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Graduate fashion Week is the ‘it’ week for all fashion and design students in the uk! it is a charity organisation and was founded in 1991 by Jeff Banks CBe, Vanessa denza MBe and John Walford

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Graduate Fashion Week Graduate fashion Week is the ‘it’ week for all fashion and design students in the uk! it is a charity organisation and was founded in 1991 by Jeff Banks CBe, Vanessa denza MBe and John Walford to unify both uk and international universities and create a strong-hold for the creative industries. it the world’s leading event for fashion graduates. fash-ion week showcases the work of over 1,000 graduates from some of the most influential uk and international universities. attract-ing over 20,000 guests each June, the event features 22 catwalk shows, large exhibition from over 40 universities and an acclaimed Gala award show.it is designed to bridge the giant gap between graduation and employment and is respon-sible for launching the careers of some of the most successful designers of our time like Matthew Williamson, stella McCartney and Christopher Bailey. it is designed to bridge the giant gap between graduation and employment and is responsible for launching the careers of some of the most successful de-signers of our time like Matthew Williamson, stella McCartney and Christopher Bailey. With many graduates populating design stu-dios, buying offices, publishing houses and creative agencies all over the world, Graduate fashion Week has introduced some of the industry’s brightest stars. “We are delighted to be involved in Gradu-ate fashion Week, it provides a fantastic showcase for the next generation of British creative talent. We have discovered some really exciting graduates, whom have come to work alongside George’s team of in-house designers and buyers. There is an the incred-ibly diverse array of career opportunities that exist in this fantastic industry.” fiona lam-bert, Brand director at George.“i do believe that British students are flour-ishing because you have the best education system in england that gives art & design students the freedom to think, to dream and to do.” alber elbaz.Graduate fashion Week is happy to an-nounce its dates for 2013! GfW will run from sunday 2nd – Wednesday 5th June 2013 at earls Court 2 london.

All Walks Beyond The Catwalkone day Caryn franklin, debra Bourne and erin o’Connor got together and came up with an amazing idea to showcase the work of 8 cutting edge designers on 8 professional models aged between 18-65 and sizes 8-16, as a celebra-tion of individuality and diversity. so they named it all Walks Beyond the Catwalk! Then, to get the name out there, and in to the press, what better way than in the heart of london at london fashion Week with london devel-opment agency funding and British fashion Council endorsement. Caryn, a fashion commentator and broadcaster, debra, a fashion consultant and former Pr direc-tor at lynne franks, and erin, the model and founder of the Model sanctuary, visualised a project that utilised fashion photography at a high-profile salon style presentation to present each designer’s creations.next, the hard bit, with just 12 weeks to go, they recruited their super-team: eight press-worthy de-signers, a casting agent, eight mod-els, a top photographer, make-up artists, hairdressers, a leading style magazine, show producers, stylists, event organisers, a film director, a camera operator, a sound record-ist, two film editors, several graphic designers, a website designer, print-ers, digital printers, set builders, a media sponsor, funding sponsors, another top photographer, docu-mentary photographers, documen-tary film-makers, a fashion Pr and two spectacular

production assistants who, fresh out of college, threw themselves into this project full-time – thank you katy lubin and Michael Williamson. all Walks Beyond the Catwalk was born and has been full-time ever since with the founders and their team fitting their professional lives round the running if this growing organisation.

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Who inspires you?My family and friends. i think looking at other designers is a big inspiration to see how they progress with a project. i think my peers at uni are inspiring because we all do the same projects but we all have massively different outcomes and final pieces.

Who is your favourite designer/artist?Bit obvious/cliché but alexander McQueen still. i dunno why but his/sarah burtons stuff is just amazing. erdem and Mary katrantzou are equally as sweet with pattern and print.

are you a positive person?i try to be but it doesn’t always come across hah. My manager at work called me grumpy so obviously not!

Would you ever move in to move in to an-other area of design?

i would never say never, but i think a lot of design work is blending together now. i just think that ive worked so hard at what im do-ing why would i want to change?

What are you working on at the moment?i only have uni work on at the minute so a denim project, print project a magazine and an event project which i haven’t started yet. Woops!

What inspired it?The denim project has been my favourite so far this year. its based on workwear but only on dresses i didn’t just want to do the obvi-ous denim like jeans and jacket. im designing for 7 for all mankind which is a bit different aswell.

are you happy with the work you do?im happy with the work im doing at the mo-ment i think its exciting and different to what i normally do. i think even over the past year ive changed to being abit more confident about my work but i think everyone has work they do and don’t like it wouldn’t be normal to think everything was perfect.

do you ever look back at a piece of work and not like it anymore?

yeah, for the Balenciaga project last year i could see what i wanted to make in my head and what came out was completely different so that project i hate and i just think i could have done more and made it more exctit-ing and fresh and original. The garment looks like a sack of s*** too. hah.its kind of bittersweet that project though because the bag i made i love and ive kept it and people ask me where i got it from when i wear it so it’s a bit naff that i hate one part of it but love the other. i had a friend model it for me and she was the only good thing about that shoot other than the bag.

Where do you see yourself in two years?hopefully in industry. i mean i really want that i just think whats the point in having a degree to work in the industry and not be there? 2 years is hard though because i could still be without a design job its such a short space of time really.

What makes you the happiest?i love to be at home all cosy with my dog when its cold outside. i love the feeling of being totally ready to take anything on. i love to have a project that you just think “what the hell” when you start it and when you finish it you look back and think that’s some of the best work ive done and know that you’re proud of yourself.

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What makes you the happiest?i guess that would be just sitting down and drawing for myself. i love looking at images that inspires me and seeing what my head can come up with. i also love reading, there’s nothing better than sitting reading and letting the imagination run wild.

Who inspires you?if we are talking fashion designers, Jean Paul Gaultier is one of my main inspirations. his work is so amazing, especially his couture designs. i also take great inspira-tion from alexander McQueen, his work has seems to have no limitations, each collection more impressive then the last.

Who is your favourite designer/artist?i have to many favourite designers, i love Jean Paul Gaultier, alexander McQueen, elie saab to name a few. as for artists, i found some really great artists on instagram, Charmaine olivia is absolutely amazing! her work is so inspirational her use of colour and shape is breath taking. Glen arthur is another artist whose work is also amazing; it has more of a cartoon feel to it but none the less still really good.

are you a positive person?i would like to think i am but that’s not always the cause, i find myself thinking that my work is not good enough but it’s healthy to think like that sometimes, if you think your work is amazing first time round how will you learn to make it better?

Would you ever move in to move in to another area of design?

i’m not entirely sure if i would, i enjoy fashion so much.

What are you working on at the moment?at the moment i’m only working on my university work, five projects at once doesn’t really leave time for much else.

What inspired it?Well for a denim project i was working on, skeletons really inspired more of the design work, like the struc-ture of the skeleton. for the pattern project i’m taking inspiration from melting candles.

are you happy with the work you do?Most of the time i look at my work i tend to dislike it, but i’ve learned to just leave it alone and not think about it. i used to work and re-work projects until the looked worse instead of better, but now i kno when to leave it.

do you ever look back at a piece of work and not like it anymore?

oh all the time, i look back on work i did a year ago and think ‘did i really do that, that’s embarrassing’ But it also makes me happy to think how far i have come along.

Where do you see yourself in two years?i would like to think i would be somewhere in the fash-ion industry, i would also really like to make a name for myself, but i think that may take a bit longer.

What makes you the happiest?ooo there’s a number of things to be honest. i really en-joy just sitting down and getting on with a project, being fully focused on what i’m doing and how to meet a brief makes me feel like i’m achieving my goal to become a professional designer. Getting feedback can be really fulfilling as well. knowing a client likes what i’ve done and is happy is with it. i also enjoy just curling up with a good book.

Who inspires you?i’ve just bought two books by Paul arden actually and his books really gave me a boost, they inspired me to move forward as well as making me aware of how i mar-ket myself and my work. artist wise i really enjoy the work of alphonse Mucha during and the art nouveau period, his work is beautifully detailed and romantic, it definitely has a delicate feel which is amazing. arthur

rackhams work is simular with having the same kind of feel it is always nice to look at. his illustrations are mostly based on fairy tales. on a more fine art kind of side i found William holman hunts work a treasure, after researching him in sixth form i think i fell in love with his paintings! i enjoy the hidden story’s and mean-ing behind the paintings and the detail is just admirable on its own. i quiet regularly go on a website called design inspire which really inspires me because there is a lot of dif-ferent forms of art on there and it’s amazing to see how beautifully they’ve all be produced in so many differ-ent outcomes. a lot of inspiration comes from life in general. People watching is always fun as well as nature. i enjoy going out to the lakes or a local forest for inspi-ration.

Who is your favourite artist/designer?ahh god there’s so many! erm... i don’t really think i can answer that. i mean there is obviously the ones i’ve already mentioned but there is so many to choose from i couldn’t possibly just pick one. i recently found an art-ist called Charlie Bowater who i don’t think is very fa-mous but her work is just fantastic! so... sorry i couldn’t answer more specifically.

are you a positive person?i would like to say yes... Most of the time yes! But there is occasion where i doubt myself and my abilities, but as i read in one of Paul arden’s books ‘the person who doesn’t make mistakes doesn’t make anything.’ so i hope to learn from being negative as well as positive.

in the beginning of July i did the logo branding for sunderland intern factory which helps us all get jobs after we graduate and that really gave me some experi-ence working to a very short deadline with an actually company. There is a few little things i’ve just finished as well. a drawing of a unicorn for someone’s granddaugh-ter and a quick tattoo design for my dad. But at the mo-ment i really want to concentrate on my final year.

Would you ever move into another area of design?yes!! That sounds bad but i cannot wait to try web de-sign and get my finger stuck into htMl coding. i sup-pose that’s a bit nerdy but it excites me. a lot of design over laps these days anyway so i figure graphics, illustra-tion etc are all linked in together somehow.

What are you working on at the moment?i’ve actually only got my uni work on at the moment. But i have just finished a long commission for a lo-cal woman who wanted 48 illustrations for her short children stories. she wants me to do more work for her so we’ll be discussing further work soon. i did a poster for a regular at my part time job for her fitness business about two weeks ago and she was very happy with that.

What inspired it?a lot of different things. The children’s illustrations i had previously looked at a lot of children’s books last year for a project so i had a lot of them to look at, as well as trips to seven stories. for the fitness poster i looked at a lot of digital art of the female form and local gyms. i spend an age scrolling through google images and flickr etc. they help for visual inspiration.

are you happy with the work you do?some yes and some no. There is a lot of work which i send off and i think ‘God that’s embarrassing’ but its not always what i like but what the customer likes! rule number one when i deal with a client, they’ve the ones i’ve got to make happy. But there’s always the chance that i might not like it but someone else will. so i keep all work. There is also work that i’m really proud of and boast about a lot. one of my friends even framed a piece of my work! Which was amazing for me!

do you ever look back on a piece of work and not like it anymore?

yes! especially when i learn new skills and abilities and i think, ‘god did i do that?’ or ‘that is so shabby!’ especially my first year projects! They make me cringe sometimes.

Where do you see yourself in two years?> desirably i would like to be working in edinburgh in a design studio with a steady income. it sounds boring but it would be a great first step into the ‘real world’. and go from there! do some extra stuff on the side and keep making a name for myself. oh! and a first in my degree, i hope!

Ashley Taylor

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What makes you happiest?Challenging myself where designing is concerned and coming out of my comfort zone. it always helps when the final piece is what i visualised from the beginning.

Who inspires you?Generally my inspiration will come from something i read or listened to, it also depends on what i work on and the day-to-day challenges.

Who is you favourite designer/artist?its difficult to decide on a favourite design-er or artist, again it depends on the day and what i am working on. at the minute, i am paricuarily fond of david Carson’s work on typography. since i was in school i have been a fan of the illustrative work of Quentin Blake and his technique with watercolours.

Would you ever move in to another area of design?

yes, although i am currently studying advertising and design i have always been more inclined towards graphic design. There is more variety of design and if an opportunity came up in the future i wouldn’t turn it down.

What are you working on at the moment?i am currently working on a few differ-ent projects, one involving a campaign on domestic violence. also busy designing an editorial piece on ‘urban legends’ which has led me to look into american and Japanese folklore.

What makes you happiest?Challenging myself where designing is concerned and coming out of my comfort zone. it always helps when the final piece is what i visualised from the beginning.

Who inspires you?Generally my inspiration will come from something i read or listened to, it also depends on what i work on and the day-to-day challenges.

Who is you favourite designer/artist?its difficult to decide on a favourite design-er or artist, again it depends on the day and what i am working on. at the minute, i am paricuarily fond of david Carson’s work on typography. since i was in school i have been a fan of the illustrative work of Quentin Blake and his technique with watercolours.

Would you ever move in to another area of design?

yes, although i am currently studying advertising and design i have always been more inclined towards graphic design. There is more variety of design and if an opportunity came up in the future i wouldn’t turn it down.

What are you working on at the moment?i am currently working on a few differ-ent projects, one involving a campaign on domestic violence. also busy designing an editorial piece on ‘urban legends’ which has led me to look into american and Japanese folklore.

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TechnosexualityWho or what inspires your designs? i draw inspiration from all sorts of places; a running theme is a mix between sub-cultures and the future, with a heady mix of fetishism. Music is a big one too, but the most mundane of things can inspire, this is a pretty hard question to answer, i guess i just keep my mind open and all times and when inspiration comes knock-ing i run with it.

have you always wanted to be a designer?i have always been creative, but i didn’t necessarily know where i was going to go with that until i got older and started to develop an interest in the body. a lot of my clothing is very body conscious and perhaps this is where my interest in latex came from, the idea i could create garments that were also like a second skin, i love that.

What were you like when you were younger? (how did you express yourself)i was a bit of a wild child, your typical “l don’t fit in” and “freak show kind of kid,” i expressed myself through my clothing. i went through any “phase” and more that you could expect from an angst homo teenager. from wear-ing knee length 5” platform boots and straightjackets one week, to hardcore skinhead the week after. i always wanted to shock and provoke a reaction whether that was a good or bad thing.

What do you want to achieve in your life?deep! i don’t think i will know until i have achieved it, but i guess i just want to be recognised as a designer, i think fashion is a fickle thing, and i don’t really care about being on the cover of Vogue. i just want someone somewhere to appreciate and love what i do.

how did it feel when you found out you were in the top 3 for fetish designer of the year awards?shocked! i hadn’t anticipated me getting in, i knew a lot of the competition and to be fair i didn’t think i had a chance. it was an honour and to know the stress i had gone through was all worth it was an awesome feeling

how was it on the night of the show? (did anything go wrong)oh yea of course! Models cancelled hours before the show, masks ripped, outfits weren’t finished, i was liter-ally knocking up garments as we were walking to the stage, it was amazing i managed to pull it off. other than that the night was brilliant, the small team of models and helpers i had really believed in the collection and helped me so much.

What inspired you for this collection?This collection was based around the theme of a cyber-punk future, where the law could enforce the wearing of masks to segregate lower classes of society. There is an element of fetish, the future and steam punk. it was re-ally a chance for me to explore latex and a concept that was completely conceptual.

Was this your first catwalk? (if so how did it feel to show your work off)yes it was my first and there is absolutely no feeling in the world like it. The buzz is unreal, a cross between excitement, anticipation, and fear, make a heady cock-tail of emotion and paired with the fact of how much hard work went into the collection to see an audiences response was amazing.

do you have any doubts?oh god yes, constantly, whether it would look like a pile of rubbish, whether it would actually be complete in time or whether i even liked the garments! after you have been working on something so long you loose the enthusiasm you had for it and seem to also forget that the people you are showing it too have never seen it before.

Where do you see yourself in the next 3 years?i ask myself the same question, as long as i am still de-signing i am happy to go wherever fate takes me, if there is one thing that i have learnt since my last year of uni and graduating, is to not assume you have a clue as to what is going to happen and to just go with it.

Dayne Henderson

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