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21-467: Fashion East has supported and launched brands including: JW Anderson , Gareth Pugh , Jonathan Saunders , Roksanda Ilincic , Richard Nicoll , House of Holland , Cassette Playa , Christopher Shannon , Nasir Mazhar , Martine Rose , Marques'Almeida , Claire Barrow , Charles Jeffrey and Craig Green . Fashion East has also worked with Kim Jones (now Creative Director of Dior Homme ), Judy Blame and Gosha Rubchinskiy as special guests. Each season

42-503: A book with Spanish publisher Luis Venegas in 2016. JW Anderson announced their first exhibition in September 2016, Disobedient Bodies at The Hepworth Wakefield from March to June 2017. The show aimed to create discussion on the theme of the body, specifically how each body part can disobey the body. More than 100 works were presented at the exhibition, including Issey Miyake and Yves Saint Laurent . In 2020, JW Anderson made

63-542: A career in acting. While working at the Studio Theatre in Washington D.C. , he became interested in costume design and went on to study a degree in menswear design, graduating in 2005. He worked as visual merchandiser at Prada , working alongside the designer, Manuela Pavesi. Anderson moved to London to establish his eponymous label in 2008. JW Anderson launched a menswear line in 2008. It later introduced

84-614: A collaboration with Colette in Paris. JW Anderson JW Anderson is a UK fashion label, founded by Jonathan Anderson . Anderson, who is originally from Magherafelt in Northern Ireland established JW Anderson in 2008 and subsequently launched his fashion house in London . The brand initially focused on menswear, before moving into womenswear in 2010. From 2012 onwards, the brand and its designer have collaborated with

105-486: A limited edition collection of clothing and accessories. Vogue covered the brand's spring/summer collection that same year, including paisley-print daywear pyjamas, which sold out shortly after launch. During London Fashion Week in 2012, JW Anderson announced it was to host its first menswear-dedicated fashion week show. JW Anderson and Topshop collaborated again in early 2013. In June 2013, Jonathan Anderson showcased his first collection for Versace . The collection

126-514: A minority stake in JW Anderson. As part of the deal, Anderson was announced as creative director of the Spanish fashion house, Loewe . JW Anderson gave exclusive livestreaming rights to the queer dating app Grindr for their Autumn/Winter 2016 fashion show. Users of the app were given a link to the livestream in their inboxes, which they opened in their phone or tablet browsers. The show

147-481: A number of retail fashion brands, most notably Topshop , Versace , and Uniqlo , with LVMH acquiring a minority stake in the brand in 2013. JW Anderson won both men's and women's brand of the year at British Fashion Council 's The Fashion Awards in 2015, the first brand to pick up both awards in the same year. Jonathan Anderson graduated from the London College of Fashion , before initially pursuing

168-745: A womenswear line for autumn 2010. During the same year, JW Anderson received sponsorship from the British Fashion Council committee, presenting their first catwalk collection at London Fashion Week . JW Anderson secured its second sponsorship from the British Fashion Council in 2011, before winning the Emerging Talent Award in 2012. JW Anderson became a more widely known brand in Britain after Jonathan Anderson collaborated with Topshop in 2012 creating

189-614: Is Sin City, playing rock and alternative genres. The Friday club was formerly goth night Full Tilt. On Saturday, "Shake" plays mostly pop and dance from the 1970s, 1980s onwards, as well as modern hip hop and R&B. The Electric Ballroom is the London home for PROGRESS Wrestling , holding events on a regular basis since March 2014. On 15 April 2018, the People's Vote campaign was started there. Transport for London proposed to demolish

210-567: The knitting pattern pattern for a rainbow cardigan musician Harry Styles wore in rehearsals for the Today Show available to the public after knitting it became a DIY challenge on TikTok . Later that year, it was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum as an item of cultural importance related to the COVID-19 pandemic . In 2015, JW Anderson under Jonathan Anderson became

231-683: The Electric Ballroom in order to allow the redevelopment of the Camden Town Underground station , but the planning application for the redevelopment was rejected by Camden London Borough Council in 2004. A revised proposal from Transport for London in 2005 to demolish the whole block including the Ballroom, Buck Street Market and the Dr Martens store was rejected by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott . In 2007

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252-479: The Electric Ballroom. MTV Brand New for (2011-2018) is a showcase at Electric Ballroom. The Electric Ballroom was a roller disco for a brief period from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. By 1990, the building had an indoor market on weekends with about fifty stalls, selling a variety of fashion-, lifestyle - and music -related goods. The market closed at short notice in 2015, resulting in unemployment for many staff and traders. The Friday club night

273-981: The Fashion East womenswear scheme offers three designers the opportunity to present a collection to international press and buyers on schedule at London Fashion Week . Designers also receive business mentoring, financial sponsorship and inclusion in a top Paris sales showroom. Womenswear designers are selected by Lulu Kennedy and a panel of womenswear industry people including: Brix Smith-Start (Owner, START Boutique) , Charlie Harrington (Stylist & Creative Director) , Charlie Porter (Men’s Fashion Critic, Financial Times ), Francesca Burns (Contributing Fashion Editor, British Vogue ) , Kay Barron (Fashion Features Director, Net-a-Porter ) , Lauren Cochrane (Assistant Fashion Editor, The Guardian ) , Mandi Lennard (PR & Consultant, Mandi’s Basement) , Richard Sloan (Creative Consultant & Stylist) and Sarah Mower (Contributing Editor, Vogue USA ) . Topshop has been

294-502: The MAN show for London Fashion Week's first menswear showcase (Autumn/Winter 2009). The first London menswear showcase was co-curated by Fashion East's founder & director Lulu Kennedy with the British Fashion Council . The showcase spearheaded London Fashion Week's first menswear day in September 2009 (Spring/Summer 2010) and in June 2012, MAN, Fashion East and Lulu Kennedy were credited as

315-664: The catalyst in the launch of London Collections Men (Spring/Summer 2013). Fashion East Men's Presentations gives additional menswear designers a platform to present their collections in a group exhibition at London Collections Men. Fashion East has held events at many venues across London including: Old Truman Brewery, Tate Modern's Turbine Hall and Tate Tanks, Natural History Museum , Institute of Contemporary Arts , Electric Ballroom , Curzon Mayfair Cinema , Haunch of Venison Gallery and Blacks Members Club Soho. Internationally, Fashion East has hosted events in Moscow and Paris, including

336-551: The first brand to win both Menswear Designer of The Year and Womenswear Designer of the Year awards at The Fashion Awards . Electric Ballroom The Electric Ballroom is a 1,500-capacity performance venue (primarily for rock bands) and indoor market located at 184 Camden High Street in Camden Town , London, England. The Electric Ballroom started as an Irish ballroom in the 1930s, renamed as Electric Ballroom in

357-482: The headline sponsor of Fashion East's womenswear scheme since 2003. Fashion East also receives funding from the Greater London Authority . In September 2005 the team behind Fashion East launched ‘ MAN ’ in partnership with Topman . The joint initiative is an identical support scheme for three emerging menswear designers to showcase their work via a group catwalk show at London Collections Men. This

378-416: The summer of 1978 and owned by Bill Fuller, up until his death in 2008, aged 91. It hosts various events. The two-storey building has two dance floors and four bars. The ground floor has a stage and full concert facilities, with a capacity of 1,500. Stand Up Central (formerly known as Russell Howard's Stand Up Central ) is a British stand-up comedy television show in front of a live audience at

399-421: Was for Versace's diffusion line, Versus, with Anderson as the line's relaunch designer. Part of Jonathan Anderson's focus as a designer for JW Anderson was on unisex clothes, and he carried this fashion ethos with him to Versace. It was also rumoured at the same time that LVMH were considering Anderson for the role of creative director at Louis Vuitton . It was announced in September 2013 that LVMH had acquired

420-822: Was played on a loop for twenty-four hours after it was completed. Taking inspiration from the Omega Workshops , JW Anderson announced it would be launching its own workshops in Shoreditch , London . Formerly known as the JW Anderson Workshops, it was created to merge an exhibition experience within a store. The workshops housed a number of collections and collaborations throughout 2016, including with A$ AP Rocky , M/M Paris , Printed Matter, Inc , Mackintosh , Giles Round, and photographers Jamie Hawkesworth , Ian David Baker, and Alasdair McLellan . The JW Anderson Workshops also co-released

441-831: Was the first menswear scheme of its kind. Starting with a place on London's womenswear schedule, by September 2009 MAN began London's first menswear day of shows and is now credited with the launch of London Collections Men in June 2012. Menswear designers are selected by Lulu Kennedy and a panel of menswear industry people including: Andrew Davis (Men’s Fashion Director, Wonderland Magazine) , Ben Reardon (Editor, Man About Town ) , Charlie Porter (Men’s Fashion Critic, Financial Times) , Gordon Richardson (Creative director, Topman) , Luke Day (Editor, GQ Style) , Sam Lobban (Contemporary Buyer, Mr Porter) and Tim Blanks (Editor-at-Large, Style.com ) . In February 2009 Fashion East introduced their Fashion East Men's Presentations (formerly known as Menswear Installations) as an accompaniment to

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