EDITOR'S LETTER

Welcome to the Fine Art issue! This month, we're celebrating art in whatever form it may take.

We have some exciting and unexpected editorials for you, playing with what fine art means: some in which the model becomes the art, some in which the art is something that happens to the photograph after it has been taken, and some that see art and beauty in the form of the body and clothes themselves

It's always exciting to see what our submitters can come up with when we challenge them to a more creative theme - we love it! It's making us even more excited for the Rose, Fragile, and Green issues over the next few months

If you want to get your work featured alongside galleries like these, by the way, remember to visit us on Kavyar You can find all the links you need on our website at londonrunway.co.uk, whether your priority is to submit an article, get interviewed as a model or business owner, or maybe promote an upcoming event

Our cover is available for some of our upcoming issues too - just a hint!

This month has been fantastic behind the scenes at HQ We've been preparing for the Face of London Runway semifinal, which you can read all about in the next few pages - along with the names and photos of the finalists! It's been very exciting and we can say without any hyperbole that this semifinal was - as always - our favourite event of the year It's so hard to beat for atmosphere, enjoyment, and the fact we get to really meet and know forty new models each time

We did get a bit more up close and personal with a few other models, however - with our inaugural London Runway Shoot Day taking place on the 1st July! You can see the results of that shoot later in the month on our Instagram It was a lot of fun and the results speak for themselves If you'd like to get involved in a shoot day yourself, all you have to do is head to our website - we are now booking for dates in late August and early September demand is high, we may open more - but for now we plan to schedule one shoot day a month, so there's always a chance to get stuck in.

LFW is rapidly approaching, but before that we have the London Runway Virtual Festival, which this year will be taking a stripped-back form We need a rest for 2023, hopefully to return even stronger in 2024 - but do look out for the traditional interview with our semifinalists live on our Instagram page!

Right, I'll stop talking quite so much now and let you get on with the issue Don't skip over the galleries we have this month from Graduate Fashion Week - if there's anyone who knows how to turn clothes into works of art, it has to be students, who haven't yet entered the world of work and been beaten down into more commercial prospects

See you on Instagram over at @londonrunwaymag!

Rhiannon D’Averc introduces the finalists for the Face of London Runway 2023 – and how we reached this point

After a long journey whittling down 850 entrants to just 10, we’re here at last: the final round of the Face of London Runway 2022

If you’ve missed all the excitement so far, here’s how it all happened!

Back in May, an entry form appeared on our website, allowing entrants to submit photographs, videos, and their essential details We also put the word out via a few different casting sites across the width and breadth of the internet, but everyone had to submit the same materials to make it through

In our first round, we heard from 850 applicants– a record number from a record range of international locations! The homes of our applicants ranged from Australia, to Nigeria, to South Africa, to Canada and the US, to plenty