Monday 20 November 2023

London Fashion Week - Ashley Williams SS24

Fashion designer Ashley Williams collaborated with The Gate for her hotly-anticipated SS24 runway show for London Fashion Week. The collaborative pieces featured in the show were created at a series of workshops hosted by The Gate. 

Here's an article in Dazed.

We travelled to Islington in September to see the show which was held in a large underground concrete atrium, apparently a former music hall awaiting redevelopment. We arrived early to tackle the many stairs and got to see the fashionable people filling up the benches after us ready to watch the show. 


The show started with a small witch looking figure holding a staff walking into the middle of the cavernous space to the sound of 'Everytime' by Britney Spears:

🎶 Notice me
      Take my hand ðŸŽ¶

From there we were led on a comfy, cute journey into an apocalyptic future.

Here is a selection of the pieces that The Gate collaborated on with Ashley Williams: