On Friday 18 Feb 2022 London College of Fashion, UAL, a global leader in fashion education across design, technology, media, communication and fashion business, presented its MA22 show at Victoria House Basement, in Bloomsbury Square, on the opening day of London Fashion Week (LFW) as part of the official schedule.
ZHENWEI WANG @zwwan_g, MA Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear)
MIKEL LAZKANO @lazkano.co, MA Fashion Design Technology (Menswear)
DIRK VAESSEN, @atelierdirkvaessen (MA Footwear)
SHUHAN ZHOU @sh_sketchbook, MA Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear)
London College of Fashion (LCF) presented MA Womenswear, MA Menswear, MA Fashion Artefact and MA Footwear designers on catwalk in front of a packed audience of fashion industry insiders including: Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries, Justine Simons, OBE, Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council, Caroline Rush, CBE, Harold Tillman, CBE, Creative Director of Puma, June Ambrose and her daughter Summer Hope Chamberlin, Activist and digital creator Nikki Lily, and TikTok fashion stars Benji Park (@fashionboy), Jony Sios and Mira Al-Momani.
HEYUN PAN @heyun_pan, MA Fashion Design Technology (Menswear)
ADELA BABINSKA @adelababinska, MA Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear)
JIARONG ZHAO @jiarong_xz, MA Fashion Design Technology (Menswear)
SHIQI ZHOU @sshiqi_z17, MA Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear)
This season marks the first time this highly anticipated annual event has appeared on the official schedule. Guests have been able to immerse themselves in all aspects of LCF’s world leading postgraduate programme. The beautifully curated exhibition and showroom has bought together Menswear, Womenswear, Artefact and Footwear with Costume Design for Performance, Fashion Photography, Fashion Curation, Strategic Fashion Marketing and many more to showcase the breadth and calibre of talent at London College of Fashion.
JING QIAN @jingqian_rr, MA Fashion Design technology (Menswear)
MA ARTEFACT
YICHENG FAN @fanyicheng.studio, MA Fashion Design Technology (Menswear)
Professor Andrew Teverson, Interim Head of London College of Fashion, UAL said; “We are delighted to present LCFMA22; a celebration of the outstanding creativity of our postgraduate students. Bringing together work from across all three of our schools, the showcase represents the very best of our world leading business, communication and design courses. Despite another challenging year, London College of Fashion graduates continue to display creative excellence, visual wonder, academic rigour, anthropic adventure and entrepreneurial ingenuity.”
YU YOU @yayeyi_youyu, MA Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear)
XU ZHANG @xu.zhang_, MA Fashion Design Technology (Menswear)
HONG ZHAO @hazelhongz, MA Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear)
CHAO SUN @simonsunofficial, MA Fashion Design Technology (Menswear)
Andrew continued: “We are extremely proud to be on the London Fashion Week schedule for the first time in our history and to present our exceptional graduates on the world stage. Their work is representative of our community’s collective effort. We want to thank all students and course teams for their unwavering commitment during dramatically changing times. We also want to reserve special thanks for our colleagues in industry and the British Fashion Council; to have your support is more crucial than ever to help us realise the infinite possibilities that fashion has to shape lives.”
XUEJIN LIU @sisiliu4_gallery, MA Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear)
LICONG GONG @licong_gong123, MA Fashion Design Technology (Menswear)
RHEA SONAWANE @_rheason, MA Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear)
SHIJIE XU @sekai.3, MA Fashion Design Technology (Menswear)
LOKIKEY, QI LIU @lokikey_archive, MA Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear)
YULONG XIA @xiaaayl, MA Fashion Design Technology (Menswear)
ELENA GONZALEZ @helhelstudio, MA Fashion Design Technology (Womenswear)
All of this year’s graduates can be found on the UAL Graduate Showcase, a bespoke platform showcasing the next generation of creative talent. London College of Fashion would like to thank its sponsors and the British Fashion Council for their support. Show credits: Hair by Daniele de Angelis, Elle Page and the TONI&GUY Session Team, using the award-winning label.m Professional Haircare created by TONI AND GUY. Makeup and skincare by Maria Comparetto. Music has been created in collaboration with students from MA Sound Arts from our sister college London College of Communication. The show will be streamed live on the LCF website.
For more info please contact the London College of Fashion, UAL press office: press@fashion.arts.ac.uk.
Words: LCF Press
Images: Roger Dean
