Edinburgh College of Art students took home five of the top prizes at
this year’s Graduate Fashion Week, with menswear graduate Brian McLysaght
winning three awards, the Christopher Bailey Gold Award, the Conscious
Design Award and the Hilary Alexander Trailblazer Award.
McLysaght impressed judges including designer Christopher Raeburn, with
his menswear collection made from sustainable and biodegradable wood,
paired with organic and recycled fabrics, which was inspired by the role of
clothing in 20th Century decolonisation movements, particularly the
Swadeshi movement in India.
Commenting on the why McLysaght picked up the Gold Award, Raeburn said
in a statement: “Choosing the winner was for me relatively straightforward,
there was on stand out designer who I felt really exemplified the brief in
terms of catwalk impact, level of craft, creativity, skill, expertise and
thoroughness, research and material choices – really impressive.”
After picking up three awards, Brian McLysaght said: “It feels
absolutely incredible to have won all of these awards, I’m so
thankful. What really made me win these awards was the standard at
Edinburgh, everybody in our class is so incredible, we hold each other to
such exceptional standard. My classmates are really the people who got me
here. In the future I hope to continue working in sustainable development,
I’m very interested and ethics and sustainability that’s my design
focus.”
Menswear graduate Brian McLysaght wins three awards at Graduate Fashion Week
Edinburgh College of Art students continued to impress with Alexandra
Fan receiving two awards, the Womenswear Award and the David Band Textiles
Award for her innovative workwear collection, made from biodegradable
latex, while Rosie Baird received the George Catwalk to Store Award for her
collection inspired by storytelling in Scotland.
Designer Henry Holland, who was a judge for the Womenswear Award said of
Alexandra Fan’s collection: “From the minute I saw it I knew that it was
going to be my favourite. It blew me away, was nothing like I had ever seen
before. It felt like something that was actually new, inventive,
intriguing.
“I wanted her section of the show to continue for longer, and then when
we met her, seeing her research and development and hearing her story and
her reference points and approach, it just re-enforced the idea that what
she had done was revolutionary.”
Edinburgh College of Art students shine at Graduate Fashion Week
Other winners included Greg Brears from Birmingham City University who
won the Menswear Award for his utilitarian workwear collection, while the
Catwalk Knitwear Award was presented to Hannah Stote from Bath Spa
University for her sustainably-driven knitwear collection, inspired by
traditional styles from British fishing villages, and the Clarks Footwear
Award was won by Keri Thornton from De Montfort University for her
sustainable collection.
The Tu Sainsbury’s scholarships went to Josephine Roberts from
Northumbria University and Michella Knight from Nottingham Trent
University, while the International Fashion Award was awarded to Ivy Lan
from Savannah College of Art and Design Hong Kong, and the Considered
Design Award powered by Farfetch was awarded to Jainelly Portocarrero
Torres, Ravensbourne, and Dimitri Gabellier from De Montfort University won
the YKK Accessories Award for his innovative collection of footwear.
Graduate Fashion Week, now in its 28th year, welcomed more than 30,000
guests over the course of the four-day event at The Old Truman Brewery,
Shoreditch, London, and showcased 25 catwalk shows featuring graduates from
the best BA fashion courses.
Images: courtesy of Graduate Fashion Week of Brian McLysaght collecting
his awards and his graduate collection
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