The Black designers redefining British fashion by drawing on their own heritage, culture and history

By Andrew Ibi, Programme Leader BA Fashion: Design & Communication, School of Art and Creative Industries, Liverpool John Moores University

British fashion has always been shaped by creative exchange: forged inside melting pots, authored by radical style communities – and often fuelled by class and migration.

Over the past decade, we’ve witnessed the distinct emergence of a new genre centred on the Black British experience. It has seen its designers drawing on their unique histories, the most prominent of which are Martine Rose, Priya…

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