Podcasts about fashion east

Designer and creative director Jawara Alleyne is widely regarded as one of London's most exciting fashion talents. Growing up between Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, he moved to London aged 19 to study at Central Saint Martins. After graduating, he joined talent incubator Fashion East, where he honed his signature deconstructed aesthetic, one that's earned him the nickname ‘the safety pin polymath', and a shoutout from Rihanna, who called him her new favourite designer.In this episode, I sit down with Jawara to discuss eight items of clothing that chart his life and career in fashion. Click here to see pictures of Jawara's chosen items in the accompanying newsletter, and don't forget to hit the heart button and subscribe for more Threads of Conversation. Get full access to Threads of Conversation at threadsofconversation.substack.com/subscribe

Since the 2000s, Lulu Kennedy has spearheaded the London Fashion scene by nurturing the British design talent of tomorrow with her non-profit talent incubator Fashion East. With an esteemed alumni including Simone Rocha, Craig Green and Gareth Pugh, Kennedy has long been at the forefront of shaping the industry, but are her music choices as bohemian as her talent scouting ways? Find out as she reveals the soundtrack of her life to DJ Fat Tony. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode designer Jawara Alleyne and writer and cultural communications thought leader Yasmin Jones-Henry discuss how designers can utilise indigenous knowledge and traditions to create truly sustainable brands. Delving into their Caribbean heritage, Jawara and Yasmin highlight how many indigenous groups have rich histories of sustainable production and consumption and they discuss the resounding positive impact of their upbringing on their work.About Jawara:As an interdisciplinary artist, creative director and educator, designer Jawara Alleyne graduated from London's Central Saint Martins in 2020, going on to launch his namesake brand on the London Fashion Week schedule as part of Fashion East in 2021.Jawara's work is rooted in identity - linking together inspiration from Jamaica, where he was born, the Cayman Islands, where he grew up and London where he currently resides.About Yasmin:Yasmin Jones-Henry is a writer for the Financial Times, a cultural placeshaping strategist and co-founder & curator of The Lab E20.Working across investment, real estate, the creative industries and public art, Yasmin is committed to demonstrating the power of culture and co-creation as catalysts to unlocking inclusive regeneration and positive growth, continuously linking her work back to the legacy of community, craft and the power of collective creativity.About the BFC Fashion Forum Podcast:Brought to you by the British Fashion Council, a series of conversations with designers and the broader creative community, all of whom play a vital role in the fashion industry's culture and reputation, promoting British creativity on a global scale. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bleary-eyed off the back of London Fashion Week, THE FACE's team report back from the catwalks and shmoozy parties on the styles, stories and gossip from the weekend. In this episode, we discuss the rise of Stefan Cooke's modern men, Olly Shinder's stellar Fashion East debut, Chopova Lowena's die-hard cult and the successes and controversies around Mowalola's killer show. Follow THE FACE on ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠.

This week we are joined by Chet Lo, designer and former Fashion East and now BFC Newgen designer.Chet discusses how he made the move from graduating to launching his own brand.Dressing SZA and Doja cat and putting on his first fashion shows.Make sure to head over to the Paetron to see the full video podcast and the bonus episode patreon.com/dansplainingpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'I have a really wonderful group of people who I work with to create things I think are really quite sellable', says Designer / Fashion Editor / Illustrator Mimi Wade, in conversation with Writer / Editor / Broadcaster Lara Johnson-Wheeler. 'I just ask myself, is that something that people would want? And how much is it worth?' Constantly inspired by old movies and her Hollywood grandmother Granny Pammy, to collaborate with Warner Bros. was a dream come true for Mimi Wade. Coming together for her first major catwalk show, the collection featured elevated versions of styles the London-based designer's fans have come to know and love. Saccharine silk slips and marabou trimmed cardigans joined printed pieces in a menagerie of Miminess, injecting the fun, sex and joie de vivre into her label that Mimi Wade always maintains. Mimi founded her eponymous label after studying fashion print at Central Saint Martins in 2015 and debuted her work - intricately hand painted leather party dresses - with Lulu Kennedy's incubator programme Fashion East in 2016. Alongside creating and illustrating garments, Mimi is Tatler's Contributing Fashion Editor and (in pre-pandemic times, of course) was regularly papped at parties, sporting her own designs. In this episode of The Fashion Slashie: A ClickerMe Podcast, Mimi and Lara discuss her unique approach to collaboration with big brands including Polly Pocket, MAC and Warner Bros and the rollercoaster ride of carving out her own position in today's shifting fashion system. ClickerMe is the fashion network, helping creatives connect and collaborate better. https://clickerme.com/ The Fashion Slashie: A ClickerMe podcast has been recorded remotely, due to circumstances inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Interviewer: Lara Johnson-Wheeler Producer, Editor: Tom Zambaz

What is Public Relations and why is communicating a fashion story so relevant in fashion today? What's Sophie's role within fashion and how do you get into it? If you've ever heard of Fashion East, British Fashion Awards and Selfridges (for starters) then Sophie's involved. She grew up in a non-fashion environment and attended a school that only valued academia. Sophie reached out and made a lot of her opportunities happen. So can you! @weareraven @thefashionschooluk

Multidisciplinary creative Gareth Wrighton joins O.T.T today. The designer, stylist, and video game creator has become one of fashion's most exciting and thought-provoking voices in the industry right now. Wrighton graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2016 and made waves with his final major project entitled "The Maul" a post-apocalyptic video game which took it’s players into a post apocalyptic parallel universe where zombies were weaning Wrighton’s collection. He made his Fashion East debut during the Fall-Winter 2019 season where he captivated the audience with his stunning knits, and satirical MAGA inspired hats with the slogan "My Period's Late Again". Today we are talking about his career, the pop culture moments that formed his taste, and our mutual love of Britney Spears.

BoF’s Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks speaks with the Fashion East Founder about the future of London’s emerging designers.   LONDON, United Kingdom — For twenty years, London's Fashion East has helped incubate and support emerging designers hoping to establish themselves as the industry’s next big thing. The imperative to nurture emerging talent is even more urgent now, as young designers enter an increasingly uncertain industry. In the latest episode of the BoF Podcast, BoF Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks speaks with Fashion East Founder Lulu Kennedy about what the future of fashion might look like for emerging creatives and independent designers. One major change in the last twenty years is the decline in funding available to stage grandiose fashion shows. “Sponsorship was very good [20 years ago],” Kennedy said. “It’s not as easy now; you have to work harder with the budgets you have.” While strict financial limitations can help foster creativity, it also adds pressure on young designers hoping to compete with more established players. When asked why London remains a central hub of exciting new design talent, Kennedy points to its stellar colleges and powerful and pervasive youth culture. But London-based designers also face specific challenges. “There is a lot of frustration with designers trying to get stuff made on time, in budget and that’s good quality,” Kennedy said. “Going forward with Fashion East, I would love to secure some manufacturing partnership.” Lookbooks and short films have become crucial for designers during the pandemic, when real-life shows are restricted. But standing out amid the social media noise is no easy feat. In fact, the best advice Kennedy has to offer is authenticity: “Be true to yourself. Don’t be second guessing and looking at what other people are doing over your shoulder. Just do you.”   Related Articles: In London, Emerging Designers Face a Critical Season Where Do Independent Fashion Brands Go From Here? How to Break Into Fashion When You Don’t Already Have Money   Watch and listen to more #BoFLIVE conversations here. To contact The Business of Fashion with comments, questions, or speaker ideas please e-mail podcast@businessoffashion.com.   Sign up for BoF’s Daily Digest newsletter.   Ready to become a BoF Professional? For a limited time, enjoy 25% discount on an annual membership, exclusively for podcast listeners. Simply, click here, select the Annual Package and use code PODCASTPRO at the checkout. For all sponsorship enquiries, it’s: advertising@businessoffashion.com.  

BONUS Episode Reviewing Djurdja Bartlett's Fashion East: The Spectre That Haunted Socialism. MIT Press

Robert & Russell meet the one-and-only legend that is Princess Julia!!!! We discuss her endless creativity across different worlds of music, fashion and art, life-drawing and her weekly trip to ‘Sketch Sesh’, her friendship with DJ Jeffry Hinton, and how she started DJing herself at queer spaces in London. We find out what it’s like to be photographed by Wolfgang Tillmans, her memories of being the coat check girl at Blitz & Taboo nightclubs, Leigh Bowery, Boy George, Jordan (a Malcolm McLaren protégé who featured in Derek Jarman’s film Jubilee) and the long lasting influence & legacy of that era. We discuss being shy, her love for Old Master paintings, emerging artists like Richard Porter and Lydia Blakley, her passion for Fashion East, modelling for Kylie Minogue, our mutual admiration for Pet Shop Boys plus her favourite performance artists including David Hoyle, Justin Vivian Bond and Christeene!! Finally discover how Robert first met Julia almost 20 years ago at the early 2000s clubs Kashpoint, Nag Nag Nag and Electrogogo resulting in a duet for Rob’s then electropop-band Temposhark. Follow @HRHPrincessJulia on Instagram and @TalkArt for photos of artworks discussed in this episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: How road blocks and challenges during travel is a great indicator of whether you and your bestie can go into business together How our very own need is a signal to a problem that others also need solving What it means to be patient when starting a business and how your chief best friends allows you to keep going How to balance spending time together and maintaining friendship outside of work How being friends create trust that is crucial in starting a business together, as well as bypassing the ice-breaker stuff that allows for more honest conversations How to create a spreadsheet to figure out which tasks to assign and distribute with your chief best friend How to put yourself in your customer’s shoes in order to maintain quality and experience that truly serves them How to pursue a lofty idea by focusing on creating impact by focusing and helping one person How to see the path to success as not a straight line and not to be afraid to create your own path RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: "We don't sell saddles here." - Slack Founder, CEO, Stewart Butterfield (Article) The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer (Book) The Founder's Guide to Discipline - Lessons from Front's CEO, Mathilde Collin (Article) Sandra Oh (Read this piece on her by Shonda Rhimes in Time) Zapier (Productivity Tool) SAY HI, CONNECT WITH EAST MEETS DRESS! Shop on East Meets Dress East Meets Dress on Instagram East Meets Dress on Pinterest ENJOYED THIS EPISODE? Leave a review and help others find us Let us know on Instagram

“Nails can be just as important as jewelry” - my guest Sylvie Macmillan. Sylvie's journey to becoming a talented nail technician was anything but direct. After receiving a degree in technical arts and special effects, and working as a graphic designer and model maker, the Bath local could have done anything. Yet her lifelong love for nails was an affection that couldn't be ignored. With clients like Vogue, Dazed, and Fashion East designer Asai under her belt, it’s clear that Macmillan is well on her way to becoming one of the best nail techs in the industry. Listen to hear us discuss:How Sylvie works to a brief when creating nail looks whether it’s for runway, editorial or a private clientNail art and having a relationship with your manicurist How to make your nails healthy, cuticle care & why the same nails always breakAnti-aging & getting hotter as she gets olderCalluses on feet, dead skin & regular exfoliationGetting used to acrylic nails, nail appropriation & cultural appropriation Having a bath & wearing fragrance & orgasm Follow Sylvie on IG: @sylviemacmillan.nails, Stay in touch with me: @brookedevard, Join the Naked Beauty Community on IG: @nakedbeautyplanet Products Mentioned:CND Shellac Gel (her favorite), Weleda Skinfood, Weleda Foot Balm, Pumice for Feet, Baby Foot, Cerave SA Renewing Cream, Dr Organic Virgin Coconut Oil Hand & Nail Cream, Orly Nail Bonder Treatment,

Calling planet earth! Artist Yinka Shonibare CBE, acclaimed saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings, fashion designer Mowalola Ogunlesi, and Get Up, Stand Up Now curator Zak Ové explore themes around Black futures and afro-futurism. Presented by spoken word artist Joshua Idehen. Music by Shabaka Hutchings and GAIKA, excerpts from Sun Ra Arkestra BBC Radio 3 session courtesy of Somethin' Else and BBC Radio 3. Producer: Mae-Li Evans The series was produced by Reduced Listening and Somerset House Yinka Shonibare CBE Yinka Shonibare’s work explores issues of race and class through painting, sculpture, photography and film. Having described himself as a ‘post-colonial’ hybrid, Shonibare questions the meaning of cultural and national definitions. His trademark material is the brightly coloured ‘African’ batik fabric he buys at Brixton Market. The fabric was inspired by Indonesian design, mass-produced by the Dutch and eventually sold in British colonies in West Africa. In the 1960s, the material became a new sign of African identity and independence. Shabaka Hutchings constantly evaluates his music’s relationship to Caribbean and jazz traditions, and sees his role as pushing the boundaries of both. His trajectory started early when he moved to Barbados at the age of six, began studying classical clarinet aged nine, and graduated to tenor saxophone, which has been a regular part of his performances since his return to the UK aged 16. Hutchings has three primary projects – Shabaka and the Ancestors, Sons of Kemet and The Comet is Coming. Between them, Hutchings has gathered a substantial number of awards and nominations, including winning the 2013 MOBO Jazz Act of the Year. Mowalola Ogunlesi founded the menswear brand Mowalola in 2017 to celebrate the African male and culture, sexuality and desire. He was awarded Best New Designer at the 2018 Milan Fashion Film Festival. Mowalola had its London Fashion Week debut in January 2019 with Fashion East and their work has been featured in publications such as Vogue UK, Vogue US, i-D, Dazed & Confused, Surface Magazine, SHOWstudio and W Magazine. GET UP, STAND UP NOW GENERATIONS OF BLACK CREATIVE PIONEERS 12 Jun – 15 Sep 2019 A major new exhibition celebrating the past 50 years of Black creativity in Britain and beyond. Beginning with the radical Black filmmaker Horace Ové and his dynamic circle of Windrush generation creative peers and extending to today’s brilliant young Black talent globally, a group of around 100 interdisciplinary artists will showcase work together for the first time, exploring Black experience and influence, from the post-war era to the present day. https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/get-up-stand-up-now

Ultimately us being in the fashion industry is underpinned by our love for it and staying in it requires being inspired constantly. In today's episode we discuss just a few entities that we're loving at the moment - from shape shifting stylist Ib Kamara (@ibkamara) to up and coming hybrid designer Mowalola (@mowalola), artist and musicians Desire Marea (@desiremarea) and Dev Hynes (@devhynes), incredible photographers Ronan McKenzie (@ronanksm) and Mar+Vin (@marvin) to fashion goddess Lulu Kennedy (@_lulukennedy) of Fashion East (@fashioneast), we breakdown what it is that they're doing that has us feeling inspired.

In this one-off special episode of i-D podcast Fash-On Fash-OFF we discuss the highs and lows of trying to break into a creative industry, how to get noticed by big brands or platforms, and the importance of sticking to your vision. We're joined by visual artist Jasmine Lasode, who won Nike’s On Air competition to design an Air Max with her London summer of love inspired design, fashion designer Priya Ahluwalia, who won the 2019 H&M design award, and Robyn Lynch, a menswear designer who recently joined the Fashion East talent incubator. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gordon Richardson ex Topman Design Director discusses the A/W19 Menswear shows - streetwear vs tailoring. What we are watching/ reading: Adele, Leila Slimani: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/553157/adele-by-leila-slimani/9780143132189/ The Milkman, Anna Burns: https://themanbookerprize.com/books/milkman-by Sex Education; https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80197526 Abducted in Plain Sight: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81000864 Escape at Dannemora: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6866266/ The Favourite: https://www.myvue.com/film/the-favourite Destroyer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7137380/ A/W19 Menswear shows: Fashion East: http://www.fashioneast.co.uk/index.asp Daniel Fletcher: http://www.danielwfletcher.com Craig Green: https://craig-green.com Kim Jones, Dior: https://www.dior.com/en_gb James Long, Iceberg: https://www.iceberg.com/en/ Matty Bovan:

We discuss everything from Sunday’s shows. We take in what was the schedule’s biggest day – featuring new collections from fashion big guns Vivienne Westwood and Burberry. And we touch on some of the names set to be fashion big guns of the future – Gareth Wrighton, Yuhan Wang and Charlotte Knowles of Fashion East. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse hosts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As the founder of Fashion East in London, Lulu Kennedy operates at the grassroots level of British fashion. She talks to Danielle Radojcin about how she rose to the top of the industry and how she identifies and nurtures new design talent. She also muses on what keeps London's creative heart beating, her love of Naples and the art of napping.

Creative director and Fashion East founder Lulu Kennedy interviewed by Lou Stoppard on 16 April 2013.