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For a journalist, the process of interviewing a subject one of the most exciting and fascinating aspects of the job. A true skill, your interviewing style comes with lots of practice, but a few wise words from seasoned fashion journalists never hurt. Fashion journalist Andrew Tucker shares his top tips to master one of the most exciting, and sometimes intimidating, parts of a reporters job: interviewing.
From his bold relocation to Italy and working with MaxMara group as a recent graduate, to moving to New York to produce and design knitwear for Belstaff, Rory has taken each opportunity presented to him and forged his own path. We caught up with the industry pioneer and Graduate Fashion Week alumni to learn more about the conception of his brand MRC Knitwear , how his university taught him the technicalities of knitwear and what it’s like to design internationally.
With a life goal of eating pizza in every country, Turkish Cypriot blogger Teral Atilan, is the lifestyle blogger that approaches fashion and travel, often together. Noting her blog as a way to feel more confident, meet people and showcase her love of clothing and styling, her once university application blog has expanded rapidly.
Marques Emmanuel, self described fashion superhero & creative astronaut, recently wore the clothes of this years graduating class atop the roof of The Truman Brewery.
We're proud to work with pioneers, those at the forefront of movements fighting for positive fashion. One of these movers and shakers, is Danielle Vanier. The 2016 InStyle Curve Influencer of the Year started to blog to ensure that people of all shapes and sizes were being represented fairly within the fashion industry, showing that fashion is about feeling good about who you are, whoever that is.
We caught up with the socially conscious designer as he judged the FatFace Graphic T-Shirt Competition, to hear more about how he incorporates environmental responsibility into his work, what he'll be looking for at GFW18 this June, and what appealed to him about the winning design!
Holly Fulton, Graduate Fashion Week Ambassador and notable British designer, recently sat down with Annabel Waterhouse-Biggins, Digital Editor at GFW, to discuss what makes a memorable collection, and the importance of supporting home grown talent in the current climate.
Playful designer and GFW Global Ambassador Henry Holland, is known for his ironic take pop culture with slogans such as 'Get Your Freak On, Giles Deacon' and 'Cause Me Pain, Heidi Slimane'. We caught up with Henry at the FatFace competition judging, to find out what informed his choice, why he supports emerging graduate talent and why he's concerned that fashion needs to be aware that political movements aren't trends...
Menswear designer, Poppy Russell who graduated from the Arts University in Bournemouth and participated in Graduate Fashion Week 2015 gave us the chance to catch up with her to find out where she is at now and how her design journey is going. Russell reflects on her time at University, her collection and the concept that inspired her.
Harriet Eccleston, recent graduate of Northumbria University, showcased her designs at Graduate Fashion Week 2017. After being shortlisted for the Tu Scholarship award, the talented young designer has been awarded the Young Designer of the Year 2017 Award at the Midlands Fashion Awards! We caught up with Harriet to hear about her future plans, creative outlets and experiences in the industry so far.
For me London and GFW / International is at the heart of creativity and novelty but above all the fusion of the many cultures. It was an enormous honour to be able to show on that catwalk with so many graduates from different institutions.
Exactly the next day after coming back from London, I received a phone call from the human resources of Dolce and Gabbana, that Friday I had an interview with Mr Domenico Dolce himself and the following Wednesday I was already working in the menswear office.
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.
A few weeks ago we held our GFW17 photo shoot, with influencers and models wearing pieces created by this year's graduating classes from across the UK. We spoke with Charley Van Purpz, an influencer and popular man on Instagram, to get his view on the fashion industry in the modern world, how relationships between creatives can get rocky and why he can't wait for the era of loud fashion to come calmly to a close.
