We are proud to announce that Swarovski will be this year's main sponsor for the renowned International Catwalk Show Competition; returning for its fifth year. The Swarovski International Catwalk Show Competition invites the world’s leading fashion institutes to enter their top graduate collection; GFW showcases the best and most innovative students they have to offer under one platform. From The New School Parsons in New York, Donghua University China, Bunka in Japan, Accademia Costume & Moda Rome and numerous other European institutes, it is set to be the largest show yet in the history of the worldwide competition.
We are delighted to confirm the judging panel for the highly regarded Gold Award, Fabio Piras, Sarah Harris and Carlos Nazario. First won by Burberry’s Creative Director Christopher Bailey 26 years ago, its recipients have gone on to be some of the most successful British designers of our time.
Make sure you don't miss any of our exciting talks, taking place in the GFW Talk Live Space. We have 27 talks taking place during Graduate Fashion Week 2017 providing the the opportunity to listen to fantastic names in the industry, from John Rocha to Henry Holland.
A few weeks ago we held our Graduate Fashion Week photo shoot where we got to see eight of our graduates’ designs come to life with models and influencers wearing them. Given that many of our alumni go on to be some of the biggest names in fashion, we thought they deserved no one less than the renowned photographer Damian Foxe to shoot their designs.
We are happy to announce The Dame Vivienne Westwood Sustainable and Ethical Award sponsored by Lenzing Group, supported by The Sustainable Angle and Ethical Fashion Forum.
To win this prestigious award, the judges will be looking out for a design that is sustainable, ethically aware and socially responsible with a lower environmental impact that embodies and communicates sustainable and ethical practices.
We're really excited to announce that Angela Missoni, creative director of Italian design house Missoni, will be joining the judging panel for the prestigious Gold Award! The award will be presented during the finale of Graduate Fashion Week 2017.
We are proud to announce EveryCloud as one of our sponsors for Graduate Fashion Week 2017. EveryCloud are the cloud confidence consultants providing independent and impartial cloud security consultancy and implementation services.
Lipsy is well known for dressing fun-loving girls for every occasion from red carpet dresses to everyday tees. First established in 1988, Lipsy has grown in recognition and now stocks over 200 brands as well as Lipsy’s own label. With a number celebrities spotted wearing Lipsy and collaborating to launch their own ranges it is recognised both in the UK and internationally.
We are proud to have Boux Avenue supporting us once again at Graduate Fashion Week. Launched in April 2011, the London-based brand prides itself in being the destination for beautiful lingerie, nightwear and swimwear that is accessible to every woman. They offer an expert bra fitting service and high quality lingerie, swimwear and nightwear at affordable prices. This is our second year being involved with Boux Avenue and we are delighted to announce that they will once again be sponsoring the Lingerie and Swimwear Award at this year’s Graduate Fashion Week – two categories that they certain know a lot about!
The Little Black Dress Celebrity Gown Competition was judged on Wednesday 10th May. The panel of judges included Britain's Got Talent Judge Alesha Dixon, Little Black Dress's Mark Evans and esteemed journalist Hilary Alexander OBE. Four contestants were assessed on whether they could capture Alesha’s personal sense of style with their dress designs.
As #GFW17 draws near we are pleased to announce that our Digital Marketing Partner SmartFocus will be providing us with the digital platform to help showcase Graduate Fashion Week. They have also generously sponsored our Catwalk Hall that will host up to 800 people! Their support has proved invaluable in helping us to engage with the best of graduate design talent from around the world.
You may follow Karlmond Tang already. If you don’t then you probably should, because his interesting and unique perspective on fashion, is one of the most genuine that you’ll come across in the digital age of pretending. During our photo shoot, our digital editor grabbed a few words with Karlmond to bring you some thoughts from the artist and writer. Here he offers advice on how to strike a balance between social media and self expression, and offers a refreshing perspective that seeps knowledge without any pretension. Oh, and why you should never tell someone that what they’ve done is wrong.
Nancy Dreaming is the fashion and beauty blogger with a penchant for pink and colouring her hair. We caught up with her behind the scenes of our photoshoot to chat about sewing without formal training, using vegan beauty products and why tattoos don't have to mean anything at all to look pretty.
Graduate Fashion Week is proud to announce its partnership with Tu at Sainsbury’s for the second year running. Following the success of last year, the 2017 partnership will see both a womenswear and menswear graduate receive a scholarship within the Tu design team. What’s more, the lucky graduates will embark on a year-long mentorship with acclaimed British designers Henry Holland and Oliver Spencer as they create a Graduate Fashion Week collection for Tu’s SS18 range.
We're pleased to announce that The Little Black Dress Celebrity Gown Competition is being judged on Wednesday 10th May!
The panel of judges are the lovely Alesha Dixon, television presenter Mark Evans and esteemed journalist Hilary Alexander OBE. They will be deciding whose designs will become the dress that Alesha will wear.
To provide students with a cool place to stay over Graduate Fashion Week, our official preferred hotel sponsor is the creative Green Rooms, the North London based arts hotel.
We spoke with Nick Hartwright, the founder of Green Rooms and Mandy Tutt, the director, to find out how the idea for the hostel came about, what it's like trying to find unique furniture, and the rewards of watching a young artist flourish.
We're proud to announce that the renowned International Catwalk Show Competition returns for the fifth year running on Wednesday 7th June at 12noon. Last year, Amesh Wijesekera from the Academy Of Design, Sri Lanka, won the chance to put his work on display during London Fashion Week, with Fashion Scout.
After Graduate Fashion Week, our alumni go on to some amazing companies, and so we've been chatting with them to find out how to make the most out of GFW17, how to enter a seemingly intimidating industry and why you should never stop learning.
We spoke with Rachael Eustace, now a menswear designer at H&M in Stockholm, who showed her graduate collection in 2015.
This year is shaping up to be really exciting for awards and competitions. We're pleased to announce the CanO Water Design Competition! CanO Water are an innovative company that package water in resealable cans, as opposed to plastic bottles.
"We wanted to create a simple yet effective alternative to single use plastic water bottles, with the aim to put an end to the global impact caused by the plastic ending up in our beautiful oceans and landfills.
GAP Inc a huge employer of young people in the fashion industry, are going to be sponsoring Graduate Fashion Week! The reason that GFW exists, is to ease the transition between university life and graduation, and the working world. It is with the support of sponsors such as GAP Inc, that we're able to launch the next generation of talent into the industry.
