Alternative Fashion Week kicks off in Spitalfields

Published: 1:00 AM April 19, 2010

Updated: 8:16 AM October 14, 2020

PLUS sized models and men in dresses will be parading down the catwalk as Alternative Fashion Week kicks off today (Monday). Models from the Alternative Arts Training Course and model agencies will be showcasing designs by avant-garde and up-and-coming de

PLUS sized models and men in dresses will be parading down the catwalk as Alternative Fashion Week kicks off today (Monday).

Models from the Alternative Arts Training Course and model agencies will be showcasing designs by avant-garde and up-and-coming designers every day until Friday.

Shows run from 1.15-2.30pm every day in Crispin Place in Spitalfields Market, Commercial Street.

Designers showing today are Lucie Ashworth, City annd Islington College, Amy Cossins, Richard Evans-Lacey, Chantal Gibbs-Jones, Charlotte Haggerty, Chloe Haywood, Kensington and Chelsea College, Sini Moilanen, Beatrice Korlekie Newman, Olga Shishkina, Laura Theiss, Lisa Tran, Heidi Wikar and Anna Wilkinson.

Clothes, textiles, jewellery and accessories will be on sale every day from 11am-5pm in the fashion market.