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Shanti Bell: Representing the Weight of Masculinity

The graduate’s BA collection, featuring woodwork sculptures and tailored menswear, was inspired by conversations with her brother

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Katya Zelentsova on excessive knitwear and two-week trainrides

Embarking on a proverbial train journey to self-discovery, the London-based designer revisits her native Russia

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Fi Grew makes fashion without clothes

Photographing and collaging against the basic preconception of fashion

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Cilka Sadar: From Olympic slopes to Archigram dresses

Former Olympic snowboarder Cilka Sadar talks about how her snowboarding and the 60s space-age obsession that inspired her collection

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Shuxuan Li’s womenswear speaks its own language

Based in New York, Chinese knitwear designer Shuxuan Li creates fitted yet loose womenswear that explores contrasts and tensions between artistic heritage and superficial modernity.

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How Alexandra Armata unpicked her Polish heritage with her MA collection

She explored the utilitarian wardrobe of Soviet Poland, the impact of politics on dress and the contrast towards today’s hyperconsumption

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Masha Popova flies solo

The recent fashion design graduate found success online and rejected the post-grad job route

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Alex Wolfe on chairmen and playful masculinity

Alex Wolfe’s graduate collection, titled ‘The Boredroom,’ challenges traditional menswear codes, expressing playfulness and sensuality

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Julia Ballardt: The poetry of punk

The German designer Julia Ballardt is inspired in her collection by the subculture’s signature emblems of belonging.

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Johanna Parv: “Is femininity a form or an action?”

Womenswear graduate Johanna Parv questions the extent to which the shapes from everyday, active situations impose restrictions on the female form

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Samantha D’iorio: Why does size matter?

The Australian designer questions the state of body inclusivity in the industry, and focuses on fit and function.

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Talia Byre is collecting her heritage

Recent graduate Talia Byre talks intimate details about realising her purpose and how to get through the "4 am on the kitchen floor" moments.