Dilara Findikoglu disrupted LFW with her off- schedule SS’17 presentation in a seedy Soho strip club, a perfect punk antidote to the demure official shows. Findikoglu’s gang of girls loitered around the basement of Sunset Strip wearing a savage combination of seventies-inspired tailoring, silk sportswear, metal T-shirts and 18th Century corsets (as seen on Rihanna on the cover of CR Fashion Book).
The Central Saint Martins graduate is a born rebel. She was the ringleader for guerilla graduate show that was staged outside the university for the students that didn’t make it into the official press show inside. A brave statement that gained more column inches than the “official show” and was praised for its punk ethos by CSM head of fashion, Willie Walters. The rule-breaking designer is giving London back it’s reputation for risk-taking creativity, since the departure of brands such as Meadham Kirchhoff (R.I.P).
