International Fashion Showcase: 11-24 February 2019, Somerset House
The International Fashion Showcase (IFS) nurtures and presents work from the best up-and-coming fashion talent from around the world. The biennial fashion presentation is a partnership between the British Council, British Fashion Council, London College of Fashion, UAL and Somerset House.
For London Fashion Week February 2019, the showcase has a new format. For the first time, 16 selected designers from across the globe will showcase a series of compelling installations to represent their respective country.
DESIGNERS
– Sri Lanka
Amesh Wijesekera is a graduate of Academy of Design in Sri Lanka. →
Rwanda
Cedric Mizero is an artist and fashion designer based in Kigali, Rwanda. →
Clara Aguayo – Uruguay
Clara Aguayo is a womenswear designer based in Montevideo. →
Duran Lant Netherlands
Duran Lantink is a designer and stylist based in Amsterdam. →
Laura Laurens – Colombia
Laura Laurens is based in Bogota. →
Lithuania
Morta Nakaite is a womenswear designer based in Vilnius. →
Naushad Ali – India
Based in Pondicherry, Naushad Ali is a designer with minimalist inclinations whose starting point is always in textiles and craft processes. →
Roni Helou – Lebanon
Roni Helou is a womenswear designer who graduated in 2016 from Creative Space Beirut, an NGO providing free education in fashion design. →
Situationist – Georgia
Self-trained designer Irakli Rusadze founded Situationist in 2016. The brand is now stocked in Browns and shows on-schedule at Paris Fashion Week. →
Thebe Magugu – South Africa
Thebe Magugu is a womenswear designer based in Johannesburg. His work constantly seeks new ways of presenting women and their role within South African society. →
Curtis Oland – Canada
Curtis Oland is part of a movement of indigenous designers from Canada. He was raised in Western Canada and his memories of its mountainous landscape are a continual source of inspiration. →
David Lee – Brazil
David Lee is a menswear designer based in Fortaleza, Ceará in the north east of Brazil. In 2017 he won the GQ + Reserva New Talent award. →
Ice Surface Temperature – Italy
Italian label Ice Surface Temperature was founded by brother and sister Kristian and Laura Guerra. →
– Vietnam
Tom Trandt, founder of Môi Điên, is a graduate of Parsons. Since it’s inception the brand has taken inspiration from Vietnamese history and contemporary culture. →
ahman – Bangladesh
Rahemur Rahman is a British Bangladeshi menswear designer and a graduate of Central Saint Martins. →
Ami Doshi Shah – Kenya
Ami is a jeweller based in Nairobi. She brings her technical training and curiosity about local materials together to create sculptural pieces. →
View and download the exhibition guide here.
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