Ecouterre

SHABBY CHIC “I’m into recycling—it’s a nice concept,” Gray told British Vogue after the show. The designer, who once described her ideal client as “someone who is…

Just call Julia Skergeth a designer who goes against the grain. The Kingston University student turned the traditional stiletto on its head, after all, when she built a vertiginous heel…

LET THERE BE LIGHT Waldemeyer helped create two pieces for the collection. The first, inspired by the concept of weightlessness, involved whirring LED propellers that created a…

Last Tuesday, the British Fashion Council announced that out of 12 Central Saint Martins BA graduates, Liora Lasselle won the Estethica/Veolia Re-Source Competition for her innovative…

HONEST BY Honest By, Estethica’s “special guest,” is the first completely fashion label to promote complete transparency in price and manufacturing, according to Bruno…

VIVA LA REVOLUTION Westwood donned the same garb earlier this month at the Paralympics closing ceremony, where she unfurled a giant banner that proclaimed “Climate…

Upcycling impresario Christopher Raeburn returned to London Fashion Week on Sunday with his Spring/Summer 2013 women’s collection—the second he’s dedicated to the fairer…

THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE An exhibit of the dresses, sponsored by American Express, will be on view at Somerset House for the duration of London Fashion Week. “Our eight designers…

As the fashion pack wends its way across the Atlantic, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals treated Londoners to a different kind of runway show. Dressed to kill in little black…

MONSTER MASH Working in pairs, the students took the castoff garments apart, then set about re-piecing them into something new. “My partner Rene Bedell and I tried shredding and…

COURTLY LOVE It’s refreshing to see a collection that features options for both men and women. Garner uses all-natural dyes derived from plants grown on the gardens of his estate in…

Photos by Christine de Léon for Ecouterre No ordinary lookbook will do for Ada Zandition. The British designer, who launched her Autumn/Winter 2012 collection at London Fashion Week…

Londoners can hardly be called prudes, but a dress made from 3,000 protruding cow nipples—not yak, as People.co.uk erroneously reported—had Fashion Week attendees clutching at their…

Goodone transforms hand-picked, locally sourced, and recycled fabrics into stunning one-of-a-kind clothing. Henrietta Ludgate’s Highland ancestry informs her designs, which…

BRITISH ETHICS For the past 10 seasons, London Fashion Week’s Estethica showcase has prided itself for nurturing ethical fashion design in Britain and abroad. Estethica returned…

THAT’S A WRAP To celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight in the United Kingdom, the Fairtrade Foundation has collaborated with 14 of Britain’s hottest designers on a series of scarves…

POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE Never let it be said that Prophetik’s Jeff Garner doesn’t know how to make an entrance. At the Vauxhall Fashion Scout runway at London Fashion Week on…

THE CRYOFLUX Ada Zanditon is one of Britain’s hottest young designers, so we weren’t surprised that her London Fashion Week presentation at On/Off was packed to the gills.…