Weekender: Tickets on sale today for the return of The Fashion Space, Leeds

Tickets go on sale today for the return of The Fashion Space in Leeds, which will take place in April as part of the Leeds International Festival.

The city will showcase its own collection of runway shows, presentations and collaborations from some of the country’s most influential industry names.

From Saturday 28 April, The Fashion Space, Leeds, will present a programme of events from UK designers including Matty Bovan, Sadie Williams and Christopher Raeburn; alongside Fashion East alumni and Lulu Kennedy (MBE); Vogue’s Fashion Features Director, Claudia Croft and Adam Murray, co-curator of the North: Fashioning Identities exhibition at Somerset House.

The Fashion Space is housed on one of Leeds’ main shopping streets, Briggate, as part of this year’s Leeds International Festival, funded by LeedsBID (Leeds Business Improvement District).

The programme aims to create an inspiring and educational series of high calibre fashion events, with both national and international credibility, bridging the gap between independent and high street retailers, designers, manufacturers and industry influencers whilst introducing the reality of the fashion industry to the public.

Cathy Dickson, of Cabba, part of the team directing Fashion in Leeds, said: “2017 saw the realisation of The Fashion Space, as part of Leeds International Festival – the idea of a converted shipping container in the centre of Leeds on a busy weekend was to provide a space that offered people a rarely seen insight into the fashion
industry.

“The popularity of the runway was such that we have introduced four days of shows as part of our 2018 Fashion events and cannot wait to work everyone again!”
For the full programme of events, more information and to buy tickets, visit www.leedsinternationalfestival.com
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