Wokingham designer to feature at London pop-up
A WOKINGHAM fashion brand is set to feature at a pop-up in a department store in London.
Yuniku London, located on Nine Mile Ride in Finchampstead, will display a limited edition collection at John Lewis in Oxford Street later this month.
The brand was created by designer Aparna Jain who said: “This is a really exciting opportunity to do a pop-up in such a well known department store in London.
“When we started the brand we couldn’t have imagined achieving something like this.
“Bring friends and family along and say hello, we’d be delighted to see you.”
Ms Jain founded Yuniku London two years ago in a bid to help people in need. Her family lives in India, and said a lot of people lost their jobs when lockdown restrictions were brought in.
“My mum was helping people by distributing food and clothes, but that’s not sustainable,” Ms Jain explained. “So, me and my sister wanted to come up with an idea to help people in the long term.”
Combining her past experience in style consultancy and fashion production, the Wokingham designer was inspired to create her ethical and sustainable brand to create jobs for people in India.
“Seamstresses were left without any jobs and they were struggling to feed their families, but now they have an opportunity to sew the clothes which me and my sister design,” Ms Jain added.
“We just wanted to help people, and it’s been so rewarding.”
Yuniku London will be available in the womenswear department of John Lewis, on Oxford Street in London, from Monday, June 20, to Sunday, June 26.