Ravensbourne Show at GFW!

Today's the day! Finally it was Ravensbourne's show at GFW! I headed down to Earls Court with my class to have a nosy at the stalls and work by Graduates from various universities.

As a student of Ravensbourne myself, I found it really exciting and inspiring to see what our students have produced to represent our university. The catwalk show was amazing, and the collections were so varied, Ravensbourne have some very talented graduates! The show featured some quirky looks including crazy  hamburger prints,caged headwear,and a wacky  plastic puffa jacket with My Little Pony's trapped beneath the pleats!

The collections were innovative and I could spend all day writing about the different themes and looks but I'll give you a few of my favourites from the show.

Leanne Warren

One of my favourite collections was Leanne Warren's, which stormed the runway with lots of pink hues,metallics and cute repetitive prints. Her collection touched on a religious theme with crosses in her print, halo crowns and bindis,her song choice also played on the holy theme. She completed the looks with shimmery jelly sandals!

Luke Harris

Luke Harris' gothic menswear was a strong collection, black floaty garments including a long skirt and a jumpsuit ,accented with silver chains and buckles and topped off with silver caged headpieces.

Bex Elley

I also loved Bex Elley's collection,structured womenswear featuring sharp leather dresses with cut out details,slits and studs. The look was sharp and sophisticated with lots of texture.

Chen Yu Wang

Chen Yu Wang showed a playful collection, with cutesy floral prints,fairytale colours,pom pons and chunky pastel knit, the whimsical theme was carried on through the choice of music which had a 90's  cartoon game sound.

Jane Swansbury

..And finally Jane Swansbury, her striking designs included garish hawaiian print shirts, metallic accents,bright colours and tropical prints. Not forgetting her offbeat shirt with David Attenborough's face emblazoned across.

As well as Rave putting on an outstanding catwalk show, two of our Fashion Promotion students won awards, Rebecca Chambers won the New Media Award and Sophie Christiansen won the award for Per Aquum Marketing. A very proud day for Rave!!

GFW#5

Its's now just days away, 3 in fact until Ravensbourne show at GFW! Our show is on Monday at 3:30, so I will be heading down to Earls Court to watch the show, I can't wait to see what Ravensbourne has produced this year as I know it will be amazing! According to Hilary Alexander, Ravensbourne's show was the first to sell out of tickets! Graduate Fashion Week runs from Sundau 2-Wednesday 5, so hurry down to check it out. Although tickets may have sold out you can still go along to the exhibition where Uni's have there own customised stalls to show off all their brilliant garments,sketch books and  promotion work they have produced over the year. It's really inspiring and I find it really interesting to wander around and take a look at the graduates work as it never fails to amaze! So don't forget to pop down and check out all of the hard work from our Ravensbourne graduates!

GFW #2

GFW is getting nearer and nearer and its set to be a very exciting affair. Claudia Schiffer will be joining the judging panel this year and there will be a new award sponsored by the BFC. The new award will be presented by the BFC chairman Harold Tillman and will be presented to the graduate who has shown the highest result in the field of creative cutting, at the GFW gala show. The Gala day has been changed slightly this year, there will be a Best Of Graduate Fashion Week show, followed by a shorter Gala Awards show which will display work of the nominees and winners of the George Gold Award,Women's,Men's,Knitwear,Textiles and International awards. They are hoping the new format will ensure everyone gets a chance to see how creative the students work is, and it will be a more exciting and intimate experience for people.

GFW!

Graduate Fashion Week is approaching, a very exciting time for fashion graduates where they can showcase their work to the public and the industry. Its also an exciting time to see the future of fashion.

Graduate Fashion Week is fast approaching, the worlds leading event for fashion graduates and a time for then to showcase their work to the public and the industry. Graduate Fashion week will take place at Earls Court  from June 2nd-June 5th and will show the work of over 1,000 graduates from some of the most influential universities. The event will feature 22 catwalk shows, and exhibition of work and an award show. In the past GFW has launched the careers of some very successful designers including Giles Deacon, Stella McCartney and Mathew Williamson. It's a very exciting event, and you never know you could be catching a glimpse of the next best thing in fashion!

This year sees fashion journalist Colin McDowell become a trustee for GFW. McDowell,has been a long time supporter of fashion industry education and has said he is very pleased to become a trustee at GFW. Chairman Rob Templeman, has said "With Colin and other trustees' guidance, Graduate Fashion Week will continue to grow and be bigger and better than ever before."