3 Rising Stars of London Fashion Week

Open­ing Image Max­i­m­il­ian Raynor by Jason Lloyd Evans
Dig­i­tal Fash­ion Edi­tor Eve Fitz­patrick

Though the city is spoilt with col­lec­tions from some of the fash­ion greats, Burber­ry, Simone Rocha, and Erdem to name a few, the city is becom­ing increas­ing­ly known for being the place of the ris­ing star. The three design­ers I have includ­ed here are not just cre­at­ing beau­ti­ful clothes, but a brand of artistry and intrigue that could stand the test of time.

Grete Henriette

With an esteemed list of celebri­ties hav­ing adorned Henriette’s designs includ­ing SZA, Tems, Tinashe, Tyla and Lil Nas X, the design­er is already becom­ing a Lon­don sta­ple. The design­er’s most recent AW25 col­lec­tion titled Elysi­am was pre­sent­ed in a church, show­cas­ing pieces seam­less­ly com­bin­ing jew­ellery and cloth­ing mak­ing an ethe­re­al world of won­der. Celes­tial sounds, ethe­re­al chore­og­ra­phy and chris­t­ian iconog­ra­phy cre­ate feel­ings of inno­cence, jux­ta­posed with the sen­su­al­ness of the bare­ly there dress­es and under­wear. A col­lec­tion that encap­su­lates the act of world-build­ing and a design­er that leaves us want­i­ng more.

Keburia

The wom­enswear and acces­sories label found­ed in 2015 and designed and made in Tbil­si, Geor­gia pre­sent­ed its first show in Lon­don for AW25. Sur­re­al­ist designs that tran­scend the func­tion­al­i­ty of cloth­ing dom­i­nat­ed the col­lec­tion, bring­ing a wel­come play­ful sense of escapism to the city. Over­sized hats, sleeves and skirts were paired with mil­i­tary inspired tai­lor­ing, cre­at­ing a won­der­land through cloth­ing. Keburia’s sur­re­al­ist cre­ativ­i­ty will no doubt tran­scend through future collections.

Maximillian Raynor

The recent Cen­tral Saint Mar­tins Grad­u­ate is increas­ing­ly becom­ing an indus­try favourite with the brands non-con­firm­ing and roman­tic pieces. Raynor’s AW25 col­lec­tion plays very clev­er­ly upon the mod­ern and his­tor­i­cal. With the high col­lars resem­bling those worn by men in the Vic­to­ri­an era, and sheer dress­es that play inno­v­a­tive­ly with tex­ture and shape, the result feels super roman­tic and clas­sic, but with a unique twist. Though the brand has already achieved well-deserved noto­ri­ety amongst celebs, with Lady Gaga and Chap­pell Roan wear­ing their pieces (to name a few), there is no doubt that the inno­v­a­tive nature of Max­imil­lian Raynor will lead it to becom­ing a name­sake brand.