We’re excited to be announcing the top three finalists for the two International GFF 2020 Awards; The International Range Plan Award and the International Digital Portfolio Award. On Friday afternoon GFF Special Projects & Communications Director Nicola Hitchens was joined by our amazing International 2020 Award Panel; Samuel Schler, Creative Talent at GAP INC, Kim Giangiuli Ex Senior Director of Talent Acquisition and Creative Talent at Ralph Lauren and Jane Rapley OBE, Professor Emerita Ex Head of College at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design.
Meet GFF International Talent, Alice Piscedda, a fashion and costume graduate from Accademia Costume e Moda. Alice was inspired by photographs of children growing up in working-class communities of Northern Ireland and England, looking at themes of class divisions, peace and unity. Her collection is called 'Briseadh' (meaning fracture in Irish Gaelic) and it focuses on the relationship between clothes and the artistic process. Read on to learn more about Alice’s work and her plans for the future.
IED Barcelona is one of the Graduate Fashion Foundation’s international member universities for 2020, and is part of a network of IED schools across Italy, Spain and Brazil. IED Barcelona Design School forms part of an international network dating back over 50 years specialising in Design, Fashion, Visual Arts, Communication and Management education. Below, you can meet 10 fashion design graduates who have created their final year projects inspired by a diverse and fearless range of themes: environmentalism, globalisation, religion, death, history and travel.
Get to know Omula Hairdressing And Fashion Professional Training College, one of the Graduate Fashion Foundation’s international member universities for 2020. Based in Fukuoka, Japan, the Omula Hairdressing And Fashion Professional Training College was founded in 1929 as one of the hairdressing salons in Fukuoka. Then it developed as a school, where Fashion Marketing, Flat Pattern Making and Sewing are taught.
We’re pleased to share the work of fashion graduates from Accademia Costume é Moda, one of the Graduate Fashion Foundation’s International universities for 2020. Situated in the heart of Rome, the university focuses on fashion and costume as key pillars of teaching, from which history, theory and research enrich the process of experimentation, craftsmanship, design and product. In the last 50 years, many world-renowned creative directors and designers have graduated from the Accademia, including Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele.
Today, we’re excited to announce the judges for the International Catwalk Show, who will deliberate over the final collections of graduates from countries like Australia, Japan, The Netherlands, Russia, the US and more. The International Fashion Award, sponsored by Gap Inc. will be judged by…
Here at Graduate Fashion Week, we not only have UK based institutions, but many from around the globe! Our International Fashion Award Show this year takes place on Wednesday 6th June in the Truman Brewery, Shoreditch, and features over 50 international universities, from Australia, USA, China, Russia and more.
The international aspect of Graduate Fashion Week, sees tens of international universities send one student to participate in the Swarovski International Catwalk Competition each year. With graduates from around the world, including Japan, USA and India, the show is an amalgamation of cultures, presenting the brightest in creative international talent.
Graduate Fashion Week is going global, are we're thrilled to announce that thirteen of our graduates will be showcasing their inspiring collections in Dubai for Fashion Forward 2017.
