Graduate Fashion Week (GFW) has been showcasing BA degree design talent for more than 30 years and kickstarting the careers of many successful designers, including Christopher Bailey, the winner of the first-ever Gold Award, Stella McCartney, Giles Deacon, Matthew Williamson and Julien MacDonald. At this year’s GFW, Sarah Ajayi from Manchester...
Jun 25, 2025
This week the 34th edition of Graduate Fashion Week, the world’s largest showcase of BA degree talent, took place in London, celebrating the work of more than 3,500 of the very best fashion graduates. One of those graduates honoured at the annual showcase was Kitty Carr-Lake, a graduate from the BA Fashion Design Innovation course at the...
Jun 19, 2025
Britain’s online department store Debenhams was this year’s headline sponsor for Graduate Fashion Week (GFW), the annual event showcasing graduate talent from the UK and international schools. The retailer has a long-standing history with the Graduate Fashion Foundation, the charitable organisation behind the world’s largest showcase of BA...
Graduate Fashion Week 2025 drew to a close on June 16 at The Truman Brewery in London with a celebration of the best graduate talent with a curated catwalk showcase featuring this year’s award-winning designers, including Manchester Metropolitan University’s Sarah Ajayi, who scooped the coveted Gold Award. Ajayi was presented with the Best of...
Jun 18, 2025
The Rhode Island School of Design's Apparel Design senior class presented their designs in the Collection 2025 runway show. The event will be held at Providence’s WaterFire Arts Center on May 28, 2025. The fashion show will showcase designs created by twelve graduating designers: Anna Winters, Avidron, Ruolin Bai, Jersey Bond, Isabel Clulow,...
Jun 2, 2025
Graduate Fashion Foundation, the charitable organisation behind the annual Graduate Fashion Week showcase, has named 20 new global ambassadors who will join the charity this month to help shape the future of fashion, design and media. In a statement, the Graduate Fashion Foundation said the 20 influential figures were chosen for making “...
Feb 17, 2025
The YKK London Showroom is proud to announce Stephanie Daley from Nottingham Trent University as the winner of the prestigious YKK Accessories Award at Graduate Fashion Week 2024. The YKK Accessories Award, sponsored by YKK, aims to nurture the next generation of talented accessories designers across categories including millinery, footwear,...
Jul 17, 2024
The London College of Fashion (LCF), part of the University of the Arts London (UAL), has launched its annual celebration of undergraduate talent with a series of events highlighting the Class of 2024. The programme commenced with an exclusive runway show featuring designs from 128 students in the BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Menswear...
Jul 15, 2024
Graduate Fashion Week is the host of the world’s largest showcase of BA fashion talent and this year it took place from June 10 to 13 at the heart of London’s creative scene at The Truman Brewery in Shoreditch. Now in its 33rd year, Graduate Fashion Week continues to bridge the gap between graduation and employment by highlighting the talent of...
Jun 14, 2024
Final-year students of the fashion design programmes at three UK institutions, John Moores University in Liverpool, the London College for Design and Fashion Vietnam (LCDF Hanoi) and the Manchester Fashion Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University, have presented their designs at Graduate Fashion Week London, which kicked off on Monday....
Jun 12, 2024
Amid the buzz of the already commenced menswear season, Graduate Fashion Week (GFW) has also entered the race with its first shows and events for its now 33rd edition. The occasion kicked off with an awards ceremony on June 10, where winners across eight categories, including Accessories, Fashion Illustration and Fashion Innovation, were...
Jun 11, 2024
The 32nd Graduate Fashion Week begins today, June 10 in London, where students from across the UK will showcase their final-year collections across 26 different fashion disciplines. The four-day event, organised by charitable organisation the Graduate Fashion Foundation is taking place at The Old Truman Brewery in East London and marks the...
Jun 10, 2024