KAMIN @tripe.truffles
Kamin is a London-based South Korean fashion designer. As a Central Saint Martins graduate they focus on genderless streetwear, prioritizing physical and psychological comfort. Their fluid perspective draws from various cultural references, ranging from artist Kennedy Yanko and Bernard Buffet to cinematic aesthetics. Kamin’s graduate collection, The Dishwashing Monologue: Lingering Whispers, explores the poignant process of independence in youth.
The pieces capture a powerful tension between a letting go of loneliness and holding on to the memories that remain. Through these garments, Kamin visualizes the emotional resilience of a generation rebuilding themselves.
GABRIELLA STERE @Gabriellastere
I am an artist working with textiles and body art, with a particular focus on costume design. My practice explores movement and the ways the female body can be restricted, expanded, and transformed through textile forms.
SOPHIE ZHANG @sophie_y.t
Sophie is a knitter and a fashion engineer. She is a current Fashion MA student studying in RCA. Her practice is establishing a construction system of knitting and air. It is an innovation area to embed air into the fabric. She primarily using knitting techniques to weave balloons into three-dimensional fabric structures as a base. Her material language allows the garments to present soft，sculpture three- dimensional and flat forms.
KǢLI @kaeli.official
Ruwanthi (Ru) is a Sri Lankan-born sustainable multidisciplinary artist based in London, passionate about using fashion as a powerful platform for advocacy. Her work focuses on addressing global issues close to her heart, blending purpose with artistry. Deeply connected to her cultural heritage, she strives to honor traditional crafts by weaving them into contemporary design.
Her creations reflect the intersection of heritage and modernity, celebrating craftsmanship while pushing boundaries to inspire meaningful conversations and change.
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BLACK STRIPES @blk_stripes
Black Stripes was founded by artist and designer ieva Li as a way to merge wearable fashion with original artwork. What began with hand-painting her own garments evolved into a brand focused on transforming clothing into one-of-a-kind pieces that challenge mass production. Through Black Stripes, she encourages people to wear pieces that tell a story and embrace the idea that anything—even clothing—can become a canvas.
The brand is a celebration of self-expression, creativity, and the courage to stand out, reminding people that the most powerful statement they can make is simply being unapologetically themselves!
AMY SHEPHERD-BOWMAN @theknitpit
Amy is a Fashion Knitwear graduate from Nottingham Trent University with a passion for colour, pattern, and sustainable design. Her project, Taste From A Certain Place, explores the origins of personal taste in fashion and interiors, drawing inspiration from her childhood home in London and her love of bright colours.
Using mainly deadstock yarns and sponsored yarns from UPW, Amy celebrates bold combinations of colour, pattern, and shape through modern menswear silhouettes. Pleating, jacquard, and striping techniques are central to her work. Amy is eager to pursue a career in knitwear or textiles, combining creativity with a commitment to sustainability.
JUDE BRAGANZA @jude__braganza
Jude Braganza's work is a provocation through questioning what taste is and how it is defined. The designs are size-inclusive and wearable, yet speak to strangeness, whimsy, and celebration. Through this approach, the message is that, in these times, fashion can empower, generate joy, and make the wearer feel powerful.
RECKY XINLE XU @reckynotag
Recky Xu is a London-based fashion designer whose practice investigates the relationship between sculpture and the human body through contemporary womenswear. Combining sculptural forms with precise garment construction, his work explores how clothing can transform the silhouette while remaining functional and wearable.
Inspired by military garments, British youth culture and craftsmanship, his collections challenge conventional notions of utility and identity, creating pieces that invite multiple ways of wearing and experiencing fashion.