Ade-Onojobi and London College of Fashion Graduate Sonia Xiao. The duo provide an eccentric statement on fashion, full of humour, craftsmanship and integrity. Drawing on diverse thematic inspiration, Typical Freaks’ garments are a celebration of creativity with many items printed or painted by hand, and often imbued with a mature sensitivity and dark, punky undertones. 

Ones To Watch provides a unique platform for the brightest new designers, helping to generate maximum media and buyer attention.  Following on from a successful showing during London Fashion Week in September, the designers are at Fashion Scout ParisShowroom this week until October 6th.  New Location: 78 RUE AMELOT 75011 Paris.

All photos by Lucia Carpio for My Fashion Connect.