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At this time in the academic year, weeks can become blurs that look vaguely like the inside of a studio but mostly like development work and final-year-collection stress. Whatever your fashion discipline, sometimes taking a step back and reconnecting with the wider world of fashion, art, textiles and photography, can give the energetic inspirational encouragement that you need to keep working.
It was wonderful to see so many graduates using fashion to take on meaningful topics that are important to them. Some designers were more direct with their social justice statements. Lauren Sian Black from Liverpool John Moores University, sent one of the models down the catwalk carrying a bright yellow sign saying ‘Black Lives Matter’, with one of the tops featuring Eric Garner’s final words ‘I can’t breathe’. Her menswear collection showed a clear stance of support for the international activist movement which campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people.
The Best Of Show happens every year on the last day of Graduate Fashion Week, where the best collections from the whole week, across both UK and International universities, gather on one stage. Top industry and media members and professionals fight for the show’s tickets as it truly condenses GFW’s vast talents into its most concentrated, elite few.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th April, we were involved in the Task PR press day! We saw a lot of you there, and there were lots of media and industry registering to attend GFW17, so if you haven't got your tickets yet, there's no time like the present.
There were plenty of great sketchbooks on show, as well as some imagery from our photoshoot. It's events like this that get us really excited to see what our member universities will be sending down the catwalk in Truman Brewery this June!
Check out our preview images below, they're the best source of inspiration. To keep up with what Graduate Fashion Week are up to, make sure to follow us on instagram.
“An unrivalled platform for the promotion of new talent, Graduate Fashion Week bridges the gap between graduation and employment and is responsible for launching the careers of some of the most successful designers of our time including Christopher Bailey MBE, who was the winner of the first ever Graduate Fashion Week Gold Award, Stella McCartney, Giles Deacon, Matthew Williamson and Julien Macdonald.”
Last week, we held the Graduate Fashion Week annual photoshoot, featuring clothes designed by students from all over the country. We had pieces from Edinburgh College of Arts, Ravensbourne, Birmingham City University and plenty more!
We spoke with influencers, models and the creative teams to bring you the behind the scenes actions everyone wants to see! Look out for interviews with Joel, Nancy, Charley Van Purpz, Karlmond Tang and more coming up very soon.
If you were following our instagram stories (@OfficialGFW) or snapchat (@OfficialGFW) then you would've seen that we bought on board a selection of faces from the digital sphere to style the students designs.
In advance of Graduate Fashion Week 2017 and the Tu Scholarship Award, GFW are pleased to announce that Tu at Sainsbury’s have teamed up with fashion designer and ambassador Holly Fulton to produce a limited-edition tote shopper to support the charity. Launching in stores and online on 19th March, the special edition tote is adorned with a modern geometric design in navy and coral, taking inspiration from Holly’s love of British Folk Art.
“We wanted to select a design that reflected both our design identity and also encapsulated the spirit of dynamism, innovation and energy that the partnership between GFW and Sainsbury’s represents. Drawing on my love of British folk art, we wanted to create a strong geometric motif that would give the bag a powerful focus geared towards Summer and evocative of the barge paintings found in traditional canal boats across Britain. Hand drawn and using colours from our signature palette, the result is intended to be used every day to bring a sense of contemporary, individual fun to consumers.”
Holly Fulton, Designer and Graduate Fashion Week Ambassador
“Holly is a wonderful designer, who has shown at LFW for many years and is admired by many for her amazing prints and design work, so it is an absolute delight that she has agreed to design a bag for the charity. Holly is one of our ambassadors who works closely with our graduates and so we are thrilled that she has agreed to support us in this way."
Martyn Roberts, Managing Director of Graduate Fashion Week
The bag is available in 398 stores now!
