Graduate Fashion Week is excited to announce it will be present for the first time this September at London Fashion Week. Located in the British Fashion Council’s Positive Fashion Exhibition from Friday 13th – Tuesday 17th September, the new “GFW Presents…” stand will showcase the work of four talented Graduate Fashion Week 2019 alumni. The GFW Presents… emerging graduate designers are: Hannah Stote (Bath Spa University), winner of the GFW19 Catwalk Knitwear Award; Mariah Esa (De Montfort University), winner of the GFW19 SHEIN People’s Choice Award; Sally Mankee (University of Creative Arts Rochester); and Janislav Solovjov (Arts University Bournemouth).
GFW Presents… has been designed by Graduate Fashion Foundation to help graduates launch their brand to a global audience, give them access to develop relationships with renowned global stores and publications and begin building a network of future contacts. Located at The Store X, 180 Strand, London Fashion Week will be the first of the four global Fashion Week’s to embrace inclusivity, opening the doors to both trade and the public to join a celebration of fashion’s creativity, community and diversity.
Hilary Alexander OBE, Honorary President of Graduate Fashion Week, said: “The Graduate Fashion Foundation is excited to be able to showcase four exceptional GFW2019 collections in the new Positive Fashion exhibition, which is to be one of the highlights at this season’s London Fashion Week. GFW Presents… is a first in our 29 year history and a marvellous opportunity to demonstrate the vital role of sustainability and Considered Design in UK fashion education.”
The GFW Presents… stand will allow the emerging designers to showcase their graduate catwalk collections and portfolios, plus by being present at the event themselves the graduates will benefit from the variety of key audience members who attend. Across the five days of London Fashion Week the graduates will reach over 5,000 visitors, including a domestic and international audience of press, buyers and industry professionals from over 45 countries including China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United States of America and United Kingdom, as well as consumers over the weekend event.
