Graduate Fashion Week has announced its partnership with Tu at Sainsbury’s for the second year running. The 2017 partnership will see both a womenswear and menswear graduate receive a scholarship within the Tu design team. The graduates will embark on a year-long mentorship with acclaimed British designers Henry Holland and Oliver Spencer as they create a Graduate Fashion Week collection for Tu’s SS18 range.

Building on Sainsbury’s commitment to support new emerging talent, the winning graduates will both complete a paid 12-month placement with Tu’s design department, culminating in the launch of their own collection in-store. The winners will be coached by the in-house teams and gain insight into the fashion industry from buying through to design. This follows the success of 2016’s winner, Genevieve Devine, who repurposed her winning final year collection for Tu at Sainsbury’s with mentoring British designer, Holly Fulton.

The winning womenswear and menswear graduates this year will have access to Henry Holland and Oliver Spencer, whose involvement in the programme will include monthly meetings with the graduates and creative sessions to review the winner’s collection for Tu. In addition to this, Holland will also invite the womenswear winner to experience a day in his design studio, as will Spencer with the menswear winner

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