Each year, within most Universities running a Fashion Design course, there is the opportunity for the final year students to have their complete collection shown in London, during Graduate Fashion Week. However, as most Fashion Design courses are often over-subscribed, only a limited number of places are available for Graduate Fashion Week, which results in a 'Pop Idol' style selection process.
At Nottingham Trent,this consisted of each student dressing mannequins with their complete, or near-complete collection, and showing it to a panel consisting of stylists and lecturers. Alongside this, each student had to showcase their chosen music, and discuss their concept and thinking behind the collection. This happened over two days, a Thursday and Friday. For those students who presented to the panel first thing Thursday morning, a long agonising wait was in order as the results went up, in A4 printed list form late Friday evening, in the fashion studio. As word spread that the list had been put up, everyone ran to see if their name had been put in lights, but sadly less than half of us were actually able to go. Fortunately, I was 5th on the list, and 5th in running order for the London Show.
After I had presented, which did happen to take place on Thursday morning, I had no idea whether or not I had been selected. I felt no wiser than I did before presenting. I think this is because I have always been very aware that the University itself has a very different agenda concerning London then we have as students. Obviously, we see London as an opportunity to promote ourselves as individuals to potential employers and press, whereas the University sees London as an opportunity to promote Nottingham Trent as an institute offering Fashion as a design course. So, this will inform their decision at the selection process. For example, many students' collections consisted of a dark colour palette - greys and blacks (my own included). The effect of this was that the panel would not have chosen too many dark collections as they would want to show the diversity of the University.
Anyway, I digress. Below are a selection of photographs of my collection when it reached the catwalk at Graduate Fashion Week.
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF TOBY PRICE & DAVID JONES
1 comment:
The last dress you did, the white one, is absolutley beautiful, it looks like something along the lines of expensive chanel :)
well done x
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