London Fashion Week is ready to come back from Feb. 17 to 21, 2023. The British Fashion Council has confirmed that London Fashion Week February 2023 will be dedicated to the Queen of punk Dame Vivienne Westwood. "The February event is dedicated to the late Vivienne Westwood and her incredible legacy," announced the Bfc. "Her work not only changed the fashion industry, giving birth to and defining punk, but it also drove positive change globally. The event will also host Ukrainian Fashion Week on Tuesday February 21."
London Fashion Week is a five-day celebration of creativity and innovation that brings together fashion, culture, and technology. The schedule currently includes 47 catwalk shows, 18 presentations, 2 appointments, 37 events and 41 digital activations which are available on the Official Digital Hub, while a further 70 designers will activate through their LFW profiles.
Designer highlights this season include Daniel Lee’s debut as creative director of iconic British luxury brand Burberry and Moncler Genius’ public-facing show at Olympia which aims to showcase the power of their collaborations, featuring Alicia Keys, Pharrell Williams and Rick Owens. Other highlights include Christopher Kane, Erdem, JW Anderson, Molly Goddard, Roksanda, Emilia Wickstead, and Simone Rocha.
In addition, the British Fashion Council will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its BFC Newgen providing an opportunity for the creative community to come together to celebrate and acknowledge the scheme’s illustrious history and alumni, and London’s legacy in nurturing emerging talent and the next generation of visionary creatives. The Bfc Newgen designers on schedule include Ahluwalia, Ancuța Sarca, Asai, Chet Lo, Conner Ives, Di Petsa, Eftychia, Feben, Harri, Helen Kirkum, Labrum London, Leo Carlton, Nensi Dojaka, Paolo Carzana, Robyn Lynch, Roker, S.S.Daley, Saul Nash, Sinéad O'Dwyer and yuhan wang. Additional Bfc initiative designers to highlight include Completedworks, Richard Quinn & Tove.
New names on schedule are Noon By Noor, Sinead Gorey, Talia Byre, Tove, and Perte D’ego.
The DiscoveryLab will continue to be digital, with the aim to support very emerging designers who do not yet meet the main schedule criteria. There are 12 designers activating as part of the digital DiscoveryLab this season. Confirmed designers include Alec Bizby, Denis Howlhita, Derrick, Laura Pitharas, Ruirui Deng, siyun huang, Sól Hansdóttir, YYAtomic, An ocean of ideas (Aoi), Johannes Warnke, Roseocean and Xu Zhang.
As part of the ‘Support Ukrainian Fashion’ initiative, LFW and Ukrainian Fashion Week will present three Ukrainian designers; Frolov, Kseniaschnaider and Paskal at the BFC Newgen space. The collections, which were created under the conditions of war, will leave a mark on the fashion industry as evidence of the courage, resilience and resistance of Ukrainian designers.
Returning this season is the City Wide Celebration, a full programme of events and activations open to the public over LFW Running from Feb. 17 to 21, 2023 alongside the LFW show schedule, City Wide Celebration unites London in a festival of creativity and innovation. The programme consists of parties, new collection previews, intimate designer Q&As, exclusive fashion week menus, promotions, complimentary gifts and workshops from over 450 brands across London.
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