Dr Martens and Central Saint Martins Join Forces To Support Emerging Creatives

Dr. Martens has teamed up with the prestigious art school Central Saint Martins (CSM) for a partnership that supports the ideas of five MA students as part of the brand’s “All Access Summer” campaign.

The CSM fashion programme benefits from an excellent reputation all around the globe and counts the names of remarkable alumni such as Alexander McQueen, Kim Jones, and Stella McCartney. This summer, Francesca Lake, Xuesong Yang, Jad Jreissati, Lauren Patchett and Jude Hinojosa were the talents selected by Dr. Martens and Fabio Piras, Director of the MA Fashion course at CSM, to take part in the initiative. “My role as Course Director is to shape students to be critical and resilient, whilst believing in their creativity and talent”, said Piras. “All of these elements run parallel to Dr. Martens’ ethos and spirit, and this partnership has provided an opportunity for my students to interpret a brief from another perspective, another angle, which is a hugely valuable skill to learn. That’s why we’re here, to continue learning and building the students’ portfolios, experience and inspiration, and long may it continue”.

With the purpose of promoting talents from all over the world attending the school, Dr. Martens supported the students’ visions by providing them as well as a donation to the course itself. Throughout the project, each student expressed their own idea of the “All Access Summer” theme, a celebration of the first open summer where there are no limits.

Darren McKoy, Creative Director at Dr. Martens, said: “Creativity and community are core values of Dr. Martens, which is why there is such a natural synergy between the brand and the incredibly talented students of Central Saint Martins. We are so proud to partner with this powerhouse of originality and imagination shining a light on designers who have travelled from around the world to hone their craft in London, the home to so many internationally-known designers. It has been a pleasure to see the inventive and resourceful designs of the students and how they have interpreted the Dr. Martens All Access Summer. I can see each reaching new heights in their careers. Francesca, Xuesong, Jad, Lauren and Jude, watch this space”.

Words by Agnese Picchio.