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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.
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.
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.
