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Graduate Fashion Foundation launches circularity masterclass programme with Zalando

The Graduate Fashion Foundation, the UK charitable organisation that bridges the gap between graduation and employment and runs Graduate Fashion Week, is teaming up with European online retailer Zalando to offer circularity masterclasses for 2025/26. The circularity masterclass is a five-part online educational platform that 11 European and UK...

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Graduate Fashion Foundation names first-ever managing director

The Graduate Fashion Foundation (GFF), the charity behind the world's largest showcase of BA fashion talent, Graduate Fashion Week, which takes place annually in London, has named Nicola Hitchens, previously communications and special projects director, as its first-ever managing director. In a statement, GFF said the move represents a “new...

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Graduate to Watch: Alicia Bambury from Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts

Graduate Fashion Week (GFW), which ran from June 13 to 16, showcased the best BA degree design talent from across the country, spotlighting talent across 26 different fashion disciplines, including fashion and textile design, styling and creative direction, as well as photography and marketing. This GFW also spotlighted the best talent in...

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Graduate to Watch: Sarah Ajayi from Manchester Metropolitan University

Graduate Fashion Week (GFW) has been showcasing BA degree design talent for more than 30 years and kickstarting the careers of many successful designers, including Christopher Bailey, the winner of the first-ever Gold Award, Stella McCartney, Giles Deacon, Matthew Williamson and Julien MacDonald. At this year’s GFW, Sarah Ajayi from Manchester...

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Debenhams’ Dan Finley: GFW “future fashion starts here”

Britain’s online department store Debenhams was this year’s headline sponsor for Graduate Fashion Week (GFW), the annual event showcasing graduate talent from the UK and international schools. The retailer has a long-standing history with the Graduate Fashion Foundation, the charitable organisation behind the world’s largest showcase of BA...

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Graduate to Watch: Kitty Carr-Lake from Leeds University

This week the 34th edition of Graduate Fashion Week, the world’s largest showcase of BA degree talent, took place in London, celebrating the work of more than 3,500 of the very best fashion graduates. One of those graduates honoured at the annual showcase was Kitty Carr-Lake, a graduate from the BA Fashion Design Innovation course at the...

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Manchester Met’s Sarah Ajayi wins GFW Gold Award

Graduate Fashion Week 2025 drew to a close on June 16 at The Truman Brewery in London with a celebration of the best graduate talent with a curated catwalk showcase featuring this year’s award-winning designers, including Manchester Metropolitan University’s Sarah Ajayi, who scooped the coveted Gold Award. Ajayi was presented with the Best of...

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Graduate Fashion Week names Debenhams Group as a headline sponsor

Graduate Fashion Week (GFW), an annual event showcasing graduate talent by the charitable Graduate Fashion Foundation has named Debenhams Group, home to Debenhams, Karen Millen, Boohoo, BoohooMan and PrettyLittleThing, as its headline sponsor for the 2025 event. The sponsorship deal builds on Debenhams Group’s long-standing partnership with the...

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Graduate Fashion Foundation names new global ambassadors

Graduate Fashion Foundation, the charitable organisation behind the annual Graduate Fashion Week showcase, has named 20 new global ambassadors who will join the charity this month to help shape the future of fashion, design and media. In a statement, the Graduate Fashion Foundation said the 20 influential figures were chosen for making “...

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London College of Fashion Showcases Next Generation of Design Talent

The London College of Fashion (LCF), part of the University of the Arts London (UAL), has launched its annual celebration of undergraduate talent with a series of events highlighting the Class of 2024. The programme commenced with an exclusive runway show featuring designs from 128 students in the BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Menswear...

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Pure x JATC continues partnership with Graduate Fashion Foundation

Trade show Pure London x JATC is reinforcing its commitment to supporting the next generation of fashion innovators by teaming up with the Graduate Fashion Foundation to provide graduate designers with catwalk shows and exhibition space. For the upcoming Pure London x JATC show, which runs from July 14 to 16 at Olympia London, Graduate Fashion...

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Graduate Fashion Week 2024: Tomorrow’s fashion visionaries celebrated in gala finale

Graduate Fashion Week is the host of the world’s largest showcase of BA fashion talent and this year it took place from June 10 to 13 at the heart of London’s creative scene at The Truman Brewery in Shoreditch. Now in its 33rd year, Graduate Fashion Week continues to bridge the gap between graduation and employment by highlighting the talent of...