Look 01
Indigo armour
Oversized lapels, graphic seam lines, and raw denim volume create a protective silhouette with couture-level tension.
Bangladeshi designer in Manchester
Tanvir Mahidy
Sustainable denim, cinematic craft, and sculptural silhouettes shaped for the global runway.
London Fashion Week AW26
Yeomanry House, London
19 February 2026
Sustainable denim
Raw construction
Runway storytelling
Bangladesh to London
Fashion activism
Sustainable denim
Raw construction
Runway storytelling
Profile
Luxury edge with an activist pulse.
Tanvir Mahidy is an internationally recognised Bangladeshi fashion designer based in Manchester, UK. With more than 12 years of experience across high-street fashion, denim innovation, sustainable design, film costume, and advertising, his work sits between commercial intelligence and expressive runway craft.
His AW26 sustainable denim collection at London Fashion Week transformed factory off-cuts, deadstock, and worn denim language into layered silhouettes that speak about waste, water, memory, and imperfection.
Tanvir Mahidy
MA Fashion Design, University of Salford
12+years in fashion design
AW26London Fashion Week runway
Globalretail and manufacturing experience
Creative vision
Construction as narrative. Waste as material. Denim as cultural memory.
At the centre of Tanvir's work is the tension between polish and fracture. Exposed seams, asymmetric panels, raw edges, layered collars, translucent surfaces, and patched denim become a design language for repair and resilience.
The palette moves from deep indigo and graphite to porcelain white, mineral teal, tobacco brown, and muted metallics, balancing runway drama with a disciplined material intelligence.
Signature collection
Constructing Chaos
A sustainable denim statement presented with the University of Salford MA Fashion Design graduates during London Fashion Week AW26.
Look 02
Transparent repair
Teal denim fragments and sheer panels reveal the body while exposing the mechanics of garment construction.
Look 03
Earth archive
Brown denim, white topstitching, and long-line proportion bring workwear into a more ceremonial runway register.
Runway
London AW26
Portfolio
Selected works
Runway, studio, process, costume, and public moments from Tanvir Mahidy's design practice.
Awards and recognition
Milestones with international reach.
London Fashion Week AW26 official runway participant
Presented the University of Salford MA final collection at Yeomanry House, London, on 19 February 2026.
MA Fashion Design, University of Salford
Completed a postgraduate programme focused on advanced design, technical skills, professional practice, and entrepreneurship.
Certificate of Appreciation, Bangladesh Denim and Jeans Event
Recognised as adviser and mentor for the Bangladesh Fashion Student Denim Design Contest.
Costume designer for Mission Extreme
Shaped screen wardrobe for one of Bangladesh's major police action films, deepening his cinematic design language.
Press
Featured across fashion and culture media.
Coverage includes Bangladeshi, UK, and international outlets reporting on Tanvir Mahidy's historic London Fashion Week debut and sustainable denim collection.
The Daily StarHistoric London Fashion Week debut
Textile FocusSustainable collection at global fashion week
Textile TodayBangladeshi designer debuts at London Fashion Week
Asia News NetworkInternational fashion and culture coverage
Strand MagazineConstructing Chaos and University of Salford MA graduates
Think Feel DiscoverFashion graduate and denim designer interview
Collaborations
Design services for brands, film, runway, and editorial.
Fashion design
Menswear, womenswear, denim specialisation, collection development, CADs, technical packs, and product direction.
Creative direction
Concept development, mood boards, runway storytelling, editorial art direction, and visual identity for fashion campaigns.
Costume and screen
Costume design for film, television, advertising, and branded moving-image work with narrative precision.
Contact
For commissions, press, styling, and collaborations.
Tanvir is available for selected fashion design, creative direction, costume, runway, and brand collaboration opportunities.