Date Posted: Monday 13th June 2022
Graduate Fashion Foundation has announced the full physical and digital event schedule for Graduate Fashion Week 2022, the world’s largest showcase of BA Fashion talent taking place from Monday 20 to Friday 24 June at Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross, London. Graduate Fashion Week 2022 will continue to deliver everything it has become world-renowned for over the past 31 years, with an extensive in-person, digital and live stream schedule that will celebrate the incredible and innovative talent the UK Fashion industry is unparalleled in.
The model, activist and Doctor of Letters, Munroe Bergdorf, has been unveiled as GFW's new Brand Ambassador who will help support and champion the next generation of creative talents as well as further her incredible activism work that aligns with the Foundation's core objective of enabling a more diverse and inclusive fashion industry. Munroe said “I’m so delighted to become an ambassador for Graduate Fashion Week. I'm a great admirer of the creative and unique designs that these future fashion leaders create and I'm always mindful to support them as much as possible by wearing their clothes on shoots and red carpets. I can’t wait to see what this year’s cohort brings to the runway, I’m sure they will continue to amaze us with their inspirational ideas and groundbreaking work. Munroe joins as the 21st Global Ambassador for the international charity whom include; Richard Quinn, Ida Petersson, Sara Maino, Fabio Piras, Daniel Lismore, Christopher Raeburn, Teatum Jones, Caryn Franklin MBE, Dior Bediako, Eunice Olumide MBE, Orsola De Castro to name but a few. The GFF Global Ambassadors sit alongside the charities Patrons Christopher Bailey MBE, Victoria Beckham OBE, Vivienne Westwood DBE RDI, Nick Knight OBE, Diane von Furstenberg, Nadja Swarovski and Zandra Rhodes DBE RDI,
For the first time since 2019, Graduate Fashion Week will be welcoming back an audience to its famed runway, with 15 catwalk shows featuring the work from 25 universities. Running alongside the catwalk will be a series of events held within the GFW Dome presentation space that will feature work from an additional four universities. Once again Samsung KX will play host to a series of GFW Live! talks with 10 talks throughout the week from fashion icons including Nadja Swarovski, Teatum Jones and Jimmy Choo as well as knowledge sharing from platforms such as Fashion Minority Alliance, UK Black Comms Network and Sara Blonstein, Founder of the eponymous agency Blonstein. GFW fully embraces the digital age, with the graduatefashionweek.com platform where the event is viewable across the globe. Tickets are available here.
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