Day One Award Winners Announcement From Graduate Fashion Week 2026
Catwalk Awards:
Collective Catwalk
Selected from: Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts, Coventry University, LCCA, Leeds Arts University, Northbrook College, Southampton Solent University, University of Derby, University of Staffordshire
Winners:
Lucy Esgate - Leeds Arts University
Tabitha Windle-Hartshorn - University of Derby
Rebecca Ogunribido - Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts
Bath Spa University
Winner: Pippa Bowerman
Highly Commended: Alice Hargeaves
Arts University Bournemouth
Winner: Mayo Kanamori
Highly Commended - Meave Dean
Nottingham Trent University:
Winner: Laura Perry
Highly Commended: William Yang
F&F x GFW:
Winner: Pippa Bowerman - Bath Spa University
Runner up: Kirpa Kaur Baweja - Jimmy Choo Academy
Runner up: Naomi Lesbriel - Kingston University
Portfolio Awards:
Fashion Illustration Award
Judged by Elyse Blackshaw (Artist and Fashion Illustrator), Tracey Smith (Freelance Fashion and Event Illustrator), Louise Boughton (Fashion Illustrator, Live Event Artist & Educator), Olivia Tse (Live Event & Fashion Illustrator), Poppy Waddilove (Artist & Illustrator), Megan St Clair (Fashion and Lifestyle Illustrator), and Annabel McLaughlin (Artist and Fashion Illustrator).
Winner: Amber Lita - Northumbria University
Highly commended: Aaliyah Allan-Long - Leeds Arts University
Accessories & Footwear Award
Judged by Becky Jones (Senior Buyer of Jewellery and Hair Accessories at Oliver Bonas), Hannah Harrison (Senior Accessories Designer at Orla Kiely), Nanayaa Ntiri-Akuffo (Men’s & Women’s Footwear & Accessories Designer at COS), Kate Webb (Fashion and Accessories Designer at Katie Hillier), Greta McKean (Men’s Junior Footwear and Accessories Designer at Marks & Spencer), Sun Kit Fung (Design Lead at Groundtruth), and Hayley Pitman (Accessories Designer at Barbour; previously worked for Marks & Spencer, Topshop, Ted Baker, and Jigsaw).
Winner: Millie Watkins - Nottingham Trent University
Highly Commended: Hannah Maria Ryan - University of Lancashire
FACE Prize
Meerim MamatovaFashion DesignDr Avis Ellis-CharlesCEO Avis Charles Associates. Strategic Fashion Consultant, Cultural & Heritage Researcher, Academic ConsultantShereena GhafforStylist | Creative Direction | Talent ManageMaxwell AgbedeFounder, Creative Director and Hatter, Maxim Collection
Culture & Heritage Award Non Design
Judged by Daniel Peters (Founder & Managing Director), Cory Barrett (Creative Consultant and Cultural Advisor), Isabella Silvers (Freelance journalist and founder of Mixed Messages), Jun Chan (Creative Director at 1314 FAMILYSTYLE), JESS LAWRENCE (via Crumb), and Sadie Clayton (Artist & Cultural Communicator).
Winner: Reyah Shaikh - DeMontfort University
Highly commended: Amina Jeng - Manchester Metropolitan University
Culture & Heritage Award Design
Judged by Toni-Blaze (Celebrity stylist and consultant; former EIC of Wonderland Magazine), Seun-Oluwaseun Ogunsola (Stylist, Creative & Fashion Editor), and Joy Jukius (Creative Director).
Winner: Safiya Shakirova - Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts
Highly commended: Hansel Abakan-Phillips - Bath Spa University
Dame Zandra Rhodes Fashion Printed Textiles Award Supported by F&F
Judged by Helen Davies (Lead Design Manager, F&F Home), Phil Jones (Menswear Lead Design Manager), Elaine Leigh (Ladieswear Lead Design Manager), and Clare Johnston (Textile Designer and Professor Emeritus of Textiles, Royal College of Art).
Winner: Abbie Jarvis - University of Lancashire
Highly commended: Sami Arslan - Bath Spa University
Surface Textiles Award
Judged by Katie O’Malley (Print and Graphics Designer), Charlene Mullen (Textiles Designer and Director of Charlene Mullen Ltd.), Esmée E (Fashion and Textile Designer; founder of Esmée-E Sustainable Resort Wear), Odette Moncur (Creative Planning Manager at Liberty Fabrics), and Laura Douglas (Founder of The Print Maker’s Guild).
Winner: Sonia Abdul - Norwich University of the Arts
Highly commended: Senuji de silva - Northumbria University
Constructed Textiles Award
Judged by Ella Douglas (Fashion Designer and Founder of Ella Douglas), Noel Chapman (Design Consultant, Visiting Lecturer and Antique Textiles Dealer), Claire Lee (Designer), Ciara Jennings (Director of Ciara Jennings Textiles), Paul Vogel (Woven Textile Designer), and Crimson DM Lily (Artist; Constructed Textiles Tutor at Goldsmiths Art School; Head of Sales and Digital for Phoebe English).
Winner: Lola Powell - Norwich University of the Arts
Highly commended: Zoë Anastasia - Bath Spa University
Knit Portfolio
Judged by Claire Sprules (Senior Knitwear Designer), Harriet Fletcher-Gilhuys (Textiles Researcher at Fashion Roundtable), Sadie Williams (Fashion and Textile Designer), Lara Nixon (Senior Knitwear Designer at New Look), Minnie Reed (Knitwear Designer at John Smedley Ltd), and Hollie Maloney (Senior Knitwear Designer at Brora).
Winner: Eva camper - Kingston University
Highly commended: Jo Early - Kingston University
Discover the full Graduate Fashion Week 2026 schedule here.
Media and industry can attend at no cost by registering, and tickets for the catwalk and exhibition, are available now.
