Fashion Designer - AETER

AETER: Timeless Elegance Reimagined Through Ethical Leather Craftsmanship

AETER is an emerging luxury brand born in Taiwan, founded by visionary designers Chuan Lu and Yi-Lunh Hsu. Inspired by a desire to fuse minimalist aesthetics with meticulous craftsmanship, AETER creates handcrafted leather bags and accessories that redefine modern elegance.

Their brand name, AETER, originates from the Latin word aeternus, meaning eternal. This concept of timelessness is the cornerstone of their design philosophy. For them, eternity is not just about longevity—it is about achieving balance. Balance between form and function, structure and fluidity, tradition and innovation. This ethos inspired their latest collection, “Equilibrium,” which captures the harmony between geometric design and artisanal technique.

Where Industrial Design Meets Traditional Leather Craft

At AETER, their roots lie in industrial design, which deeply influences their approach to fashion. They seamlessly merge modern design methodologies with the rich heritage of traditional leatherworking. This blend allows them to challenge conventional forms and reinterpret them with sleek silhouettes, bold geometry, and minimalist elegance.

Each piece in their collection is a testament to their passion for modernist design, infused with subtle contrasts—understated yet impactful, structured yet organic. AETER designs are created for those who appreciate objects with meaning, precision, and purpose.

Fashion Gem - Aadnevik

 

AADNEVIK: Defining Luxury Fashion with Timeless Elegance and Bespoke Craftsmanship

Founded in 2013, AADNEVIK is a luxury fashion house based in London, internationally celebrated for its exquisitely feminine and seductive designs. The brand was brought to life by the creative duo Hila Aadnevik and Kristian Aadnevik, whose shared vision seamlessly merges the world of couture elegance with ready-to-wear sophistication. Together, they have developed a unique signature style—one that champions fine craftsmanship, sensual silhouettes, and meticulously detailed finishes.

At the heart of AADNEVIK lies a commitment to handcrafted excellence. Each seasonal collection is a harmonious balance between timeless romance and modern edge, created using intricate techniques that celebrate the female form. The brand is renowned for its made-to-measure service, offering bespoke creations to an elite international clientele who visit the AADNEVIK London atelier from around the globe. With garments built directly on the body, their design process allows for the most natural interpretation of femininity, often using an interplay of sharp tailoring, soft drapery, and layered textures.

Fashion Designer - Carlota Barrera

London-based designer Carlota Barrera delves deeply into contemporary fashion, reinterpreting essential garments through a distinctly female and queer lens. Her creative world is one rooted in a unique intersection of Spanish heritage, progressive identity politics, and the ongoing evolution of gender expression. With a focus that bridges tradition and disruption, Barrera creates clothing that is at once thoughtful, sensual, and radical—consistently probing what it means to be seen and to be understood in the garments we wear.

Heavily inspired by the intricacies of the male form—its geometry, its movements, and its emotional complexity—Barrera brings to her work a queer, intellectualized perspective on masculinity. Through her gaze, masculinity becomes not a fixed identity but a living, shifting narrative. She observes and reconstructs the traditional language of menswear to uncover a richer dialogue around vulnerability, strength, and performative gender roles. Her designs reflect this duality: at once familiar and avant-garde, they carry with them a subtle yet powerful defiance of expectations.

Fashion Gem - DUMEBI

DUMEBI is a luxury Womenswear brand created by British Fashion Designer Barbara Biosah, specialising in handmade exotic Couture clothing, shoes and accessories.

Mixing inspirations from Africa and European Renaissance art, but with a British modern Twist & Parisian flair. Each creation is Handmade in-house in their Atelier in London, using the highest quality materials (including Crystals from Swarovski) and focusing on great attention to detail. From Red Carpet gowns, to evening wear and Bespoke Bridal Couture.

Fashion Designer - ASCIARI

Asciari's objective is to create a distinct and timeless style, based on precise aesthetic and cultural standards. As in the archaic Sicilian origin of the word, "to search, to gather, to create a meeting", Asciari conveys its essential and pure demi-couture aesthetics, unveiling itself through finest materials and a particular attention to details.

A heritage of values deeply rooted in the founders: one brother and one sister, Pietro and Federica and their mother Marta. Since always passionate about fine fabrics and tailoring, they have eventually turned this creativity drive concrete with Asciari. Federica, designer of the brand along with the support of Marta, has the artistic direction while Pietro is involved with marketing and external relations.

Fashion Gem - Bora Aksu

 

London based Turkish designer Bora Aksu received his first acclaim when he graduated from Central St Martin's MA in 2002. Hailed as ‘the star of the show' by The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Independent, Bora's collection also attracted the eye of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabanna who purchased pieces to use as inspiration.

His debut off-schedule show took place at London Fashion Week in February 2003. A resounding success his debut was named ‘one of the top five shows' by The Guardian and subsequently led Aksu to receive the New Generation Award placing him on the official London Fashion Week schedule the very next season. In total, four consecutive New Generation Awards were given to Bora who remains on the official London Fashion Week schedule.

Fashion Designer - Vjera V

Vjera V is a soul stitched high-end Womenswear brand. Creative Director, Vjera Viliclik is Croatian born and London based. She trained at Ecole Lesage in Paris in haute couture embroidery, a concept that can clearly be seen throughout her collections. The embellished pieces are hand prepared in the London studio, with Swarovski crystals, pearls and beads.

Having launched the brand in 2016, Vjera V is a label that has gone from strength to strength with their girly designs having received coverage across the likes of publications such as ELLE France, Cosmopolitan UK, Stella magazine and Hello magazine to name a few.  The brand is now available in a number of Stockists including Wolf and Badger London and New York and some boutiques in Dubai.

Alice Archer LFW SS18 Catwalk Show

Fashion Designer - Xinye Jiang

Xinye Jiang is an established and creative designer who graduated from Parsons, The New School of Design in New York City. She studied in New York for almost five years and then moved to Paris, eventually creating her eponymous brand, Xinye Jiang. The brand was registered in New York City in 2017.

Fashion Gem - VOW London

Vow London brings a fierce edge to modern eyewear. Our design philosophy draws inspiration from vintage classics and encompasses colour trends, cutting-edge shapes, and a love for glitter acetates. 

All of our styles are handmade using high-quality acetates and hinges, scratch-resistant lenses, and include 100% UVA and UVB protection as standard. 

Fashion Designer - VINTI ANDREWS

Vinti Andrews is a London based brand, from a collaboration between Vinti Tan and Paul Andrews. Both designers share the same influences of British culture and the global music scene, to curate a contemporary brand that flaunts innovation and originality. 

Each collection is designed for the au courant fashion conscious individual and garments reflect a unique expression of texture and colour through an interesting art form. 

Fashion Gem - Aspinal of London

The quintessential English luxury lifestyle brand, Aspinal of London creates covetable contemporary classics for women and men. 

Their posh, polished and practical accessories collections include women’s and men’s bags, luggage, leather accessories and stationery. Aspinal is the go-to gift emporium for those in the know; service is second to none and almost everything can be monogrammed. 

Jewellery Designer - Alighieri

London-based, Rosh Mahtani studied French and Italian at Oxford University. Upon graduating in 2012, she was inspired to create modern heirlooms, born from the literature she had studied: Dante Alighieri’s “Divine Comedy,” in particular.

After graduating she spent two years interning at Harper’s Bazaar, luxury travel company Mr. & Mrs. Smith and working as a Visual Merchandiser at Avenue32.com; all the while, dreaming of her collection, and creating it by night. With no formal training and a vehement obsession with the idea of melancholy and imperfection, Alighieri was officially launched in 2014.

Fashion Gem - Alistair James

Alistair James is the eponymously named label of design duo Nicholas Alistair Walsh and David James Wise.

From their South London studio, the pair are focused on fable, whimsy and alluring textiles. Exploring an English sensibility, evoking characters in a balance of craft and consideration. Nicholas is a womenswear designer, born and raised in West Yorkshire. 

Luxury Shoe Designer - Alexander White

Luxury shoe brand Alexander White offers chic and elegant shoes with a playful, youthful twist. Each shoe is designed in London and passionately handmade by skilled artisans on the outskirts of Florence, Italy. 

As a designer, Alexander is influenced by his surroundings, from architecture to antique jewellery, these influences are then interpreted in a modern and energetic way. The belief that a beautiful pair of shoes changes the way a woman presents herself to the world is what drives the design process and commitment to make women feel special. 

SS18 Tommy Hilfiger Catwalk Show

Watch the full SS18 Tommy Hilfiger Catwalk Show in London, as part of London Fashion Week (LFW).  

Fashion Gem - A.W.A.K.E.

A.W.A.K.E. was founded in 2012 by Natalia Alaverdian. Natalia's unique eye for fashion has developed through a multi-disciplinary career encompassing styling, art direction and photography. 

Natalia's goal with A.W.A.K.E., an acronym for All Wonderful Adventures Kindle Enthusiasm, is to propose a personal and distinct voice through clothing that balance conceptual, storytelling aspirations with commercial viability. 

Milliner Gem - William Chambers Millinery

William Chambers is a leading British milliner whose handmade hats and headpieces are stocked in the country’s top department stores. He is a former recipient of Stephen Jones’ Headonism collective and is one of the six members of the Ascot Style Collective, alongside Jones and Philip Treacy, amongst others. 

He exhibits his collections every season at London Fashion Week, and his hats are stocked in Harrods, Fenwick and Fortnum & Mason in London, and Samuel’s Hats, New York. He has won Accessory Designer of the Year three times at the Scottish Fashion Awards, in 2010, 2012 and 2014.  He opened his own hat shop in Glasgow city centre in 2014.  

Fashion Gem - Womens Shirt Collection - White and White

White is a palette and the shirt is timeless. Dedicated to daily elegance and superb cut, White and White designs to a set of ideals; navigating between on-point fashion silhouettes and effortless style, perfectionist standards and beautiful fabrics, a complete understanding of where practicality meets personality and a constant for every season and every wardrobe - always in the infinite spectrum of white. 

Even in today’s crowded fashion world, finding pieces which sync ideally with the way we’re all living is still a grown-up woman's holy grail. 

Womenswear Fashion Designer - Wanbing Huang

Wanbing Huang is a London based womenswear fashion designer. She launched her eponymous label in October 2016 at emerging designers showcase platform Labelhood during Shanghai Fashion Week and soon gained traction from both the Chinese and international fashion audience.

Her 2017 Spring/Summer debut collection "Chaotic Order" was heavily influenced by the Belgian film director Oliver Smolders' short film "Seuls".