As part of London Fashion Week which started Thursday, the LCF Fashion Design Technology MA students’ final collections were a delight to see. As I just noted in a post about the Central Saint Martins MA fashion program, there is an exuberance to what fashion and design students from any institution create while still in a safe space. There is a willingness to go out on a limb with a concept or idea, no matter how unfeasible or unsellable it seems. I recall when I was in an interior design program many,
many years ago that the most fun I had was creating interiors for completely made-up clients... I was able to do whatever my imagination could dream up. Of course this is not so in the real world: I now have clients with their own needs and preferences. And designers too, must please investors or shareholders and produce things that will sell, not just fantastical works of art. So while still in school, these students get to create fantastical works of art and I am thankful for that.
Just take a look at Jiyuan Fan's amazing carved wood skeleton torsos worn on the outside of suiting or poking through overcoats. But there are others who created garments which do seem sellable to my eye... lovely diaphanous pieces like those from Qian Tan, sharp suiting (literally) from Zeting Xu, or futuristic silhouettes from Kechen Yu. These FW '26-'27 pieces are interesting
and sellable.
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| Qian Tan |
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| Qian Tan |
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| Jiyuan Fan |
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| Zeting Xu |
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| Kechen Yu |
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| Kechen Yu |
https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/london-college-of-fashionhttps://www.instagram.com/qian.tann/
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