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2008-9
Fashion students showcase alongside established designers
21 April 2009
Aspiring fashion designers from City and Islington
College proudly showcased their designs at Alternative Fashion
Week.
More than 70 young designers from across the UK, Italy, Croatia,
Sweden, Finland and the USA were chosen from hundreds of
independent designers to exhibit at the fashion shows held in
Spitafields Market. Among these were thirteen Foundation
Degree students from City and Islington College who made it through
the highly competitive selection process.
Alternative Fashion Week gives innovative new designers who want
to be discovered, an opportunity to present their work directly to
the press, public and fashion industry. It shows the most original
and creative collections by a fresh crop of new fashion designers
with truly unique ideas.
It is the fourth year the College has been involved in the show,
proving City and Islington continues to produce a high caliber of
new designers.
Janie Murphy and Sharon Carlin, Course Leaders at City and
Islington, feel participating in the show is a fantastic
opportunity for the College, “It’s really good exposure for the
students, and enables them to gain real experience of exhibiting at
a catwalk show.”
“It is also a great networking event and will help the students
source models, make-up artists and stylists for their end of year
show.”
The key themes that inspired their collections were the 'Russian
Tsars' and 'Sports vs. Fashion'.
Foundation Degree student Marco Pedicone, exhibited
a black shirt, complete with gold trim and high collar, inspired by
the Russian Revolution.
Speaking at the event he said, “I’m excited to able to take part
in Alternative Fashion Week. Prior to starting the Foundation
Degree course I had only experimented with designing and now I am
exhibiting at a London fashion show.”
First year student, Vanessa Seco, showed a long black shirt, her
inspiration drawn from Russian Tsars, the Constructivism movement
and aspects of the Revolution.
She said, “I’m really enjoying the course, it allows you to
express yourself and text your limits. We are given an insight into
the different careers available in fashion and textiles and have
the opportunity to try things out such as Alternative Fashion
Week.”
Foundation Degree students who showed their collections
were:
Year 1: Lidia
Binyam, Nova Borg, Charlotte Green, Rosie Crocker, Twishika Daley,
Karina John, Pui Yee Kung, Lianne La Touche, Naomi Morrison, Marco
Pedicone, Eva Pospisilova, Emillie Pouron, Vanessa Seco, Rebecca
Sheridan and Olegaria Soares
Year 2: Jessica
McGinney and Gulsah Akbas.