LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION MA / MENSWEAR AW 2016

Peng Chen: ‘My garments are one size. They fit smaller thin men and larger men, too. My methodology focused on pattern cutting on both size of men.’

Ziqing Zhou: ‘My aim was to create an abnormal garment to represent the ‘new-normal’ in the fashion world.’

Pakholee: ‘My collection is my definition of minimal fashion, I eliminated parts of the jackets or garments that weren’t necessary for it to be worn and created a minimalistic collection with no unnecessary stitches, pockets etc.’

Alexis Housden: ‘It all began after a monumental break up which happened around the same time as me starting my MA. I started to look at veils in the way they are used in the west, so, for mourning and weddings.’

Grant James Povey: ‘I explored the appropriation of volume within a historical context – looking at how volume worked within historical costume and bringing it through to the modern day.’

Bethany Williams: ‘My muse is Jacques Rancière. He is a philosopher who talks about political change through art and I find that really interesting.’

Jekeun Cho: ‘I was inspired by the suicide of Robin Williams and how internally he was very depressed but externally he was a very happy person.’

Haili Jin‘Most fashion designers design garments to fit the body and follow the line of the body. I want to make air and space between fabric and body.’

Victor Pao: ‘My collection is based on my fascination with the extraordinary transformations of birds of paradise and inspired by the three states of mind: conscious, unconscious and subconscious.’

Xiao Zhou Su: ‘The main idea of this project is to create a vision of a”new man” through the garments, primarily as a result of the application of a unique pattern that cuts and joins two colour panels on one outfit.’