19 - 23 APRIL 2010
Spitalfields Traders Market, Crispin Place, Brushfield St, London E1 6AA (Liverpool St Station)

ALTERNATIVE ARTS presents East London’s major fashion event – Alternative Fashion Week. From April 19 to 23 Spitalfields will play host to the most original and creative collections by a fresh crop of new designers with truly innovative ideas.

ALTERNATIVE FASHION WEEK

OVER SEVENTY DESIGNERS will be selected to show their work.
FOURTEEN DIFFERENT designers will show each day. Original and recycled textiles are a major feature. There’ll be womenswear and menswear from the sublime to the sensational, with an emphasis on environmental awareness and ethical sourcing.

FASHION SHOWS will be open to the Press and Public daily at 1.15pm accompanied by The Really Tight Corsettes a live contemporary Jazz band.

THE FASHION MARKET that surrounds the catwalk from 11am to 5pm each day is a shopping sensation with stalls selling an exotic range of clothes, textiles and accessories.

ALTERNATIVE ARTS is a publicly funded arts organisation presenting fashion as an exciting and original art form and supporting fresh talent by producing and directing Alternative Fashion Week at no charge to the designers.

THIS YEAR Alternative Fashion Week is supported by Hammerson, the Spitalfields Estate, Garmin, FUK.co.uk & YELP.com

ADMISSION IS FREE to this event and includes a programme listing every designer.