Daniel Fletcher became Next In Fashion’s runner up (Picture: Adam Rose/Netflix)

The moment Queer Eye’s Tan France announced he was working on his own fashion series, Next In Fashion, on Netflix, we all screamed with delight as we waited for our favourite French-tuck connoisseur to give us a mind-blowingly binge-able show.

We all had that it would be some form of Project Runway returning to our screens, but we didn’t know how quickly we’d fall in love with how wholesome the contestants are.

Alongside Alexa Chung, Tan searched far and wide for the fashion world’s designers to showcase their ideas in order to step closer to winning $250,000 that would change their worlds forever, and Daniel Fletcher was one of the lucky 18.



If you haven’t finished NIF, turn away now, because Metro.co.uk had the wonderful opportunity to discuss the ins and outs of the stressful show with the talented runner-up from Chester.


There were many moments from the show that stressed us all out, from the contestants running out of time to create their make-or-break pieces to duos refusing to work together due to creative differences.

What stood out the most was the moment fellow contestant Marco Morante started gushing blood from his face when he got smacked with heavy metal, and Daniel was there to witness the accident.

Marco was rushed to hospital (Picture: Netflix)

‘It was a lot more dramatic when we were there,’ Daniel told Metro.co.uk. ‘Obviously the people I really got along with were Marco and Ashton and we all have a WhatsApp group. So we were all there like, “Oh, is Marco okay?”

‘He had to get eight stitches in his face. We were all there like, “How did it happen?” It was quite dramatic.’

Despite the setbacks, the entire group got along really well (unlike what we’re used to seeing on America’s Next Top Model) so making sure everyone was okay after a hard day was simple.

The designers had to rely on each other as the production company took their phones away at 5am and only returned it to them at 10pm when they were done for the day.

‘We all lived in a hotel together,’ the brand owner added. ‘We were all exhausted and we’d get back to the hotel at 11 o’clock after filming and go have a Negroni in the bar.

Daniel impressed Tan and Alexa in every episode (Picture: Netflix)

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He and Minju had tough competition (Picture: Netflix)

‘The first four days, I was trying to stick to a routine of going to the gym and looking after myself and it started getting intense. So by day five, I was like, “Ashton, can we go to the bar?”’

Daniel has been climbing up the ladder of success since graduating at Central Saint Martins in 2015.

Not only does he have his own menswear brand, Daniel W Fletcher, but the talented designer has also now finished his first season with the iconic Italian label, Fiorucci.

Coming second to Korean designer Minju Kim hadn’t stopped him from getting where he wanted, even if he has yet to style or dress certain celebrities yet.

Daniel explained: ‘When we were filming it, both of us were like “this is an impossible task”, creating something in three days when we usually spend months on it.



‘We both just really wanted each other to do it, to actually get through. By the end of it, we were just really proud of each other for putting those collections out. I was happy with what I did and by what she did.

‘It didn’t even feel like winning or losing, anymore, it was an accomplishment that we got that far. I got to do something I was really proud of and made new best friends.’

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