Graduate fashion week 2005!

 

Next week the LFF will once again be on its merry way to Graduate Fashion Week held at Battersea Park London from the 5-8^th June.

    

Below is the timetable:

  

Sunday June 5^th

 

12.00 Surrey

13.00 Bournemouth & Edinburg

15.00 Ravensbounre

18.30 Manchester

19.30 Nottingham Trent

 

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Monday June 6^th

 

12.00 Somerset

13.00 Manchester

15.00 Westminster

16.00 Berkshire & Derby

18.30 Northumbria

19.30 East London

 

Tuesday June 7^th

 

12.00 Middlesex

13.00 Northampton

16.00 Central Lancs

18.30 LCF

19.30 Bristol

 

Wednesday 8^th June

 

12.00 Salisbury & Northbrook

15.00 Audience with River Island

19.00 Gala Show

 

 

 

 

Graduate Fashion Week is now in its 14^th year. GFW is the largest showcase for final year students.  All collections are held under one roof with 39 stands, two fashion theatres and 20 catwalk shows GFW is where it’s at!  Some fashion insiders have even stated that GFW is much more exciting than London Fashion Week!

 

 

 

GFW encapsulates everything; the excitement, the hustle and bustle, as well as the anticipation of who will be the next big thing to be catapulted into the vibrant world of fashion.

 

 

 

 

Over this four day event catwalk shows and the exhibitions will be showcasing the best in British Design talent.  We must not forget that this industry is not all about fashion designers – there will be students who want to go into marketing, illustration work, PR, graphic and textile design so let’s not forget them.

 

 

 

This year a total of 35 universities and colleges will be taking part making it the biggest GFW ever!! The event is so huge now that Retail Sponsor River Island has signed a two year deal as the official sponsors of GFW.  This event attracts representatives from major fashion retailers along with some of the prestigious fashion houses all on the prowl for the next Alexander Mc Queen or Galliano!

 

 

 

The United Kingdom has a well known reputation for producing the ‘very best’ in design talent, that goes without saying!  However not every student wants to be at the level of Stella McCartney and with hundreds of courses covering not just design but also marketing, styling, management, retail, photography and journalism it just goes to show the diversity of working in this industry. Fashioncapital have produced a full listing of fashion courses available to you nationwide, just click on the link below:

 

https://www.fashioncapital.co.uk/content/view/4615/27/

 

This is what the Industry is looking for, it is a reflection on what the courses are offering to students of today making them much more aware that there are other jobs out there apart from design and is a reflection on what the industry wants.

 

                                       

 

GFW sponsor River Island has created the River Island Gold Award – This award is the largest known award to date in British Fashion history.  And the prize, a whopping £20, 000!!! This award is with the intent of equipping them with the right amount of start up capital in order to steer them in the right direction of their carer path.  It doesn’t stop there.  River Island will also offer the winner a chance to design a garment which will be sold throughout River Island stores.

 

                                       

 

The LFF will be covering GFW all next week and will bring you all the latest News and Views from the event.

 

GFW Contact names in blue will be showing on the catwalk.

 

 

Stand number	University	Number graduating	Email address
123	Berkshire School of Arts & Design at Thames Valley University	32	harrisonp@reading-college.ac.uk
127	Bradford College	11	art_des@bradfordcollege.ac.uk
135	Colchester School of Art & Design	20	val.jacobs@colchester.ac.uk
100	Croydon College	25	Maggie.doyle@croydon.ac.uk
126	De Montfort University	142	artanddesign@dmu.ac.uk
115	Edinburg College of Art	21	r.gillan@eca.ac.uk
137	Heriott-Watt University	15	r.l.erwin@hw.ac.uk
136	Kent Institute of Art & Design	91	psundberg@kiad.ac.uk
105	Kingston University	40	e.renfrew@kingston.ac.uk
131	Leeds College of Art & Design	28	fashion@leeds-art.ac.uk
139	Liverpool John Moores University	60	artadmissions@ljmu.ac.uk
107	London College of Fashion	155	pr@fashion.arts.ac.uk
138	Manchester Metropolitan University	30	a.welsh@mmu.ac.uk
101	Middlesex University	30	g.charles@mdx.ac.uk
106	Northbrook College, Sussex	7	s.dell@nbcol.ac.uk
140	Northumbria University – Fashion Design	37	alan3.scott@unn.ac.uk
111	Northumbria University – Marketing & Media	40	Janie.munslow@unn.ac.uk
103	Nottingham Trent School of Art & Design	230	Stacey.peltell@ntu.ac.uk
125	Oxford and Cherwell College	7	rjowsey@occ.ac.uk
117	Ravensbourne College of Design & Communication	60	s.roberts@rave.ac.uk
129	Salisbury College	16	Jennie.hiett@salisbury.ac.uk
114	Somerset College of Arts & Technology	36	Lynn.sharland@somerset.ac.uk
130	Southampton Institute	53	Lisa.white@solent.ac.uk
112	Surrey Institute of Art & Design – BA (Hons) Fashion	50	hrobinson@surrart.ac.uk
112	Surrey Institute of Art & Design – Fashion Journalism	17	dlampitt@surrat.ac.uk
112	Surrey Institute of Art & Design – Fashion Promotion & Illustration	47	jbugg@surrat.ac.uk
133	The Arts Institute at Bournemouth	30	general@aib.ac.uk
132	UCE, Birmingham	18	Jane.sarker@uce.ac.uk
141	University College Northampton	39	Kim.rowney@northhampton.ac.uk
116	University of Brighton	46	cy@brighton.ac.uk
104	University of Central Lancashire	45	jmcassey@uclan.ac.uk
119	University of Derby	30	a.e.muirhead@derby.ac.uk
118	University of East London, AVA	27	n.shah@uel.ac.uk
134	University of Leeds	145	d.backhouse@leeds.ac.uk
110	University of Salford	20	c.ratcliff@salford.ac.uk
120	University of Westminster	32	a.groves@westminster.ac.uk
128	UWE, Bristol	48	adrian.grandon@uwe.ac.uk
108	West Wales Schools of the Arts	16	Jamie.owen@colegsirgar.ac.uk
124	Winchester School of Art, Southampton University	20	jhopkins@soton.ac.uk

 

 

 

Click here to find out further information regarding GFW.

http://www.gfw.org.uk/

 

 

 

Vanessa Camelia