Over 40 international universities will bring their fashionable talent to the International Show hosted by Graduate Fashion Week this Wednesday. Launched six years ago by International Trustee Adrien Yakimov Robert, the international show has become an essential element of Graduate Fashion Week, the world’s largest undergraduates’ event for fashion students. The international show which started off with only four universities is now attracting fashion scholars from Italy, India and all over the globe.
For the first time this year, there will also be an International Exhibition stand at Graduate Fashion Week as well as the International Fashion Award Show, presenting the exceptional talent coming from graduates from around the world. The exhibition display the graduates works on mannequins and iPads for visitors to browse and get up close to showstopping, intricate collections designed by students from six of the International universities; Accademia Della Moda IUAD, College for Creative Studies, Centro, Istituto Europeo di Design – IED Moda Milano, Pearl Academy and Accademia Costume & Moda. International trustee Adrien Yakimov Roberts’ university Accademia Costume and Moda will also be running live embroidery demonstrations on the stand throughout the event.
In addition to the exhibition, the International Fashion Award Catwalk Show sponsored by Gap Inc. invites all 40 fashion institutes to enter their best and most innovative student for the opportunity to present their collection at Graduate Fashion Week on 5th June at 11am. Universities showcasing their gifted graduates include Bejing Institute of Fashion Technology, Amsterdam Fashion Institute, Istituto Marangoni Paris and Ryerson University.
The winner of this award will be announced during the Gala Award Show that same evening, and will receive a prize of £1,000, alongside the opportunity to showcase for free at London Fashion Week SS20 under Fashion Scout. The judges of this sought after award include Deborah Joseph; Editor in Chief at Glamour, Victoria McGrath; Founder and Editor of In The Frow, Queennie Yang; Editor – Asia of Vogue International and Graduate Fashion Week Trustee Elinor Renfrew of Kingston University.
New for this year, Crisden, the fashion luxury accessories and artefact company who create for the top Italian and French fashion houses and brands, are supporting the new innovation award for 2019. The Graduate Fashion Week jury will identify three winners each to receive the International Artefact Awards from Crisden in the following areas of innovation; Fashion Product Design, Concept, and Materials & Embellishment, with each winner being presented with €500.
The purpose of this new award is to highlight the importance of fashion accessories and artefacts and to promote the institutes and graduates that contribute to the research and development of not only shoes and bags, but the wider perspective of this exciting area of international fashion.
