9 Fashion Designers That Everyone Will Be Talking About at London Fashion Week 2021

London Fashion Week [1] is officially starting its new chapter this February. Instead of forecasting what we will be wearing in autumn and winter 2021, the British Fashion Council will use LFW February to give us some style inspiration for the spring and summer months that we're all chuffed about.

Taking place from Friday, 19 Feb. to Tuesday, 23 Feb., London Fashion Week February 2021 will feature both womenswear and menswear collections for a genderless (and soon to be seasonless) appreciation of innovative clothing design. Fashion shows, short films, and some exclusive chats with industry leaders will be accessible to everyone with an internet connection through the London Fashion Week [2] digital platform.

See the provisional lineup for LFW Feb 2021 ahead before the official schedule is released, and keep reading for a closer look at the nine standout designers that we are most excited for.

Designers at London Fashion Week February 2021:

My Wardrobe HQ x Belstaff, dunhill, Emilia Wickstead, Edward Crutchley, Marques' Almeida, Molly Goddard, Osman, palmer//harding, Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, Qasimi, Roksanda, Simone Rocha, Temperley London, Tiger of Sweden, Tod's and Central Saint Martins MA Fashion and Victoria Beckham [3].

Ahluwalia, Art School, Bethany Williams, Bianca Saunders, Eftychia, Isosceles, Matty Bovan, Nicholas Daley, Per Götesson, Richard Quinn, Roker and Supriya Lele.

Carlota Barrera, Daniel Crabtree, Ingrid Kraftchenko, Linus Leonardsson, Leuder, Masha Popova, Miles George Daniel Studio, N Palmer, Parnell Mooney, Sabirah by Deborah Latouche, The Backward Vendor and Tolu Coker.

Charlotte Knowles

Charlotte Knowles [4] is also a Fashion East alum. In 2020, the brand became a favourite of Instagram's stylish It girls like Kylie Jenner, Kaia Gerber, Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid, Solange Knowles, and Hunter Schafer. The brand's signature since launching in 2017 has been intricately layered dancewear and lingerie-inspired [5] pieces that laid a foundation for similar designers like Nensi Dojaka to flourish.

Bethany Williams

Designer Bethany Williams is one of the four founders of Emergency Design Network, which is a nonprofit collective of creatives who "harnessed the power of London's fashion community" by "galvanizing industry experts to produce 50,000 surgical gowns and 10,000 sets of scrubs for British health workers", said the British Fashion Council upon awarding her a 2020 Fashion Award [6]. Williams is a demonstrated ally and advocate for approaching social and environmental issues in a holistic and open-minded way, which was reflected in her brand's Spring/Summer 2021 fashion show [7] that focused on the stories of Black British children and the idea of a village raising a child.

Ahluwalia

The British Fashion Council named designer Priya Ahluwalia "a progressive-thinking leader and agent for change, raising awareness around the challenges around the Black community, especially this year in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement." The designer was awarded a 2020 Fashion Award [8] alongside British Vogue's Edward Enninful, Teen Vogue's Lindsay Peoples Wagner and Sandrine Charles of Black In Fashion Council, Samuel Ross of A-Cold-Wall*, and Aurora James of Brother Vellies.

Tolu Coker

Tolu Coker [9] is the British-Nigerian fashion designer behind this vibrant, unisex label. A 2017 graduate of CSM, Coker wants her brand to represent "the politics of identity and social climates" by exploring the complexities of diasporic Black communities. Fans of her work include Rihanna [10] and Stefflon Don.

Supriya Lele

Supriya Lele began her design journey in architecture, then switched to art before committing to fashion. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2016, Supriya was tapped by Fashion East and made her London Fashion Week debut the following year. Two years later, she received full financial support from the British Fashion Council's NewGen initiative. Supriya's designs are an elegant blend of her Indian roots and British upbringing, with stockists including Browns and Opening Ceremony.

Bianca Saunders

Bianca Saunders [11] founded her eponymous label in 2017 after graduating from the Royal College of Art for menswear design. Saunders is of British-Caribbean heritage, and through her designs, she aims to "push at gender, and investigate construction to propose fresh ideas for menswear." She's been named "One to Watch" by the British Fashion Council and is part of the BFC's NEWGEN initiative.

ASAI

ASAI started out on the Fashion East lineup, then went on to dominate Notting Hill Carnival in 2018 with its signature, patchwork "Hot Wok" aesthetic. The brand quickly became a favourite of Rihanna [12], who collaborated with designer A Sai Ta [13] on a capsule collection with Fenty that launched exclusively at Selfridges in 2019. In 2020, ASAI actively stood up against injustice by demanding antiracism education in the UK and donating part proceeds from sales to Black Lives Matter, Solace Women's Aid, The Voice of Domestic Workers, and Creatives for Lebanon. The brand's campaigning for positive social change was recognised by a 2020 British Fashion Award [14].

Halpern

Halpern's tribute to our heroines of the front line was the hopeful star of London Fashion Week's Spring/Summer 2021 [15] digital showcase. The brand responded to demands for diversity in such an elegant way by dressing women of the NHS and those who work essential services in joyful gowns, and then used the brand's platform at LFW to share these women's stories. Halpern's community-building efforts were awarded a 2020 British Fashion Award [16].

Maximilian

The brand's designer Maximilian Davis is just so damn cool. Fashion East's newest recruit is getting a lot of very stylish people excited with his first Spring/Summer 2021 collection that was inspired by the hedonistic spirit of Caribbean carnival, vivid colourways of Black liberation, and the designer's Trinidadian heritage.

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