The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
The list spotlights over 50 emerging creatives across disciplines including image-making, styling, makeup artistry, hair styling, set design and casting. Among the people on the list are Issac Poleon, Amber Pinkerton, Quil Lemons, Scandebergs, Elizaveta Porodina, Ola Ebiti, Flora Huddart and Rafael Pavarotti.
This year’s voting system to determine the final list was divided into two steps. Artists on last year’s New Wave: Creatives list were asked to nominate peers, while a newly-formed Steering Committee, which is comprised of prominent industry voices including Carlos Nazario, Olivia Singer, Paloma Elsesser and Adut Akech among others, determined the final 50.
This year’s New Wave creatives will featured in a film by The Fashion Awards, which is set to premiere on Thursday 3 December. The 50 emerging creatives will also benefit from to a year-round programme advocating their work and have access to the British Fashion Council and the Steering Committee.
Twojeys has driven multi-million-euro sales of its accessibly priced jewels to Spanish Gen-Z shoppers by pushing engaging, voyeuristic content to its online community. Now the brand aims to take its concept international with the opening of a London store.
When Russia invaded early last year, the Kyiv-based brand — known for its viral feathered party pyjamas — was forced into survival mode. Now, founders Asya Varetsa and Kate Zubarieva are ready to speed up growth and introduce a new Sleeper, starting with a fresh logo.
With several emerging designers unable to show their work at London Fashion Week due to financial constraints, the industry chatter was as much about the shows that weren’t as the shows that were, reports the Guardian.
BoF meets four designers from Raisefashion’s brand fellowship programme without formal fashion training, to learn the challenges they have faced in starting a brand and how the non-profit is supporting their venture.