UEL MA Fashion designers shine during London Fashion Week
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03 March 2026
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University of East London (UEL) MA and MFA Fashion students and alumni stepped confidently into the spotlight, presenting boundary-pushing collections at Fashion 4.0 - an off-schedule showcase during the globally renowned London Fashion Week.
Staged at the iconic Design Museum, the event combined runway and immersive installation to explore the intersection of regenerative fashion and disruptive technology. From AI-led solutions and wearable tech to high-performance sportswear and elevated couture, the collections demonstrated how design innovation and inclusivity can power both style and substance.
Among those featured in the Fashion 4.0 showcase were current MA student Sahanya Siribaddana and 2025 graduate Greg ‘Ox’ Morka, who were selected through a nationwide search by event host and UEL industry partner Zer0tech to present their work as part of the off-schedule programme. Founder Nicholas Betts described them as “among the brightest design talents emerging in the UK today”, recognising their bold thinking and future-focused approach.
After the runway and installation, industry leaders, public sector representatives, investors and media met with current UEL MA and MFA students at a post-event networking session, where a groundbreaking live industry project was unveiled in a work-in-progress showcase - created in partnership with TLSS, a football brand who are rapidly expanding in the UK market.
The live project with TLSS explores how digital innovation and sustainable practice can inform the future of football apparel. Students are experimenting with advanced digital fabrication processes inspired by football shin pads, working in collaboration with guest designer Gareth Volka. Other concepts include virtual fashion development and wearable, flexible solar panels reimagined as football numbers, created in partnership with UEL’s Graphic Design course and the London Renewable Energy Lab.
Together, the projects demonstrate how performance design, regenerative thinking and emerging technology can be embedded from the outset - connecting academic research directly with industry ambition.
At the heart of the showcase was UEL’s Regenerative Fashion Archive - a living ecosystem connecting research, industry and the public sector through digital-physical practice. A dynamic data visualiser representing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals formed part of the installation, developed with UEL’s Game Design course and lecturer Patrick Girard Quinnell, illustrating the measurable impact generated by students and collaborators.
MA/MFA Course Leader and Director of the Regenerative Fashion Archive Wesley Hartwell said,
We are incredibly proud of our MA and MFA Fashion students and alumni, who have embraced this real-world industry project with ambition and integrity. Human+ centred fashion design - inclusive, sustainable and digitally innovative - sits at the core of our course. Showcasing our work at this high-profile event has been a powerful demonstration of Fashion for good in action, and we are grateful to Andrew Lam, Touch London, TLSS, Zer0tech and Nicholas Betts for championing our students at Fashion 4.0.”
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