Live Rooms in February: The new-wave trailblazers to keep tabs on

It’s a bumper month for Live Rooms this February as fashion week returns to the capital. Over the next few weeks, and behind closed doors, some of the UK's most exciting fashion designers will be readying their collections for London’s catwalks. But, luckily for you, we’ve been granted access to all areas for our new hybrid physical and digital fashion series, Behind The Seams, which aims to unpick the newest collections through talks with the creative pioneers who created them.

We’ll be welcoming south Londoner and designer Bianca Saunders to 180 House on Wednesday 2 February. Known for redefining traditional sartorial codes and nodding to her dual British and Jamaican heritage, she has quickly become one to watch in the fashion space. As is West African designer, Foday Dumbuya, the founder of modern-day menswear brand, Labrum London, who we’ll be talking to on Tuesday 8 February. Last, but not least, we catch up with Priya Ahluwalia, the award-winning designer who weaves her mixed Nigerian-Indian heritage into the fabric of her eponymous menswear label. Make sure you tune into her exclusive livestream of the show on the SH.APP, which we’ll also be screening at Electric Cinema in Shoreditch.

Elsewhere this month, we’ve got coffee chats with Ivan Michael Blackstock (the man behind the choreography for Beyoncé’s hit song, ‘Brown Skin Girl’), comedy with 4YE, and we meet the makers of the Black Brown Berlin market in Amsterdam, which celebrates artists of colour from the local community.

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Love in the Library 
Monday 7 February, 9pm
Shoreditch House

This month sees the launch of our new ‘Love in the Library’ events series at Shoreditch House, where we’ve created a number of experiential dating nights to help you connect. To celebrate our first one, Miss Jason takes to the floors of the House to match members live on the app. They’ll also have the chance to win a romantic dinner date in our Dolma Bar and Pen Yen restaurants. 

Behind The Seams: Bianca Saunders
Wednesday 2 February, 6.30pm 
180 House

Behind The Seams is a new hybrid series of events exploring some of the most important emerging names in fashion. Today, we meet London-based designer, Bianca Saunders. Her work is an exploration of different identities and draws heavily on her background growing up in London with a strong West-Indian heritage. Saunders’ MA graduate collection centred on Black male identities and aimed to challenge stereotypes of hypermasculinity, proposing a new kind of aesthetic accented with feminine details.

The Monday Club: music, creativity and collaboration
Monday 7 February, 6pm
Soho House Amsterdam

Welcome to our new series, The Monday Club, where we meet Under 27 members from various creative industries. In each episode, we’ll focus on a different industry to connect with our younger membership and be inspired. In the first edition, led by art historian Cathelijne Blok, we chat to two local DJs, Jeremy Herkul and Milki Abadura.

Behind The Seams: Labrum London
Tuesday 8 February, 6.30pm 
180 House

Behind The Seams is a new hybrid series of events exploring some of the most important emerging names in fashion. In this Live Room, we meet Foday Dumbuya, the founder of modern-day menswear brand, Labrum London. Launched in 2015, the label tells untold stories of West Africa to help bridge the gap between western and West African culture.


In Conversation: Ivan Michael Blackstock 
Thursday 17 February
180 House

An inspiring cultural innovator with a background in choreography and dance, Ivan Michael Blackstock is a South London-born multidisciplinary artist who’s known for creating thought-provoking dance theatre. His work has been presented at Sadler’s Wells Breakin’ Convention Festival, Latitude Festival, and La Villette Theatre in Paris. He’s also the artistic director of 180 Studios at 180 The Strand. Today, we celebrate his work to date and new work, Traplord – an immersive dance performance meditating on life, death, and rebirth.

Live from London Fashion Week: Priya Ahluwalia
Saturday 19 February, 12pm
180 House
 
Priya Ahluwalia launched her namesake brand, Ahluwalia, in 2018. In March 2020, the designer was featured in the Forbes 30 under 30 European Arts and Culture list, and has collaborated with big fashion labels such as Ganni and Mulberry. Through her brand, Ahluwalia takes elements from her dual Indian-Nigerian heritage and London roots, and explores the life of vintage and deadstock clothing using textile techniques to give them new life. Watch her London Fashion Week show live on the app. 


In the studio with 4YE
Wednesday 23 February, 11pm
Soho House Toronto 

4YE are brothers Jae and Trey Richards. For more than seven years, the Toronto-based comedy duo have created standout content, amassing a loyal audience and more than 100 million views between all of their YouTube channels. They’ve also garnered praise from A-list entertainers, including Kevin Hart and Drake. In today’s Live Room, listen to a live recording of ‘Random Order’, their weekly podcast on all things Toronto


Meet The Makers: Black Brown Berlin
Sunday 27 February, 11am
Soho House Berlin 

As part of our series on markets at Soho House Berlin, we return to meet a number of makers and designers from the local area, curated by our members. A must-watch for anyone who’s invested in design, craft, and the nature of making.