Thursday 9 June 2011

Graduate Fashion Awards winners announced

The Graduate Fashion Awards took place yesterday as part of Graduate Fashion Week at Earls Court, London. The main prize, The Gold Award, was presented to Rory Longdon from Nottingham Trent University (pictured here). Other key winners on the night included Marissa Owen from the University of Central Lancashire who was named as winner of the Womenswear Award, while Felix Chabluk Smith from Edinburgh College of Art received the menswear award. Support from the GFW Mentoring Panel will be offered to all Graduate Fashion Week winners.

Graduate Fashion Award winners

The Gold Award
Rory Longdon from Nottingham Trent University

Womenswear Award
Marissa Owen from the University of Central Lancashire

Menswear Award
Felix Chabluk Smith from Edinburgh College of Art

Zandra Rhodes Catwalk Textiles Award
Dominique Kral from Northbrook College

The Stuart Peters Visionary Knitwear Award
Wonjee Chung, from Nottingham Trent University

International Award
Christina Economu from Marangoni Paris

Gala Music Award
Kingston University.

Hammerson Fashion Innovation Award
Parsha Gerayesh from The University of Westminster

The Mulberry Accessories Award
Molly Ratcliff from Northumbria University

The David Band Textiles Award
Sarika Pancholi from De Montfort University

The Lifeline It Media And Design Award
Lauren Brown & Sophia Sabados of UCA Epsom

Per Aquum Creative Marketing Award
Charoula Demosthenous from UCA Epsom

Stand Design Award
Edinburgh College of Art

The Karen Millen Fashion Portfolio Award
Kyle Spires from Edinburgh University

The "First Word" Journalism Award
Kimberley Dines from the University of Central Lancashire

The Barclays New Business Idea Award
Hsin Yee Wong from UCA Epsom

www.gfw.org.uk