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Representing the creative future
Samuel Guì Yang: Shifting the (Western) Narrative
Chinese designer Samuel Guì Yang on showing outside of the traditional Fashion Week schedule, cultural appropriation, and why London is still the best place for a young designer.
How Sydney Pimbley won the LVMH scholarship and started her own brand
The CSM graduate stitching stolen wool into her brand identity shares the process behind the prize
Central Saint Martins MA Fashion Show 2020: Full line-up
Butch tailoring, crochet "truckstop lizards" and virtual reality. Meet the CSM MA Fashion class of 2020.
Westminster BA Fashion Show 2020: Full line-up
13 new talents from the Westminster BA Fashion course
Ellen Hodakova Larsson: Deconstruct, reconstruct, repeat
As established brands struggle to become sustainable, could collaborating with upcycling designers like Ellen Hodakova Larsson offer a solution?
“Fashion is a tool for hope”
In 2018, Moscow-based designer Tigran Avetisyan took six months out to reset and refresh. Since then, he’s swapped trends and negativity for timelessness and wonder.
Shaun Harris Prioritises Backstory Over the Pressures of Originality
The RCA graduate discusses the return of the muse, working with history, and the importance of backstory.
Recipe For a Show: Paula Canovas del Vas SS20
A fashion presentation without the clothes present? Not quite, but Paula Canovas del Vas's virtual reality presentation comes close.
Chloé Nardin: "I really struggle with what the term ‘fashion designer’ implies."
The CSM BA Womenswear graduate discusses her fixation on precision over performance, and the subtle ergonomics of medieval women's clothing.
Fabrice Desvaux de Marigny: When Businessman Meets Beauty Queen
The CSM graduate’s BA collection, featuring tight leather trousers, glitz and tailoring, was inspired by an affair his father had ten years ago.
Priska Morger, Institute of Fashion Design Basel
"There should be less design, but better design."
Bugs Garson: Dressing the letters my grandmother wrote
Parsons MFA graduate Aideen Gaynor discusses ‘Bugs Garson’, her alias-designed collection that brings her grandparents’ love letters to life.
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Magazine Issue 6
With unprecedented honesty and depth, 1 Granary Issue 6 dives into the work and lives of fashion designers today. As a response to the construction of desire and personality cults that govern our industry, the magazine steps away from the conventional profiles and editorials, focussing instead on raw work and anonymous, unfiltered testimonies. For the first time ever, readers are given a truthful insight into the process, dreams, fears, hardships, and struggles of today’s creatives.