London College of Fashion designers to make debut at London Fashion Week

Designers from London College of Fashion, UAL will showcase their work at LFW

(Picture: Adela Babinska/ Licong Gong/ Rhea Sonawane/ James Rees)

The next generation of designers will get to showcase their work at London Fashion Week as London College of Fashion, UAL, make their debut on the schedule.

A range of womenswear, menswear, fashion artefact and footwear designers will present their creations in a catwalk show on February 18.

This is the first time LCF designers have appeared on fashion week’s official schedule.

LCF to appear on official schedule for first time (Yicheng Fan / Yanni Fan / Ka Kit Zhang / James Rees)

Professor Andrew Teverson, interim head of LCF, said “we are extremely proud to be on the LFW schedule for the first time in our history and to present our exceptional graduates on the world stage.”

One student taking part in the show is Adela Babinska, an award-winning womenswear design postgraduate who specialises in tailoring.

She said the experience was “more than the show itself, but also the opportunity to attend the fittings, see all the collections, meet the events team and to really feel like part of the community here”.

Womenswear designer Adela Babinska specialises in tailoring (Adela Babinska / James Rees)

Miss Babinska said she hoped the showcase would open more doors for her into the fashion world.

“This is just a start for me, there is so much more to learn and explore,” she added.

Footwear design student Dirk Vaessen said the opportunity to be “part of such a big event is massive for any young designer.”

Designer Dirk Vaessen takes a ‘futuristic approach’ to footwear (Dirk Vaessen / James Rees)

He added: “It feels particularly special for me as the only footwear designer being part of something that hasn’t happened before.”

Mr Vaessen said his work is focused on “a futuristic approach, of what fashion will look like in 50 years”.

Models wearing his collection “won’t walk the runway in the traditional sense, they will be sliding.”

“I’m curious to see what people think about it,” he said.

Footwear designer Lanting Peng’s creations will be showcased (Lanting Peng / James Rees)

The MA22 show will take place at Victoria House Basement in Bloomsbury Square.

As part of LFW’s city-wide programme, the designers will also get to present their collections in a custom-built showroom and give a digital presentation of their work.

The MA graduate showcase will run from February 17-19.