NEWGEN MEN winners for SS12

10 Jun '11

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James Long has consistently impressed the panel with his bold menswear looks and went onto win NEWGEN MEN sponsorship for his 5th consecutive season. His latest collection consisted of a range of knitwear pieces, juxtaposed with leather garments. Christopher Shannon has also won sponsorship to showcase his luxury sportswear label and both designers will show their collections in a catwalk show.

The creative and technically talented trio behind SIBLING have between them worked for Alexander McQueen, Giles Deacon, Lanvin, Jonathan Saunders and Bella Freud. This season their signature hand-crafted, bold and progressive knitwear will be shown in an installation at London Fashion Week. Their latest collection of highly wearable knitwear pieces was based on a pub crawl around east London.

The NEWGEN MEN selection committee is made up of key opinion formers across media and retail. This season the panel included Adam Kelly, Selfridges; Alex Bilmes, Esquire; Belinda Burwell, Harrods; Charlie Porter, Fantastic Man; Gordon Richardson, TOPMAN; Jason Griffiths, TOPMAN; Jo-Ann Furniss, Arena Homme Plus; Luke Leitch, The Times; Lulu Kennedy, Fashion East & MAN; Patrick Grant, Norton & Sons; Richard Johnson, Harvey Nichols; Robert Johnston, GQ; Stephen Ayres, Liberty; Tim Blanks, Style.com.

London Fashion Week's womenswear shows will run from Friday 16th – Tuesday 20th September 2011 and menswear collections will be shown on Wednesday 21st September. London Fashion Week is located at Somerset House, Strand WC2.

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