British fashion has long been associated with innovation, championing emerging designers who often are fresh out of college and quick to make it onto the London Fashion Week official schedule, their newness invigorating us. It is interesting to watch these designers grow into businesses when they
present formidable collections in their early seasons, and from this young stage of their fashion cocoon emerges a unique usp and a credible designer. Such is the case with Christopher Kane, who has triumphed since his Central Saint Martins MA bodycon and lace debut and who highlights the importance of nurturing young talent and how it benefits.
Championing the new but also unworthy
But just as often as we champion emerging designers, we give the same praise to collections that look as if they have been assembled at home, that lack both the intelligence and direction to shock and the craftsmanship to admire.
the new but also unworthy