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Graduate Fashion Foundation are delighted to announce that the Class of 2020 from UK and International Universities will be showcased throughout a series of exciting activities at Coal Drops Yard, London this September. Setting up home for six days in Coal Drops Yard during London Fashion Week, GFF is delivering four unique innovative activities, central to which will be a spectacular exhibition at Samsung KX, London’s hub of Innovation.
During Copenhagen Fashion Week, Small Talks Big Conversations has been discussing the big issues of the industry. Today, we’re sharing some learnings from Sarah Sozzani Maino from Vogue Talents, Ida Petersson, Buying Director of Browns Fashion and Mariasole Pastori, Talent Acquisition Expert for Bottega Veneta about support that institution are and could be providing emerging design talent. They shared some great advice on portfolios, how to stand out, what brands are looking for and more!
We’re excited to share this interview with GFF Global Ambassador, Caryn Franklin MBE, who shares her thoughts on the opportunities available in the wake of COVID-19, the key skills she believes will be valuable for graduates and practical ways to bolster resilience and care for your mental health in challenging times. Read on for more of Caryn’s advice, including her list of 12 things successful people do.
While so many things are out of your control, it’s more important than ever to apply what you know about protecting your mental health and emotional wellbeing to your day to day life while we navigate the unknown together. We’ve pulled together stories from the GFW archive which are full of useful and practical advice for students to help you stay healthy, busy, calm and positive for the next few weeks.
This week with spoke with our event partner Amothreads on their incredible service, offering deadstock fabric to consumers. AmoThreads is an online marketplace that allows designers and brands to source deadstock fabrics in small quantities that would otherwise go to waste.
This week with spoke with our event partner Amothreads on their incredible service, offering deadstock fabric to consumers. AmoThreads is an online marketplace that allows designers and brands to source deadstock fabrics in small quantities that would otherwise go to waste.
Last week Graduate Fashion Foundation spent the week with Kim Giangiuli, the Senior Director of Creative Talent at Ralph Lauren touring five host UK universities.
Kim share’s her top tips for a perfect CV and Portfolio!
This weeks Inside View guest is Way Perry, Fashion Director of bi-annual Menswear style title Man About Town alongside being a freelance stylist. Way joined Graduate Fashion Week this June on the judging panel for the Menswear Award. We caught up with him this summer to gather his advice on becoming a stylist and entering the fashion world.
This weeks Inside View guest is Nav Gill, editor of HYPEBAE, the women-centric arm of streetwear platform HYPEBEAST. After studying both design and communications at university, Nav found that her passion for writing and creating content gave her the most enjoyment and thus, lead her on the path to her current role. Nav has some great advice to share with aspiring writers on how to cut through the noise to create unique and quality stories, as well as discussing the unrelenting speed of the media landscape.
Ever wondered what fashion recruiters — the people who connect the best talent to the biggest fashion houses — get up to on a normal day? This week we speak to Emma Davidson, the Managing Director of fashion recruitment company Denza, specialists in entry-level roles, to understand what her job involves.
Meet Tom Winbow — Managing Director at Ralph — a London-based Digital Creative and Production agency, that specialise in making interactive, personalised and entertaining digital content for the entertainment industry. Having built a career in advertising, Tom has a wealth of knowledge about the industry — what skills you need and how you can break into it.
For a journalist, the process of interviewing a subject one of the most exciting and fascinating aspects of the job. A true skill, your interviewing style comes with lots of practice, but a few wise words from seasoned fashion journalists never hurt. Fashion journalist Andrew Tucker shares his top tips to master one of the most exciting, and sometimes intimidating, parts of a reporters job: interviewing.
We’ve all been there, waiting on a call for a job we really wanted, or checking our email obsessively to see if we got into a course. Inevitably, everyone faces rejection in their career, but how you deal with it is defined by your outlook and attitude. We’ve teamed up with Kate Hogan, a therapist and coach who spent over a decade working in fashion recruitment, who shares her advice on how to handle rejection.
This week we catch up with Alexandra Fullerton, freelance stylist and writer who has been Fashion Director a Large for Glamour Magazine for the past year. Having worked in fashion for 18 years, Fullerton has been Fashion Director at Stylist, as well as contributing to some of the biggest publications in the industry. We spoke with the accomplished fashion multi-hyphenate to get her advice on how to break into fashion and find your voice.
When it comes to sourcing fabric for your final collection, there’s a lot to consider. There’s questions around the cost versus quality, what city you buy your fabrics, whether they’re sustainably made, and if what you can afford is in line with your vision. Is there any truth in the bias that fabric stores in London are better than the rest of the country? GFW contributor Alexandra Hodgson shares her experience, and gets some handy pieces of advice about how to source fabrics for your next collection!
With the rise of Instagram has emerged a new generation of companies, run by young designers, who have shown that it’s possible to go independent from a young age. GFW contributor Amy Reast spoke to Emily Houghton of Em’s The Label, Joel Pereira of Focus Sports Apparel, and Ramona Gohil of Rani & Co., who did just that. They talk about their experiences, and offer their advice to young people considering taking the same approach.
Meet Claire Barrow, a young London based designer who started her label before she had left university. Claire shares her advice for starting a brand out of university, diversifying your skill set for the future of the industry, and staying true to yourself.
Breaking in to the fashion industry has never been easy, but navigating the beginning of your career is made easier by getting advice and tips from those who’ve been there, done that, and are now considered experts in their fields. This week, we get advice on how to start your career from the most exciting and iconic names in fashion — Hamish Bowles, Vanessa Friedman, Sarah Mower, Hilary Alexander OBE and more!
To celebrate Ralph Lauren joining GFW for the second year running, we asked Kim Giangiuli, Senior Director of Talent Acquisition at Ralph Lauren, to share some of her best tips for creating a CV and portfolio: what she looks out for, common mistakes and how to score your first job out of university.
It’s not uncommon to spend the first year or two following university finding the job that’s right for you, or any job at all. We’ve teamed up with Kate Hogan, a therapist and coach who spent over a decade working in fashion recruitment, to share her practical tips on how to stay sane while you’re unemployed and searching for a job.
