Friday, 5 September 2008

FAD supports talented Young Designers for London Fashion Week!!!

FAD (Fashion Awareness Direct) has made the dreams of 22 young designers come true by giving them the opportunity to showcase their fashion collections at the Vauxhall Fashion Scout as part of London Fashion Week.

The selected 22 students aged between 16 and 18, had one week to bring their winning designs to life with the expert help and support of Central Saint Martin’s tutors and students.

The winner will be announced on September 17th at their London Fashion Week show at the Vauxhall Fashion Scout. Amongst the judges will be Mimi Tran, Mango UK’s Merchandising Director, Elspeth Gibson- designer, Patrick Lee-Yow – Lecture at Central St. Martin’s, Tom Vlachioties- Designer and former finalist of FAD Competition, John Walford- Director of Vauxhall Fashion Scout and Maria Alvarez – Director of Fashion Awareness Direct.

This is such a great opportunity for the students taking part. I will most def be attending and taking lots of snaps so watch this space!!

For more information on FAD visit www.fad.org.uk

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Links:

www.cityfringe.org.uk

www.lda.gov.uk

www.londongt.org

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