CLASH OF THE TITANS: Central Saint Matins Vs. London College of Fashion Design Awards

Central Saint Martins Preview

As every year, Central Saint Martins in collaboration with L’Oréal Professionnel, celebrates the Young Designer of the year award which this year went to Yi Fang Wan for her exquisite collection of intricately draped pale cottons.

Menswear designer Alex Mullins was awarded a runner-up prize for his brightly coloured, circus-inspired shirts, wacky headgear and oversized jackets.

Other names that YOU SHOULD REMEMBER are:

Huishan Zhang - whose CV includes a placement at Christian Dior haute couture atelier and winner of the Christian Dior project.

Helen Price

Tarik Kiswanson - placement at Balenciaga and assistant to head designer at Christian Lacroix, junior designer at Valentino.

Nicholas Smith - interned with John Galliano.

Tine Beez - worked with Felder Felder and Amin Phillips

 

London College of Fashion

London College of Fashion took its turn down the catwalk last night, showcasing some very impressive collectionsof its BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology students. Featuring the collections of 26 students - selected from over 200 who will graduate this summer.

Nattaphon Sampathakdee won himself Collection of the Year with his sophisticated and sleek take on menswear that had luxe dressing gown lounge appeal, while Yelena Loguiiko scooped herself the Design and Technology award for her gorgeous folklore meets Picasso-inspired collection - from which we wanted to pinch pretty much every coat and jacket right away. They came elegantly dotted with embellishment, but not too much, while shoulders were smoothly sculpted and elbows clad in fur.

Vilvin Sabu and Karishma Shahani were the other two winners of the night, receiving awards for Best Use of Embellishment and Fashion Textiles respectively.

Also, caught of the public the quaint folkloric collection of Connie Lo, which was just the right side of kitsch to be wearable; Xiao Li's fun and frivolously embroidered mix of denim and knits in a pastel palette of pink and baby blue; Steph Goynes' Native American knitted jumper dresses and loosely belted jackets; Flett Bertram's beautifully tassel-festooned miniskirts and blouses which cleverly combined something cute yet ladylike; Jess Sayers' smothered sequin ensembles - in dark purple shades, they successfully missed the too-blingy mark; and Joanna Prichard's mix of minimalism and drapery.