Graduates from the MA Fashion Design programme present their final collections in a professional runway show held at Yeomanry House, London, on 19 February 2026. The event celebrates innovative contemporary fashion and emerging design talent. ©Olu Ogunshakin / Chris Yates MediaThe MA Fashion Design grads from the University of Salford pulled up to London Fashion Week in February 2026 like they had something to prove. And trust, they did. Serving innovation with a side of immaculate craft, this new-gen lineup came through with collections that felt personal, political, and a little bit feral (in the best way).
Think obsessive handwork colliding with slick contemporary processes, all filtered through lenses of climate anxiety, digital culture, identity, and the general chaos of now. Nothing safe. Nothing predictable.
Graduates from the MA Fashion Design programme present their final collections in a professional runway show held at Yeomanry House, London, on 19 February 2026. The event celebrates innovative contemporary fashion and emerging design talent. ©Olu Ogunshakin / Chris Yates Media
Graduates from the MA Fashion Design programme present their final collections in a professional runway show held at Yeomanry House, London, on 19 February 2026. The event celebrates innovative contemporary fashion and emerging design talent. ©Olu Ogunshakin / Chris Yates MediaEach designer brought a fully-formed world to the runway, built from deep-dive research, technical finesse, and that kind of unteachable instinct you can’t fake. It’s fashion that thinks, questions, experiments… and still looks hot.
Backed by serious industry links and a globally switched-on perspective, these grads aren’t just leaving with degrees, they’re leaving industry-ready, future-facing, and low-key ready to disrupt the whole system.
Three highlights included a chrome-core warrior energy ensemble. A flash of molten gold wrapped tight up top, slick and severe, then boom, inky navy volume swishing below. It’s giving medieval knights stuck in a club bathroom at 3 AM. Armour, but make it hot.
Look, two go full soft chaos. Blush-pink puff exploding off the body in giant, candyfloss bows and balloon sleeves. Hyper-femme, hyper-dramatic, zero chill. She’s not entering the room; she’s consuming it.
And finally, Pilgrim-core but deranged (complimentary). Sculpted speckled coat, bonnet realness, gauzy layers spilling out, stomp-ready boots. I’m coming to the Cottagecore after a conceptual art degree.
No basics. No whispering. Just pure world-building on a runway.
Basically: new wave unlocked.
Graduates from the MA Fashion Design programme present their final collections in a professional runway show held at Yeomanry House, London, on 19 February 2026. The event celebrates innovative contemporary fashion and emerging design talent. ©Olu Ogunshakin / Chris Yates Media
Graduates from the MA Fashion Design programme present their final collections in a professional runway show held at Yeomanry House, London, on 19 February 2026. The event celebrates innovative contemporary fashion and emerging design talent. ©Olu Ogunshakin / Chris Yates Media
Graduates from the MA Fashion Design programme present their final collections in a professional runway show held at Yeomanry House, London, on 19 February 2026. The event celebrates innovative contemporary fashion and emerging design talent. ©Olu Ogunshakin / Chris Yates Media
Graduates from the MA Fashion Design programme present their final collections in a professional runway show held at Yeomanry House, London, on 19 February 2026. The event celebrates innovative contemporary fashion and emerging design talent. ©Olu Ogunshakin / Chris Yates Media
Graduates from the MA Fashion Design programme present their final collections in a professional runway show held at Yeomanry House, London, on 19 February 2026. The event celebrates innovative contemporary fashion and emerging design talent. ©Olu Ogunshakin / Chris Yates Media
Graduates from the MA Fashion Design programme present their final collections in a professional runway show held at Yeomanry House, London, on 19 February 2026. The event celebrates innovative contemporary fashion and emerging design talent. ©Olu Ogunshakin / Chris Yates Media
Graduates from the MA Fashion Design programme present their final collections in a professional runway show held at Yeomanry House, London, on 19 February 2026. The event celebrates innovative contemporary fashion and emerging design talent. ©Olu Ogunshakin / Chris Yates Media
Graduates from the MA Fashion Design programme present their final collections in a professional runway show held at Yeomanry House, London, on 19 February 2026. The event celebrates innovative contemporary fashion and emerging design talent. ©Olu Ogunshakin / Chris Yates Media
Designers showcased:
Yusuf Kaplan
Mahnoor Khan
Chloe Coleman
Darcie O’Connor
Tanvir Mahidy
Eva Parry
Shravya Shivaprasad
Xenia Xavier Fernandes
Nicolas Piredda
Sanjana Anikumar Nair
Isobel Dawson
Elizabeth Knight
Khadijah Adda
Bethany Meyers
Louise Shirras
Words by Lewis Robert Cameron
Fashion Collective @salfordfashiondesign
Show Production @richardthornn
Production team @theofficialisobe @logunscr33n @fre4knsty
Makeup by @beccisbrushes for AOFMPro @aofmakeup
Hair by @creativelea_hair using Unite Haircare @unite_hair @unite_hairtv
Models all from @genesismodelmgmt
PR @dyelogpr
photographers @oogunshakin @leo_05_16_
