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GFF and Untagged launch international upcycling and NFT student design competition

UK charitable organisation the Graduate Fashion Foundation has opened applications for a new fashion design competition in collaboration with sustainable fashion start-up Untagged. All final year students enrolled in a Bachelor programme at a Graduate Fashion Week Member University can participate. In order to participate in the competition,...

Nov 3, 2022

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Graduate Fashion Week International launches in Mumbai and presents first of its kind runway show at Lakme Fashion Week

Graduate Fashion Foundation, the charity behind Graduate Fashion Week, are proud to announce the start of Graduate Fashion Week International (GFWi) this October 13 th -16th 2022. Marking the launch of the first ever international chapter of Graduate Fashion Week International (GFWi), final year students and recent graduates from 27...

Oct 19, 2022

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Fashion graduate Meerim Mamatova on winning GFW22 FACE Excellence Prize

Graduate Fashion Week International, a showcase of global fashion talent at the Bachelor level, is currently taking place in Mumbai, India from October 13 to October 16. What better time than to share a Q&A with one of the winners at the last edition of Graduate Fashion Week UK in June 2022? Graduate Fashion Week is an annual event organised by...

Oct 14, 2022

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In Pictures: Nottingham Trent University at Graduate Fashion Week

Nottingham Trent University (NTU) presented its students’ collections at Graduate Fashion Week (GFW), the world's largest showcase of BA fashion talent. The NTU students presented menswear and womenswear collections featuring knitwear, innovative and sustainable designs, as well as selecting a variety of themes including childhood nostalgia,...

Jul 1, 2022

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Graduate Fashion Foundation announces GFW22 winners

The Graduate Fashion Foundation has announced the winners of Graduate Fashion Week 2022 (GWF22). The five-day event, which took place from June 20 to 24, offered fashion graduates from UK and international universities and colleges a platform to present themselves and their work to industry professionals and potential recruiters. There were five...

Jun 28, 2022

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Graduate Fashion Foundation announces GFW22 winners

Jun 28, 2022

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Fashion Minority Alliance teams up with Graduate Fashion Foundation to support marginalised students

Fashion Minority Alliance is partnering with the Graduate Fashion Foundation, which hosts Graduate Fashion Week, to launch ‘Fashion Futures’ a new project aimed at empowering underrepresented and marginalised students. As a part of the Fashion Minority Alliance’s broader commitment to fuel BIPOC pipeline initiatives, the ‘Fashion Futures’...

Jun 23, 2022

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Graduate Fashion Week unveils 2022 schedule and new global ambassador

Graduate Fashion Week 2022 will take place from June 20 to 24 at Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross, London and will feature an in-person, digital and live stream schedule to showcase BA fashion talent from across the UK. This year’s Graduate Fashion Week will mark a return to physical catwalk shows for the first time since 2019, and will open with...

Jun 13, 2022

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Graduate Fashion Foundation announces GFW awards shortlists

The Graduate Fashion Foundation (GFF) has announced the universities in which graduates have been nominated for shortlisted awards for Graduate Fashion Week (GFW), the world’s largest showcase of BA Fashion talent. GFW returns to Coal Drops Yard, King's Cross, London from June 20 - 24. The following events will take place during the fashion...

Jun 9, 2022

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YKK continues to support Graduate Fashion Week and launches online competition

Graduate Fashion Foundation (GFF) has confirmed it is continuing its partnership with YKK for this year’s Graduate Fashion Week (GFW), taking place in London from June 20 to 24. For the eighth year running, YKK will sponsor the Graduate Fashion Foundation Accessories Award, which celebrates graduate talent across millinery, shoes, bags, belts...

Apr 6, 2022

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Graduate Fashion Foundation announces new international platform

The Graduate Fashion Foundation (GFF), which supports newly graduated and undergraduate students, has announced a new international platform entitled Graduate Fashion Week International (GFWI). The new platform will first launch in India in October 2022 and it will be supported by the fashion design institute Pearl Academy and Lakme Fashion...

Apr 4, 2022

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Graduate Fashion Week announced 2021 award winners

Graduate Fashion Week, the world’s largest showcase of BA Fashion talent, has crowned Jasmin Bourne from Manchester Fashion Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University as the Christopher Bailey Collection of the Year Award first-place winner. Bourne was inspired by her “deep-rooted love for tribal culture” for her graduate collection,...

Jun 21, 2021