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Oxford Fashion Studio returns this September with its SS27 season across New York and London, bringing together independent designers from around the world through a programme of runway presentations, cultural programming and industry events.
In New York, Renee Cafaro Atelier presents at Lincoln Center on 12 September with The Alchemy and Something Borrowed. The season then continues in London on 20 September at Devonshire Square, where 18 designers from ten countries will present across three curated runway shows — New Codes, Material Culture and Art + Identity — before Vietnamese fashion house SORAMAME closes the programme with a headline presentation of Under Construction.
Follow the season here for designer stories, runway galleries, media coverage and updates from both cities.
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SORAMAME Presents Under Construction: A Collection About the Unfinished Self
The Vietnamese fashion house closes the Oxford Fashion Studio London programme with an exclusive SS27 presentation exploring identity as something continually assembled, layered and transformed.
SuKaz Creates Couture Through Many Hands and Many Cultures
Returning to London, SuKaz presents one-of-a-kind couture art jackets created through international collaboration between designers, fibre artists and craftspeople.
Tresaire Ann Finds Permanence in Change With At Solstice
California label Tresaire Ann looks to the turning of light as a metaphor for resilience, transition and renewal.
Gillian Trask Sculpts Jewellery Directly Through Fire in Sculpted in Flame
Georgia-based Gillian Trask hand-sculpts precious metal while molten, allowing transformation itself to remain visible in the finished work.
Mathis Guertin Reconstructs Masculinity in The After
Montréal designer Mathis Guertin combines brutalist architecture, precise tailoring and queer identity in a collection exploring vulnerability, power and reconstruction.
Chapel Vvein Makes a Garden’s Smallest Inhabitants Larger Than Life
East Midlands label Chapel Vvein combines fantasy, historical influence and exaggerated form in This Size of Paradise.
JAJAABOR Traces an Extraordinary Journey From Bengal to Japan in The Other Bose
Indian label JAJAABOR brings history, textile traditions and cultural exchange together through the remarkable story of revolutionary Rash Behari Bose.
Designs By Elle Translates Art Deco Architecture Into Leather
Colorado leather studio Designs By Elle draws on architecture, geometry and craftsmanship for its SS27 collection, Radiance.
NART Turns Brazilian Plant Fibres Into Contemporary Jewellery
NART – Nature Making Art explores natural material, craftsmanship and changing light in its SS27 collection, Between Lights.
NEIGHTIV Imagines the Horse as Muse in Garden of the Hoofbeats
London-based NEIGHTIV brings equestrian culture, Indian heritage, nature and contemporary fashion together in a dreamlike SS27 collection.
Alpaca Apparel Takes British Fibre From Herd to Runway
From a New Forest alpaca herd to milling in Northern Ireland and manufacturing in Leicester, Alpaca Apparel places provenance at the centre of contemporary British luxury.
FEGHALI Looks Backwards in Search of Identity With Blurred Origin
Swiss label FEGHALI uses clothing as storytelling in a collection exploring memory, purpose and what can be lost when we look only forwards.
ick. Continues to Build Its Emerging British Design Language
Founded in 2024, young UK label ick. approaches familiar silhouettes through quality material, proportion and unexpected styling.
Aleeka Introduces an Emerging London Design Voice
London-based designer Liqaa Al-Kamil presents her developing independent fashion practice to an international runway audience for SS27.
Art in Situ Turns the Coat Into Protection, Portrait and Collectible Art
Melbourne wearable-art label Art in Situ presents Check Your Six, exploring vigilance, resilience and the protective possibilities of clothing.
Jellavu Reimagines Denim Through the Creative Energy of Cairo
Cairo-based Jellavu presents Eclipse in Denim, transforming one of fashion’s most familiar materials through the contrasts and visual energy of contemporary Egypt.
Dominik Švarc Brings a New Generation of Czech Fashion to London
Prague-trained designer Dominik Švarc approaches clothing through experimentation, unconventional ideas and visual storytelling.
Alimac Design Builds a Fashion World Around Fantasy and Individuality
Belgium-based Alimac Design brings medieval references, non-gendered silhouettes and imaginative storytelling to the London runway.
Renee Cafaro Atelier Presents The Alchemy at Lincoln Center for SS27
New York couture house Renee Cafaro Atelier presents a collection exploring transformation, collaboration and circular design through an inclusive approach to haute couture.