Matthew Rugamba - House of Tayo

For presence without performance.

He enters a room without needing to establish himself.

Professional. Formal. Composed.

Authority here is not projected. It is contained.

House of Tayo constructs masculinity through precision — tailoring, proportion, discipline. Nothing is excessive. Everything is deliberate.

The result is presence that does not compete with space, but defines it through stillness.

The studio operates through made-to-measure tailoring combined with controlled ready-to-wear production, ensuring each garment is both personal and structured.

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Matthew Rugamba - House of Tayo

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Patrick Inkanda - Inkanda House

Inkanda House introduces systems thinking into fashion. It treats clothing as an adaptive framework for lives that move across geographies, roles, and contexts.
Sonia Mugabo - SM

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Continue Your Legacy at the Regent Street Cinema.
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The programme to accelerate the most diverse business ideas and founders
ZONE 29

We have been given the rare opportunity to recommit to our founding principle, to provide pioneering education to all, via the transformation of ZONE 29. The redevelopment is set to be the most ambitious undertaking in the University’s recent history, becoming a place where students, researchers and businesses can co-exist to mutually upskill and develop, invigorating London’s revival from the past 18 months.
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Our students form one of the most diverse student populations in the country. Like our philanthropist founder Quintin Hogg, we offer opportunities to those who have the aspirations and ability to learn and to put their learning into practice in their working lives, whatever their background.
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