Established in 2017, Val Kristopher is a UK based luxury fashion brand offering clothing and accessories, focused on creating a contemporary artisanal wardrobe in which the direct manual contribution of the craftsperson remains the most substantial component of the finished product. 

Throughout the development process, the brand challenges established assumptions and long-entrenched practices to advance and evolve the curation of product into new and exciting realms of design. 

The only constant ingredient is narrative — a seamless integration of story and product that runs throughout the body of work and continues from the point of sale. From there onwards, responsibility shifts to the end user to continue the narrative of the piece alongside their own story, in which they are the main character. 

Shifting responsibility to the end user to continue the narrative of the pieces allows for different interpretations of the knowledge distributed into the product, shaped by individual perspectives, experiences and beliefs; thus, reaffirming the notion that there are no beautiful surfaces without terrible depth. 

 

Presented by co-creative directors, Edward James Hester and Daniel Marx McAtamney.