Class of 2009

This is just a quick recap of the knitwear graduates 2009. Click on the below pictures to go to each designers interview.
I’ve just got to say that there has been such an immense amount of talent this year and it was really inspiring to look through everyones collections. If this doesn’t inspire the next batch of graduates [...]

Hannah Buswell

 
Hannah Buswell, 22. Ravensbourne College of Design.
Your Design Background:
During my second year at Ravensboure I did a three month placement with Cooperative Designs, working on their A/W 08 collection. During my time there I also helped them work on the Hussein Chalayan A/W 08 show, which was shown at Paris fashion week. Cooperative Designs have [...]

Francesca Samm

I can’t believe how quickly Graduate Fashion Week has come back around again. This years knitters were absolutely superb and a feel like I should hang my head in shame/try harder! There really are just so many students to talk about. I’m going to have a series of interviews with my favourite graduates from this year, starting [...]

Rachel Chan

One of the graduate collections I was insanely jealous of and wish I had made was Rachel Chan’s. She graduated last year from Central Saint Martins, grabbing the first runner up for the L’Oreal New Talent Award on the way and a feature in surface magazine.

The collection is inspired by ethnic fabrics, wallpaper pattern, geometric [...]

Emma Bell

As promised, here is the second part of my Emma Bell post on her more recent Autumn Winter collection. The collection took inspiration from a recent trip to Asia where Emma witnessed just how poorly treated the animals are. As I take regular trips to the Philippines I can relate to this as dogs over [...]