Performers

On|Off

London Event

On|Off opened LFW with an exclusive showcase event at The Rook & Raven Gallery in central London. The specially selected 80 guests enjoyed a dynamic mixture of Fashion, Performance, Art and Film selected by the On|Off team.

CHARLIE LE MINDU

Born in Bergerac, France, Charlie Le Mindu was a hairstyling prodigy at the French Hair Academy, cutting and styling hair from the age of thirteen. Le Mindu ascended from boarding school disciple to a fashionable hairdresser/stylist in Berlin and is now London’s French Master of Haute-Coiffure. With his sixth collection underway, The Master of Haute-Coiffure has now been featured in publications such as Vogue Italy, Vogue Hommes Japan, i-D and The Guardian.
www.charlielemindu.com
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AMANDA LEPORE

The world’s most famous transsexual and an effervescent fixture on the New York scene, Amanda Lepore has been at the cutting edge of culture since the club kid era, breaking and re-making the rules for music, marketing, and gender. Her new album, I…Amanda Lepore, is the culmination her long reign as the queen of Gotham’s button pushing (and button popping) carnival, cementing her status as the most prevalent risk taking creative artist and good-time gal after dark.
www.amandalepore.net
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YANG DU

Surrealist fashion designer Du Yang established her label YANG DU in 2009 in London, after successfully completing her both BA and Ma degree in Fashion at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, her collection “IT IS A DREAM IN COLOURS” blurs the lines between art and fashion, with a reputation as an artist tunred fashion designer.
www.yangdu-duyang.com
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RYAN STYLES

Ryan's background is in visual art, he studied Jewellery design at Middlesex University and after graduating went on to train in clown at Ecole Philippe Gaulier, Paris. His work is theatrical, highly stylised, physical, and works within the genres of live art, film, drag and mime. Ryan Styles has performed all over the world in theatres, museums, Working Men's Clubs, gay bars and supermarkets. He has presented at The Guggenheim Museum NYC, Royal Festival Hall, V&A Museum, Barbican, ICA, Space Ibiza, The Whoopee Club, Tower Ballroom Blackpool, Ascot, Westfield Shopping Centre! and many many more.
www.ryanstyles.com

MATTEO MOLINARI

Matteo (27) is from Auronzo di Cadore in Northern Italy – his route onto MA Fashion Design and Technology Menswear was far from conventional having previously studied communication (BA) and philosophy and semiotic (MA)– but after working with the Borbonese Group designing a diffusion line of handbags he decided to come to London to take his design skills further. His highly desirable and beautifully tailored collection fuses modern tailoring with traditional craftsmanship.
www.matteomolinari.com
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MARTIN CREED

Martin Creed is an artist and musician. He won the Turner Prize in 2001 for Work No. 227: the lights going on and off, which was an empty room in which the lights went on and off. Creed formed a band, Owada, in 1994. In 1997, they released their first CD, Nothing, on David Cunningham's Piano label. Since 1999, he no longer uses the band name "Owada. In 2000, he published a recording of his songs under his own name with the arts publisher Art Metropole, in Toronto. In 2010, he provided the cover art for a Futuristic Retro Champions single, while supporting its launch with an appearance with his own band.
www.martincreed.com
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BRONWEN MARSHALL

Since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2009, Bronwen Marshall has become known for exploring the darker side of human emotion in her highly crafted works. She has won various prizes such as the BFTF Fur Design Award and the Beefeater Design Competition judged by Christopher Bailey, which saw her work exhibited at the Design Museum. Her SS12 has obtained great interest from buyers, including Library, Oki-ni and Candy. At the moment one of Bronwen’s shirts is exhibited at the “Power of Making” exhibition at the V&A.
www.bronwenmarshall.com
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EARLY MORNING REBEL

Early Morning Rebel are getting a lot of buzz in Hollywood amongst the Celebrity/Fashion crowd. They have worked with Paul Oakenfold and are playing shows in Paris and LA. They’ve kept their presence very underground so the On|Off performance will be a real treat.
www.earlymorningrebel.com
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LEE LAPTHORNE

Fashion designer - Lee’s first collection of unisex accessories, now being sold internationally, debuted exclusively at Harvey Nichols London. His collection has been worn by amongst others Paloma Faith, Jessie J, Fearne Cotton, Jo Whiley and Kate Nash. Lee has been described by “Design Week” magazine as one of the country’s hottest creative talents in its annual list of the 50 most important people in fashion and design today and was included in the first 100 of The Observer/Courvoisier's Top 500 “Generation Next” individuals.
www.leelapthorne.com
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NATT WELLER

Son of Paul Weller, Natt has a very individual look that he sees as playing a very important part to his music and in his performance. He is very striking looking and unique, this has not been lost on certain fashion houses where Natt has walked in countless fashion show and also has great relationships with some of the biggest labels, including the likes of Dolce Gabbana. Fashion and music is often seen as going hand in hand with most successful musicians being involved at some point of their career with the major fashion houses of the world.
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RAPHAELLE H’LIMI

Born in 1980 in Paris, Raphaëlle studied fashion design in Brussels and Paris. During her studies, she did internships at Christian Dior, Yvan Mispeleare, Martin Grant and Sharon Wauchob. In 2006, she graduated with a Master in Womenswear from Institut Francais de la Mode, which led her to Italy, where she did an internship at Emilio Pucci and stayed on for 1 and half years working as a junior designer in the accessories team. In order to reorientate her career back to ready to wear, Raphaëlle decided to move back to France to complete her studies at la Cambre in 2 years. After working on her final collection, which have been staged in june 2010 in Brussels, she is a designer currently based in Paris.
www.raphaellehlimi.com
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IRINA LAZAREANU

Lazareanu is known for her quirky, vintage-inspired style - which has arguably contributed to the rise of her modelling career. When asked about her style, Lazareanu says: "I’m very influenced by the whole 1960s–1970s London era, not only in terms of my clothes but also in terms of the music I listen to, the movies I watch, the writers I read. Those influences probably translates into my personal style in an unconscious way." She is currently recording a folk album, entitled Some Place Along the Way, which musician Sean Lennon is producer and collaborator on. They have recorded a duet called "Strange Places", which has not yet been released, however was previewed on a Fashion TV profile, which aired earlier in 2006.
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MARQUES TOLIVER

Musically, he cut his teeth supporting himself through busking with his violin and his unique Classical meets R+B songwriting, which have formed the basis of his live set today. Thematically intrigued with the concepts of escape, persecution and the realm of the unknown, in a reflection of mankind’s past and present. Through busking and working in a vintage store in Brooklyn, he found his first introduction to that fantastical city and was soon a part of the Williamsburg set, playing live and on record with the likes of TV on The Radio and Grizzly Bear, before travelling to the UK as part of Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson’s band, where he met a warm response from musicians such as Adele - who blogged enthusiastically - leading to deals with Universal Publishing and Transgressive Management.
marques-toliver.blogspot.com

CEDRIC JACQUEMYN

After graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, he decided to start his label under his own name. In January 2011 Cédric Jacquemyn presented his "The Last Glacier - A/W 2011-12" in Paris at the Ra showroom. The collection was a continuation on his graduation collection "The Last Glacier" (S/S 2011), by adding new styles and by altering some of the existing pieces. The choice of fabrics, the use of geometrical designs, the knotting technique used to assemble the garments and the contrast in the use of both dark and very bright colours create an atmosphere of both awareness and illumination.
www.cedricjacquemyn.be

BRENDAN COURTNEY

Brendan Courtney is an Irish television presenter and stylist. He has hosted Wanderlust on RTÉ Two, The Brendan Courtney Show on TV3, Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway on ITV2, Blind Date on ITV2, Love Match on ITV1, Look of Love on ITV1, The Clothes Show on UKTV and Off the Rails on RTÉ One. In October 2006, he became the presenter on ITV2's late night dating show Playdate. From 2006–2008 he hosted and produced The Clothes Show with Caryn Franklyn and Louise Redknapp, As of Autumn 2008, he was co-hosting RTÉ One's Off the Rails. He has long been associated with British fashion brand the clothes show live, frequently hosting at the flagship event Clothes Show Live in Birmingham.
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