Christopher Raeburn

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British designer Christopher Raeburn, recently made Artistic Director of Victorinox Fashion, will be revealing his AW14 collection at London Fashion Week this Friday. His unique concept has captures the eye of many fashion-goers.

Raeburn graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2006 with an MA in Womenswear, before freelancing as a pattern cutter and launching his label in 2008.

With his creative designs and reinterpretations of military fabrics, his name grew within the Fashion industry. Using de-commissioned parachutes, he designed and created outerwear.

Christopher Raeburn now has over 60 stockists worldwide, including Harrods and Harvey Nichols.

The talented designer has won many awards, such as a British Fashion Award for  Emerging Talent in Menswear and Rising Star Award from UK Fashion and Textiles.

Raeburn’s much anticipated collection will be shown at London Fashion Week this Friday at 5pm, and streamed live.

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Bora Aksu

As if the first day’s line up of London Fashion Week couldn’t get any better, Bora Aksu is due to showcase an AW14 collection. Previously opening LFW, Bora Aksu’s collection is sure to please.

Aksu, originally from Turkey, set up his label after graduating from Central Saint Martins in 2002.

His first London Fashion Week appearance was in 2003, stated ‘one of the top 5 shows’ by The Guardian and led him to achieve the New Generation Award, and award he received 4 times consecutively.

Since, he has collaborated with many brands, such as Topshop, Nike and Converse to name a few.

Bora Aksu now releases 4 collections a year since introducing ‘pre’ collections 2 years ago.

According to Vouge, the ’buzz around Bora Aksu is ever-growing; it’s easy to see why.’

The doll-like SS14 collection oozed the summery feeling that we all krave. With it’s bright colours, this collection impressed many. I loved it, apart from one tiny snag… the daffodil frilly dress. Every little girl’s dream of perfect pretty dresses was soured into a nightmare with frilly edges. However, the idea of prettiness was overpowering enough to leave us with the ideal bright feeling of summer.

Bora Aksu’s AW14 collection will be streamed live at 12pm, 14th February at London Fashion Week.

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Jean-Pierre Braganza

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One of the most memorable SS14 collections for me was Jean-Pierre Braganza’s strong collection of edgily feminine garments.

Raised in Canada, he then moved to London to study at Central Saint Martins before working with French designer Roland Mouret. He then set up his own label and in 2004 the label debuted at London Fashion Week.

Braganza has been a finalist for many awards, such as the British Fashion Council’s Fashion Forward award.

His collections include a mixture of simple designs and complex, eye-pleasing prints in contrasting colours. Rarely do I remember collections from 2 seasons ago, but Braganza’s AW13 is still undoubtedly one of my favourite collections 

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Jean-Pierre Braganza’s AW14 collection at London Fashion Week will be streamed live online  at 11am this Friday.

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