The perfect addition to London Fashion Week includes Burberry’s first straight-to-consumer collection from a new show venue, “Makers House”, located at 1 Manette Street in the heart of London’s Soho. The designer fashion event takes place on Monday 19 September at 7:30pm BST, “Makers House” will then be open to the public to visit daily from 21 to 27 September.
The event will feature some of Britain’s finest craft makers bringing the inspiration behind the brand’s new collection to life in unexpected ways through a daily changing programme of activities and installations. As part of a collaboration between Burberry and The New Craftsmen, “Makers House” will be showcasing original works by a selection of makers who will use this space to experiment and create, using the collection’s inspiration as the starting point for their work. In celebration of methods, materials and their makers, techniques demonstrated will include sculpting, sand casting, silk screen printing, natural dye creation, traditional lacquer painting, stitching & embroidery, embellishment, calligraphy, miniature portraiture, passementerie and patch working.
A display of the Burberry womenswear and menswear collections, which will be presented on Monday 19 September, allowing visitors to discover the collections within the space they were revealed during London Fashion Week. Theatrical readings in partnership with Pin Drop, daily at 1pm, in celebration of the new collection, which takes inspiration from Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando.
Want to experience this exciting event live? Burberry are live streaming the catwalk on their Facebook page.
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