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Britain’s Young Designers Are Struggling

With several emerging designers unable to show their work at London Fashion Week due to financial constraints, the industry chatter was as much about the shows that weren’t as the shows that were, reports the Guardian.
Designer Dilara Findikoğlu, who has dressed the likes of Cardi B and Margot Robbie, cancelled her London Fashion Week show this season due to financial constraints.
Designer Dilara Findikoğlu, who has dressed the likes of Cardi B and Margot Robbie, cancelled her London Fashion Week show this season due to financial constraints. (Getty Images)

At London fashion week last month, the chatter was as much about the shows that weren’t on as the ones that were. Several emerging designers — SS Daley, Robyn Lynch and Dilara Findikoğlu — were absent from the schedule, with Findikoğlu, who has dressed the likes of Cardi B and Margot Robbie, telling the

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