Sunday, 13 June 2010

Graduate Fashion Week.

Graduate Fashion Week.

A Manchester fashion student has been presented with a cheque for £20.000 by the renowned Italian designer, Alberta Ferretti at this year’s Graduate Fashion Week gala.

The River Island Gold Award for the best student collection was presented to the Manchester University School of Art student, Rebecca Thomson, 22.

Her collection was based on the classic white shirt style, which was restyled in Brobdingnagian proportions of giant polka dot and striped ties, skirts with cascading pleats and lace bib collars.

Thomas Crisp of Ravensbourne won the Best Menswear Award, while Rhea Fields of Sussex’s Northbrook College won Best Womenswear Award.

The Zandra Rhodes Catwalk Textiles prize was won by Anna Lee of De Montfort University, and Northumbria Universities, Ledina Zhang won the BHM Knitwear Visionary Award.

Many of the top design houses designers started off by winning award like the highly talented people here and have gone onto furthering their careers by designing many of the high streets womens and mens ranges from women’s leather jackets and men’s leather jackets, to designer dresses and accessories.

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