Discovering And Supporting Pioneers In Contemporary Fashion
Slava
Slava is imbued with a bygone spirit of aristocracy, decadence and excess and it's an indulgence reflected in every detail
The NJAL Team Edit
Discover the luxe side of an urban summer with this essential edit of what the NJAL team is coveting most. Shop Now!
The Aquatic Essentials
NJAL has your edited list of essentials to splash into style with. From the best bikini’s (once dubbed “the swoonsuit”) by Diana Vreeland to all the lightly tailored solutions to wind in the warmer months ahead–it’s all here to shop now
Kathryn Ferguson
NJAL revisits a conversation with Belfast born filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson who is best known for her experimental work in Fashion Film and pioneering the medium through both filmmaking and a research-based curatorial practice
Editor's Picks #2
NJAL's Editor's Picks has the low-down on the latest trend-topping pieces in The NJAL Shop. Today's expert edit singles out statements pieces, understated designs with an artistic sensibility and wardrobe staples to meet everyday needs. Considering the precarity of the summer season, NJAL spotlights the best trans-seasonal pieces to wear whatever the weather. It's also all available to shop now!
Bint Thani
A throwback to when NJAL designer Bint Thani unveiled the first ever 3D-printed dress made in Dubai, in collaboration with Inter | Act at NOT JUST A LABEL’s immersive, fashion hub at Dubai Design District (d3)
Printed Matter #3
NJAL offer a curated A-Z guide to the cutting edge material that should be the centre piece of every coffee table—from coming-of-age tales and zeitgeisty art books to edgy erotica, and opulent indie magazines offering niche perspectives on fashion–this is the latest instalment of NJAL's Printed Matter
Paula Knorr
Paula Knorr's sartorial sensibility for translating the complexities of womanhood and femininity has earned the German designer €10,000 plus the chance to showcase a new project at the 15th edition of the International Talent Support Awards
Dyl DefineYourLife
Jenifer Thévenaz Burdet is the design force behind DYL–a strong label underlined by strong emotions for men with a sense for style in search of liberty, durable consciousness as well as a spirit of adventure. It's DYL's convincing aesthetic that earned the Swiss designer the Eyes On Talents Award at the International Talent Support Awards 2015
Berlin and Beyond: The Best of NJAL Meets Zalando Fashion House
This past week, NJAL has taken over an iconic department store in the heart of Berlin in collaboration with Zalando, offering an alternative format to showcase fashion and cross-creativity during Berlin Fashion Week
NJAL's Berlin Takeover: Day Three's Visual Vortex
NOT JUST A LABEL recaps the third day of its debut multi-sensory exhibition hub spanning fashion, art, design and new media with an engaging progamme of workshops, talks and symposiums in the heart of Berlin, all made possible by innovative online retailer Zalando
NJAL's Berlin Takeover: Day Two's Visual Vortex
Day Two at Zalando Fashion House opened with intrigue and interactivity, with a compelling panel discussion to anchor the day’s proceedings
Vera Kochubey
At NJAL Meets Zalando Fashion House, Vera Kochubey has collaborated with Danish-born fashion designer Mads Dinesen to realise a full-scale installation that dances the lines of art, fashion, performance and storytelling in a visually explosive way.Today, the Russian artist unravels the details behind her process and practice
Meet the Designers: NJAL Meets Zalando Fashion House
NOT JUST A LABEL will take over an iconic department store in Berlin from 7th-10th July during Berlin Fashion Week for a multi-sensory exhibition hub spanning fashion, art, and design in Berlin made possible by innovative online retailer Zalando. Here's an A-Z Guide to NJAL’s pioneering design talent on display at fashion's most innovative interdisciplinary showcase
Meet Dan Bodan
Dan Bodan’s placidly intimate anthems of the digital age cultivate a very natural kind of relatability, a kind that only really comes from a songwriter who is grappling with the emotional turbulences of their own personal life; processing their feelings, thoughts and intensities into flowing sounds which for Bodan, forms a tender crux for his latest record titled SOFT. Today, Dan Bodan offers up an introspective view of his process and detangles a contemporary diagnosis of networked culture
The Agenda: NJAL Meets Zalando Fashion House
NJAL’s debut multi-sensory exhibition hub spanning fashion, art, design and new media in Berlin made possible by innovative online retailer Zalando is quickly looming. Join NJAL at Zalando Fashion House in Berlin from July 7th–10th during Berlin Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2016 for an electric display of innovative installations and fashion films, as well as educational talks, symposiums and panel discussions interrogating fashion and contemporary culture at large
NJAL Launches in Berlin
NOT JUST A LABEL is set to take over an iconic department store in Berlin from 7th-10th July during Berlin Fashion Week for a multi-sensory exhibition hub spanning fashion, art, design and new media in Berlin made possible by innovative online retailer Zalando with cult fashion bible i-D Magazine as media partner. It's an apt moment to reflect on Berlin's contemporary cache for unhinged creativity and asses why this event is a milestone in Berlin's mission to recast its position in European fashion.
Why is Berlin the Creative Capital of the World?
Berlin has long boasted cheap rents, a low cost of living and a thriving creative scene, and its cultural cache only continues to beam with infectious cool. NJAL muses on why Berlin is still a city where everything seems to be possible, and assesses why a global creative class is moving there in the droves
Sound of the Studio: Alpha Cruxis
Australian designer Rebecca Martin who now calls Berlin home, pays homage to the enduring love between the worlds of fashion and music with the latest in NJAL’s Sound of the Studio. The design force around Alpha Cruxis, the accessories label with a meticulously modernist edge weaves an auditory web of soothing sounds to sink into summer with
NJAL Livestream: ESMOD Berlin BA Graduate Show 2015
NJAL is thrilled to announce that Esmod Berlin will be live-streaming their BA Graduate Fashion Show exclusively on NOTJUSTALABEL.com—on Saturday 4th July at 9PM. The defining characteristic of this year's graduate collections is that they are a labour of love. All you have to watch the artistic vision from Esmod Berlin's Class of 2015 unfold live is head to NOTJUSTALABEL.com
Nomadic Edit
NJAL distils a selection of nomadic inspired pieces for the upcoming festival season
Trebene
Wanderlust is the luscious handcrafted scarf collection inspired by the dancing dunes of Egypt
Digital Nomadism Movement
In a time when every idea, creation and design has been exhaustingly researched, reinterpreted and re-launched with a digital era, are ideas the new luxury? Conjuring and imagining ideas is a bi-product of time and yet another lauded luxury in this connected continuum. In order to regain the power of time are we witnessing a seismic shift to preserve the art of doing nothing?
NJAL For Ukraine
NJAL has once again returned from Kiev, Ukraine where the team launched ‘NJAL for Ukraine’, an exclusive workshop dedicated entirely to its stable of Ukrainian fashion talent. Today, NJAL’s Kam Dhillon charts change and reflects on the realities facing young designers and the future of its creative class
MaryMe-JimmyPaul
Marie Burlot and Jimmy Rinsum are the design-duo behind MarryMe-Jimmy Paul, the fashion brand falling somewhere between the foggy fracture separating art and fashion. NJAL catch up with the purveyors of all things pop and to get the critical details behind brutally bubble-gum aesthetic
A Gentlemans Companion
Travel isn't always heavenly; sometimes it involves weeping toddlers, chaotic delays and old-fashioned planes with little more than an inch to move, but it pays to look sharp. With this in mind, NJAL pays tribute to travelling in style for any occasion–from beach holidays to city breaks where temperatures might not exactly scream summer. Shop this week’s edited guidelines to more elegant travel
Sound Of The Studio: Marshal Apparel
NJAL continues to pay homage to the enduring love between the worlds of fashion and music with the latest in #SOUNDOFTHESTUDIO. Today, Marshal Apparel takes the helms with a mixtape of music that’s as monumental as the brand’s hyper-aware aesthetic
Editor's Picks: The Menswear Recommendations
NJAL’s Online Editor offers some sage sartorial advice with a curated selection of menswear recommendations from The NJAL Shop
Byungmun Seo
The latest collection of the Korean designer is characterised by the use of all black silhouettes and a space theme. Rain coats, gloves and fine cotton slacks just scream high fashion, especially when combined with the gas masks, goggles and asymmetry
Why Apply for The Future of Fashion Program?
Last Call for Applications! On Friday 19th June, applications for this year's The Future of Fashion Program in collaboration with Who's Next and Premiere Classe in Paris will close. Today, Kelly Love and Väska, the winners of the current edition of The Future of Fashion Program tells NJAL's global design community exactly why they should all apply
Beyond the Boom of Menswear
Historically, fashion has always been the domain of womenswear but with the growth of the global menswear market outpacing that of its counterpart–there’s a certain shift within social convention to be noted. Both men and the garments they wear are no longer made with solely the machismo in mind. Today, menswear is contemporary, directional and teeters on the edge of experimental and but is it truly a global market with an open mind that’s facilitated such tectonic change?
Kay Kwok
With inspiration taken from the Ancient Egyptian culture surrounding Cosmology and spiritulism
Joseph Turvey
Inspired by cult horror films, Joseph Turvey’s contemporary menswear is firmly on the cultural pulse
Linda Loppa
Ahead of NJAL’s exclusive live-stream of Polimoda’s BA Graduate Show on Tuesday 16th June, it’s a timely moment to profile the enigma that is Linda Loppa
NJAL For Ukraine
NOT JUST A LABEL (NJAL) is delighted to announce its return to Kiev, Ukraine to launch ‘NJAL for Ukraine’, an exclusive workshop for Ukrainian fashion talent. The design workshop is being held on Saturday 20th June 2015, at the Fedoriv Hub, and has been organised in collaboration with Ukrainian Fashion Week and DEC Education, the leading educational agency in Ukraine, which collaborates with over 500 educational providers all over the world. This landmark event for Kiev’s fashion and design community will be an opportunity to unite the country’s vast array of creative talent
NJAL Livestream: Esmod Dubai Graduate Show 2015
NJAL is pleased to announce that Esmod Dubai's BA Graduate Show will be live-streamed at NOTJUSTALABEL.com—the middle-east fashion education authority will celebrate the graduation of its latest batch of graduate students. For your chance for a first look at the next wave of fashion talent from the Middle East, head to NOTJUSTALABEL.com on Monday 15th June at 4PM BST (London) | 7PM DST (Dubai)
A Fashion Education
NJAL looks back to a conversation with Agnés Rocamora, author of 'Fashioning the City: Paris, Fashion and the Media', to delve into the scholarly side of fashion as the ultimate luxury and discover why studies are potentially more important than ever in today's industry
FashionClash Festival 2015
The interdisciplinary fashion platform returns to shine focus on emerging designers and artists, all active within a broad range of disciplines and showcase their creativity to the city of Maastricht
Milko Boyarov
In homage to the young-guns redefining and radicalising fashion, NJAL meets Milko Boyarov–the material alchemist with an affinity for synthesising the authentic and synthetic
Kim Ang Studios
Inspiration is derived from traditional Japanese armoury and executed through complex pattern making
The New Guard: Meet London’s Rising Photographers
Just like every other year, the seasonal slew of graduate shows re-affirms the UK’s position as a ripe breeding ground for rising stars set to shape the cultural and creative landscape of tomorrow. Some of these young, talented individuals have barely graduated, while others have cut their teeth and worked hard to carve a reputation despite a modest age. Today, NJAL spotlights the emerging photographers cultivating a new scene and redefining photography at large
Aspiring Designers: To Degree or not Degree?
Art School. Two seemingly harmless words, yet once joined together take on a different meaning. That meaning being a glorified institution subconsciously pedaling out the notion that art plus academia equals success
Kate Donald
Ahead of NJAL's exclusive LCF BA15 Fashion Show Live-Stream on Monday 8th June at 19.00 GMT, NJAL catches up with Kate Donald—one of the showcased designers in the catwalk show and delve deep into her illustrated universe where she questions and quashes our socially prescribed notion of beauty and hones focus on the aesthetic ambiguity between adolescence and adulthood
Hussein Chalayan
NJAL steps inside the surreal world of fashion’s greatest fantasy storyteller. There are very few designers today with the enduring iconicity that the name Hussein Chalayan commands. Ever since his breakthrough graduate collection in 1993, Chalayan has been carving out his own identity while eschewing convention. Following his appointment as Head of Fashion at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the cerebral designer has spent the past year guiding the next generation of fashion talent to hone and discover their own skills. Ahead of The Angewandte’s graduate show which NJAL will be live-streaming tonight, Saturday 6th June at 19:30 BST
A Moodboard Moment: Feeas
NJAL's enduring focus on the power of objects continues with a #MoodboardMoment with Spanish artist Remedios Vincent. Vincent's tactile experiments with artefacts obscure the object's original purpose by appropriating it to a new context
Apartamento Magazine Q&A
NJAL speaks to the co-founder of Apartamento Magazine–the mag-rag that’s been dubbed “the hippest magazine in the world”. As part of NJAL’s enduring focus on objects, artefacts and lifestyle–it was a sensical choice to ask Omar Sosa exactly how the beautifully produced, small-format biannual came to life, exactly what it’s like profiling creative impresarios in their domestic chaos and why the magazine seems to defy all codes of convention amidst print media’s rather macabre diagnosis
Sound Of The Studio: Chiara Pavan
In the latest instalment of #SoundOfTheStudio–NJAL continues to pay homage to the enduring love between the worlds of fashion and music. Today, Chiara Pavan–the Italian accessories designer based in London uses deep digital music and electronic euphoria to create a mixtape of sounds to bolster the design process. Step inside Chiara’s soothing sensorium to discover her deft skill for curation and an affinity for audio-visual intensity
Lauren Geoghegan
The ordinary is reconsidered in an aesthetic mission to enhance, beautify and challenge the things we already know. Intelligent minimalism is heralded to magnify what is essential and edit out excess
Object Ontology
In this week's NJAL Shop Edit, the fashion artefact is dissected and demystified for contemplation and aesthetic gratification. The cultural relevance of fashion as a mirror of the habits and tastes of times past needs no proof and this carefully curated selection of products from an international array of emerging design talent illustrates exactly how fashion can be an artefact of culture as it teaches us about our and other societies’ histories and actualities. It's also all available to shop now
Mirja Pitkäärt
Mirja Pitkäärt is the latest of NJAL's global design talent to step into the limelight and unravel the delicate details behind her process, progress and practice. Now based in Paris–the material alchemist muses on marrying traditional and industrial manufacturing to create objects soaked in emotive value
Objective Thinking
This week NJAL is honing focus on the blurred lines between the slippery categories of fashion and art through an enduring focus on all fashion objects made to start a conversation. From insightful studio visits with the likes of NJAL's Culietta, and an in-depth interview on fashion’s future with the cerebral Hussein Chalayan to a Q&A with Apartamento Magazine's Editorial team–it's time for some objective reflection
Loves
In NJAL's latest Designer Focus, Daria Meged–the design talent behind Ukrainian swimwear brand Loves steals the spotlight. Today, Daria muses on the reality of designing niche, conceptual beachwear in Ukraine and distils the details behind a distinctive visual code of self-assured sensuality
Sound of the Studio: Collar Swimwear
NJAL continues to pay homage to the enduring love between the worlds of fashion and music. Today, Collar Swimwear soundtrack’s NJAL’s Sound of the Studio. Collar draws inspiration from an abstract web of auditory matter for an energetic mixtape of stylistic sounds to bolster the design process
A Summer in New Orleans
Amanda Deleon turns up the heat with this sensuous sun-soaked fashion film
Swim Cap Fashion Glam
NJAL’s Ante Wolter muses on the loss of one of fashion’s most overlooked accessories–the swim cap and makes the case for the swim cap’s capacity for unapologetic glamour as well as its age-old affinity with form and function
Warrior Pose
In NJAL’s thematic focus on summer trend terminology, Louisa McKenzie takes on the stay power of military as an aesthetic reference with investigative prowess. From gladiator sandals to camouflage print, details associated with combat or the military make an appearance on catwalks season after season. NJAL explores the history of this enduring trend and examines why military tropes remain as popular as ever
The Beach
Jan Ahlgren's candid visual hones in on the sartorial freedom of summertime ecstasy
The Social Symbology of Swimwear
This week, NJAL hones focus on the social symbology of swimwear as a cursor for historical change in fashion and beyond. With summer in eye-shot, it's time to start thinking about this season's sartorial choices and NJAL expands on why the birth of the bikini warrants such special attention
Captured
Collar Swimwear take to the Baltic waters for this ice-laden visual showcasing the Latvian's swimwear designer's latest collection
Cohesive Contrasts
Today’s edit of The NJAL Shop pays homage to spring-to-summer transitional pieces all within a crucial trend terminology. NJAL has applied a critical lens to the widest scope of fashion output, ranging from both the emerging and established fashion spectrum and have concluded that cohesive contrasts is the key aesthetic cursor to sink into summer with. Best of all, every piece is available to shop now
NJAL's Own Marques'Almeida Wins the LVMH Prize
It’s official! NJAL’s own Marques’Almedia have been awarded the prestigious LVMH Prize 2015 and it’s yet another milestone in NJAL's mission to change the face of fashion
NJAL's LVMH Prize 2015 Finalists
Ahead of today's imminent announcement of the LVMH Prize Winner, meet Craig Green, Jacquemus, and Marques'Almeida–NJAL's holy trinity battling it out to claim the second annual LVMH Prize.
Zac Posen Announceed as Patron for Dft Award
NJAL is pleased to announce Zac Posen as the new Patron of the fashion talent award “Designer for Tomorrow” by Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf and its online shop Fashion ID. In a long-standing partnership with the German retail giant, NJAL is excited to continue to offer its global community of talent an exciting opportunity to have the New York design legend take talented emerging designers under his wing
Jacquemus
Jacquemus designer Simon Porte has a particular affinity for drawing things out in neoprene and wool, and keying into oversized and mannish tailoring. It's this stylistic agenda that's earned him a finalist nomination for LVMH Prize 2015.
The #OPB15 Video Diaries
In collaboration with AEG, NOT JUST A LABEL is proud to present a series of video reports from Origin, Passion and Beliefs (OPB)–the world’s biggest trade fair pairing 100 of NJAL’s global design talent with 100 of Italy’s most distinguished manufacturers. Click here to for the optical insight into OPB's core mission
Origin, Passion and Beliefs 2015: The Full Report
On 15th-18th May, in Vicenza, Italy, NOT JUST A LABEL staged ORIGIN PASSION & BELIEFS (OPB) for the second time. It’s an entirely new trade show concept, eschewing tired conventions and launched in partnership with Fiera di Vicenza—the organisers of international fine jewellery trade events to connect global creativity with the legacy of Italian manufacturing. Today, NJAL reflects on the sensory circus and electric activity that unfolded at OPB—the world’s biggest event for connecting creativity and craftsmanship
Manufacturer Focus: Pier Spa
Pier was created in 1970 and immediately asserted itself as a protagonist in the high-end fashion thanks to its excellent production capacity. At Origin, Passion and Beliefs (OPB), the manufacturing legend matched the #Origin100’s relentless commitment to experimental design with an innovative presentation of their high quality workmanship
#OPB15 Visual Diary: Day Four
Origin, Passion and Beliefs (OPB) 2015 finally came to an emotionally charged close yesterday. Across four days, 100 designers from around the world joined an illustrious collection of Italy’s most distinguished manufactures to collate and correlate their respective creativity. All this happened under the lens of a curious public, a global press presence, esteemed educators, and industry luminaries
University of Westminster Graduate Show 2015
NOT JUST A LABEL (NJAL) is pleased to announce that this year’s University of Westminster graduate runway show will be live-streamed on the NJAL homepage on Wednesday 20th May at 18.00 GMT. The hotly anticipated show heralds the start of the 2015 graduate fashion season with the BA (Hons) Fashion Design students set to showcase their collections. Head to NOTJUSTALABEL.com to see the best of this year's emerging bright talents present their work to not just the industry at large but to NJAL's international community of design pioneers.
#OPB15 Visual Diary: Day Three
Day Three at Origin, Passion and Beliefs was one of action. It was the #Origin100’s contagious ambition that punctuated the day following Kelly Cutrone’s fiery Q&A that closed Day Two. People Revolution’s founder boldly delivered her trademark sass and tactical, informed advice to an eager audience of attendees
Chromat
#ORIGIN100–Post-human Mindfiles to envision an entirely (wo)man-made, synthetic world of bionic bodies. In this world, synthetic garments function as artificial
Manufacturer Focus: Legor
Igniting a strong tradition and passion since 1979 the Legor Group is a fundamental researcher and producer of innovative jewellery technology. Balancing the pendulum perfectly between creativity and quality the Legor Group is one of the innovative accessary manufacturers chosen for Origin Passion and Beliefs (OPB) this year
#OPB15 Visual Diary: Day Two
As Origin, Passion and Beliefs finally unfolds into action this weekend in Vicenza, Italy–NJAL is visually documenting all the electric activity at the world’s biggest event for creativity and craftsmanship. Day two was all about putting the spotlight on the incredible plethora of manufacturers that are on offer to collaborate with at #OPB15 and opening the conversation
#OPB15 Visual Diary: Day One
As Origin, Passion and Beliefs finally unfolds into action this weekend in Vicenza, Italy–NJAL is visually documenting all the electric activity at the world’s biggest event for creativity and craftsmanship
Sara Maino
With a full programme of workshops alongside Origin, Passion and Beliefs (2015)–Day One's defining moment was Vogue Italia's hotly anticipated Style Surgery workshop with the #Origin100. Following Sara Maino's informative appearance at OPB, Vogue Italia's Senior Fashion Editor sits down with NJAL to discern her role and talk fashion reporting in the digital age
Nixi Killick
#ORIGIN100–A self-professed imagineer, Nixi Killick has been whipping a crayola cocktail of acidic hues with firm form and function for quite some time and it’s an enduring aesthetic that’s earned her accolades such from HP’s brand ambassador to designing costumes for Lady Gaga’s international tour
Manufacturer Focus: P&C
As the countdown to #OriginFair begins, NJAL shines light on the manufacturers securing the future of ‘Made in Italy’ by discussing the fusion of definitive craftsmanship and tradition with contemporary creativity. MeetP. & C.–the family enterprise founded by the two Giaquinto brothers Paolo and Claudio.
Origin, Vicenza 2015 | The Final Events Programme
#ORIGINFAIR–The final events programme for this year from 15th–18th May 2015, OPB will be the only trade fair in the world to bring together 100 of Italy’s most distinguished manufacturers and suppliers with 100 of NJAL’s innovative emerging fashion talent from five continents
In The Studio: Suprême Bon Ton
Today, Suprême Bon Ton swings open the doors to her Paris-based atelier and chronicles the winding journey of creative process behind her sumptuous, silk scarves
Polimoda | IFFTI Conference 2015
MOMENTING THE MEMENTO is going to be one of the most important national and international events of the year in Florence
Spring/Summer 2016
The minimalist mavericks visualise a penchant for clean aesthetics and contemporary urban staples in this vivid mash up of cohesive contrasts
A Moodboard Moment: Salo Shayo
#Origin100 designer Salomon Shayo steals the NJAL spotlight with ‘A Moodboard Moment’ ahead of this year’s Origin, Passion and Beliefs (OPB) in Vicenza, Italy
A Manufacturer Focus: Sisma
As #OriginFair begins, NJAL shines light on the manufacturers securing the future of ‘Made in Italy’ by discussing the fusion of craftsmanship and tradition with contemporary creativity
A Moodboard Moment: YVY
As Origin, Passion and Beliefs creeps closer, it’s an apt moment to shine light on the #Origin100 and chart the winding journey of creative process leading them to Vicenza, Italy where NJAL’s global design talent are paired with Italy’s most distinguished manufacturers. Today, YVY takes the helm and explains her connection to craftsmanship
Lusasul
#ORIGIN100–Lasasul play with the technical and functional aspects of jewellery to create emotionally charged yet wholly wearable designs
Katarina Zlajic
#ORIGIN100–Sculptural forms with a distinct contoured texture are exacted in exquisitely unusual hues
Min Wu
#Origin100 designer Min Wu visualises the fresh, elegant, sporty elements of her latest collection
A Letter from Vicenza
Vicenza is a city that’s almost always overlooked in favour of nearby Venice, especially amidst the fervour of the Biennale. Yet, this small, almost perfectly formed city in the flatlands of Northern Italy's Veneto is a majestic destination in its own right. It’s also where NJAL’s Origin Passions and Beliefs (OPB) 2015 finds its home for the second time
The #OriginFair Edit: Tech and Textiles
Today, you can meet the designers representing the Technology and Textiles categories at #OriginFair, and shop a selection of their statement products that demonstrate exactly why their distinctive designs made the cut from NJAL's 18,000 stronghold of global design talent
Jade Chiu
#ORIGIN100–Jade Chiu creates accessories around the Eastern Zodiac in a playful and tactile imagining of eclectic styles and muses
Omelya
Minimalistic, clean and modern designs anchored by elements of contemporary sportswear
The #Origin100 Designers
Find a full list of the 100 designers jetting in from all corners of the world to participate at NJAL's Origin Passion and Beliefs (OPB) 2015
Sound Of The Studio: Carla Fernández
Press play for some auditory satisfaction courtesy of Carla Fernández's power for deft curation and learn more about her vision to create a creative eco-system where style, sustainability and heritage entwine
Manufacturer Focus: Marven
As the countdown to #OriginFair begins, NJAL shines light on the manufacturers securing the future of ‘Made in Italy’ by discussing the fusion definitive craftsmanship and tradition with contemporary creativity
NJAL's May Culture Edit
NJAL becomes your cultural compass this May, with an expertly curated to-do list of global proportions across art, fashion and culture. From LA to London, The NJAL Team spotlights everything from blockbuster art exhibitions, to new books and magazines plus the best new, cinematic releases from all around the world
Silviya Neri
Silviya Neri is set to bring her kaleidoscopic silk scarves inspired from antique, modern and surreal worlds to #OriginFair 2015
Leonard Wong
#OrIgin100 designer A minimalistic mantra where tradition and modernity merge effortlessly
Autumn Winter 2015
#ORIGIN100 designer Jovana Markovic visualises her latest collection with surface textures that are curiously cleaned and polished, and whee cuts are considered and proportions are purposeful
Divka's Moodboard
As part of this week’s Tokyo Takeover, Takayuki Tanaka of Divka opens the doors to his Tokyo studio and invites NJAL for a closer look at his compelling collection
Manufacturer Focus: EllBj
NJAL shines light on the manufacturers securing the future of ‘Made in Italy’–Lui and Lei are the ‘him and her’ duo behind the Italy-based manufacturer EllBj who will head to NJAL’s Origin Passion and Beliefs (OPB) this year
Diaboli Kill
#OriginFair designer Diaboli Kill renews artefacts of the old world with a luxe-noir edge
The East Asia Edit
As part of NJAL's Tokyo Takeover, this week's Shop Edit spotlights the best of NJAL's East Asian talent and it's all available to shop now
Andy Lifschutz
#OriginFair designer Andy Lifschutz draws on feminine grace and empowerment to create pieces rooted in their organic forms
Calvin Klein Presents FIT's The Future of Fashion 2015
Tune-in to NJAL’s live-stream of The Fashion Institute of Technology’s annual graduate show presented by Calvin Klein on Thursday 30th April at 19.00 EST. Just head to NOTJUSTALABEL.com for a front-row seat to watch the sartorial action unfold
Bliss Lau
Consisting of a combination of fine metals that encircle the form, Bliss Lau’s structural expression is jewellery for the body
Wieke Sinnige
NJAL’s Wieke Sinnige received a jury’s special mention at the 30th edition of 30th edition of Hyères Fashion and Photography Festival, and a grant of a collaborative project with some of Chanel’s specialty ateliers
Leonard Wong
To celebrate Leonard Wong’s hotly anticipated arrival to The NJAL Shop, it’s a decisive moment to connect with Tokyo’s break-out design star and dive into the details of building his eponymous brand
Sound Of The Studio: Study NY
#OriginFair designer Study NY is the latest designer to share a mixtape of music that bolsters the design process. Listen to the Brooklyn-based designer's sonic collage of sweetly self-lacerating sounds and electric throbs here
The Ethical Edit
In the latest Shop Edit, NJAL spotlights the global pool of design talent who are committed to using 100% organic fabrics, keeping wastage low and providing an accountable manufacturing process–all realised in feminine forms and simple cuts
30th Hyères Fashion and Photography Festival 2015
The 30th Hyères Festival, often described as the Cannes of the fashion world announces its return for 2015
Swete
Meet Swete’s Emily Nam–the Australian designer committed to organic cotton, an accountable manufacturing process, and minimal waste with a sleek, sports-luxe aesthetic
NJAL Reveals the 100 Origin Fair Designers
NJAL's Origin’s Passion and Beliefs (OPB) project returns for the second time, in collaboration with the Fiera Di Vicenza. From 15th–18th May 2015, OPB will be the only trade fair in the world to bring together 100 of Italy’s most distinguished manufacturers and suppliers with 100 of NJAL’s innovative emerging fashion talent from five continents. Find out which NJAL designers are heading to OPB and Pre-Register for the event here
NJAL's 100 Origin Designers
NOT JUST A LABEL’s Origin Passion and Beliefs (OPB) 15 - 18 May 2015 is the only trade fair in the world that brings together Italy’s 100 most distinguished manufacturers and suppliers with 100 of NJAL’s innovative, emerging fashion design talents from five continents. NJAL is excited to announce the 100 designers set to reinvigorate and support the world-famous industrial and artisanal eco-systems in Italy this May.
ThisIsNon Moodboard
Following FashionPhilosophy Poland Autumn/Winter 2015–Poland’s biggest fashion event, it’s a timely moment to magnify Polish fashion talent tearing up the aesthetic rulebook with NJAL’s dedicated mood-board focus. Meet THISISNON, the young, Warsaw-based brand heralding functional, considered design ahead of fleeting trends and seasonal symbolism
FashionPhilosophy Poland Autumn/Winter 2015
“There’s always a fashion week somewhere” is the age-old NJAL dictum as the team ambles the globe to unearth emerging design talent. This past week, NJAL’s Online Editor took to Łódź, Poland for Fashion Philosophy Autumn/Winter 2015
Martin Across
Designs characterised by round soft curves, defined lines and exaggerated shapes
Atelier Kikala
Struggle for survival and a return to the primal elements of nature forms the aesthetic cursor for Atelier Kikala’s latest collection
A Fresh Forecast
Shop this week’s Edit of The NJAL Shop for a curated crop of crystalline and crisp looks for your sartorial reinvention this season. Ranging from strictly sleek silhouettes, avant-garde accessories to the more relaxed shapes to help you test spring's unpredictable terrain. Let NJAL guide you through this season of transition with a considered selection of products to catalyse a stylistic metamorphosis
Generation Anonymous
NJAL’s digital deity Danielle Shannon examines why in the age of over-sharing and over-exposure, the next generational turn could be one of digital darkness, where working to maintain one’s anonymity as a node in the network is the next trending topic
The Future of Fashion Forecasting
Following NJAL’s conversation with trend watching icon Li Edelkoort, NJAL taps a trend forecaster at work to scrutinise the future of forecasting and whether trend forecasting is a friend or foe of independent design talent.
Marius Petrus
Marius Petrus has just been announced as one of the Europe Nominees for the 2015/16 International Woolmark Prize Womenswear | Menswear
Omtura
Meet Anton Edelshtein of OMTURA whose industrial, textured bags fuse underrated artistry with innovative, geometric shapes. Futurist and sculptural in shape, these bags are handmade using a tough leather usually reserved for belts, and today, the young designer irons out the details of crafting artifactual accessories with NJAL
On|Off Walkabout Projection
A scintillating visual by On|Off featuring NJAL talent Lucia Kelly, Nguyen Cong Tri, Hellen Van Rees, Maid in Love and Kaaskas
Logo-A-Go-Go
NJAL embraces the single eye of symbolism with a considered curation of The NJAL Shop. The last few seasons have seen the epic return of monogrammed madness in high fashion, and consumer’s unapologetic willingness to align self with brand in the most visually, visceral way. Today’s edit proves that logomania isn’t just the reserve of iconic brands and highlights the crop of emerging designers adopting the enduring iconicity of the logo
Out Of Flux
Out of Flux is a project that addresses the relationship between what occurs naturally and what is technically produced
Stefan Siegel at FIT's Faces & Places in Fashion
NJAL Founder Stefan Siegel will join FIT's Faces & Places in Fashion lecture series on April 13th in New York City. It will be an an opportunity to connect students and the public alike to the pulse of the fashion industry in an open and conversational setting, and understand NJAL's multi-faceted commitment to revolutionise fashion's future
Talking Trends With Li Edelkoort
Following Li Edelkoort’s masterclass at NJAL’s multi-sensory pavilion at Dubai Design District, it’s a timely moment to examine the significance of trend watching with the most influential trend forecaster today and her journey to becoming the industry’s certified tastemaker
One Last Look: NJAL Meets d3
Today, NJAL reflects on its defining moment in Dubai this past week, where the digital fashion platform made its physical debut in the Middle East with an immersive-experience pavilion at Meet d3–the pre-cursor event to Dubai Design District (d3). It’s an apt time to speculate on NJAL’s future in the Middle East and dissect the details of its flowering success in Dubai and the emergence of ‘Made in the Middle East’. Delve into Dubai with NJAL and view behind the scenes footage of NJAL Meets d3 right here
Matilda Karlström
A renovations of relations it the conceptual cursor for Matilda Karlström’s latest collection, where the interplay between elements of garment construction demands all focus and attention
The NJAL Mixtape: April 2015
Tune into NJAL’s April Mixtape of scattershot sonic sensibilities, featuring soothing glissades, cosmic disco froths, and power-pop, all exacted with hypnotic poise
IFFTI 2015 - Momenting the Memento
Pollimoda’s iconic IFFTI 2015 conference curated by Linda Loppa examines the extreme possibilities of fashion’s future with a five day festival celebrating contemporary fashion culture. With 37 nations invited, six thematic cursors, and a dynamic programme of events, installations and talks with STYLE.com’s Tim Blanks and NJAL Founder Stefan Siegel plus many more–it’s a monumental project facilitating seismic change within the industry
Designers: Know Your Markets
NJAL continues its commitment to facilitating growth within the industry with some sound advice to young designers looking to crack new markets. Learn how the mechanisms of established and emerging fashion markets work around the world and assess your route to world domination
NJAL's April Culture Edit
Spring into step with NJAL’s cultural guide to April and fill your diary with everything you need to watch, hear and see this month
Core
Benjamin Antz Recalt fuses a video game aesthetic for an injection of nostalgia with futurist details to showcase his rebel heroine
NJAL's Opening Night at Meet d3
Last night, NJAL made its physical debut in the Middle East with the opening of its immersive-experience sensorium at Dubai Design District's Meet d3 event. With over 2,500 guests pouring into the venue to see NJAL's carefully curated selection of global talent–it was a sign of a successful first foray into the region
Meet Marriam Mossalli
Amidst NJAL’s physical debut in Dubai, it’s time to spotlight the women redefining style in the Middle East. Meet Marriam Mossalli, whose creative flair and unmatched business talent has helped shaped unique fashion market segments of the GCC, all while reinventing the contours of beauty and style, and establishing pioneering connections between the world of fashion, business and female empowerment.
Tala Samman
Meet the Middle-Eastern fashion impresario whose personal style diary exploded into a global lifestyle destination. To celebrate NJAL’s moment in the Middle East, Tala Samman talks the business of blogging, semantics of style and Dubai’s future of creativity
NJAL Meets d3
NOT JUST A LABEL launches an immersive, fashion hub at Dubai Design District's specially commissioned launch event titled 'Meet d3'
Morphing Design with Bint Thani
A body-centric approach to 3D printing is advocated by Bint Thani, as the esteemed Dubai-based designer gears up to unveil the first ever 3D-printed dress to be made in Dubai at NJAL's multi-sensory pavilion at Meet d3. Ahead of its exclusive showcase with NJAL, the designer talks collaborating with Inter | Act who sit at the emergent frontier of 3D printing and bending its potential for a Middle Eastern audience
Wolfram Glatz
Meet the mastermind behind NOT JUST A LABEL's physical debut at Dubai Design District. NJAL's own Wolfram Glatz combines a love for architecture and fashion with a broader eye for design. Ahead of this week's hotly anticipated Meet d3 event–the architect divulges the delicate details of designing NJAL's purpose-built pavilion in the shadow’s of desert in downtown Dubai
The Enigma of Enterprise
This week’s edit of the NJAL Shop pays homage to Dubai, with the unveiling of NJAL’s multi-sensory fashion hub at d3 today. NJAL’s trip to the Middle East has only revealed it to be a place where its new generation is always on the hunt for something now and new. It’s a laid-back city with a refined sensibility, and these carefully curated pieces from The NJAL Shop are perfectly emblematic of its modernist, and enterprising spirit
HOOKED | HKD Moodboard
With NJAL's physical debut in Dubai at d3 set to open today, it's time to shine light on Dubai-based brand HKD. Farah Nasri talks through her process and the reality of being a young, independent designer in the Middle East
Digital Skin
London-based Hemyca collapse screen and skin in this seductive visual examining a woman's relationship with technology
Satu Maaranen
Finnish designer Satu Maaranen is amongst the finalists in the Design Museum's 'Design of the Year' exhibition currently on show in London. With a creative vision defined by sculptural dexterity, the Helsinki-based aesthete distils her experimental use of colour and dimension, which was previously recognised at the 2013 Hyères Festival for Fashion and Photography, where Satu Maaranen was crowned winner
Doing Fashion Paper No.5 – Editors Letter
To celebrate NJAL’s exclusive live-stream of The Institute of Fashion Design Basel’s Doing Fashion’s 2015 Graduate show on Saturday 28th March at 19.30 GMT/20.30 CET–Andrea Sommer, Editor in Chief of its iconic publication Doing Fashion Paper, previews the latest issue with an editor’s letter that reads more like a call to arms
Eyes on Ukraine
As conflict in Ukraine peaked last year, fashion was weaponised and designers bravely translated their political motivations to the catwalk. When the rest of the world’s fashion press avoided the war-zone, NJAL took to fashion’s front line in Kiev, to stand in solidarity with its home-grown talent. One year on, NJAL is back to assess Ukraine’s turbulent terrain and turn the camera on its community of emerging fashion talent in an exclusive short film titled #EyesOnUkraine. Watch here now
Wuethrichfuerst
NJAL will be exclusively live-streaming Doing Fashion’s 2015 Graduate show on Saturday 28th March at 19.30 GMT/20.30 CET. To celebrate Basel’s centre for deeply committed fashion, some of its strongest talent from this year’s BA and MA cohort will be stealing the spotlight with a special series of NJAL's Designer Focus. Today it's the turn of design Wuethrichfuerst, who see fashion as a playground to express ideas and concepts in different ways
Jiri Kalfar
Aesthetic intuition, and a taste for the purity of movement punctuates a collection devoted to beauty
MarcoZwick
NJAL meets Marco Zwick, the young Swiss designer graduating from Basel Institute of Fashion’s iconic Doing Fashion course and charts a journey from a design background in tailoring to breaking free and finding an unassuming creative energy. Marco plays with concept and stylisation for his final collection, to echo a firm comment on wider societal behaviour
Dé Lia
Delia Matthäus is a rising Swiss talent dedicated to details and diversity and an obvious to choice to magnify ahead of Doing Fashion’s Graduate Show 2015. Inspired by ephemerality and transitory moments, Delia explains her artistic motivation, and exactly why fashion design is her creative calling
Maddalena
Yvailo thinks globally yet fixates on dressing the individual. Luxury is the possibility to think brightly about the future without sacrificing the present
Dreams Of Norway
The divine nature of goddesses, nymphs and ancient folklore animates a collection rooted in wild nature
Luca Xavier Tanner
Luca Xavier Tanner is one of the fantastic four from The Institute Of Fashion Design Basel to be spotlighted for a standout collection rooted in concept yet realised with conviction. NJAL catches up the hyper-aware aesthete before Doing Fashion’s 2015 Graduate Show to understand why he heralds morphology at every stage of his design process
Isabelle Mayer
Inspired by the height of surrealism, it’s a visual language underscored by humour which cultivates a collection in touch with details and material attention
Emily Carter
London based Scarf designer specialising in graphic illustrations of her lifelong interest in natural history and English heritage
Kurt and Bart
Design duo Kurt and Bart are famed for their aesthetic archaeology of silver screen style, lending a skill for style to blockbusters including Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, Dallas Buyers Club and Stoker. The costume designers demystify the process of communicating character and storytelling through fashion, dressing the likes of Jennifer Lawrence Tilda Swinton, and even offer up some advice to emerging costume designers
A Matter of Morphology
Today, NJAL applies the formal elements of architecture to The NJAL Shop and discerns a selection of products that employ technology and construction techniques inspired by the built environment. All available to shop now
Fashion Presentations: Catwalk 2.0?
As more and more designers turn to presentations to display their collections, the reputation of the catwalk is in a state of transition. Social media friendly, cheaper to produce and beneficial in adding another layer to a designer’s aesthetic, just how much influence is the presentation going to have in the ache of digital’s grasp?
Luz Ortiz
An emphasis on functionality and wearability, punctuated by minimal details for everyday ease
Crush
Cassandra Verity Green's candy-crayola cocktail visual titled ‘Crush’ explores where the boundaries of active wear and fashion blur with acidic sincerity. A playful mix of textures and strong focus on fusing unconventional yarns and techniques is underscored by an energetic sense of freedom that comes with embracing youth.
Valentim Quaresma
NJAL deconstructs Valentim Quaresma’s decadent designs to talk through the delicate details
Intellectual Property in the Fashion Industry Event at Condé Nast
NJAL is pleased to announce Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design's 'Intellectual Property in the Fashion Design Industry' event, focused on intellectural property strategies for the fashion design community where NJAL Founder Stefan Siegel will be a panelist.
Rebecca Anne Rimmer
Graphic, cut-out silhouettes inspired by old Hollywood glamour continues to explore fun and freedom
M.Patmos
A huge congratulations to NJAL’s own M. Patmos–the New York label famed for fusing function and luxury who has been announced as the winner of The International Woolmark Prize 2015
That Paradise Would Be a Meme
In this colloborative short film with artist Stef Van Looveren and producer Forest Swords—NJAL's Benji WZW illustrates our contemporary, cultural condition
George Styler
A contemporary, networked condition provokes a melange of influences to communicate modern man’s expressive powers
The Best of NJAL's Fashion Films
NJAL has long believed in the power of showing the entire creative process–from conception to completion, and pioneering the medium of fashion film is a way to combine these elements, and bring fashion to life. There’s a wide diversity of gorgeously animated fashion films on NJAL’s dedicated ‘Fashion Films’ page, but here you can find a curated selection of the some of the very best
Sandra Tschanz
A range of unusual medias, exciting techniques and materials realise highly technical and garments
Collection 2.1
A sun-kissed visual inspired by a creative journey of cross-cultural exploration
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at The V&A
The highly anticipated return of Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, arrives at London's Victoria & Albert Museum from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in an expanded and edited form.
Moodboard Monday: Cres. E Dim.
NJAL continues a focus on inspired mood boards to chart the winding journey of creative process. Today, it’s an examination of the special relationship between music and fashion, to question how fashion designers can interpret musical terms and apply it to their creations. It was a sensical choice to tap Korean brand CRES. E DIM. whose name is a direct reference to the musical terminology of “crescendo e diminuendo”.
School Play
Copper and sculpture collide in Sadie Clayton's signature aesthetic with its industrial influences and 3D manipulation. Clayton allows us to reconsider how to dress the female form and to showcase her Autumn/Winter 2015 collection which fuses themes of spirituality, the metaphysical properties of stones, physiognomy and elements of witchcraft. The designer has collaborated with cult photographer Mark Lebon (of Buffalo fame) on a short film entitled "School Play"
A Sonic Edge
This week's edit of The NJAL Shop is a hedonistic love letter to the world of music. Find a selection of products below that are firmly in touch with the cultural zeitgeist and all available to shop now
Sound of the Studio: Homo Consommatus
In the second instalment of NJAL’s latest editorial feature ‘Sound of the Studio’—Homo Consommatus draws inspiration from abstract subjects for an energetic mixtape of sumptuous sounds to bolster the design process.
Subject One
Alannah Stott slows down the extreme ranges of movement from a collection inspired sportswear to reveal the untouched and the unexplained
Ilona Karacsony
Raw leather is technically exacted and folded into a 3D shape using the method of traditional Japanese joinery
Five Minutes with BEAT Magazine's Hanna Hanra
This week, NJAL is treading the fine line between music and fashion, and it's an apt moment to catch up with Editor/DJ/Journalist and all-round musical maestro—Hanna Hanra of BEAT Magazine.
Javier Peral
This week, NJAL is spotlighting the cultural clash between music and fashion—can you even imagine a fashion show without music? It's an apt moment to revisit a conversation with one of the industry's top sound designers and learn more about sonically communicating fashion design.
Moodboard Monday: Fien Ploeger
In an ongoing focus on inspired mood boards charting the winding journey of the creativity, NJAL spotlights Fien Ploeger's futurist, metallic shapes. Here, Ploeger reflects on her last collection and evaluates her process, concept and inspiration.
NJAL Shop Guest Edit: Ivania Carpio of Love Aesthetics
In an ongoing focus on all things intelligently clean and simple, NJAL pays homage to ice-white hues and monochromatic minimalism in an extra special curation of the NJAL Shop by none other than Ivania Carpio of Love Aesthetics
Alannah Stott
A directional fashion collection which explores concepts relating to contemporary sports wear
Jovana Markovic
NJAL applies a lens to Markoviç’s deconstructive mode of design and talks through the essential details
Martha Chamoun
Chamoun's designs are Inspired and carried by the concepts of connection between pure thoughts and materials
NJAL's White Week X Ivania Carpio
Amidst the noise of the global fashion week calendar, it’s an apt moment for a palette cleanser. This week, NJAL pays homage to ice-white hues and monochromatic minimalism in an extra special curation of the NJAL Shop by Ivania Carpio of Love Aesthetics
A Moodboard Moment with JS
This week, NJAL turns to spotlighting designers shaking up monochromatic minimalism by finding the liberating qualities of aesthetic restriction. Here, JS demystifies her visual subconscious with a selection of inspired mood-board imagery
Spring Summer 2015
Material innovation stands at the vanguard of good design, and Nuria Sanmartín visualises its myriad possibilities through the rigid aesthetic statement of an all-white palette
White In White featuring Zola Jesus
To kick off NJAL's White Week, here's a throwback to a film by Julia Kaldy featuring Zola Jesus
The NJAL Report Card: London Fashion Week A/W 2015 Day One
See if Bora Aksu, Eudon Choi, Fyodor Golan et al made the grade this season and the best of the fashion set's LOL-inducing commentary
Anton Belinskiy
Complicated cuts and an unusual combination of textures echo through the young Ukranian designer's aesthetic output.
London Fashion Week A/W 2015
For four days, the global fashion calender fixates on London where the magnificent Somerset House plays host to one of the world's biggest biannual fashion showcases
Introducing Raw Taste
Raw Taste offers a utopian dimension of mystical wilderness where dreams of dark beauty come to life
International Fashion Showcase 2015
Presenting 130 emerging designers from 30 countries in the largest public fashion exhibition of its kind
Scottacus Anthony
Ahead of Thursday's LCF MA15 Womenswear live-stream, NJAL catch-up with Scottacus Anthony
London College of Fashion | MA Womenswear Show
Be sure to tune-in to an exclusive live-stream of LCF's MA Show at NOTJUSTALABEL.com on Thursday 19th January at 19.30 (GMT)
Blon.D
NJAL detangles Blon.D’s design methodology rooted in the mystery of the body
Ch-Talents: Visionaries Exhibition—showcasing Emerging Swiss Fashion
'Doing Fashion: A Call for Action' presents four of their graduate designer's collections as part of an exhibition showcase at Display Gallery in London
Marije Seijn
Seijn captures the sentiment of faded Americana in voluminous shapes
Tactile, Textured Textiles
NJAL’s curated selection of the tactile, textured textiles woven to perfection, and ready to stroke, caress, and adorn.
N.Y. Fashion Week Below the Center
With New York Fashion kicking off today, NJAL revisit a critical analysis of the revered platform
Yojiro Kake
An imaginative re-invention of classic staples applied with precise tailoring
New York Fashion Week AW15
The titan of the global fashion schedule returns for a truly international showcase of the latest collections
Made In Italy
Visually deconstructing the philosophy of 'Made in Italy' with emphasis on the basic elements of tailoring principles
Sound of the Studio: Onar
ONAR Studios curates a mixtape of music to bolster the design process
Moodboard Monday: Chromat
Chart the visual mythology of Chromat’s structural experiments for the body
Dahui Li
To Celebrate the Start of New York Fashion Week, NJAL Discover Dahui Li’s Diasporic Designs
Sandro Marzo
A fantasy world in which the garments appear to playfully unfold an atmospherically inspired silhouette
Väska
WHO'S NEXT & NJAL teamed up to launch The Future of Fashion Program to discover new talent. Meet Väska, whose minimalistic accessories have won the accessories category
A Material Methodology
NJAL demystify the fashion artefact using a selection of products with complex underlying meanings and open them up for discussion and contemplation. All available to shop now
Mode Suisse - Edition 7
Mode Suisse, the Swiss platform for both emerging and established fashion designers and institutions returns to showcase Autumn Winter 2015 collections.
Artifactual Luxury with Úna Burke
NJAL talk material methodologies with design extraordinaire with Úna Burke
Montague X Gentle Monster
Raw remnants collide with smooth surfaces to form hybrid shapes in a highly charged visual
AltaRoma: Fashion's Comeback Kid
NJAL investigates the future of Italian fashion beyond the tired conversation of the Milanese fashion platform
Happy Tears
Alan Cumming and model Thomas Gibbons star in a Julian Zigerli fashion film where they turn back time
080 Barcelona Fashion Week S/S 2016
080 Barcelona Fashion Week returns to place Catalonia as a benchmark for sartorial creativity
Baiba Ladiga
From Latvia with love–Baiba Ladiga talks through her considered, conceptual practice defined by structured silhouettes
The Nail
A genuine embodiment of the simplest yet most effective design that binds structures together
Monday Moodboard: Omtura
Delve deep into the visual world of Omtura–the Tel-Aviv based label crafting leather accessories defined by industrialist minimalism.
The Monochrome Movement
NJAL break down the basics of #healthgoth style a curated selection of monochrome magic from the NJAL Shop–all available to shop now.
j-b0x
Skate the fine line between art and fashion, and embrace a conceptual representation of non-gender specific silhouettes
Body of Expression
NJAL look to contemporary artists using the body as a vehicle for artistic expression in extraordinary ways
Vertex
A sensual visualisation of raw femininity, with emphasis on natural fabrics and urban life
Matthew Linde: Centre for Style
NJAL meet Matthew Linde–the multi-talented, multi-tasker and chart the evolution of his multi-disciplinary, genre-defying project space
Quit
Warsaw-based label Nenukko visually illustrate the basic ideological assumption of their design dictum: the universality of sex
Marit Ilison
A finalist at last year's Hyères Fashion and Photography Festival, Marit Ilison combines vivid prints with overblown silhouettes
Paris Fashion Week, Haute Couture S/S 2015
Haute Couture to make its supreme return and showcase the latest collections
Claudia Susini
A static regime of shapes, lines, precision and definition designed to empower the soul
Danse À Deux Temps
Lebanese accessories brand–Vanina explore the choreography of feelings
Petra Kubíková
A considered stylisation of shapes, simplicity, textile combinability and neatness
Onar
NJAL meets Irene Kostas, the design force behind Onar–a Helsinki-based, sustainable fashion label reanimating ethical fur, leather and knitwear with one finger on the cultural pulse and every other meticulously perfecting a commitment to craftsmanship
NJAL Travel Diary: A Postcard from Paris
NJAL shares snaps from the fashion behemoth that is Paris, featuring Tranoi–the international fashion trade show as well as the best new talent from Who’s Next & Premiere Classe's 'The Future of Fashion Program'
Copenhagen Fashion Week S/S 2016
Get ready for a week of distinctly Scandinavian, sartorial extravagance at the Nordic Region's biggest event
Warrior
Wood House visually manifest their signature architectural and constructivist concepts in 'Warrior'
The NJAL Style Report: New Season, New Style
Blaze the trail with the essential edit of The Shop’s latest arrivals. NJAL round up a curated selection of all things new; from statement separates, outerwear in sleek styles, to playful accessories and inventive jewellery
Magda Abdel Hafith
Perforated materials exacted with a tailored edge to reinvent luxe sportswear
Royal College of Art's Work In Progress Show
NJAL reflects on the opening evening of RCA's Work In Progress and catches up with Zowie Broach–Head of Fashion at the celebrated institution to talk fashion innovation, education and inspiration
A Techno-Fashion Future
NJAL investigates how technology can advance sustainability in fashion while also closing the gender gap in the technology and engineering sectors
The First Chapter
By using increasingly complex materials and artistic influences, Propaganda Noire stylise their own unique creations in this visual statement of research, experimentation and concept
Grey As Snow, Black As Coal Dust
A brutalist visual illustration of Sasha Kanevski's Autumn Winter 2015 collection
Litkovskaya
NJAL catch-up with Ukrainian design talent to talk inspiration and a timelessly appealing sense of design defined by a cohesive purity, urban minimalism and immaculacy of cut
Charlotte Knowles
Recent LCF Graduate who was initially inspired by bicycle culture; wanted to instil femininity and desirability that felt it lacked
The NJAL Menswear Edit
To celebrate menswear's mammoth moment on the global fashion stage, NJAL curate a selection of our favourite menswear designs–all available to shop now
Ringstrassen-Galerien Designer Award 2015
The Ringstrassen-Galerien Designer Award–a highlight of the Austrian Fashion Calendar Returns for 2015. This exciting opportunity is now open and invites emerging talent to submit applications and other necessary material by 16th February 2015.
Steps to Help Young Fashion Designers Thrive
Is the industry and its institutions doing enough to help emerging talent get a firm foothold in the fashion business?
Guy Bourdin: Image Maker
NJAL review fashion provocateur Guy Debord's retrospective at Somerset House
Drapes of Lust
Drapes By Ashley Scott turns the lens toward her recent collection in this smouldering visual story
Yohei Ohno
Yohei Ohno expresses contemporary beauty with curious colour-blocking and technical materials
Günseli Türkay
Hyper real prints made in collaboration and androgynous elegance are the key aesthetic cursors
Sadie Clayton
Sadie Clayton’s penchant for copper has become an enduring aesthetic signature. Her latest collections are defined by industrial details and a sculptural methodology that transcend avant-garde into considered, conceptual elegance. NJAL catch up with the rising star to discuss the realities of being an emerging design talent in London.
Hydra Brand
A thoughtful combination of innovative textures and technical fabrics results in a graphic treatment of smooth, mathematical simplicity
Make Do and Mend
FIT's Sass Brown returns to her regular ethical fashion column to explore how up-cycling is infiltrating fashion
NJAL Open Call: The LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers Returns
NJAL announce the return of the LVMH Prize for 2015. Now in its second year, the prestigious €300,000 award has just opened applications to emerging design talent
An Insight Into The Label
Exploring everything from brand aesthetic to Spring Summer 2015 inspiration
New Year, New Style
NJAL Designers Offer Up Their New Year’s Resolutions and Their Favourite Products for Success This Year
Fien Ploeger
A Futuristic Vision that Consists of Transparent, Oversized and Fluid Metallic Shapes
Stay True
The endlessly mutating collective continue their creative crossover of art and fashion
Beijing's Global Fashion Dynasty
NJAL charts the rise of Beijing’s international fashion community
A New Fashion Landscape
Is the European fashion industry leading the topographical changes in global fashion?
Sarah Hellen
Ahead of her debut showcase at London Collections: Men Designer Showrooms this week, Sarah Hellen–the breakout star of last year's MA Fashion cohort from Kingston University–lifts the lid on her artisanal affair with traditional Welsh craft
Editor's Letter 2014
NJAL Founder Stefan Siegel reflects on the highs and lows of 2014
Fashion Philanthropy
NJAL investigate the actuality of philanthropic practise in the industry
Vanishing Clouds
A film exploring seduction roles and their dissolution with the clouds
The NJAL Wishlist
A few things the NJAL team are hoping to find under the tree this year
The NJAL Jewellery Box
Jewels hand-selected especially for a sparkling Christmas
The Status of Fashion Film
A piece from the NJAL archives, discussing the history of the medium
Adriano Goldschmied
Often dubbed the “God-father of denim” and billed as the architect behind the rise of premium denim
Robert Kalinkin
Speaking exclusively to NJAL, Kalinkin discusses his influences, passions and beliefs...
NJAL's Handpicked Party Pieces
NJAL has hand-picked 10 of the most coveted pieces to wear this winter
Fashion Weeks: A moving show
NJAL's Louisa McKenzie explores the moving show that is Fashion.
James Kelly
NJAL's interview with Fashion Scout Merit award winner James Kelly
Reimagining Gender Through Fashion
NJAL's Bre Cruickshank investigates modern perceptions of gender, propelled through the progressive world of fashion
Black Friday Gift Guide
NJAL's Black Friday top ten gift guide! NJAL is offering 15% off all of our pieces in the shop for the whole weekend. To make the most of the offer, use the code 'NJALTHANKS' when you reach the checkout...
Angora: An Argument for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Sass Brown, the Acting Associate Dean for the School of Art and Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, explores the current climate of unethical production in fashion
Jason Hewitt
Melbourne native Jason Hewitt produces forward-thinking, modern designs
Fashion and Instagram: Best of Friends?
NJAL editor Rosie Atkin offers an alternative take on Instagram in the fashion world
I don't want to go to heaven... I want to be a Harajuku girl
From the Kimono to Harajuku, contributing editor Mariana Tsolova explores the rise of Japan's most distinctive fashion movement
Scotland's Independent Style: The Kilt
What the country's style says about the state of the nation
The Sleeping Giant: Nigeria’s Flourishing Fashion Industry
NJAL investigates the potential of Nigeria's fashion industry
Suketdhir
Suketdhir has just been announced as one of the nominees for the 2015/16 International Woolmark Prize Womenswear | Menswear
Min Wu
Min Wu will join the Centre for Fashion Enterprise's New Fashion Pioneer Program whose alumuni includes Erdem, Thomas Tait, Marques’Almeida, Mary Katrantzou, Peter Pilotto and Craig Green
Belle De Cencen
Inspired by "Belle de Jour" and the secret double lives individuals play
KBT Koncept
Inspired by Dubai's hidden industrial areas, KBT Koncept is a label that combines a rich cultural heritage with the new modern woman
Kim Shui
The New York designer confuses the viewer with unusual linear geometries and it's this artistic leaning that assured the designer a place amongst this year's finalists at the International Talent Support Awards
Roula Dfouni
A fusion of geometric forms and an earthy, unfinished feel realises a sense of tactile beauty across these startling creations
Mads Dinesen
Danish designer Mads Dinesen started out as a dancer yet went on to graduate from the University of the Arts Berlin in 2010. Dinesen will collaborate with Berlin-based artist Vera Kochubey on an installation merging art and fashion in the most visually visceral way with a performance exploring rituals, spirituality and the human sensorium
Sochacka Pothin
Sandwashed silk in white and pastels, draped chiffon and feathery wadding used to depict the weightlessness while in this circumstance of illusion
Amy Davidson
Graduating this year with a Mulberry Accessories award already in her possession only great things will ensue for Davidson
Envol Avec Ning
Envol Avec Ning designs represents the delicate balance between opposites and her trademark mix of femininity and masculinity
Juanma By El Cuco
Inspired by Scotland–Juanma By El Cuco reinterprets the symbolic Tartan pattern which saw the Dress Act of 1746 attempted to bring the warrior clans under government control by banning the tartan and other aspects of Gaelic culture
Yulie Urano
Interlocking fibres & structures combining heritage and modern day cultural influences
Ka Wa Key
Ka Wa Key's 'no asians please' collection starts a sensual revolution to turn everyone into a “RICE QUEEN”
Erik-Yvon
Bold, trans-seasonal pieces anchored by a bold emphasis on shape, colour, and texture
Felipe Rojas Llanos
A well honed aesthetic with contrasting fluid and structural elements
Massimo Casagrande
The SS15 collection draws inspiration from the designer's multi-cultural heritage, a personal retrospective into his background
No.44
Power dressing is at the core. Combining the mighty Japanese sumo wrestler and the Hispanic Cholo. The oversized uniforms they both wear, the boldness in colour to symbolise their loyalty to a faction
Miles Dunphy
A primary playground palette combined with chunky handmade knits yet still managing to carry of a street wear aesthetic
Baba Vava
Print and pattern create form and composition of costume in its collections
Infundibulum
Infundibulum seeks to integrate profound spirituality with life in a modern context
Cukovy
Attention to detail is one of the pair’s trademarks, and each creation has a flawless finish
Dido
The artistic culture of Japan and the nonchalance of surfers is an unlikely synthesis of inspiration for Greek designer Dido
Louisa Pang
NJAL spotlights Louisa Pang, a showcasing menswear designer in London College of Fashion’s BA Fashion Show, which NJAL will be live-streaming on Monday 8th June at 19.00 (BST)
London College of Fashion
Get the lowdown on the globally acclaimed fashion institute ahead of NJAL's exclusive live-stream of London College of Fashion's annual graduate show. Head to NOTJUSTALABEL.com at 19.00 (BST) to salute your new generation of fashion talent
Melancholia
An affinity for alchemical iconography draws on archaic symbolic thinking and is realised through state-of-the-art, specialised technologies
JeSuisBelle
A complex system of references cultivates an aesthetic as unique as Je Suis Belle’s muse in mind
Fannie Schiavoni
With a background in tailoring, Fannie Schiavoni fuses traditional methods of handcraft with a modernistic edge for a wholly unique approach to the design of her chain metal accessories
Moeva
Moeva weaves a rich taste of luxury swimwear with the most delicate of details for results edging on irresistible modernism
OYE Swimwear
NJAL revisits a conversation with swimwear designers OYE about the struggles of being an emerging talent, perseverance, and finding inspiration in the most unlikely of places and moments
Francesca Capper
With a background in tailoring, Francesca Capper combines considered cut with conceptual shapes that move with the wearer
Amy Lillian
Inspiration is rooted in both urban and the coastal environment, for garments that melt effortlessly into both contexts
Craig Green
NJAL's Craig Green is amongst the seven finalists nominated for the LVMH Prize 2015 and it's his boyhood fantasy aesthetic that's propelled him from success-to-success
Pasionae
#ORIGIN100–Using the raw, natural forms of precious stones and diverse elements such as emerald, wood, glass and silver
Benjiwzw
Benji WZW is a luxury ready-to-wear brand combining street tribalism with a narrative sensitivity. The brand's signature use of innovative technologies and sartorial craft create a unique perspective in a new generation of contemporary fashion
Miguel Alex
#ORIGIN100–A stylised sensibility with a focus on innovative details realises a cohesive commitment to everyday experimentalism
Suprême Bon Ton
#ORIGIN100–Digitally printed, silk scarves inspired by the freezing depths of Öresund Strait, made and printed in France
Konsanszky
#ORIGIN100–The Hungarian designer combines sophisticated techniques and refined tailoring with innovative details and materials
Kay Li
Kay Li couples clean cuts with geometric shapes to create sculpted yet feminine looks
Henson
Henson play with the notion of beauty with organic, raw, and aggressive designs
June Design
Katarzyna Wójcik is the design-force behind June Design and an #Origin100 designer fusing traditionaltechniques with modern, geometric and sculptural forms
Peterson Stoop
Peterson Stoop reinterpret iconic design principles with minimalistic shapes punctuated by avant-garde detailing
studiowinkler
#Origin100 designer StudioWinkler’s latest collection is haracterised by its supernatural style and the complicity between illusion and utopia
S M K
SMK’s design DNA is defined by simple and elegant lines tending to sustainability for the urban and active woman
Tokyo Trippin' With NJAL
Prepare for sensory overload and enjoy NJAL’s Tokyo Takeover. This week’s thematic focus is the hyper-modern metropolis that is Japan, and sweeping across all NJAL channels. Today, NJAL’s Pala, Malamute, Clémentine Sandner and Natsumi Zama serve up a visually explosive guide to a trip-tastic Tokyo
Expo Milano 2015
Expo Milano 2015 is the Universal Exhibition that Milan, Italy, will host from May 1 to October 31, 2015
Rachel Entwistle
#originfair–Primitive man, of artefacts and power symbols - and ancient history with amulets that would protect and divine
Agi and Sam
Agi and Sam's playful response to menswear restricting conventions has earned them a nomination for Woolmark's inaugural British Isles Award
Anna Bornhold
NJAL's Anna Bornhold won big at the 30th edition of Hyères Fashion & Photography Festival where Chloé, a major partner of the festival for the past four years, awarded 15,000 euros to the young German designer
Nyx London
London cool kid luxury sunglass brand–providing you with the best designs this season. Available to shop now on NJAL
Yiyu Chen
NJAL's Yiyu Chen is amongst the ten finalists at the 30th edition of the International Festival of Fashion and Photography at Hyères
Ecid
Handmade and designed with the highest demands to functionality and aesthetics
Asu Aksu
Asu Aksu has just been announced as one of the Europe Nominees for the 2015/16 International Woolmark Prize Womenswear | Menswear
Dzhus
Vanguard yet utilitarian, Dzhus’ visual identity derives from innovative structural solutions
Peter Movrin
Unisex pieces rendered in awe-inspiring silhouettes, as seen on Lady Gaga
Prosper Center
Propser Centre present a cross-pollination of global and local streetcar with abstract visual details
Raw
Plants harvested from gardens, insects, and rust are used to create unique patterns with a vintage sensibility along with ancient techniques to draw attention to the depth of detail within textiles
Matériel
Renowned Georgian Fashion House Matériel offers a sleek and sophisticated Silhouette that is a staple for the ultimate uniform trend
Kamila Gawronska Kasperska
Geometrical precision is fused with opulent, decorative details inspired by Byzantium iconography for a result that’s rooted in originality, quality and attention to craftsmanship
Azbukka
Architectural-inspired accessories built to test the elements of urban life
Noëmi Weber
In an immaterial world where people are interconnected like never before, it’s the material attention defining this collection that embodies the closely, knit networked age
Arabella Miller
The emotional perception of cold, and the feeling of comfort associated with blankets and layering is the aesthetic cursor for this collection
Sanna Naapuri
Vibrant prints rendered in relaxed cuts and luxuriously silky fabrics seamlessly adapt to everyday, urban environments
C S'tudio
A primary design approach defined by surrealist graphic treatment and the deconstruction of traditional Chinese art forms
Dawid Tomaszewski
Using industrial and unconventional materials, combined with inventive cutting, uncompromising tailoring for a complex and conceptual result
Augustin Teboul
Subtle, minimal shapes applied with poetry and clarity has earned NJAL’s Augustin Teboul a finalist place for The International Woolmark Prize 2015
Mêhlê
Introducing Mêhlê's new collection for Spring Summer 15. Muted tones combined with imaginative pattern cuts.
Apply Now: The Kärcher Scholarship at Esmod Berlin International University of Art
ESMOD Berlin is now accepting applications for the Kärcher scholarship for its highly regarded International Bachelor of Fashion Design
Collar Swimwear
Abstract swimmer realised in icy, moody hues is designed to toughen the spirit
Him and Her studio
Drawing inspiration from reckless youth culture, Him and Her’s sickly-sweet street-wear pieces complete the aspirational lifestyle
Melissa Tofton Leather
Melissa Tofton creates meticulously handwoven forged ornaments of desire
Regnum Lapideum
A dialogue between science and nature results in textured fabrics and technical forms
Bori Gyorok
Gyorok creates wearable tech aesthetically pleasing to the eye–a feat many struggle with
Rayakass
A cultural crossover of modern western fashion and traditional eastern fashion exacted with contemporary details
Jenevieve Lyons
Lyons depicts visual parables throughout her clothing; referencing strong concepts taken from various fields of study and interpreting them within a fashion context
JS
Stringent geometric clarity with an electric approach to realising form and function with a reworked minimalist sensibility
Volim
A harmonic, creative union between a fashion designer and florist, committed to sustainability results in considered colours and versatile form and function
Inch-2
INCH-2’s charismatic personality and emphasis on high quality materials ensures stylish and skilled results
Tommaso Fux
Inspired by the sensuality of Japanese design, Tommaso Fux infuses mathematical rules for a romantic synthesis
Pando Wear
Taking inspiration from nomadic free spirits, and premium street-wear staples, PANDO Wear creates a unique wardrobe for the risk-takers
Alina Brane
Swedish designer Alina Brane explores the pursuit of fitting in through fashion
Art C
A principle of defined simplicity laced with deep emotion creates kinetic pieces in raw materials
Reto Crameri
Renaissance water colours and traditional North African craftwork inspire distinctive textiles
Porshz
Jewellery designer Porshz melts Thai heritage and culture with modernist art elements
Julian Zigerli
Abstract themes of flora, fauna, love, and power converge in technical pieces exacted with a sporty touch
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid AW15
Madrid Fashion Week is set to showcase the best of Spain's creative cohort
Orphan Bird
Streamlined Scandinavian aesthetics intermix with sincere Italian craftsmanship
Gefferson Vila Nova
Tuned to the speed of the current world to form a distinctly urban aesthetic
Lady Gonzalez
The explosive combination of her methods and ideas have earned Gonzalez the accolades ‘Neosurrealist’, and ‘Digital Print Storyteller’
Monocle Radio Interviews NJAL Founder Stefan Siegel
Stefan Siegel talks technology revolutionising the fashion industry on Monocle 24
Wood House
An aesthetic overhaul of conservative menswear through experimental androgyny, industrial elements and an ode to futurism
The Abury Design Experience
NJAL have teamed up with Harper’s Bazaar Germany to present 'The Abury Design Experience'–an open call to emerging design talent to preserve world crafts and culture
Yvy
Swiss design talent YVY is synonymous with seductive sustainability and a commitment to craftsmanship
Bolor Amgalan
A Clean Sculptural Aesthetic Fusing Innovative Textiles and Sustainable Practice
Serafin Andrzejak
A distinctive style consisting of classic elegance combined with strong dark tones.
Milcincuenta
Milcincuenta create simple, elegant pieces with a hint of the geological
W by WenJun
W by Wenjun experiment with playful print and colourful art direction
Alison Hope Murray
Alison Hope Murray showcases Australian fashion talent, combining heritage with fine art detailing
What is the true meaning of Timeless Fashion?
Contributing editor Lavinia Ban draws in a wealth of fashion perspectives to explore the notion of 'timelessness'
Mercedes Arocena & Lucia Benitez
NJAL designer Lucia Benitez, hailing from Uruguay, minimises colour in exchange for sculptural shape
Fashion, Sustainability, and the Misplacement of Shame
Contributing editor Silvia Bombardini wades into the deep waters of fashion shame, exploring its relationship to sustainability
The Changing Space of Retail
Contributing NJAL editor Ophelia Wu explores the current landscape of retail
Evgenia Popova
In an exclusive interview with NJAL, Bulgarian designer Evgenia Popova issues a call to arms, encouraging all fashion followers to swap fast, throw-away fashion, and opt for quality craftsmanship
The Future is Now
Contributing NJAL editor Tania Rufus investigates the future prospects, and limitations, of intellectual property in fashion design
Future of Denim Branding Competition
The Future of Denim Branding competition gives young designers the opportunity to win a paid internship with the Avery Dennison RBIS creative team, and much more. Find out how to apply
Arete
Shanghai label Arete have patented a distinctively curve focused silhouette, complete with cut-out details and luxe PVC
Ludus
Based on emotions, often melancholic and sad, the collections walk the line between wearable and sleek avant-garde
Anna Milada
Sustainable zero-waste fashion knitwear collection made from biodegradable, recycled or recyclable materials
Lois Hazel
Lois Hazel is an artist and fashion designer currently working across a variety of mediums
5:AM Shoes
NJAL sits down with the designer behind 5:AM. From Barcelona to international acclaim
Fashion and protest; where is the call to arms?
NJAL Editor Rosie Atkin discusses the dormant political power of leading fashion shows
Roberta Colla
Clothing types taken from an aviator’s wardrobe: the pattern of a menswear coat expands and shortens, becoming a double breasted coat, a classic jacket, or a bomber
Divka
Pick the brain of the ingenious designer behind Japan-based label, Divka
Jonathan Christopher Homme
Jonathan Christopher Homme has just been announced as one of the nominees for the 2015/16 International Woolmark Prize Womenswear | Menswear
Iga Węglińska
Today in the NJAL Shop, Polish designer Iga Węglińska launches her perfectly edited minimalist uniform and unravels her design details in NJAL’s latest Designer Focus
Anna Kim
Anna Kim is a Royal College of Art graduate working to aestheticise her collections with loaded, social commentary
Abcense
A delicate balance of industrial components and the beauty of traditional shoemaking
Anna Swic
Monochromatic perfection displayed in Anna Swic's stand out collection 'pilgrim'
Kostas Murkudis
NJAL catches up with the contemporary visionary pioneering German fashion design ahead of his debut retrospective at The Museum für Moderne Kunst opening today to understand his conceptions and perceptions of the medium of fashion
Lisa Viola Setterberg
Investigating the triangle in material manipulation, these are constructions underlined by basic geometry
Saina Koohnavard
Visual dominance–Our human perception, that with great authority, powerfully influences and controls all of the senses
New York Fashion Week: Mens Spring/Summer 2016
For the first time, American menswear designers will have their very own stage to showcase their designs as part of a four-day showcase for US spring/summer 2016 collections with heavy-hitting labels such as Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, Polo Ralph Lauren, Thom Browne, Michael Bastian and Rag and Bone all in the fold
Elina Määttänen
Disorder, rawness, and beauty in the unexpected are all highly heralded as the driving forces behind Määttänen’s process and practice, earning the NJAL designer the highly lauded Vogue Talents Award at the International Talent Support Awards 2015
Verena Schepperheyn
An aesthetic reaction to the new masculine in society–tradition in its broadest sense is subverted to stretch the idea of fashion for individuality
Berlin's New Guard
This is NJAL’s unapologetic love letter to Berlin and its kaleidoscopic array of creativity. Here, you can meet just a few of NJAL’s favourite artists who have travelled from all over the world to its arms, united in an affinity with probing popular-culture and materiality, whether it be sampling Beyoncé, or sourcing inspiration from mass media icons and representation
NJAL's Berlin Takeover: Day One's Visual Vortex
NOT JUST A LABEL recaps the opening day of its debut multi-sensory exhibition hub spanning fashion, art, design and new media in Berlin made possible by innovative online retailer Zalando
Umasan
Umasan is creating a brave new world combining high end taste with a commitment to sustainability, the longevity of planet earth and its inhabitants. At NJAL Meets Zalando Fashion House, UMASAN will hone focus on sustainability in a tactile display of horticulture, raw materials, and objects to share their values of integrity and environmentalism
Jaimalàlatête
Part of Germany's New Guard–A young, experimental and avant-gardistic take on tailored streetwear
NJAL Meets Zalando Fashion House
Join NJAL for its take over of an iconic Berlin location where its multi-sensory debut spanning fashion, art and design unfolds during Berlin Fashion Week from 7th-10th July
Harnett&Pope
Oversizing meets tailored elements–Opulent nod to the bygone eras with techniques like knitting, crochet, macramé and hand-dyeing techniques
Daniel Silverstain
Daniel's creations aim for innovation, essentiality and futurism. He explores textiles and natural forms in an era of hi-technology and industrialism
Lunneskog
Lunneskog is focusing both on creating intricate surfaces by fabric manipulation and progressive cutting techniques–Often inspired by opposing forces
Hana Frišonsová
Young Prague-based designer Hana Frišonsová is focused on the use of traditional techniques with contemporary conviction and the creation of her fantasy-inspired fashion. Following her recent showcase at FashionClash Festival, the young designer muses on her multi-faceted design process and regales her tales of flourishing into fashion
Fade Out Label
A unisex line of exclusive clothing and accessories handcrafted from deconstructed vintage materials
Simon Grundtner
Adapt but don't die, a reflective and emotive collection focusing on everyday life struggles & conformity
Rasa Studio
Vilnius-based RASA Studio kicks off NJAL's focus on nomadism–from the urban flanêur to wild bohemia, the nomadic traveller continues to inspire sartorial splendour
Pitti Uomo 88
The key global trade event showcasing contemporary men’s fashion returns with a kaleidoscope of international designers, models, and colorful collections all sweeping into Florence for Spring/Summer 2016
Suitcase Selects
Build the perfect jet-set wardrobe with NJAL’s suitcase selects for some sleek, sunshine style in time for summer. From airport essentials to ensure sartorial supremacy even in preparation, to looks for the city and beach–NJAL’s curated guide for packing purposes is climatically appropriate for a sizzling summer. Best of all, it's available to shop now
London Collections Men: S/S 2016
London Collections Men is a biannual showcase that takes place every January and June and celebrates the creative and commercial importance of the British menswear industry
MaryMe-JimmyPaul
With the help of different disciplines from the art and fashion world, MaryMe-JimmyPaul takes the viewer into the beautiful, eerie, humorous, bizarre, grandiose fantasy fashion world
Gottlieb Schwarz
Handcrafted from high-quality 100% natural materials, such as Italian and French leather, with high attention to fit and construction
The Future of Fashion Program 2015
NJAL is proud to once again present The Future of Fashion Program in collaboration with Who's Next and Premiere Classe in Paris, following the phenomenal success of its last edition. The coming together of Who's Next, Premiere Classe and NJAL will allow a number of selected designers to learn more, make use of and enjoy a first hand experience of the trade show environment. Apply Today!
NJAL's June Culture Edit
NJAL becomes your cultural compass this June, with an expertly curated to-do list of global proportions
Jolie Su
Distinctive fabrics are paired with different textures to create conceptual yet functional fashion
Damur
Groundbreaking and timeless, merging bold conceptual curses with art, culture and technology and an ethos of functional simplicity
The World Is Your Oyster
It’s a vision of menswear embracing characteristics of formal tailoring with a touch of contemporary street wear
NJAL Livestream: London College of Fashion BA Fashion Graduate Show
NJAL are pleased to announce that London College of Fashion's BA Catwalk Show will be live-streamed at NOT JUST A LABEL.com to an eager, global community of fashion aficionados. All you have to do is head to NOTJUSTALABEL.com at 19.00 (BST) on Monday 8th June 2015 to watch all the action unfold
Wai Yang
Inspired by in haptic materials and interactive art, Wai Yang expressed artisanal randomness through an exploration in material bonding and layering printing techniques, in order to achieve an abstract, tactile quality
Berlin Fashion Film Festival 2015
Every year Berlin fashion Film Festival brings together thought-leaders with creative professionals to be presented and awarded for the best fashion film productions, and a focus on promoting and recognising visual talent
Maria Piankov
Piankov's signature lies in highly modern, technically intriguing and feminine designs aided by traditional needlework techniques and new technologies
In The Studio: Culietta
In the first of NJAL’s series of global studio visits, the pin lands on London and in an enduring homage to this week’s focus on objects and artefacts–Julia Dias of jewellery brand Culietta takes the lead and invites NJAL and its global fashion community inside her design studio to delve into the her multi-faceted process, progress, practice
Reschia
A signature style that embraces both eccentric ideas, references to bespoke traditions and contrasting elements added to classic forms
Téo + NG
A love for leather and a stylistic sensitivity married with a knack for a technical conception results in simple yet wholly complex pieces made to stand the test of time and age with character
22designstudio
Concrete is re-envisioned and repurposed as an uncompromising sign of strength for bold and individual products
Graduate Fashion Week 2015
Graduate Fashion Week returns to Shoreditch's Old Truman Brewery to unleash new creativity and undiscovered fashion talent
Loves
New swimwear collection from Love's is created in a collaboration with a conceptual fashion designer Irina Dzhus. The limited line is filled with DZHUS’ signature industrial spirit. The styles play up various objects of inspiration: from architectural constructions to uniform details.
French Riviera Hedonism
An NJAL archive piece–“One could get away with more on the summer Riviera, and whatever happened seemed to have something to do with art” F Scott Fitzgerald, “Echoes of A Jazz Age”
Riviera Style: Resort & Swimwear Since 1900
The Fashion and Textile Museum's latest exhibition explores over 100 years of fashionable bathing from the English seaside to the Côte d'Azur and California
Cleonie
Cleonie takes its cues from a by-gone era, evoking the eternal joy of a perfect Summer’s day
Estuaries
A seamless synthesis of sportswear and style for functional pieces that transition from beach to rooftop with ease
The NJAL Mixtape: May 2015
Press pause on the usual playlists that lack dimension and variety and hit play on NJAL’s monthly mixtape of sensory satisfaction. Now that we’re teetering on the edge of the summer, it’s time to slow down and sink into sounds on the right side of sumptuous
Craig Green
Today, the winner for the LVMH Prize 2015 will be announced to the world. NJAL feels like a rather proud parent with three out of seven finalists on the platform. Look back to this interview with the iconic London designer on his influences and why he cannot predict what fashion will do next
Marques'Almeida
NJAL's Marques'Almeida are amongst the seven finalists nominated for the LVMH Prize 2015. Introspective moments of teenage years, and youth subculture from the ‘90s has long been the aesthetic dictum of the London-based design-duo
Klekko
#ORIGIN100–Klekko work to connect fearless improvisation with mathematic accuracy with a play on texture, proportion and form
Alighieri
A collection of jewellery inspired by Dante Alighieri’s ‘Divine Comedy’ where each piece corresponds to one of the poet’s literary gems
Azede Jean-Pierre
Celebrating sensual femininity New York based designer Azede Jeane-Pierre is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of functionality through exploration in innovating techniques achieving balance for wearable designs
Matter Matters
Today, it’s the turn of #Origin100 designer Flora Leung of Matter Matters to share her 'Moodboard Moment’ ahead of this year’s Origin, Passion and Beliefs (OPB) in Vicenza, Italy
The #OriginFair Shop Edit: Stone and Leather
In the run-up to Origin, Passion and Beliefs (OPB), NJAL is spotlighting the 100 designers that will descend on Vicenza, Italy from every corner of the world to participate in the most innovative trade show format in existence. Today, you can meet the designers representing the Stone and Leather categories at the fair, and shop a selection of their statement products
Michelle Lowe-Holder
#ORIGIN100–A design philosophy on heritage handcrafts, vintage detail, zero waste and upcycling
Valentim Quaresma
#ORIGIN100–A diverse artistic practice that includes creating intricate sculptural pieces to adorn the body
8Cuff
#ORIGIN100–Sports-lux streetwear inspired by pertinent social issues exacted with a distinctive graphic treatment
Swank
#ORIGIN100–Born from a love of street-wear and a distinctly urban aesthetic, Swank is for the sartorially open-minded
Linda Sieto
#ORIGIN100–A fascination with all things experimental realises designs underlined with with emotional and textural depth
Study NY
#ORIGIN100–Brooklyn-based Study NY’s sharp aesthetic and deeper commitment to sustainable living across fashion and lifestyle is thoughtfully conscious for fashion’s futurity
A Moodboard Moment: Robert Kalinkin
#Origin100 designer Robert Kalinkin returns to the NJAL spotlight with ‘A Moodboard Moment’ ahead of this year’s Origin, Passion and Beliefs (OPB) in Vicenza, Italy to chart the winding journey of creative process with a visual insight into his kaleidoscopic design practice
Keta Gutmane
A conceptual collection underscored by smart functionality in transformable details, bridging classic unique tailoring with urban avant-garde silhouettes
Salo Shayo
#Origin100 designer Salo Shayo combines an eye for detail with a raw, genuine interest in experimental techniques for collections defined by structure, form and silhouette
The Warriors Brand
The result of a collaboration between a Venetian designer and craftsman who will head to #OriginFair 2015 to rework heritage handicraft for a contemporary context
Fyodor Golan
A flair for fusing conceptualist inspiration with beautiful hand detailing, and intelligent fabric manipulation is exactly why NJAL's Fyodor Golan have been nominated for Woolmark's inaugural British Isles Award
Sophie Breitmeyer
Bespoke and specifically romantic pieces denoting British luxury are inspired by poetic narratives and an affinity for architectural structures
Sound Of The Studio: Yohei Ohno
NJAL's Tokyo Takeover continues and it’s a timely moment to tap the material alchemist Yohei Ohno for a mixtape of music that bolsters the design process. Press play for some auditory satisfaction courtesy of Ohno's power for deft curation and learn more about his body-centric approach to morphing design
Japan's New Guard
Expanding on the legacies of pop-visual Japanese icons such as Hiromix, NJAL meets Japan’s bright, young things in the field of photography who are ushering in the country’s new wave of creative currency
Bunka Fashion College
Bunka Fashion College was founded in 1923 as the first dressmaking school in Japan. Since then, Bunka has had a significant role in shaping fashion education in Japan
Q&A With Mantis World's Prama Bhardwaj
On Fashion Revolution Day, NJAL spotlights Mantis World–the award-winning ethical clothing company with ranges for adults, kids and babies. Founded in 2000 by Prama Bhardwaj, her business has gone from strength to strength, showing that commercial, large volume manufacturing can happen in an ethical and sustainable manner with care to everyone in the supply chain. Today, NJAL sits down with Prama to discuss the challenges of being a responsible, honest and modern company today
Fashion Revolution Day 2015
Sass Brown, designer, celebrated author and Assistant Dean of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City utilises the NJAL platform to urge us all to learn about the responsibility we have to find out who made our clothes and the true cost of fashion on Fashion Revolution Day, two years on from the Rana Plaza tragedy
Matter Matters
An abstract synthesis of art-deco inspiration and geometric forms reinvents contemporary basics with a luxe edge
Guillem Rodriguez
Guillem Rodríguez’s romantic mysticism has previously earned him the ModaFAD award and he’s also a finalist at the 30th edition of Hyères Fashion and Photography Festival
Sophie Harand
Sophie Harand’s aesthetic commitment to hybrid colours has earned a place amongst the ten finalists at the 30th edition of Hyères Festival
Origin Passion And Beliefs 2015
NJAL has partnered has partnered with Fiera di Vicenza (FdV), the leading organiser of trade shows and events to produce the second annual ORIGIN PASSION & BELIEFS concept fair. Pre-Register for the event here
Style.com/Arabia DDFC Fashion Prize
Following the success of NJAL meets d3, all designers based in the Arab world are invited to take part in the first DDFC Fashion Prize 2015, where the wining designers will win the opportunity to produce a capsule collection for FarFetch, a year of mentorship with industry luminaries, media/press coverage; an advertising campaign, and a reward collectively representing over US $250,000 in value
A sent Pre ence
Contemporary Jewellery reshaped using classic forms and new technologies, all to reveal the beauty of the invisible
Sketcharound
Hailing from Hong Kong–Sketcharound is a brand focused on study on iconography, unisex tailoring and a purity of form. Challenging conventions of normal practice by using mixture of various innovative materials to create something relaxed yet chic and distinctive
Ivanman
Ivanman has just been announced as one of the Europe Nominees for the 2015/16 International Woolmark Prize Womenswear | Menswear
FashionPhilosophy: Fashion Week Poland Autumn/Winter 2015
FashionPhilosophy Fashion Week Poland is the biggest and most important global fashion event in Poland and returns for its 12th edition from Thursday 16th April through to Sunday 19th April 2015 where NJAL's Online Editor will report from the frontline of Polish fashion
Hermès presents Wanderland
Take a surreal stroll with NJAL through Hermès’ latest exhibition on view at London’s Saatchi Gallery
Designer Lunch With NJAL's Stefan Siegel
Join NJAL's Stefan Siegel for a special talk moderated by Manufacture NY's CEO Bob Bland. Learn more about NJAL, discuss the future of the fashion industry and join in on a roundtable Q&A with designers in attendance
Doriane van Overeem
Doriane van Overeem aims to empower women and invites them to believe in their own natural strength
Bird’s Eye View: Stefan Siegel of NOT JUST A LABEL
This week join Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator Executive Director Debera Johnson and BF+DA Production Director Tara St James in conversation with Stefan Siegel–the founder and CEO of NOT JUST A LABEL
Design Oracles
La Gaîté lyrique and the Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP) invite Lidewij Edelkoort–renowned trend forecaster, to take a unique and original look at the CNAP’s collection of design and decorative arts
Peet Dullaert
A design approach loyal to preserving traditional techniques in order to push forward sartorial possibilities of the future
Domanoff
In NJAL’s latest Designer Focus, the Ukrainian label muses on the poetry of design as well as its problematic realities
Fashion in Motion: Grace Wales Bonner
Menswear designer and recent Central Saint Martins graduate Grace Wales Bonner will be the subject of the V&A’s next Fashion in Motion. On 10th April, the V&A will showcase four free presentations showcasing Wales Bonner’s collections to date, which take inspiration from black visual culture, the African diaspora and a mix of couture and crafts techniques with deep cultural roots.
Dimitri Arvanitis
Moving away from conventions and genre, this is statement menswear in the age of modernity.
The NJAL Shop Edit: Marriam Mossalli
The success of NJAL’s multi-sensory fashion pavilion at Dubai Design District last week has cemented its presence within the region, and today’s NJAL Shop Edit sees Middle Eastern style maven Marriam Mossalli return to the spotlight to apply her analytical eye for a carefully curated selection of designs from a global community of design talent.
Gayeon Lee
A sophisticated simplicity punctuated by artisanal elements and delicate finishes drives curiously conceptual possibilities in textures, shapes and proportions
Paviljons
Paviljons fuses Lativian and Nordic heritage with urban details for a well-rounded collection to weather all the elements
Shanghai Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2015
Shanghai Fashion Week returns to feature a mix of prominent and rising designers in China’s fashion industry as well as global stars like Astrid Andersen
Bradley Zero
One of the key faces behind the world conquering Boiler Room–DJ Bradley Zero bought an unquenchable thirst for new sounds and affinity for vinyl to NJAL Meets d3 last night. NJAL sits down with the musical maestro to discuss everything from a fervent love for vinyl to rapidly changing musical experiences
The Aesthetics of Accelerationism
With the opening of NJAL's fashion sensorium at d3 this weekend, it's an apt time to trace Dubai’s explosive expansion and cultural renaissance. NJAL spotlights Arab artists making work that’s both inspired by and directly addresses the contemporary culture of the Arab Gulf region today.
Saadia Zahid on Dubai Design District (d3)
NJAL marks its physical debut in the Middle East with a multi-sensory pavilion at Meet d3. Meet Saadia Zahid–a creative strategist based between New York and Dubai refining d3’s mission to become a centre for both local and global talent within the region
Meet d3
Dubai Design District (d3) and NJAL team up to celebrate creativity in Dubai from 2nd to 4th April 2015
Sand People
NJAL's moment in the Middle East is finally here. Join NJAL and a carefully curated selection of global design talent at NJAL's multi-sensory pavilion at d3. To celebrate NJAL in Dubai–look back to Andreas Waldschuetz's sensorially satisfying short titled 'Sand People' fusing fashion and art off the beaten track
Neemic
A textured treatment of soft mohair, alpaca knits and fine silks in effortlessly, elegant silhouettes
Kay Li
As NJAL gears towards physical debut in the Middle East with an expansive and multi-sensory pavilion showcasing a special selection of NJAL’s global community–it's an apt moment to meet the designers exhibiting. Amongst the carefully curated crop is Dubai-based designer Kay Li, whose knack for mixing form, fabric and function has become feverishly sought after amongst the Middle East’s tastemakers
Tiaber
Iceland’s Tiaber create garments that encapsulate Scandinavian modernity down to a T through simple silhouettes with attention to quality and sustainability
Volvo Fashion Week Moscow Autumn/Winter 2015
Volvo Moscow Fashion Week raises the curtain on its latest fashion showcase
GBGH
Unafraid to push boundaries, creates pieces to embrace and express strength with unapologetic personality
A Printed Matter #2
NJAL offer a curated A-Z guide to the cutting edge material that should be the centre piece of every coffee table—from firmly feminist literature and zeitgeisty art books to edgy erotica, and opulent indie magazines offering niche perspectives on fashion–this is the second instalment of NJAL's Printed Matter
The Power of a Name
There's no denying that the cult of celebrity and its fetish for fashion will wither anytime soon
NJAL Meets MISS Mag
MISS is the global platform that celebrates amazing women across the creative industries, and is founded by Mary Wang and Vere van Gool. NJAL posits the pertinent questions to find out where femininity sits in design culture and unravel the complicated relationship between fashion and architecture
Ukrainian Fashion Week AW15
Ukraine’s Fashion Week is set to focus on its future, and NJAL will be reporting from the front line. Stay tuned for NJAL's #EYESONUKRAINE
Editor's Picks
Look to NJAL's Online Editor, Kam Dhillon for the low-down on the latest trend-topping pieces in The NJAL Shop. Today's expert edit singles out statements pieces, sculptural designs with an artistic sensibility and wardrobe staples to meet everyday needs.
Björk at MoMA
MoMA presents Björk, a retrospective dedicated to the multifaceted work of the singer, composer, and musician
VMajor
Shenzen-based VMajor draws on their rich cultural origins but with an international commerciality—a stroke of aesthetic genius that's earned the NJAL label a finalist place in The International Woolmark Prize 2015
Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015
The curtain raises on the eastern sphere's fashion stage with India's Lakmé Fashion Week stealing the spotlight
Bird On A Wire
Lebanon's Bird On A Wire create products that are everlasting, by dipping them into the beauty of life, and have been recognised for their purist sensibility with a finalist nomination for The International Woolmark Prize 2015
JumpFromPaper
At the centre of a current media storm is NJAL’s own JumpFromPaper whose candy-coloured accessories blow both mind and vision. Today, the pop-purse-purveyors launch their Spring/Summer 2015 collection with NJAL, and talk through all the shiny, glossy details.
Mercedes-Benz Tokyo Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2015
The multi-city fashion marathon makes a stop in Tokyo to showcase the best of this season's sartorial offerings
Hanger Inc
Hanger’s material affinity for latex continues with a collection inspired by traditional cultural garments, with particular emphasis on the transition of simple cloth to luxury
A Cinematic Expression
NJAL applies this week's thematic focus of cinematic style to the NJAL Shop. From boundless extravagance to sumptuous, adoring details—every look is silver screen worthy and a far cry from the blunt connotations of Hollywood's buxom blondes. Shop the best of NJAL's unapologetic luxury for some screen-studded, self-assured cool right here.
Sound of the Studio: Clon8
NJAL’s latest editorial feature ‘Sound of the Studio’ asks designers to share a mixtape of music that bolsters the design process in the studio. Today, Clon8 draws on their power for deft curation to create a mixtape merging raw, carnal energy with sweet, honeyed ambient lifts.
Mai-Gidah
Layers of fabric symbolises layers of meaning in a collection defined by the personal journey
Tumqo
Laconic yet never banal, laced with a lashing of romance—the Ukrainian womenswear label tell the story of spiritual minimalism
The Significance of Soundtrack
NJAL applies another lens on the special relationship between fashion and music, and looks back to an archive piece dissecting the impact of the show soundtrack
Fashion Dramaturgy
NJAL continues to celebrate the enduring love between the worlds of music and fashion, and today’s investigation wanders to the underbelly of YouTube to unearth some of the most performative, intelligent and implausibly dramatic shows in the history of fashion.
Rochaele Siobhan
A true feat of technical knowledge of textile performance and intricate, detailed design
Klekko
NJAL sits down with the minimalist mavericks to unravel their complex methodology and the essential details of being young, fun and free in Berlin.
Paris Fashion Week S/S 2016
The city of light takes it turn on the global fashion carrousel to showcase its rich fashion heritage
Music and Fashion
This week, NJAL is celebrating the enduring love between the worlds of music and fashion, and like any well-matched couple, they find innovative ways of surviving, and thriving, through collaboration.
Project Runway: Now Casting for Season 14
NJAL is pleased to announce that Project Runway is now casting for Season 18, allowing designers the opportunity to showcase their work during New York Fashion Week, and the chance to win $100,000 or more to launch or expand their own fashion line.
Diani Diaz
Luxe street wear with a casual edge, smartly combined with innovative materials
Li Hua Siji
An affinity for exacted pattern cutting and pioneering technology realises thoughtful shapes and considered cuts
Ivania Carpio
NJAL has long been enchanted with Love Aesthetics' Ivania Carpio, the Dutch blogger whose penchant for monochromatic minimalism has made her a definitive force in fashion blogging. Here, NJAL poses a few quick-fire questions to the aesthete extraordinaire before tomorrow’s guest-edit of the NJAL Shop.
White Milano S/S 2016
WHITE is a breeding ground of ideas, taking place from the 28th February - 2nd March. It is fashion culture as a lifestyle that embraces art, design, music, communication and the new frontiers of the web medias
Coded Edge
Croatian fashion-duo draw on a dystopian imagination of a post-apocalyptic future
Patrik Guggenberger
An anatomical collection achieved by dissecting exciting, new techniques and materials
Arantxa Morcillo's 'Splintered' Moodboard
NJAL continues a focus on inspired mood boards to chart the winding journey of creative process. To commemorate a special curation of all things intelligently clean and simple, NJAL taps young design talent Aranxta Morcillio, hard on the heels of a recent British Vogue feature, to distill the details of her recent collection's whited-out palette
Milan Fashion Week S/S 2016
Milan Fashion Week returns to showcase some of the industry luminaries' Autumn Winter offerings
The NJAL Report Card: London Fashion Week A/W 2015 Day Three
See if Claire Barrow, Sophia Webster, Pam Hogg et al made the grade this season
Nicolas Martin Garcia: The Lolito Moodboard
NJAL continues a focus on inspired mood boards to chart the winding journey of creative process. Nicholas Martin Garcia steals the spotlight, hot on the heels of his win at #ACMTALENTS2015 at AltaRoma Fashion Week
The NJAL Report Card: London Fashion Week A/W 2015 Day Two
Instead of getting bogged down with the superfluous semiology of show reviews, revel in the show essentials and key highlights with NJAL’s Report Card.
NJAL Reveals the Shortlist for the 2015 LVMH Prize
NJAL is pleased to announce the next stage in finding the 2015 LVMH Prize Winner. Six of NJAL's designers have made the shortlist for the second annual LVMH Prize, the winner of which will receive €300,000 and a year-long mentorship at the luxury mammoth
Amxander
Abstract expressionism and the rich textures of daring brushstrokes form the crux of Amxander’s inspired vision
Fashion Scout S/S 2016
Fashion Scout, the leading international fashion showcase, returns to the Freemasons' Hall in Covent Garden for London Fashion Week AW15 present over 50 visionary designers
Diani Diaz
NJAL spotlights Diani Diaz, a showcasing designer in LCF’s MA15 Womenswear show
Chromat at New York Fashion Week
Chromat present a futurist vision of femininity, anchored by daringly diverse dominatrixes, and complete with 3D printed chokers, lashings of latex and and green nipple lasers
Nino Sepo
Named as a new emerging talent by Vogue Italia in 2012, Nina Sepo’s kinetic wearable sculptures are both stylish and spiritual
De Polvo Y Viento
De Polo Y Viento creates unique pieces that command a sincere emotional attachment from their wearer
LCF MA15 Exhibition 2015
The #LCFMA15 exhibition reveals visions and pieces from the next generation of creatives
The Evolution of Product Placement
“Big-name brands seize the full gamut of movie marketing materials for their own agenda…”
The Artist as Brand
By applying a lens to artists and designers working today such as Bjarne Melgaard, Eckhaus Latta and Amalia Ulman, NJAL detangles the artist playing as brand in a conflicted celebration and subversion of commerce in contemporary culture
Palmhager
Structural experiments interlaced with dreamy textures become wearable art
BySju
Inspired by the street culture of the megapolis that is London, By Sju’s hats are individual at the core
Bianca Popp
Indulgent femininity is thoughtfully realised through researched structures and natural fabrics
Kenta Matsushige
A synthesis of urban and modern details with a respect to pastoral beauty
Steinrohner
The Berlin-based label melt diverse influences with functional details and are set to showcase at this season's Mode Suisse
Kelly Love
Congratulations to Kelly Love who has won the Ready-to-Wear category of The Future of Fashion Program, a new scheme devised by WHO'S NEXT and NJAL
Blank Etiquette
The Berlin-based label melt diverse influences with functional details and are set to showcase at this season's Mode Suisse
Petra Ptáčková
Storybook aesthetics meets magical realism for enchanting yet wholly wearable results
Le Creative Sweatshop
NJAL meet Le Creative Sweatshop, the design-duo stretching the imagination with calculated experimentalism
Colin Horgan
Reconstructing and redefining his aesthetic combined with organic techniques has earned Colin a deserved reputation for attention to detail
Karen van Godtsenhoven
The curator talks to NJAL about the challenge of bringing clothing to life in a museum, and why she thinks Antwerp's approach to teaching fashion verges on psychoanalysis
Alta Roma Alta Moda
NJAL will be reporting from Alta Roma this weekend, where today’s top and emerging designers and their upcoming Autumn Winter collections
Alicia Reina
Alicia Reina's new arrivals in The NJAL Shop feature refined feminism mixed with a masculine allure
The Art of Fashion
NJAL investigate fashion's cultural ascension to platforms and spaces traditionally reserved for showcasing fine art.
Mediterranean Fashion Prize 2015
NJAL announce the return of the Mediterranean Fashion Prize to reveal, perfect and train tomorrow’s talents of the Mediterranean Basin
WOW's Wearable Technology Award 2015
NJAL join forces with World of WearableArt to present a new prize in 2015: The Wearable Technology Award
HUNCH
Hunch commit to the cult of finer details, with technical and material research, and elaborate production techniques form the crux of their practice
Lion Studio
Imaginative jewellery realised through skilful craftsmanship and commitment to character
Tranoï Homme S/S 2016
Tranoï is more than just a tradeshow–it's a valuable source of truly different, international creativity, high-quality and outstanding talent
Dhosis
Handmade designs exploring decadent adolescent themes from pop culture to bodily taboo
BLGR Boys Left Girls Right
Directional street-wear elevated with considered graphic treatment
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Amsterdam
A combination of fashion shows of upcoming talents, designers and commercial labels and brands.
Victoria Scandale
Geometric lines, discrete volumes and refined fabrics intersect to create dramatic silhouettes
KAASKAS
A fusion of bold prints with intricate, three-dimensional embroidery made by hand
Muslin Brothers
The Tel Aviv interdisciplinary design collective create everything from colourful clothing to installations weaving raw elements from culturally-rich sources
Drapes by Ashley Scott
Ripping, sculpting, painting, melting, and burning all form part of the multifarious Drapes aesthetic
Flow
Clean lines, elegant cuts, and voluminous shapes are underscored with painterly prints
J Moon
London based label J.Moon innovates with unexpected colour to produce unique, modern pieces
C’est la Mode Francaise
From the NJAL archive, Becky Cope explores the quintessentially effortless French style
Maison the Faux
Maison the Faux, NJAL brand from the Netherlands, experiment with free-form fashion
Fashion Trends’ Impact on Society
In today's archive piece, NJAL revisits Luciana Zegheanu's explorative piece; how does fashion affect our political, economical and societal landscape?
Minnan Hui
Origami inspired structural pieces, London based designer Minnan Hui conceptualises the collection through layering.
Origin Passion & Beliefs: Calling all Designers 2015
Origin Passion and Beliefs 2015, NJAL is imploring its designers to take part in this rare opportunity
BLCKHRT
Indonesian label Blckhrt work with a muted colour palette, bringing designs to life with inventive shape
Einstein Halking
São Paulo designer Einstein Halking uses melancholy as an inspiration for his conceptual pieces
NJAL Top 15 Under £100
In this week’s shop feature, the NJAL team has highlighted 15 of the most exciting designs under £100. From metallic accessories and luxe-leather to intricate cut-out detailing, you will be sure to find a stunning piece.
For Those Who Pray
For Those Who Pray combines elements and materials from various cultural environments while leaning on timeless aesthetics and intellectual examination of the object.
Jakarta Fashion Week 2015
Jakarta Fashion Week 2015 will exhibit Indonesia's most exciting new designers and their collections