Meadham Kirchhoff
{{Short description|British fashion label}}
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Meadham Kirchhoff was a British fashion label founded in 2006 by Edward Meadham (born in Somerset) and Benjamin Kirchhoff (born in Chad),{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/a-riot-of-colour-meet-the-duo-behind-london-s-coolest-label-meadham-kirchhoff-7820911.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/a-riot-of-colour-meet-the-duo-behind-london-s-coolest-label-meadham-kirchhoff-7820911.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=A riot of colour: Meet the duo behind London's coolest label, Meadham Kirchhoff|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-09-06}} who met when studying for bachelor's degrees at Central Saint Martins in London.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/edward-meadham-benjamin-kirchhoff|title=Edward Meadham & Benjamin Kirchhoff Are Among the 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry in 2013|author=|date=|website=The Business of Fashion|accessdate=5 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://fashionunited.uk/news/fashion/meadham-kirchhoff-is-dead-a/2015091417658|title="Meadham Kirchhoff is dead"|first=Vivian|last=Hendriksz|date=2015-09-14|website=FashionUnited|accessdate=5 April 2018}}
History
Upon graduation in 2002, Meadham and Kirchhoff joined forces to start a menswear label Benjamin Kirchhoff, which was selected for the first Fashion East MAN show in 2005. A year later, they relaunched to include womenswear under the label Meadham Kirchhoff.{{Cite web|url=http://showstudio.com/contributor/meadham_kirchhoff|title=Meadham Kirchhoff|website=SHOWstudio|access-date=2018-09-06}}
In February 2006 they were awarded NEWGEN sponsorship from the British Fashion Council{{Cite news|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/27107/1/an-ode-to-meadham-kirchhoff|title=This shoot captures Meadham Kirchhoff's lost archive|last=Dazed|date=2015-10-23|work=Dazed|access-date=2018-09-06}} and showed at London Fashion Week as part of Fashion East.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
In 2010 they were the recipients of the 'Emerging Talent Ready-to-Wear' award at the British Fashion Awards. They were also nominated for the British Fashion Award's inaugural 'New Establishment' award in 2012.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
Meadham Kirchhoff staged their first menswear show in June 2012 as part of the Spring/Summer 2013 shows at London Collections:Men.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
In 2011 they were chosen by the British Fashion Council to be one of three recipients of Fashion Forward sponsorship for their London Fashion Week shows in February and September 2011.{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/fashion-forward-winners-announced|title=Lucky Three|last=Alexander|first=Ella|work=British Vogue|access-date=2018-09-06}}
Meadham Kirchhoff collaborated with Topshop on a number of capsules collections Their A/W2013 range for Topshop consisted of 89 pieces and was at the time the largest collaborative collection that topshop had produced.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2013/nov/19/meadham-kirchhoff-collection-topshop-in-pictures|title=Meadham Kirchhoff collection for Topshop – in pictures|last=Cochrane|first=Lauren|date=2013-11-19|work=The Guardian|access-date=2018-09-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG10459708/Meadham-Kirchhoff-unveil-89-piece-Topshop-collaboration.html|title=Meadham Kirchhoff unveil 89-piece Topshop collaboration|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=2018-09-06}}
In December 2013, they showed as part of the V&A museum's Fashion in Motion series.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/f/fashion-in-motion-meadham-kirchhoff/|title=Fashion in Motion: Meadham Kirchhoff|publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum|access-date=2018-09-06}}
in 2014 they were shortlisted as semifinalists in the LVMH Prize.{{Cite news|url=https://fashionista.com/2014/02/lvmh-releases-the-shortlist-of-finalists-for-its-first-young-designer-prize|title=LVMH Releases the Shortlist of Semifinalists for Its First Young Designer Prize|website=Fashionista|access-date=2018-09-06}}
Their final collection was Spring/Summer 2015, shown during London Fashion Week in September 2014. The brand closed in September 2015 in a "quagmire of debt".{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/meadham-kirchhoff-closure-edward-meadham-interview|title=Meadham Confirms Closure|first=Scarlett|last=Conlon|work=British Vogue|date=2015-09-11|accessdate=5 April 2018}}