To celebrate their landmark 25th birthday, we’re hosting a range of events with the dynamic fashion initiative at the ICA from September 20 to 21
This year, Fashion East celebrates its 25th birthday. Every year, the talent incubator run by Lulu Kennedy and Raphaelle Moore mentors a select coterie of young designers before sending their work down the London Fashion Week runway. It’s an initiative which has launched the careers of countless designers: since rising out of the Truman Brewery warehouses a quarter of a century ago, Fashion East has nurtured the likes of Jonathan Anderson, Martine Rose, Simone Rocha, and many, many more.
As you might have seen, to celebrate their landmark birthday, faces from the Fashion East community have graced the autumn 2025 cover of Dazed. But that’s not all – we’re also partnering up with Fashion East to host a number of exciting events at the ICA on September 20 and 21. From panel talks, to Dazed magazine drops, to film screenings – with drinks kindly provided by Belvedere – there’s something for anyone sartorially inclined.
You can check out the full programme below, and get your tickets to each event here.
US LOT: 25 YEARS OF FASHION EAST, POWERED BY NIKE
Curated by Lulu Kennedy and Raphaelle Moore, alongside creative consultant Patrick Waugh, this retrospective exhibition offers an intimate look back at Fashion East’s dynamic history, featuring special commissions and sculptures from Simone Rocha, Craig Green and Richard Malone, special artworks from Jawara Alleyne and Claire Barrow, iconic fashion photography of alumni by among others, Wolfgang Tillmans, Joyce NG, Jamie Hawkesworth plus previously unseen imagery from Fashion East’s vaults.
Saturday 20th September and Sunday 21st September
OFF THE RAILS WITH FASHION EAST AND DAZED
Dazed’s Fashion Features Director Emma Davidson chairs a special panel to celebrate Fashion East turning 25. She will be joined by iconic Fashion East alumni including Karoline Vitto, A Sai Ta and Olly Shinder as they share their wild journey into the world of fashion – lessons learnt, insider secrets and memorable moments from their first show at LFW to what they have coming up next.
Saturday 20th September, 12:30pm – 1:15pm
Come and get your hands on the Fashion East anniversary issue of Dazed! Hosted by Dazed’s Editor-in-Chief Ted Stansfield, Art Director Ester Mejibovski, cover photographer Thurstan Redding, alongside the rest of the Dazed and Fashion East teams.
Saturday 20th September, 1:30pm – 2:30pm
FASHION FILM: THE LANGUAGE OF MOVEMENT
A program of films exploring how dance and movement bring fashion to life — revealing the flow of fabric, the rhythm of design, and the essence of a brand in motion, from directors including Campbell Addy, Holly Blakey, Harley Weir and Fx Goby. Curated by Nowness.
Saturday 20th September, 3pm – 4pm
UNSCRIPTED: DESIGNERS ON CAMERA
A program of short films capturing fashion’s most visionary designers in their own words - unguarded, in process, and on camera, including Simone Rocha, Jonathan Anderson, Andreas Kronthaler and Jawara Alleyne. Curated by Nowness.
Sunday 21st September, 3pm – 4pm
MAKING IT UP AS WE GO ALONG... FASHION EAST 25 SPECIAL EDITION
Dazed Club Creative Director Jack Sunnucks hosts a special panel to celebrate Fashion East turning 25. He will be joined by Fashion East’s Lulu Kennedy and Raphaelle Moore, photographer Thurstan Redding, executive producer Claire Burman and model Alva Claire as they share stories from the shoots and shows, working with the Fashion East alumni of designers.
Sunday 21st September, 5pm – 5:45pm