London Olympic Games Clothing News: British Fashion Designers Help Olympic Opening Ceremony

Grand opening ceremony of London Olympic Games

Three designers, Christopher Shannon, Michael Van Der Ham and Nasir Mazhar, who are not far away from the Olympic venues in Eastern London, have designed 350 of the 1200 dancers on that night.

This group of actors represented the British music achievements from the end of twentieth Century to twenty-first Century.

The costumes they wear reflect the influence of British creativity on the culture of the younger generation.

Suttirat Larlab, creative director of the opening ceremony, said: "London's clothing design is well known all over the world.

We specially sought out several young designers in the east end of London for the opening ceremony. Their works are full of innovative frontier ideas.

It is very exciting to cooperate with these young artists. They are devoted to this work wholeheartedly.

The opening ceremony is an excellent platform to show the best creativity in Britain. We are glad to see that clothing is a very important part of it.

Designer Jonathan Saunders designed the performance costume for Emilie Santi, who sang "Abide with Me" at the opening ceremony. The designer Richard James made clothes for the Olympic flag bearer Haile Gebrselassie.

James said: "the center of the opening ceremony is a very encouraging thing to have a very good custom made out of Saville street.

I am delighted to be invited to participate in the design.

The designer of the Palmer/Harding brand, known as white shirt, Levi Palmer and Matthew Harding, designed the rest of the flag bearers.