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Ones to Watch Men: Tobefrank and Julian Zigerli: London Fashion Week A/W 2012 Menswear Catwalk Review

In the first of two reports from the Ones to Watch Men show, take a look at Julian Zigerli and Tobefrank, showing their collections at the Vauxhall Fashion Scout venue on Wednesday 22 February.

Written by Matt Bramford


Technical drawing from Julian Zigerli A/W 2012, courtesy of Julian Zigerli

As if the blossoming on-schedule menswear day line-up wasn't enough, Ones to Watch Men at Vauxhall Fashion Scout presents four fresh designers on the block. Here are the first two.

Unsurprisingly the Freemasons' Hall was mobbed, but I managed to squeeze in at the end of the front row with Bainser and a poor girl who, by the time the show started, was dealing with a few too many of my body parts. In my haste I had forgotten to remove any outerwear and I was already at boiling point when Tobefrank's first model opened the show.

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