Kazna Asker is a fashion designer that has created a brand encompassing the values associated with community, activism and charity.
Kazna won the Debut Talent prize at Fashion Trust Arabia, representing her home country Yemen. She is currently part of BFC NEWGEN and is currently presenting at London Fashion Week. Her work combines traditional Middle - Eastern fabrics with nylon tracksuits and outerwear. All designed and hand-sewn by herself creating one of one pieces.
Asker graduated from Central Saint Martin’s becoming the first designer to showcase a Hijabi collection at the CSM’s MA Fashion show 22'. She was also featured in the Kurt Geiger’s People Empowerment Campaign to represent Kindness in which her designs were featured on billboards across Dubai.
Alongside her political activism through fashion, Kazna has contributed to community projects in her hometown of Sheffield, UK - including the fight for POC teachers at the Sheffield Town Hall. She has experience in volunteering with refugees in the Netherlands, working with rural communities in Nepal and co-organised community fundraisers for Yemen and Palestine, raising over £20,000 for charity.