The Exhibition at LFW
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Designer labels, from ready-to-wear to accessories will showcase their Autumn/Winter 2009 collections at the 'new look' exhibition that will see the catwalk and exhibition tents combined to create a central 'hub' on the East lawn of the Natural History Museum. The Exhibition at London
Fashion Week will open at 10am, on Saturday 21st February 2009. This season will give visitors the opportunity to see some of the industry's most creative and exciting accessory designers showcasing bags, footwear and jewellery, alongside new and established ready-to-wear designers. Within The Exhibition there are dedicated areas for New Gen supported by Topshop, which showcases the work of some of the most promising names in and estethica sponsored by Monsoon, with designers whose collections adhere to the three main principles of ethical fashion: fair-trade, recyclable, organic.
New collections that have joined The Exhibition at London Fashion Week include a lingerie collective made up of six designers including Bordelle, Fred and Ginger and The Modern Courtesean.
Other brands The Exhibition plays home are Anonymous by Ross + Bute, Beatrix Ong, Linda Farrow Vintage, MiH Jeans London, Mawi and Zoe and Morgan. Established favourites, such as Stephen Jones with his haute couture millinery will be showcased together with newcomers Graeme Armour's ready-to-wear collection, Jacob Kimmie's distinctly British label collection, Marcelle Symons who restores beautiful vintage dresses to their former glory, and new jewellery designers Fiona Paxton, Super Fertile Limited and Vice & Vanity.
New Gen at The Exhibition supported by Topshop for the fifteenth consecutive season, will showcase eighteen designers. First time exhibitors are knitwear designers Mark Fast and Craig Lawrence both of whom take a craft-based sculptural approach with very different results, KTZ by design duo Sasko Bezovski and Marjan Pejoski, props stylist and accessories designer Fred Butler, shoe designer Nicholas Kirkwood and ready to wear and previous Fashion East designer Louise Gray. This season's New Gen area will have a centralised bar and tuck-shop.
Hilary Riva, Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council commented "This season through careful show scheduling and by bringing the exhibition and show venue under one roof, we are making The Exhibition more accessible to media and buyers between catwalk shows."
Image: Fred and Ginger
