Dover Street Market re-opens with Fall / Winter 2016 collections

London fashion hotspot Dover Street Market (DSM) has reopened following its seasonal changeover with a host of new spaces and collections. Alongside the new Autumn / Winter 2016 collections, the boutique space now features a punky event space installation by Comme des Garçons that houses some of the label's most outlandish designs. The high-end store is also welcoming the London menswear label Wales Bonner to its premises, following the brand's success earlier this summer when founder Grace Wales Bonner was named the LVMH ‘Young Fashion Designer 2016'.

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Dover Street Market re-opens with Fall / Winter 2016 collections

Grace Wales Bonner wins LVMH Young Fashion Designer 2016

Grace Wales Bonner has been named the LVMH ‘Young Fashion Designer 2016' for her label Wales Bonner.

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2016 Fashion Trust singles out hot London designers for grants

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has singled out 12 of the hottest London-based designers on the capital's fashion scene at the moment to receive the 2016 BFC Fashion Trust grants. Korean creative Eudon Choi, sportswear-inspired label Fyodor Golan and conceptualist Gareth Pugh have all qualified for a portion of the £350,000 (equivalent to over US $500,000) grant. The new label from the ex Marc by Marc Jacobs creative duo Katie Hillier and Luella Bartley, 'Hillier Bartley', is also on the list, as is the winner of the 2015 LVMH Young Fashion Designer Prize, Marques'Almeida.

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H&M announces next designer collaboration is with KENZO

H&M has announced that their next designer collaboration will be with Parisian fashion house KENZO and will launch in November. KENZO Creative Directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon will be bringing the vibrant energy and playful spirit of KENZO to H&M, designing collections for both men and women as well as a range of accessories. Further details are yet to be announced, but since joining KENZO in 2011 Lim and Leon have become known for their use of bold colors and vivid prints combined with global influences and traditions.

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LVMH reveals finalists in fashion’s fiercest competiton

Following a presentation of their collections on March 2-3, the 23 shortlisted up-and-coming talents have been whittled down to just eight contenders for the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers Prize have been revealed. New York designer Brandon Maxwell's eponymous label has also made the cut, alongside “Koché”, by French designer Christelle Kocher, “Vejas,” by Canadian Vejas Kruszewski and “Wales Bonner,” by English talent Grace Wales Bonner.

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Luxury fashion world upending tradition to join digital age

Buying luxury clothes online right off the runway. Trying them on virtually. Not having to wait months for the new collection to ship. As the fashion world comes to London for its semi-annual round of …

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LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers shortlist revealed

The shortlist for the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers has been revealed.

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Roksanda introduces debut handbag range

Fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic is introducing handbags as a whole new category to her “Roksanda” label.

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Roksanda introduces debut handbag range