V&A Friday Late x Shubbak: Body as a Vessel
Marking the 15th anniversary of Shubbak Festival, this Friday Late celebrates the multi-sensorial facets of contemporary Arab & SWANA cultures featuring a Fashion performance by Kazna Asker.
London Fashion Week AW '26
Kazna Asker’s final NEWGEN presentation at LFW marked an ending to her journey through a powerful immersive fashion experience honouring the hour of sunset and pausing London Fashion Week to break fast.e and attention to detail.
KAZNA X TANK LFW POP-UP
For London Fashion Week, Kazna took a new approach to presenting by collaborating with TANK Magazine to host a two-day souk — a celebration of local businesses, charities, and community collectives.
The event featured panel talks, film screenings, and workshops, creating a space rooted in culture, creativity, and solidarity.
The pop-up was a huge success, with participating businesses donating a percentage of their sales to charity — raising a total of £3,474.24. Of this, £1,524.24 was donated to Medical Aid for Palestine (MAP), and £2,300 was distributed among Al Jawad Camp School in Gaza, Ghassan Abu Sitta Children’s Fund, and the Yemen Noor Foundation for Education and Relief.
A huge thank you to all the incredible businesses and collectives who made this possible — from Sudanese soap and Palestinian embroidery to upcycled bags, football jerseys, Yemeni silver, Egyptian motifs, and Persian rugs — each telling a story of heritage and resilience.
List of businesses: Among Good People, XEN, Huq That, Maqam Books, YENOF, Thames Carpets, Sazar, Kiro, Tatreez, TWANAL, 24Karak, Farah bakes, Wassima, Saboon Alee
LFW AW'25
Kazna Asker’s Autumn-Winter 2025 collection explores the dialogue between tradition and modernity, weaving Yemeni heritage with British streetwear. Its centrepiece is a cobalt-blue shepherdess figure, layered with Middle Eastern textiles and crowned by a reimagined straw hat created with milliner Lucy Barlow, echoing Yemen’s iconic Madhalla. Each piece becomes a bridge between landscapes, generations, and identities, linking Yafa’s mountains to Sheffield’s streets.
Read more here.
FEATURED IN
GQ SOUTH AFRICA
"Her journey exemplifies that true style
transcends aesthetics; it’s a powerful tool
for storytelling, connection and change."
NOCTIS MAGAZINE
"Asker’s work reinforced the power of
communities long excluded from
fashion’s core, asserting their authority
not as inspiration, but as authors."
THE GUARDIAN
"British-Yemeni designer Kazna Asker
paused her presentation at sunset
to share iftar with the models,
staff and guests"
10 MAGAZINE
"The Change Makers: Kazna Asker Makes
Clothes With Community Spirit"
VOGUE
"In Kazna Asker’s
Ingenious Upcycled Track-
suits, Sheffield Meets
The Middle East"
DAZED
"Kazna Asker is the rising
designer with an activist
heart"
SERVICE 95
"Fashion Designer Kazna
Asker: “Yemeni People
Inspire Everything I Do”
BBC NEWS
"London Fashion Week:
The British Muslim designer
trying to be the future"
WONDERLAND
"She protests, she
fundraises, she makes
films, and she designs
clothes that connect her
multi-cultural background
and influences."
THE FACE
"Kazna Asker: the radical
designer putting protest
first"
GQ SOUTH AFRICA
"Her journey exemplifies that true style
transcends aesthetics; it’s a powerful tool
for storytelling, connection and change."
NOCTIS MAGAZINE
"Asker’s work reinforced the power of
communities long excluded from
fashion’s core, asserting their authority
not as inspiration, but as authors."
THE GUARDIAN
"British-Yemeni designer Kazna Asker
paused her presentation at sunset
to share iftar with the models,
staff and guests"
10 MAGAZINE
"The Change Makers: Kazna Asker Makes
Clothes With Community Spirit"
VOGUE
"In Kazna Asker’s
Ingenious Upcycled Track-
suits, Sheffield Meets
The Middle East"
DAZED
"Kazna Asker is the rising
designer with an activist
heart"
SERVICE 95
"Fashion Designer Kazna
Asker: “Yemeni People
Inspire Everything I Do”
BBC NEWS
"London Fashion Week:
The British Muslim designer
trying to be the future"
WONDERLAND
"She protests, she
fundraises, she makes
films, and she designs
clothes that connect her
multi-cultural background
and influences."
THE FACE
"Kazna Asker: the radical
designer putting protest
first"