Just like that, the first day of Graduate Fashion Week 2021 has ended. The sun came out for us and so did some incredible speakers, graduates and guests. We can’t wait for the 30th anniversary celebrations to continue! Check out our day one highlights below!
The GFW Live! Talks kicked off with YOOX Net-A-Porter and the Prince’s Foundation. Project Manager at YOOX Net-A-Porter Group Rosie Gaunt, Education Director at The Prince’s Foundation Jacqueline Farrell and Modern Artisan alumni Nicole Christie, presented the second edition of Modern Artisan.
Photography by Mathushaa Sagthidas
Today our LFW campaign film went live and we welcomed the Class of 2021! Special thanks to Duck Productions for creating the film and Rory James for shooting the lookbook. Our LFW Digital Profile includes 37 graduate looks from 10 of GFF’s UK Member Universities, shot on location at the home of Graduate Fashion Week 2021, Coal Drops Yard! Thank you to the Solent University Professional Team of makeup artists, hair stylist Aytac Ozbay at Neville from L'Oréal Professionnel and choreographer Cavan Murphy.
Photography by Rory James
This afternoon SEO Business Director Tasha Antwi, Founder of Life of a Marketing Girl Olivia Gold and Senior Marketing Manager for Marks and Spencer Jess Roberts, joined us in the Samsung KX space. They discussed everything and anything marketing, as well as predicting the future of the marketing industry!
For GFW21 each university has submitted a graduate film! Today we’ve shared Istituto Marangoni Florence, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and Arts University Bournemouth’s work. The bar has been set very high, take a look for yourself…
Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
See you tomorrow for GFW21 Day 2!