London - With the start of 2017 just a day away, FashionUnited takes time to reflect back on the year past. In this ‘Best Of’ 2016 review, we roundup our top 6 innovative and original series below to share with you. Inside the Big, Fat Wedding Industry Wedding are big business - the global wedding industry is estimated to be worth over 300...
Dec 30, 2016
Sustainable fashion was at the forefront of this year’s Graduate Fashion Week with numerous graduates producing stunning and innovative collections, with Fiona Cartmel from Edinburgh College of Art leading the pack with her collection featuring waste fabrics from hundreds of companies. Cartmel was awarded the Vivienne Westwood Ethical Award for...
Aug 18, 2016
Graduate Fashion Week may represent 40 of the UK’s leading fashion universities, it doesn’t, however, feature a catwalk show for each, and with the case of the University of South Wales they use their exhibition stand to showcase their promising graduates. One such graduate who stood out to FashionUnited was menswear designer Steffan Pearson...
Aug 12, 2016
INTERVIEW Graduate Fashion Week showcases the very best fashion students from the most influential and inspiring universities around the world, and it has become known as a platform for the promotion of new talent to watch, one of which was Jessica Bachmann from the Manchester School of Art. Bachmann’s attention to detail, use of texture and her...
Aug 4, 2016
The Edinburgh College of Art always has a strong line-up showing at Graduate Fashion Week, with this year being particularly strong especially in menswear, with Jonathan Preston’s vibrant and playful menswear collection standing out during the gala show. FashionUnited sat down with Preston, who won the Topman Graduate Talent award, regarding the...
Jul 29, 2016
Graduate Fashion Week this year celebrated its 25th anniversary, the standard of fashion was strong, as each graduate looks to following in the footsteps of designers including Christopher Bailey, Antonio Berardi, Stella McCartney, Giles Deacon, Julien MacDonald, Christopher Raeburn and Sophie Hulme. This week’s graduate to watch is the talented...
Jul 20, 2016
Euro 2016 might have just ended, but the next fashion designer in our Graduate to Watch series, James Geraghty was inspired by football supporters’ devotion to their teams with his statement football-themed collection. Centring around the theme of obsession, Geraghty’s striking menswear collection was a highlight during Graduate Fashion Week,...
Jul 12, 2016
Graduate Fashion Week showcases the work of more than 1,000 of the very best students across fashion and Nottingham Trent University always brings a strong selection of textile-heavy collections, and this year’s standout designer had to be Chloe Jackson. Her playful and colourful collection inspired by her experience at Camp Fernwood in America,...
Jul 7, 2016