Marie Lueder on debuting her PullBear collaboration at her SS26 LFW show

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Before making a definitive decision that fashion was her path, designer Marie Lueder was torn between pursuing a career in fashion or art. But it was watching Raf Simons’ first Dior show in 2012 that brought…

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3EIB is celebrating its 2nd birthday with a LFW pop-up

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Coinciding with London Fashion Week this weekend, 3EIB is taking over Iconoclast Studios with a two-day pop-up. If you’re yet to get acquainted, that’s the community-led platform raising up radical SWANA designers, and now it’s turning…

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‘We have to take this moment’: Meet Fashion East’s new class of 2025

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. This season marks 25 years of Fashion East, the London talent incubator that helped launch the careers of fashion designers we all know and love. The programme has fostered a new generation of talents that continue…

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Oscar Ouyang: ‘I didn’t get warned how tough the fashion industry is’

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Earlier this summer, when London designers first found out what slot they’d been given on the SS26 schedule, knitwear designer Oscar Ouyang was nervous to discover he’d be making his London Fashion Week debut with a…

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What went down at Sprayground’s London Fashion Week debut

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. London Fashion Week’s SS26 season opened with a bang yesterday evening (September 18) – complete with giant gold confetti canons – as cult New York streetwear label Sprayground celebrated its 15th anniversary in the UK capital. …

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