This season in London, a group of women come together to stage a catwalk with purpose. Out of solidarity, out of defiance, out of style.
The Dawn of Woman Fashion Show is not just clothes on a runway, but an act of collaboration. Profits are directed entirely to Dress for Success Greater London, helping women find independence through work, and Women for Women International, still standing in Gaza, Congo, South Sudan.
It began with House of Kind – a brand less than a year old, already insisting on fashion as a tool for connection. Sonica Beckmann called in her allies: Handmade Stories, Monice London, Sloafer, Kathy Kyle Studio. Sophia Lorimer of Fine-Tuned Wardrobe shaping the looks, House of Kind pairing with Ann Summers to push against the expected, styling empowerment as something versatile and visible.
The casting is not anonymous. Juanita Ingram walks, the first Black Mrs Universe, reminding everyone watching what representation means.
The organisers are women who turned other lives into this one:
Beckmann, once a lawyer; Candy Liu, who founded Rise, London Tech Ladies; Stéphanie Tumba, who built Videos for Humanity.
Most of the names here sit within Buy Women Built, Sahar Hashemi’s movement for female-founded businesses, not competitors but collaborators. Together they make The Dawn of Woman Fashion Show an argument for sisterhood in the industry, proof of what happens when women choose to build, not
fight.
On 19 September, House of Kind also unveils its new collaboration t-shirt with 50:50 Parliament. Bold by design, the piece amplifies women’s voices and champions equal representation in decision-making spaces. Created to spark conversation as well as raise funds, 50 per cent of profits will be donated directly to 50:50 Parliament.
The British Fashion Council has placed this show on the official schedule, a rare moment when a mission-driven collective enters the same frame as the mainstream. For the women behind it, that recognition matters. For the audience, it’s a reminder that fashion can be both a spectacle and a shelter.
“This is more than a fashion show,” says Beckmann. “It is proof that when women collaborate, we lift one another up, and no woman is left behind.”
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