Graduate Fashion Week – The Ultimate GFW Report

Post by R.M. team, photography by Lin Vitali.

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The Golden Opportunity!

Students used this opportunity to showcase their shiny and shimmering collections to the audience of Graduate Fashion Week 2011.

Collections presented at Graduate Fashion Week by Becky Burton from De Montfort University, Brona Smith from Wiltshire College Salisbury, Tania Ada from Nottingham Trent University and Zahaih from Manchester School of Art. Each one of these mesmerising collections had something to shine about at GFW 2011.

Flower Power

Collections from Angharrad Mead - Bristol University, Kiranjit Sogifrom - Wiltshire College Salisbury, Jeffrey Smith - De Montfort University and Nichola Chisnal - Bristol University reached full blossom at Graduate Fashion Week (GFW) 2011.

Collection from Angharrad Mead - Bristol University, Kiranjit Sogifrom - Wiltshire College Salisbury, Jeffrey Smith - De Montfort University and Nichola Chisnal - Bristol University reached full floral potential at Graduate Fashion Week (GFW) 2011.

An Explosion of Colours

What colour do you see the most of?
A strong explosion of vivid colours where often seen on the Graduate Fashion Week catwalk.

Collections presented at Graduate Fashion Week by Amanda Brown and Katie Williams from De Montfort University, Sarah Ho from Edinburgh College of Art and Maria Angela Choumanidis from Northumbria University. Each collection presented multi-coloured and vibrant garments, truly penetrating the frequency receptors of the human eye, GFW 2011.

Turn around honey!

This is the thing; we've been tricked a number of times at Graduate Fashion Week this year, where the fashion models turned around to reveal more than anticipated. Scroll down for a shocking surprise...

Garments featured in photographs (from left to right) are from collections by Emily Seymour - Bournemouth University, Laura Sorensen and Jonathan Jepson - De Montfort University and Danielle Mort - Bournemouth University. Each designer seems to have made a special feature of the cheeks.

An Extra Treat of a Front and Back View...

Pictured: Front and back view of garments from collections by Patricia Pereira Da Costa - Kingston University and Rebekah Galliano - Rochester University.

Fur, fluff and all that soft stuff – a.k.a. sheepskin

Some Graduate Fashion Week participants were on the same wavelength - to look like sheepskin and have that stuff wrapped around the legs, thighs and bottoms is going to be another big look, assuming graduates are the trendsetters.

Deborah Harkins from Northumbria University, Olivia Deeney and Amy Ridley from University of Salford, and Charlotte Rutherwood from Nottingham Trent University present collections at Graduate Fashion Week (GFW) 2011.

While we're on the subject of extra hair, Graduate Fashion Week participant James Pilcher went for the works! ...Check out the apes!

Catwalk of the Apes

If you ever wondered what a Graduate Fashion Week would look like on the Planet of the Apes, wonder no longer, because now you know. James Pilcher from the University of Salford proudly presented his collection to the bemused audience of the Graduate Fashion Week 2011.

James Pilcher from University of Salford presents his collection at Graduate Fashion Week (GFW) 2011.

Distorted Perceptions

The designers have modified garments in a clever way each creating a visual statement that twists fact. Bet it’s easier to come up with these sorts of designs if you study in Amsterdam!!

Oleg Evdokimov from Amsterdam Fashion Institute (photos 1 and 2), Claire Wilson from Rochester University and Eileen Pang from Liverpool JMU present collections at Graduate Fashion Week (GFW) 2011.

Artists Find Inspiration in the Strangest of Things

We are not really sure of the true inspirations behind these collections but here is a wild guess…