✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

You have reached the limit of free articles.


To enjoy unlimited access to Culture Whisper sign up for FREE.
Find out more about Culture Whisper

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy

Each week, we send newsletters and communication featuring articles, our latest tickets invitations, and exclusive offers.

Occasional information about discounts, special offers and promotions.


OR
LOG IN

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

Thanks for signing up to Culture Whisper.
Please check your inbox for a confirmation email and click the link to verify your account.



EXPLORE CULTURE WHISPER
✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy
Forgot your username or password?
Don't have an account? Sign Up

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

If you click «Log in with Facebook» and are not a Culture Whisper user, you agree to our Terms & Conditions and to our Privacy Policy, which includes our Cookie Use

Support Us Login
  • Home
  • Going Out
    • Things to do
    • Food & Drink
    • Theatre
    • Visual Arts
    • Cinema
    • Kids
    • Festival
    • Gigs
    • Dance
    • Classical Music
    • Opera
    • Immersive
    • Talks
  • Staying In
    • TV
    • Books
    • Cook
    • Podcast
    • Design
    • Netflix
  • Life & Style
    • Beauty
    • Fashion
    • Gifting
    • Wellbeing
    • Lifestyle
    • Shopping
    • Jewellery
  • Explore
  • Shopping
  • CW SHOPS
  • Support Us
  • Get Started
  • Tickets
  • CW SHOPS
Get the Best of London Life, Culture and Style
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).
Fashion

The International Fashion Showcase 2017, Somerset House

17 Feb 17 – 21 Feb 17, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Emerging fashion designers from 25 countries return to Somerset House for the International Fashion Showcase for the second year

By Helena Kealey on 13/1/2017

4 CW readers are interested
Utopia Fashions: The International Fashion Showcase 2016
Utopia Fashions: The International Fashion Showcase 2016
The International Fashion Showcase 2017, Somerset House The International Fashion Showcase 2017, Somerset House Helena Kealey
For the second year, The British Council, British Fashion Council (BFC) and Mercedes-Benz are collaborating on an exhibition featuring emerging fashion designers from 25 countries, for the International Fashion Showcase (IFS) 2017.


The exhibition is the sixth edition of the annual showcase and forms a key part of London Fashion Week Festival, giving the public the opportunity to celebrate fashion and its universal relevance.


The IFS is a series of specially-commissioned and curated fashion installations featuring work by emerging designers from all over the world. Since 2012, 550 of the most exciting international designers from 70 countries have exhibited as part of the initiative.


The theme of this year’s exhibition is Local/Global. Countries have been invited to explore the influence of place on fashion and to examine how emerging designers can transform their local culture into a global language. Fashion is shaped by its surroundings: the rhythms of nature, climate, cultural memory, social change and historical shifts are reflected in silhouettes, techniques and materials. The peculiarities of place give rise to different ways of designing, making and wearing fashion.




Handpainted details on fabrics


To reflect how fashion is influenced by its surroundings, the West Wing Galleries at Somerset House has been transformed by Studio Toogood using panels of stretched agricultural tarpaulin, neat stacks of bricks and fabric panels dyed with London clay. Arranged over 15 rooms, each of which represents a different country and features designs made by local talent, the exhibition is a sprawling labyrinth where you could easily spend an entire afternoon. The emerging generation of international designers and curators invite visitors to share their country’s vision of Local/Global, on hand to answer questions about their collection and the connection it makes to the theme. Culture Whisper really loved Guatemala's Millennial Moon – all edgy blacks and tribal-esque jewellery – and at the other end of the spectrum, Austria's Material Essence was a nod to the 90's through a contemporary lens.


The exhibition is free, in line with the IFS's vision that fashion should be accessible to all. And, though you should expect the fashion students and blogger-types, Global/Local is strictly open to all.


What The International Fashion Showcase 2017, Somerset House
Where Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA | MAP
Nearest tube Temple (underground)
When 17 Feb 17 – 21 Feb 17, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Price £n/a
Website



Most popular

Things to do in London this weekend: 1st - 3rd July
Things to do in London this weekend: 1st - 3rd July
Jacquemus X Nike Collaboration
Beige, sexy and sporty: Jacquemus X Nike collaboration drops
In the Black Fantastic, Hayward Gallery
In the Black Fantastic, needed and memorable

Editor's Picks:


  • FASHION EXHIBITIONS ON NOW

    Fashion lovers: what to see in London

    THE NEW DOVER STREET MARKET

    Iconic Dover Street Market moves to Haymarket

    SAMPLE SALES ON NOW

    The best, at the cheapest prices


Sign up to CW’s newsletter
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).

We recommend nearby

  • Yen

    Yen Restaurant has a truly exciting menu of authentic and traditional Japanese dishes. Its specialty is hand-made Soba buckwheat noodles that are made fresh everyday. Experience this real Japanese favourite at this stylish spot on the Strand that is also home to a bar serving a range of delicious cocktails.

    Read more...
    Book Map
  • The Delaunay

    The Delaunay is an elegant dining room in the tradition of grand Viennese cafés, but for a quick bite you might want to pop into its informal café, The Counter. Either way, you are sure to be tempted by the offerings on display on the Delaunay's roaming cake stand.

    Book Map
  • The Waldorf Hilton

    This 60-seater cocktail den from Idris Elba can be found at the Waldorf Hilton in Covent Garden. In addition to its 'hidden cocktail menu' (guests can expect drinks to share a tropical theme), small plates cooked up by The Waldorf’s resident Executive Chef Karl Richardson are served.

    Map
4

Fashion exhibitions

You might like

  • Cefinn: Samantha Cameron dresses up in her new fashion brand

    See Sam Cam's fashion line now

  • Reformation London pop up store

    Reformation London pop-up store

  • Alexandra Shulman (image: Linda Brownlee)

    An Evening with Alexandra Shulman, how to: Academy

  • J.W. Anderson autumn/winter 2014

    J.W. Anderson and Jamie Hawkesworth exhibition



  • The Culture Whisper team
  • Support Us
  • Tickets
  • Contact us
  • Press
  • FAQ
  • Privacy
  • Terms and conditions
  • Cookies
  • Discover
  • Venues
  • Restaurants
  • Stations
  • Boroughs
Sign up to CW’s newsletter
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).
×