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!
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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.
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.
De Montfort University opened up there dmu2019mashup show with part one. The show consisted of sixteen looks from fifteen designers, featuring everything from back to front blazers to delicate satin dresses made from durable plastic.
Pepper Your Talk’s Dior Bediako hosted the Career Paths in Fashion talk at the Gap Inc. GFW Live! Talk Space, with the panelists, Chloé Watts, Founder of ChloéDigital and Katy Lubin, the Vice President of Communications at Lyst.
Northampton University sent out a series of collections that shouted about inclusivity and sustainability: positive messages that look towards a brighter future for the fashion industry.
Up in the Clark’s Catwalk Hall, Arts University Bournemouth put on a show that kept the audience on their toes, with each collection coming out to overwhelming cheers and applause.
Specsavers’ head designer, Stig Hansen spoke about his role, the art of designing glasses, and last year’s winners of Specsavers Design Competition.
Former fashion editor and co-editor of i-D magazine, Professor Caryn Franklin MBE inspired all in her GFW Live! talk this morning.
Trustee, Adrien Yakimov Roberts, explored the importance of accessories with: YKK fashion director, Kei Kegami, conceptual fashion designer, Jo Cope, footwear designer, Chau Har Lee and artist, Eeiko Moorer. They discussed the world of accessories and the need for more accessory designers in the fashion industry.
On the third day of GFW19, the students from Norwich University sent their eccentric collections down the catwalk.
In the Gap Inc. GFW Live! Talk Space, Ralph Lauren’s Senior Director of Creative Talent, Kim Giangiuli, gave some useful tips on how to get your career started, accompanied by Rob Armour, Creative Presentation Director, and Barry Jordan, the VP of mens design.