15 SEPTEMBER 2023
As with his own approach to fashion, this day of events draws on the interlinking cultures of jazz, reggae and electronic music.
Nicholas Daley is a fashion designer renowned for his intricate, colourful knitwork and interplay with music and culture.
He uses his fashion as a vehicle to explore ideas around identity, heritage and memory, launching his eponymous brand in 2015, intertwining personal narrative with wider Black British and diasporic themes.
The designer’s work featured in the V&A’s Fashioning Masculinities exhibition and, as the Appear Here ‘Space for Ideas’ winner for 2022, Daley launched a London pop-up store.
His label has supported music charity initiatives including Tomorrow’s Warriors, who host their Young Artist Development Programme at the Southbank Centre, and introduced the Nicholas Daley x Fred Perry grant program in 2019. In an effort to foster young design talent, Daley has taken part in apprenticeship and mentoring schemes, and shared his knowledge and experiences in a series of university lectures and panel discussions themed around diversity and inclusion.
‘I’m honoured to be given this amazing opportunity by the Southbank Centre to be part of their takeover series,’ says Daley. ‘This evening is a true celebration of artists who I feel have continued to push the boundaries through their artistic practices. This event reflects diversity, community and progression – all things that make music, and the dancefloor, so special.
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