Meet the two streetwear designers from Manchester competing for 'life-changing' prize in BBC Three's The Drop

BBC Three’s latest show The Drop is best described as the cross between The Great British Sewing Bee and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. It's something that we never really knew we needed until right now, but we'll take it.

Filmed in Manchester's Northern Quarter, the show follows nine entrepreneurial streetwear designers aiming to make it big in the fashion world and win a ‘life-changing’ prize. The winning creative will bag themselves a contract with retailer Flannels to exclusively buy and stock their next collection.

With high prizes at stake, it’s something that everyone is taking seriously. Hosted by Clara Amfo, the show features Grammy Award-winning singer Miguel, alongside clothing designer and skateboarder Blondey McCoy and fashion designer Marc Jacques Burton.

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Each of the nine contestants come from various parts of the UK and all have a different emphasis on what they want to create. There’s London’s Saaba who likes to pay homage to his African roots, Sophie from Leeds who creates unisex ‘festival ready’ outfits, and Essex's own Missy who takes inspiration from the 90s R&B scene.

Of course, with it being a show filmed in Manchester, it wouldn’t be right if the Northern Powerhouse didn’t get its own representation either. Greater Manchester is repped by the ‘dysfunctional’ Luke and Bolton lad Sam.

Luke Marshall, 28, has his own streetwear brand called Dysfunctional, which creates ‘disability friendly but stylish threads’. “It has that name because I've had a very dysfunctional life,” he admits.

“The brand was made after I lost my leg in 2012. I stopped to help a girl who had gotten into a road traffic