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London Uprising

Fifty Fashion Designers, One City
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London Uprising offers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into the vibrant world of London fashion. Through studio tours of fifty leading designers, the book unveils their creative practices, philosophies, and private collections. It captures the energy of a city that has shaped fashion trends over centuries, particularly highlighting the dynamism of the last fifteen years.
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Ideal for readers interested in fashion, design, and contemporary culture, especially those fascinated by London’s influential role in the global fashion industry.

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An unprecedented and intimate behind-the-scenes look at London designer fashion over the last fifteen years, edited by Tania Fares and Sarah Mower and profiling 50 leading London fashion designers, from Paul Smith and Stella McCartney to Erdem and Simone Rocha

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London Uprising showcases London as a fashion-world capital, highlighting the especially fertile past fifteen years in its centuries-long history of setting trends. This stunning book offers an all-access pass into the world of designer fashion—a unique behind-the-scenes studio tour.

The book features in-depth profiles of fifty of the city's leading design talents. These London-based global superstars open up about their practice and philosophy, providing an intimate look at the fashion industry's inner workings. Readers are treated to a wealth of images from the designers' private collections, offering a visual feast of creativity and innovation.

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Praised as a "backstage pass into the studios of the capital's coolest designers," London Uprising is celebrated for its stunning visuals and insightful content (Sunday Telegraph, Stella Magazine). Critics highlight its exploration of London's diverse fashion scene, from emerging studios to international success stories (Harper's Bazaar). The book is recognised for revealing what drives London's distinctive style and its vibrant, multinational design community (Daily Telegraph, Saturday Magazine; Refinery29.uk).

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780714873350

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 February 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

Contributors:

  • Edited by Tania Fares
  • Edited by Sarah Mower

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 50.0mm

Width: 250.0mm

Height: 290.0mm

Weight: 2547g

Pages: 608

About the Author

Tania Fares is a passionate supporter of the London fashion industry and co-founded the BFC Fashion Trust in 2013 with Kim Hersov, editor-at-large of Porter magazine. This not-for-profit organization is an interdisciplinary hub that connects more than 130 community members from business, finance and the arts, who gain access to studio tours and talks by leading fashion figures. It also mentors and supports talented young designers. In 2014, Fares became a British Vogue contributing editor. She continues to support and champion fashion, art and design and works in partnership with Farfetch, to help launch new designers from UK universities. She is a Jury panel member at PAD London.

Sarah Mower MBE is a journalist and advocate for young designers whose curiosity about the meaning and direction of fashion has always motivated her to seek out new talent. As chief critic for style.com, and then Vogue's voguerunway.com she has charted the rise of the designers in this book, often finding and making relationships with them as students. Her interest in scouting talent and representing their problems to the British Fashion Council led to an active roaming role as the BFC Ambassador for Emerging Talent in 2009. She took the chair of the NEWGEN selection committee in the same year, bringing in London's top expert buyers and fashion editors to help young designers navigate through their first years in business. She is a visiting professor at Central Saint Martins (CSM) and an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Art.

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