‘Fashion is storytelling. Stories are a primary and fundamental form of communication. We live in and through them, just as we live in and through the clothes we wear.’ Anja Aronowsky Cronberg - Founder and Editor-in-chief at Vestoj and Senior Research Fellow at London College of Fashion, UAL
Brave New Worlds showcased 16 designers from 5 continents who are, in some way, challenging the current fashion system.
Many of the designers have come from countries which have often been marginalised by the fashion industry. Through their unique perspectives and beautifully crafted clothing each designer constructs a narrative which discusses topics such as fluidity of gender, sexuality, culture, ethnicities, mental wellbeing, consumerism and accountability.
Set in 16 separate rooms the designers use installations, film and sound as well as the garments themselves to convey their individual messages.
Brave New Worlds: The Changing Landscape of Fashion (2019) [Exhibition]. West Wing Galleries, Somerset House, London. 11-24 February 2019.