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We preview the designers showing at this year’s Graduate Fashion Week. Eyes peeled, you might just be wearing their lines in years to come.<\/p>\n
Founded in 1991, we’ve been looking to Graduate Fashion Week <\/a>to gauge the talent of tomorrow for a long time. A well respected event, over 30,000 people attend every June to see the best of our emerging talent from fashion design courses up and down the UK. With over 1000 students showing designs and 22 catwalk shows, there’s a lot to take in. Here, we’ve made the task a little easier for you with a preview from some names to watch next month.<\/p>\n Northumbria University:\u00a0Victoria Vincent Barwood<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n What are you most looking forward to about GFW?<\/b><\/p>\n It’s a true celebration of British Fashion – the ultimate showcase for creative students. The atmosphere, the ideas, the styling, the audience – they all add up to an unforgettable experience.<\/p>\n Why do you want to be a fashion designer?<\/b><\/p>\n I feel totally alive when I design.\u00a0It’s the only way I can fully express myself.<\/p>\n What\u2019s your fashion ambition?<\/b><\/p>\n To work with one of the all-time greats of experimental, innovative fashion: Comme des Garcons, Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake. They are visionaries who have been a constant source of inspiration to me.<\/p>\n Manchester School of Art:\u00a0Laura Precious<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n What are you most looking forward to about GFW?<\/b><\/p>\n I have been looking forward to GFW for some time, and I am excited for the opportunity to make connections with industry professionals and likeminded creatives who are interested in my work.<\/p>\n Why do you want to be a fashion designer?<\/b><\/p>\n I have always had the need to create, and fashion provides the most natural outlet for me. I enjoy developing a theme and then seeing how it can be translated into garments, and combining the creative and technical elements.<\/p>\n What\u2019s your fashion ambition?<\/b><\/p>\n My ambition within the fashion industry is to become a lead knit designer for a menswear label.<\/p>\n Winchester School of Art:\u00a0Eloise Lancaster<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n What are you most looking forward to about GFW?<\/b><\/p>\n Having been a visitor to GFW last year I am thrilled to now have the\u00a0opportunity\u00a0to use this platform to showcase my\u00a0work to the industry.<\/p>\n Why do you want to be a fashion designer?<\/b><\/p>\n I am inspired by how fashion reflects changes\/developments in society. I want to influence the way people dress to create a unique identify\u00a0for our era.<\/p>\n What\u2019s your fashion ambition?<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n My aim is initially to work for a\u00a0contemporary\u00a0mens fashion brand to expand my\u00a0knowledge\u00a0and skills. With future aspirations of becoming a head designer of a major fashion house.<\/p>\n University of Central Lancashire:\u00a0Deborah Beardmore<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n What are you most looking forward to about GFW?<\/b><\/p>\n A chance to present my final collection and see a response on a huge scale due to the wide audience GFW attracts.<\/p>\n Why do you want to be a fashion designer?<\/b><\/p>\n You can be truly creative and innovative in the denim and street sectors and this is where I feel I can express my skills as a designer and challenge perceptions through new silhouette creations, fabric manipulations and treatments and inventive details and trims within my collections.<\/p>\n What\u2019s your fashion ambition?<\/b><\/p>\n To become a valued member of a creative team that helps to refresh and re-energise a brand\/company and deliver new opportunities to develop in a dynamic and creative style.<\/p>\n Northumbria University:\u00a0Annie Mckie<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n