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London Fashion Week goes 1960s... with a twist

London – The first full day of London Fashion Week kicked off with a nod to the Swinging Sixties by Irish designer and LFW veteran Paul Costelloe and Turkish designer Bora Aksu. 1960s-style Mod dresses and workwear in pastel linens, floral silk jacquards, and understated tweeds abounded in Costelloe's Spring/Summer collection, "Le ciel est...

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Bora Aksu wins Goodwood Talent in Fashion Award

Turkish-born, London-based fashion designer Bora Aksu, known for his demi-couture romantic looks infused with nostalgia, has won this year’s Goodwood Talent in Fashion Award. The award from Goodwood Racecourse, in association with the British Fashion Council (BFC), is its fourth year and was created to recognise rising home-grown talent. Aksu, a...

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Podcast: Turkish designer Bora Aksu on culture, creativity and the aftermath of the earthquake

As a creative person, what do you do when your home country is hit by an earthquake? There's probably no "right answer," just a lot of questions. Fashion journalist Clare Press speaks with London-based designer Bora Aksu about the aftermath of the earthquake and how creativity is just around the corner here, too. Source: Wardrobe Crisis with...

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Video: Bora Aksu FW23

In this video you can see Bora Aksu’s FW23 collection presented at London Fashion Week. Video: BoraAksuStudio via Youtube

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5 Standout LFW Shows for SS23

With the spring/summer 2023 edition of London Fashion Week falling during the national mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II and her funeral, there was uncertainty about how the event would play out, especially after big names Burberry and Raf Simons bowed out. However, the emerging crop of designers in London, from Molly Goddard to Edward...

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LFW AW22: Bora Aksu brings demi-couture to London

There is a poetic beauty about how Bora Aksu marries the past with the present, with his modern, demi-couture feminine silhouettes and exquisite craftsmanship. For autumn/winter 2022, showcased during London Fashion Week, Aksu takes inspiration from 14th-century writer, poet and historian Christine de Pizan, often hailed as Europe’s first...

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Video: Bora Aksu SS22 collection

In this video, fashion brand Bora Aksu has presented its SS22 collection at London Fashion Week (LFW). Watch the video below. Video: FF Channel via YouTube Photo credit: Denim Jeans Observer, Facebook

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LFW SS22: Bora Aksu

For this season’s collection, Bora Aksu presented an overload of taffeta throughout his signature exaggerated silhouettes, in a range of eccentric tea dresses and bold two-piece looks. Within the collection, Bora Aksu offers up a striking colour scheme of bright pinks and blues among vivid greens and yellows. Layered silk taffeta lies at the...

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Five highlights from digital London Fashion Week

In another season, during another time, London Fashion Week would have been brimming with international press, buyers, influencers and notable industry folk. Front row catwalks would be celebrity-heavy and London abuzz with parties and events for its biannual fashion outing. Unlike in September, the February catwalks were shown entirely digital...

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Video: Bora Aksu at LFW

In this video, Turkish fashion design Bora Aksu has presented his FW21 collection at London Fashion Week (LFW). Watch the video below. Do you want to see more FW21 clothing collections? Click here to view the FashionUnited Marketplace. Video: BoraAksuStudio via YouTube Photo credit: London Fashion Week

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LFW: What a catwalk show looks like during a pandemic

Fashion week during a global pandemic is a little surreal. In an instant, a five-day London Fashion Week schedule, usually packed with back-to-back catwalk shows and presentations, is literally just a handful life events to accommodate social-distancing and ensuring Covid-19 safety. While most have opted for a digital viewing of their...

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Backstage make-up at London Fashion Week

Behind the scenes at London Fashion Week an army of make-up artists frantically apply finishing touches to models before they stride out onto the catwalk. Time is running out before Turkish designer Bora Aksu's show and the models are not yet ready to face the flashbulbs. "We need everyone to speed up!" shouts Janeen Witherspoon, the chief...