Jules Henderikus ten Velde

Jules Henderikus ten Velde's collection 'Natures Bride" This young designer has innovative ways of incorporating unusual materials and approaches. Jules graduated from the Amsterdam Institute of Fashion this summer.

"The collection tells the story of a young woman who escapes the modern world and harsh city life, and flees to the countryside. When she arrives she falls in love with the beauty and innocence of nature. Be charmed by the landscapes surrounding her she decides to devote herself completely to nature. The concept of Jules Henderikus ten Velde's graduation collection symbolizes his position as a fashion designer. His desire is to change the conditions of the current fashion system into a more couture-driven and animal-friendly way. Man-made materials like lurex and plexiglass are used by slowly processing these into natural materials such as raffia, palm-leaves and naturally dyed cottons." 

Damini Deshwal

"I read a question on Quora, a boy asking the world if it would be okay for him to wear a saree. Afraid if the world would judge him, he continued describing his "imperfect" features: dark skin, spots on face, skinny silhouette, creating a not so  "masculine" body. The simple question gave birth to this project's idea of making garments that would celebrate a man's body the way it is, a human's body the way it is, the acceptance of the inner soul that does not have a gender at all, the curiosities that have no border." Damini Deshwal 

These are silk, linen and jute garments created as gender neutral clothing. It was important to Damini that the fabrics were all natural and that all synthetic man made constituents were removed, like the man made constraints and type casting of gender. Damini is studying Fashion Design at the Pearl Academy of Fashion in Delhi.

Francesco Marzetti

Francesco Marzetti is a genius, an inventor, and creative force, here he is with his glove coat and miniature horse made from old welding gloves.

ADiciannoeventitre

Spring summer 2017 slow fashion from the skilled artisans of Italy with women's clothing from  ADiciannoeventitre marrying beautiful linen womenswear with the incredible cobbler skills of Simone Cecchetto.

NIHL

There is something very glam rock about this year's MA graduate collections in both London Central St Martins and Parsons. However it is often flavoured with something else. Neil Grotzinger (NIHL) graduate collection for Parsons, with its embellished sheer fabrics also reminded me of pop at, in particular Roy Lichtenstein's works decorating the skin with line and pattern. 

"It's about breaking the masculine façade, there's these ideas associated with functionality, certain expectations, that didn't even exist in the first place." Neil Grotzinger