This week, Earls Court held their yearly Graduate Fashion week event, with sponsoring from George.
I arrived on the Monday evening to a crowd, bubbling with excitement. The first sight to my eye was the champagne bar, crammed with people into a tiny area. Fearing if they stepped over the line into the go between space they would loose their chance to network with elite amongst the viewers of the show.
Their was a high level of co-odination gone into to constructing the stands. Kingston University had there own special parlour whilst Northumbria University had an extensively organised arrangement of their students work, supporting some stunning textiles pieces.
Below is the Nottingham Trent stand. I was impressed by their knitwear and of course their cordwainers course, also a hot contestant against London College of Fashion.
Students work from Nottingham Trent.
Colchester had one of the most students work on display. With three rails displaying garments with supporting sketchbooks.
This bird was beautifully set against the side cuff.
Graduate of Colchester University, Susannah Gage, proudly standing next to one of the rials at their stand.
Below are some general pieces that I found inspiring. Especially this head. It hasn't got no real strong link with the piece, but it still made me stop and look which I think has got to be worth a blog mention.
Knit wear piece from Ravensbourne University.
Overall it was a great show, it was a shame all universities didn't show their collections in the catwalk show. More universities are becoming more independent and funding their own shows. My university for instance, Ravensbourne, being one of them. So check out their catwalk show on 27th June at Greenwich Peninsula.
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