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The annual Fashion and Textile Design Exhibition, organised by the Design Special Interest Group (SIG) of The Textile Institute, was held at HM Treasury on Wednesday 2nd July and FashionCapital was invited to attend.
The event is aimed at companies engaged in all aspects of the fashion and textile business. Leading Universities and Colleges displayed the different ways they can assist companies to gain competitive advantage by utilising the design skills of their graduates, post graduates and current students.   Now in its third year, it has gathered momentum as a unique contribution to the world of business and education, and is now firmly established in the annual calendar.   Jenny Holloway commented, 'An excellant event that combines true creativity in art form. It was very encouraging to see the event so well supported by industry and an absolute pleasure to meet Carolyn Springet, Trading Director for Jaeger who I used to work with in my old M&S days, Eimear Hawker from Topshop and Jim Stocks.'  Other people who attended were: Terry Mansfield, Chairman of Graduate Fashion Week, Jan Vertelsn, Director of ZQ, Suzanna Stone, daughter of Lord Stone and Chief Executive of Dress me Joyce, Mervyn Davies and John Wilson.  Jenny further commented, 'we have recently reviewed the Skin + Bones exhibition and this event was very reminiscent of the combination of architecture and form with creativity. Congratulations to the Institute of Textiles for hosting such a fantastic event.'  The Universities and Colleges that too part were: Colchester School of Art and Design - the BA Hons in Art and Design is a well established course and has a history of producing talemted and highly motivatedgraduates capable of working within a variey of roles. List of graduates displaying work: Lucy Cowling BA Hons Art and Design: Fashion Vicky Coppock BA Hons Art and Design: Fashion Central St Martins - provides specialist education and research in the fields of fine art, fashion & textiles, film, video and photography, graphics & communication design, three dimensional design, theatre & performance and interdisciplinary art & design. List of graduates displaying work: Alithia Spuri-Zampetti BA Hons Fashion Mary Katrantzou MA Fashion Aysseline Roy MA Design for Textile Futures London College of Fashion is one of the foremost centres of fashion education in the world and is a constituent college of University of the Arts London (UAL) which is the largest provider of art and design education in Europe. List of graduates displaying work: Jaquieline Rousseau BA Fashion Design & Technology Rie Rammessen BA Fashion Design & Technology Yusuke Maegawa BA Fashion Design & Technology Manchester Metropolitan University - the department of Clothing Design and Tchnology is one of the largest centres world-wide for international fashion business and technology education. List of graduates displaying work: Susie Tang Christina Parr Lucy Majerski University of Northumbria offers qualification in Fashion at BA Hons level and at MA level. The Fashion BA is a four year programme which prides itself on producing graduates who are highly creative, visually literate and ultimately highly emplyable. List of graduates displaying work: Sarah Kennedy BA Hons Fashion / Textiles Kay Speight BA Hons Fashion / Textiles Judith Bull BA Fashion / Textiles Nottingham Trent University has established an international reputation for shaping creative talent to produce directional and innovation design solution in today's fast paced fashion industry. List of graduates displaying work: Liz Temperley BA Hons Textile Design Ria Thomas Course BA HOns Fashion Knitwear Design & Knitted Textiles Becky Harper BA Hons Fashion Design Royal College of Art - the School of Fashion and Textiles pursues regeneration and development by constantly adapting to the reality and needs of the designers of the future. List of graduates displaying work: Siri Johansen Womenswear Heikki Salonen Womenswear Rachel Philpott Textiles Phd University College for the Creative Work at Rochester - by 2010 will be the leading University for the Creative Arts, serving the needs of the Creative Industries in the South East. List of graduates displaying work: Raffaele Ascione Fashion Design Laura Booty Fashion Design Anika Wilmes Fashion Design De Monfort University - fashion education in Leicester has a long tradition of working closely with the fashion industry and current research spans clothing and clothing performance, through to designing and design history. List of graduates displaying work: Lisa Hofmann BA Hons Fashion Lucy Hockin BA Hons Fashion Amy Thompson MA Bodywear Fashion    The winner and below her winning design   Share this Article:                        Advertisement |
