Matty Bovan from Yorkshire makes his fashion debut in Milan with the support of D&G

It was in Milan via Yorkshire on the last weekend of his fashion week that young British designer Matty Bovan presented his collection to the Italian program for the first time - thanks to the financial support of major labels Dolce & Gabbana.

Design duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana contacted the York-based designer after seeing his work on Instagram, offering him the use of their design team, access to their archives and financial support to stage his Spring/Summer 2023 show in Italy.

Bovan has reissued Dolce & Gabbana signatures, such as the corset and distressed denim, and turned them on their head with her trademark prismatic knits and hand-painted fabrics in her largest collection to date.

With most of the collection made in Yorkshire by local craftsmen, sequins recycled from Sustainable Sequin Company based in Manchester, and mirrored conical hats made by legendary hatter Stephen Jones driven from London to Italy, it was a show that took the best of Britons abroad.

"It's a natural way for me to work," Bovan said before the show. "I like to give clothes energy and soul. They can't be dead [or ] factory-made. They must have life."

But it was also about financial incentives. With the simplest of challenges With fashion lengths starting around the £20,000 mark, it's no secret that smaller brands like Bovan need financial help to pull off something of this scale.