The second set of designers to watch London Fashion Week SS2024 includes a few more whose pieces I’ve been lucky enough to see up close – Ahluwalia at the Newgen exhibition halls at London Fashion Week (Mens) SS2020, and at the same edition of mens fashion week, there was an exhibition of pieces on mannequins which featured work by both Matty Bovan and Richard Quinn.
15.09.2023 19:00 Ahluwalia
Priya Ahluwalia launched her label in 2018, combiing elements from both her dual Indian-Nigerian heritage and London roots. Many of the brand’s pieces are one of a kind as they reuse and rework exisiting fabrics and clothing. She has won multiple awards, including three consecutive ‘Leader of Change’ awards at the Fashion Awards, and was a finalist in the 2022 International Woolmark Prize.[1]
16.09.2023 17:30 Frolov
Frolov was founded in 2015 by Ivan Frolov who is now creative director. The brand explores and communicates messages about transsexual culture, BDSM, fetishism, and the LGBTQ+ movement. The heart is a key motif for Frolov, either as a cut-out shape, for bags, or an anatomical heart as an embellishment on clothing.[2]
16.09.2023 19:00 Richard Quinn
Richard Quinn graduated from Central Saint Martins with a Fashion MA in 2016, launching is label that same year – his MA collection was featured on the cover of Modern Matter magazine shot by Juergen Teller. In 2018, Queen Elizabeth II unexpectedly showed up at his London Fashion Week show, sitting next to Anna Wintour and presenting Quinn with the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design.[3]
16.09.2023 20:00 Matty Bovan
Matty Bovan studied MA Fashion Knitwear at Central Martins, graduating in 2015. His graduate collection won both the L’Oréal Professionel Creative Award, and the LVMH Graduate Prize that same year. Bovan worked at Louis Vuitton for a year, under Nicolas Ghesquière. Initially showing with Fashion East, Bovan had hs first stand-alone show for AW2018, also being supported by the BFC’s NewGen intiative.[4]
I couldn’t find any knitwear for sale online but I did find some screenprinted t-shirts under the line Bovan by Matty Bovan.
16.09.2023 21:00 KWK by Kay Kwok
Kay Kwok began his studies at Hong Kong Polytechnic then moved to London College of Fashion, where he interned at Alexander McQueen. His graduate collection placed first in the Mittelmoda competition. He is know for his futuristic designs. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any of his designs online to purchase.[5]
