In the news this week, Glamour reviews GFW19 sustainable collections, British government rejects a new plan to tackle the environmental impact of fast fashion, while Underpinned urges the importance of mental health in freelance work.
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Did you check out the Considered Design Hub Powered by Farfetch during GFW19? The space hosted three days of workshops, discussions and screenings hosted by an impressive list of guests. Sustainability within the fashion industry was the topic of interest, with different perspectives shining a light on the future of fashion. Check out our highlights from the Considered Design Hub, powered by Farfetch below!
In the news this week, Hypebeast wonders why we don’t create more inclusive fashion, i-D examines what is means to be a designer in 2019, while Girlboss has your back on writing a killer LinkedIn summary.
The People’s Choice Award sponsored by Shein, allows the public to have their say on their favourite designer from the final top 28 collections from across the event.
Congratulations to Ivy Lam from Savannah College of Art and Design Hong Kong, who was announced as the winner of the Gap Inc. International Fashion Show Award at the Best of GFW show on Wednesday!
Straight off the back of winning three awards — the Christopher Bailey Collection of the Year Award, the Considered Design Award and the Hilary Alexander Trailblazer award — at the Graduate Fashion Week 2019 Gala, we caught up with Edinburgh College of Art graduate Brian Mc Lysaght! Brian tells us about his final collection, inspirations, the time it took to create his show stopping wooden garments, and his plans for the future.
As Graduate Fashion Week 2019 comes to an end, the winners of this year’s Gala Catwalk Awards were announced, celebrating the ‘Talent of Tomorrow’ with graduate stars such as award winners Brian Mc Lysaght, Alexandra Fan and Hannah Stote.
We caught all the exhibition award winners as they came off stage at the Best of GFW19 Show! Hear from some of the winners and judges of awards like the Fashion Marketing, Fashion Publication and Fashion Design Portfolio award and more!
Today Cody Eastmond and Francesca Shuch, from the PR company, The Communication Store, held a GFW Live! panel, where they discussed the other side of fashion communication.
UCA Epsom took to the Clark’s Catwalk Hall, to share the university’s sustainable, 1970s inspired, powerful pieces.
Every year, GFW hosts 40 universities from around the world for the International Fashion Award Show. With designers from Japan to Uruguay and everywhere in between, the Clark’s Catwalk Hall hosted some spectacular looks.
Sophie Colombo, who worked closely with Givenchy’s Founder, Hubert de Givenchy before he passed in March 2018, is the brand’s heritage coordinator. Today at the GFW19 Talk Space she tells us about the heritage project, which involved analysing 42,000 lookbook pictures, dating back to the 1950s.
On the final day of GFW19, we headed around the exhibition space to seek our this year’s biggest trends.
On this evening’s panel we had Gap Inc.’s, Simon O’Mahony, John Caruso and Jane Ebara. They were joined by Jasmine and Issy, two recent interns who discussed their experiences with Gap Inc.
The Clark’s Catwalk Hall showcased UCA Rochester’s design students, boasting an audience full of familiar faces, whilst the designs were colourful, cultural and a force to be reckoned with.
Fashion Designer, Henry Holland, who founded his own fashion house, House of Holland in 2008 talks to the younger generations at GFW about starting a career in fashion.
Caryn Franklin joined artist, Alex Box, influencer, Rachael Sealy, Fashion Journalist, Bel Jacobs and Stylist, Kyle De Volle in the GFW Live! Talk Space. They discussed how to face the fashion industry with a bold face, and how to cope with being an outsider.
With the stands full to the brim, it was time for Brighton University’s Fashion Design students to showcase their work.
Martyn Roberts, Managing Director of GFW, took to the Gap Inc. GFW Live! Talk Space to speak with 2018 TU Scholarship Award Winner, Molly Hopwood and her mentor, LFW Menswear Designer, Oliver Spencer, to catch up on what she’s done since winning the Tu Scholarship last year.
Joining us today in the GFW Live! Space was Helen Banks who, after starting her university studies at the age of 25, began her career in food marketing. Now she works in fashion as a European Marketing Account Manager at Asics. How did she do it? Find our more.