Kyle Ho’s First Fashion Show

Kyle Ho - didn’t realise he had a talent for sewing until after he told the LCF MA programme supervisor during his entry interview “believe me, I will PROVE to you I can sew if you accept me into the programme”. A bold bet, that interestingly proved more than prescient, given Kyle’s obsession with creating, drafting and making his patterns come to life with his eponymous menswear brand Kyle Ho. 

Having moved from Hong Kong to study Fashion Styling and Production for his BA at LCF, he had an itch to create clothes rather than focus on what was already available. But a deep concern for the sheer volume of what already existed led him to a mission of only creating new garments with deadstock, mainly sourcing from Nona Source (LVMH’s deadstock fabric platform, where anyone can purchase rolls of fabrics that various LVMH brands such as Celine, Loewe and more haven’t used!) or the Materialist. He registered his trading name right after graduating from his BA at LCF in 2020, but only started trading 2 years ago, when he had a full vision of how he wanted to upend what he saw as a classical approach to menswear.

Rather than relying on wholesale partners to amplify his brand, it was the world of entertainment that became an entry and connection point into a highly visible, and creative, customer. Singers like Ian Chen and their stylists commissioned Kyle based on his original jacket silhouettes and fabrics to create stage wardrobes, becoming his best clients and beaming out his point of view from their stages. His meticulous attention to detail (he sews all his own jacket samples, such is his level of perfection he doesn’t yet trust anyone else) and belief that just a few millimetres can make a huge difference to a fit and silhouette, means that Kyle’s Youtube education on how to sew (and a very patient student one year above him who showed him the ropes) was received to talented eyes and ears.

He may not create zero waste patterns, as he wants to give himself flexibility on the silhouettes of his jackets, but whatever doesn’t get used from his deadstock rolls will get transformed into tassels or other bags. Kyle is an example of a brand that has baked in sustainable making from the getgo of his brand, whether his clients care or not that they are getting a sustainable sourced and made garment. 

Chapter 1 came out this Spring/Summer’25 and Chapter 2 will be unveiled at his London Fashion Week debut, hot on the heels of presenting during Hong Kong’s fashion week two weeks prior. Obviously he doesn’t mind a challenge, given he only decided to show earlier in July when his application to the BFC’s on schedule calendar was accepted. Orienting his collections to follow “narratives” rather than seasons, he’s busy in the studio sewing and experimenting. “No matter how challenging [building a brand is], how lucky am I to be pursuing my dream?”

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