BFC announces Graduate Preview Day winners

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The British Fashion Council (BFC) announces the winners of the BFC Colleges Council Graduate Preview Day Awards.

The ‘Fashion Monitor Colleges Portfolio Award’ in association with the BFC goes to Univeristy of Salford; The ‘WGSN Digital Presentation Award’ in association with the BFC goes to London College of Fashion; The ‘BFC Fashion Illustration Award’ in association with Fashion Monitor goes to De Montfort University.

The 27 exhibiting colleges submitted portfolios to be judged by a panel of industry experts. The judging panel, headed by Chair of the Colleges Council Anne Tyrrell, also included Hannah White, Editor of Fashion Monitor; Lauretta Roberts, Digital Development Director of WGSN; Nick Chalkley, General Merchandise Manager of Harrods and Caroline Burstein, Creative Director of Browns.

“It has been incredibly exciting to see representatives from such influential and important companies such as Harrods, Browns, Vogue Italia, Nicole Farhi, Selfridges, Vogue UK, Warehouse, Marks and Spencer, Max Mara, Maria Luisa, Aquascutum, Love Magazine, Another Magazine and Debenhams attending the preview day. The work on display is second to none and really showcases the amazing talent the UK colleges have to offer” said Anne Tyrrell, Chair of the Colleges Council.

Caroline Rush, Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council, said “Graduate Preview Day is such an important day for both the colleges and the industry. It gives the design teams of our British retailers and designers a chance to see the talent which is entering the industry later in the year”

 

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