The Commonwealth Fashion Exchange

The Commonwealth Fashion Exchange is a major project and new addition to the global fashion and design calendar, pairing fashion design talent with artisan producers from across the Commonwealth’s 52 countries. February 2018 marks the unveiling of fashion pieces created through The Fashion Exchange project. This first look at the results of important designer-producer partnerships from the Commonwealth’s 52 member countries will take place in London, where the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be held in April. Fashion designed as a result of these extraordinary partnerships and ‘exchange’ of creative ideas will be showcased at a celebratory reception at Buckingham Palace during London Fashion week, February 2018, in the presence of HRH The Duchess of Cambridge and HRH The Countess of Wessex. The looks will then be displayed at Australia House, London from 21st February, and in other locations across London in the run up to CHOGM, April 2018. The Commonwealth Fashion Exchange will have a dedicated platform on Google Arts & Culture. Here a new community will form, giving a global audience access to the looks in an online exhibition along with the stories of these extraordinary partnerships and a directory full of extra resources, leaving a long-term legacy.