Fashion East

We are a non-profit organisation set up by The Old Truman Brewery in 2000. Each season we give young designers (selected by a panel of leading industry figures) a bursary, catwalk show-production, PR support and expert advice to help them launch their labels. Originally off-schedule, we were given a slot on the official LFW timetable, consolidating our reputation for successfully scouting and presenting London’s best and bravest new talent. Initially a womenswear project, we then set up MAN in 2005, together with Topman, to address the need for a similar launch platform for London’s talented menswear designers.

Fashion East has a high profile and 10 year track record in the industry for launching future stars; scouting and working with some of the most exciting new designers and thus directly contributing to London’s reputation as the epicentre for creativity. “Fashion East is such a reliable next-big-thing barometer that it's no longer an off-schedule quirk but one of the official LFW schedule's hottest tickets” Style.com

Fashion East designers for spring/summer 2012
James Long
Maarten van der Horst
Marques’Almeida