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Academy of Art University to honour Matty Bovan at fashion graduation show

The students of the School of Fashion at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California will present their collections in a graduation show this Thursday, May 16. In addition, the school will honour UK fashion designer Matty Bovan with an honorary doctorate. The Academy of Art fashion show is entitled ‘Uncharted Territories’ and will...

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Matty Bovan wins 2021 Woolmark Prize and Karl Lagerfeld Award for Innovation

The International Woolmark Prize, a prize that celebrates fashion talents working with Merino wool, has this year been awarded to British designer Matty Bovan. In what was a double win for Bovan, the designer also bagged The Karl Lagerfeld Award for Innovation, an award introduced in 2019 in honour of the late iconic fashion designer and...

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Video: Matty Bovan FW21 collection

In this video, British fashion designer Matty Bovan has presented his FW21 collection entitled 'Odyssey' 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: Matty Bovan via YouTube Photo credit: London Fashion Week

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Video: 5 designers changes the London Fashion Week game

Menswear designers Nicholas Daley, Priya Ahluwalia, Stefan Cooke, and womenswear designers Richard Malone and Matty Bovan are redefining London Fashion Week. In this video, these designers agreed to a video call with ShowStudio to discuss their individual creative approaches to collections, whether it be the incorporating of second-hand...

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Swarovski glistens at London Fashion Week

Swarovski celebrated its 125th anniversary by featuring more than one million Swarovski crystals across eight designers during London Fashion Week as part of the brand’s ongoing ‘Crystal On The Catwalk’ initiative. Designers partnering with Swarovski and using the brand’s crystal in their autumn/winter 2020 collections included: Halpern, Richard...

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North: Fashioning Identity to open in Barnsley

North: Fashioning Identity, the exhibition exploring contemporary artistic and stylistic representations of the north of England will tour to The Civic, Barnsley. Open from September 14 to December 21, the exhibition explores the way the North of England is depicted, constructed and celebrated in photographs, artworks and fashion collections,...

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In Pictures: Coach x Matty Bovan

Coach has unveiled a limited-edition accessories collaboration with British designer Matty Bovan for autumn/winter 2018. The capsule collection comprises of two versions of the Signature Riley bag and one style for the Signature Duffle bags. The Coach heritage silhouettes, which features Coach creative director Stuart Vevers’ reimagined...

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Wool and the Gang to sponsor Matty Bovan LFW show

British fashion and lifestyle brand Wool and the Gang is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary by sponsoring British designer Matty Bovan’s first solo show at London Fashion Week taking place later this month. The brand known for its woollen ready-made products as well as knit kits will also be continuing its support of Bovan with an ongoing...

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Matty Bovan collaborates with Barbie

Fashion East’s Matty Bovan is collaborating with Barbie to celebrate the famous doll’s 58th birthday. Bovan, known for his bright, texture-heavy collections, has created a capsule Barbie collection featuring unisex T-shirts, badges, and stickers featuring his distinctive hand-drawn graphics that will be stocked at the Fashion East pop-up space...

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Fashion East reveals SS17 line-up

Fashion talent incubator Fashion East, supported by Topshop, has revealed that designers A.V Robertson, Mimi Wade and Richard Malone will return from last season for SS17, and will be joined by newcomer Matty Bovan. The spring/summer 2017 event will take place on September 17 in Topshop’s show space during London Fashion Week and will feature...