Kaushik Velendra’s Spring Summer 2022 Menswear collection focuses on structure and fluidity

 

Kaushik Velendra’s Spring Summer 2022 Menswear collection draws inspiration from people, with a strong focus on anatomy and personality. This collection celebrates people from different walks of life.

While Kaushik Velendra is a cutting-edge luxury menswear brand, it is forging a new paradigm of traditional tailoring combined with the latest innovation in fabrication and construction.

This season the collection embraces the juxtaposition of structure and fluidity and offers a gateway to a new menswear world, creating a new species all together. The collection expands to a wider range of ready-to-wear essentials and couture. Each look reveals a unique element of surprise from every angle at the core of its design. 

Thus providing a whole new take on construction. 

Image from London Fashion Week website.

London Fashion Week presented by Clearpay to run in September 2021 as a physical-digital hybrid

London Fashion Week will run from Friday 17th to Tuesday 21st September as a physical-digital hybrid. Announcing a provisional line-up of 105 designers, British Fashion Council said the schedule will combine both physical and digital activation from designers including Molly Goddard, Rejina Pyo, Nicholas Daley, Simone Rocha, Feng Chen Wang and Vivienne Westwood. The digital platform will host 69 digital activations with an additional 95 designers activating their profiles off schedule. The 41 physical activations will take the form of catwalks, presentations and appointment listings across the city, as well as 9 morning and evening in-person events.

JW Anderson SS21

The LFW digital platform, is the Official Digital Hub and will be freely accessible to everyone.

Temperley London 

The September event will incorporate catwalk shows, presentations, appointments, events, digital content and activations throughout London.  The dynamic schedule will include events and activations in partnership with key retailers, cultural institutions, and businesses.  A full schedule of activities and how to get involved will be announced later in the summer.

In partnership with its Principal Partner Clearpay, London Fashion Week will celebrate the reopening of London by relaunching a City-Wide Celebration programme across the capital, making the best of British fashion accessible to consumers, supporting retail to get back on its feet and opening access to new audiences and communities, according to the British Fashion Council.

London Fashion Week Online showcased more than 90 designers across menswear and womenswear this February.

Erdem AW21.

London Fashion Week held as a virtual event this season has concluded on February 23 and demonstrated that creativity does not stop during hard times and the serial lockdowns did not dampen the spirit of the British Fashion Council nor its ability to stage a successful event, at least from the online experience point of view.

Simone Rocha AW21

The digital show took place for the first time from February 19 to 23, during which more than 90 designers across menswear and womenswear showcased their autumn /winter 2021 collections via a number of ways: the catwalk, a film, a presentation, a lookbook shoot or installation on the LondonFashionWeek.co.uk digital site, in the absence of physical audiences.

Erdem Aw21

Simone Rocha AW21

Bethany Williams presented her new gender-neutral capsule coat collection exclusively for Selfridges.

Dunhill AW21

The London Fashion Week designers had been able to produce their presentations under various formats under strict Covid protocol.  According to organisers, London Fashion Week had worked closely with the Westminster Council to secure free Covid-19 tests for models and production crews.

A packed full schedule was put in place featuring designers from Molly Goddard, and Roksanda to Simone Rocha, Temperley London, Richard Quinn, Erdem, Osman, Emilia Wickstead, Edward Crutchley, Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, Edeline Lee and Daniel w. Fletcher.

Priya Ahluwalia, recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design 2021.

Highlights included Bora Aksu who showcased his collection with a catwalk show film at the Tate Britain.  While Rixo debuted its bridal collection, Paul Costelloe celebrated 35 years at London Fashion Week with a live catwalk show.

Stephen Jones 

This season both menswear and womenswear designers were included with Burberry presenting only its menswear autumn/winter 2021 collection alongside other menswear talents Ahluwalia, Bethany Williams, Bianca Saunders, Dunhill, Tokyo James, Saul Nash, and Nicholas Daley.

Apujan AW21

Accessory brands were also on show, including Church’s, Roker, Hill and Friends, Stephen Jones Millinery, Hillier Bartley, Misa Harada, and Isosceles, as well as newcomers such as jewellery brand Completedworks and Lagos-born, Glasgow-raised Olubiyi Thomas, both shortlisted for the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund 2021, and including Av Vattev, Bmuet(te), Eirinn Hayhow, Geo, IA London, Jenn Lee, Kaushik Velendra, Labrum London, Maxxij, Mithridate, Published by, Ray Chu, Tokyo James and Yuhan Wang.

Stephen Jones presents 'French Kiss' Autumn / Winter 2021 collection at London Fashion Week

 

Bluebell by Stephen Jones.

From runways to race-courses, from pop-promos to royal garden parties, millinery by Stephen Jones adds the exclamation mark to every fashion statement.

Stephen Jones and "Madame Fevrier"

Jones makes millinery seem modern and compelling. In materials that are often radical, and in designs that ranged from refined to whimsical, his exquisitely craftes, quixotic hats encapsulated the fashion mood of the moment.

"En Ligne" by Stephen Jones

Now, as ever, at the forefront of fashion, his beguiling hats routinely grace the most celebrated magazine covers and enliven window displays of the world's most stylish stores. 

Paul Costelloe Autumn/Winter 2021 Collection celebrates 35 years on the London Fashion Week catwalk.

The Paul Costelloe Autumn/Winter 2021 Collection inspires me to get out of my comfy work-from-home casuals and dress up again like I used to, when going to the office was a regular affair.

I'm imagining myself putting on make-up, wearing seriously bold accessories, stockings and even proper shoes with heels.

“After a year of uncertainty, the Costelloe woman is bold, brave and optimistic”. says Paul Costelloe.

The Irish designer's Autumn/Winter 2021 collection showcased on February 19th as one of the opening day events at London Fashio Week is a reflection on the designer’s early days as a young designer in Paris in the late 60’s and early 70’s. 

With a sense of athleticism and freedom, Costelloe tailoring is back, in sculptured outerwear, sharp suiting and softly constructed eveningwear.

Colours hit all the right Autumnal tones, with yellow ochre’s, cedar greens, burnt oranges and midnight blues presented in bold checks, wool plaids and modern, geometric prints.

In house designed prints by William Costelloe are presented in full body suits and stretch leggings.

As ever, Paul has sourced the finest fabrics from our great artisans in Europe, with tweeds from Austria, silk organzas from France, and luxe flannels from Italy. Paul Costelloe Bags and Belts are presented in bold, bright structures that add to this powerful statement.

London Fashion Week opens today digitally. Bethany William presents capsule coat collection for Selfridges

When is a blanket not a blanket.  It’s when it is married to other blankets and transformed into a desirable coat.

London Fashion Week (19 - 23 February 2021) showcases sustainable fashion designer, Bethany William’s new gender-neutral capsule coat collection which is exclusively for the iconic fashion department store Selfridges.

As with every collection and project Bethany works on, the social and environmental issues go hand in hand. 

“This particular project was inspired by our ongoing work with The Magpie Project, a charity that supports women and children under five in temporary, unsuitable or no accommodation. The Women’s Institute community creates a personal blanket for every baby born into the Magpie Family. A blanket is so much more than a piece of fabric, it is a feeling of comfort and shelter and I wanted that feeling to be at the heart of this capsule collection.” - Bethany Williams

 

Drawing on her inspiration, the collection saw Bethany dive into the historical heritage of vintage and antique wool blankets from across the UK. All the blankets are carefully sourced from vintage sellers, whether that’s Antiques Markets or car boot sales. 

Steeped in history, each blanket sourced tells a story from the textile and weaving techniques, to the county, town or village it was made in. 

One of her favourite pieces sourced for the collection as found on a pitch black frosty morning at Sunbury Antiques Market at Kempton Racecourse. With her phone touch as her only source of light she came across a rare and usually very expensive Welsh, patterned wool blanket with brightly coloured pink and orange patches.”

With this collection, the story continues, as each blanket is given a new lease of life through Bethany’s artistic vision and mastering of design-led upcycling techniques, which created this capsule collection. Shapes for the details on each garment come from historical research into childrenswear that she explored with the V&A Museum of Childhood. The complimentary colour palettes, slightly oversized fit and skilful patchwork techniques all create a unique, bespoke-feel to each garment.

Handcrafted in London, the nine upcycled blanket coats are available in three different jacket styles. Each garment is conceptualised by allocating a specific blanket to each style of jacket based on its weight, thickness and colour. The outer material is the blanket wool for optimal insulation with a 100% organic cotton lining, sourced from Wales.

And the story does not end with the wool that was sourced, each element of these coats has a history. From the UK sourced organic cotton insulation to the handmade wooden buttons made by craftsman Spencer Martin from London Green Wood, a not-for-profit cooperative, using Hackney grown wood or waste wood from local tree surgeons.

Twenty percent of the profits from this collection will be donated to The Magpie Project via The Bethany Williams Benevolent Fund, a fund set up by The Magpie Project and Bethany Williams London.

TO VIEW the PRESENTATION, click HERE.

To DONATE to The Bethany Williams Benevolent Fund, please click HERE.

Discover the designers showcasing on the digital London Fashion Week this season as all digital events are open to everyone from Church’s and Temperley London to Bethany Williams and Nicholas Daley and can be accessed on the London Fashion Week website, on the ‘Schedule’ page. You can also visit the Explore Section to uncover more stories from London’s designer community, listen to podcasts and shop the latest collections!

London Fashion Week February 2021 Provisional Schedule Announced

The London Fashion Week February 2021 provisional schedule is now live. The digital event runs from 19th - 23rd February on londonfashionweek.co.uk, bringing together menswear and womenswear into one showcase.

London Fashion Week will celebrate design and creativity of 94 designers including: Belstaff, dunhill, Emilia Wickstead, Edward Crutchley, Marques’Almeida, Molly Goddard, palmer//harding, Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, QASIMI, ROKSANDA, Simone Rocha, Temperley London, Tiger of Sweden and Victoria Beckham.

Explore the newly released schedule, designer profiles and add the events to your calendar now on the London Fashion Week website.

Gender-neutral digital London Fashion Week February 19 - 23

Burberry's SS2021 finale was
streamed online.

The first digital edition of  London Fashion Week will take place from Friday 19th to Tuesday 23rd February 2021 showcasing both menswear and womenswear. 

The platform will continue to serve as the Official Digital Hub and will be freely accessible to everyone, industry professionals and global fashion consumers alike, enabling collaboration and bringing together fashion, culture and technology.

The February 2021 provisional schedule is now live, on londonfashionweek.co.uk.  It will celebrate design and creativity of 94 designers including: Belstaff, dunhill, Emilia Wickstead, Edward Crutchley, Marques’Almeida, Molly Goddard, palmer//harding, Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, QASIMI, ROKSANDA, Simone Rocha, Temperley London, Tiger of Sweden and Victoria Beckham.

As the British Fashion Council and London Fashion Week stated they will continue to look at the future and the opportunity to change, collaborate and innovate, all of London’s Fashion Weeks will be open to all genders and seasons. The next autumn event will be in September (17th- 21st).

To explore the LFW February 2021 line up of show schedule, click HERE.

Since its inception in 1983 the British Fashion Council (BFC) has been promoting British fashion home and internationally and co-ordinate its efforts through fashion weeks, exhibitions and showcasing events. The BFC now supports designers beginning at college level and extending to talent identification, business support and special schemes.

Bridgerton stars sport regency outfits by British up-and-coming designers

A recent project saw a partnership with Netflix inspired by the highly acclaimed Original Series Bridgerton,  commissioning three young scholars to create regency garments.

The period drama, starring Phoebe Dynevor as the eldest daughter of the powerful Bridgerton family and debutante of Regency London’s marriage market, has been widely acclaimed for its costumes by designer Ellen Mirojnick.

The BFC Scholars Aurélie Fontan, Edward Mendoza and Shanti Bell, were mentored by Designer Richard Quinn to create fabulous period costumes worthy of modern-day gossip columns. The final designs were modelled by the stars of the serie: Phoebe Dynevor, Nicola Coughlan, Claudia Jessie, Adjoa Andoh and Golda Rosheuvel and photographed by Amber Pinkerton.

Gemma Juviler, Commercial Director, British Fashion Council said: “This year has been one of the hardest for the British fashion industry. 

“This collaboration with Netflix illustrates the vital position fashion plays in television, the actors' characters were brought to life by our scholars’ beautifully designed looks for the campaign shoot. 

“Richard Quinn, awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design in 2018, has also played an instrumental part in mentoring the scholars during the design process – demonstrating the power of BFC’s network and the importance of education in this partnership.”