Reflections from London and Paris Fashion Week 2023

Article by: Gaynor Orvis

June 22nd 2023

This year, Ravensbourne BA (Hons) Fashion students were invited for the third year running to exhibit at London Fashion Week. A total of 15 students were invited to showcase their collections.

A selection of students were also invited to exhibit their work at Paris Fashion Week in front of industry greats such as Louis Vuitton. We caught up with some of the students to find out more about their inspirations for their work.

Annie Severs – Womenswear

My collection was called the Inconvenience of Dress, so I was critiquing how seriously fashion seems to be taken at the moment and that it always has to mean something really intense.

For my collection, I wanted it to be about feeling something. Yes, there is a place for art that's functional and really wearable, but I wanted my collection to be fluid art pieces that evoke a feeling and an emotion.

I wanted my collection to be about the craftsmanship, and of creating passion through that. I think clothes can make you feel something, and for me, that's what's exciting.

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Annie Severs Paris Fashion Week exhibition

Adam Pun - Menswear

My inspiration is about the journey of me growing up in Nepal and the transition of moving to London. It combines nostalgia, heritage and tradition and fuses this together with my experiences of living in London.

For this specific collection I wanted to use leather, because it takes the traditional craftmanship of weaving, but elevates it by using a material that is more luxurious.

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male models wear Avant Garde outfits with tags and cages

Male model wear a cage around his head and black trousers with red tags all over

Hannah Thorogood - menswear

Hannah Thorogood Paris Fashion Week exhibition

For my collection, I started looking at dance, because it was a big passion of mine as a kid, in particular ballet. I did my dissertation about men in the dance industry and how currently there is a distinct lack of innovative clothing in this space.

I then juxtaposed the traditional feminine ballet aesthetic with American Football and fused the two together.

I mainly worked with sports fabric, for example airtex, which is the material mostly used on basketball jerseys, and I also used a lot of lycra. I also incorporated denim, to give it a more contemporary feel.