the references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation footnoting or external linking . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message arckiv type private company industry fashion founded 1997 headquarters london united kingdom key people fraser laing founder & creative director products clothing accessories website arckiv.net arckiv russian archive is a london based fashion house that specialises in menswear fashion inspired by military and workwear . the company was founded in the late 1990s by fraser laing . 1 originally specialising in eyewear arckiv eventually became a menswear label in 2010 after its eyewear division became a separate company . history edit main article general eyewear arckiv began as an eyewear specialist in the late 1990s producing its own original designs but being notable for its extensive library of museum grade antique prototype and vintage frames quickly becoming a renowned specialist in eyewear . 2 the company eventually moved into the design of clothing and accessories . 3 after splitting in 2010 to form two distinct companies arckiv became solely focused on menswear while general eyewear became a stand alone company and brand formed from the continuation of the original eyewear division . 4 when i first started doing it i looked at a lot of magazines to work out what menswear is and how it works . i realised that suits are something i m not interested in . the things i m interested in are at the edge of society military and workwear . fraser laing 3 arckiv as a label took much of its inspiration from military uniforms and labourer workwear and its collections were categorised into three separate lines entitled nomadic military ceremonial dress wear and protective labourer and workwear . 3 the arckiv fashion house presents only autumn winter collections rather than the more archetypical two collections a year which include spring summer . arckiv presents its yearly collection on menswear day during london fashion week september and follows it in february with a curated exhibition of the brand in place of a spring summer collection . 5 since its first runway collection in 2010 arckiv has been featured in numerous magazines including dazed & confused arena homme and love magazine and has featured in a number of their fashion editorials . references edit untitled innovative initiative by asos . timeout the best accessory shops in london . a b c arckiv to launch menswear label . cite error invalid ref tag ; name fraser laing explains his focus on military and workware fashion defined multiple times with different content see the help page . cite error invalid ref tag ; name fraser laing explains his focus on military and workware fashion defined multiple times with different content see the help page . thisheartsonfire arckiv . dazeddigital menswear curation label . external links edit arckiv.net arckiv facebook page arckiv tumblr page interview with fraser laing in 2010 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title arckiv & oldid 723233258 categories shops in londoncompanies established in 1997british brandsclothing brands of the united kingdomclothing companies based in londonclothing brands2010s fashionhidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference namesuse dmy dates from january 2012wikipedia references cleanup from may 2016all articles needing references cleanuparticles covered by wikiproject wikify from may 2016all articles covered by wikiproject wikifyarticles containing russian language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 june 2016 at 20 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view