Ones to Watch – Ellie Eves, Glasgow School of Art

Materials artist Ellie Eves graduates this year from Glasgow School of Art. Her collection 'Softly Structured' follows the journey of the fusion of unorthodox found materials with traditional knitting techniques to create unusual and exciting...
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East Midlands Students Scoop Visionary Knitwear Award

Last week, the highly-anticipated annual Graduate Fashion Week showcased collections of this years fashion and textiles graduates from arts universities and colleges from across the UK. This years Visionary Knitwear Award was judged by six...

‘Made It’ collections link students with manufacturers

This year, the British sourcing event Make it British Live! was curated by the UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) and focused on supporting young talent and establishing a strong skill base to bring...

Invisible Lingerie Combines Nudity and Fitness

French lingerie brand Maison Lejaby plays games with traditional lingerie concepts to create its highly personalised styles. Its unique appeal, according to Design and Image Director Pascale Renaux, owes much to the brand’s use...
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In Conversation With Marion Foale

Last week, we travelled to Warwickshire, England to meet British fashion designer Marion Foale, co-founder of the 1960's Carnaby Street boutique Foale & Tuffin turned knitwear designer. Having studied at art school in Walthamstow, London...

SBID Launches National Student Competition

The Society for British & International Design (SBID) and its partner Be Open, have collaborated to launch a new national competition for final year creative students and graduates across interior design, decoration, fashion, art...

Urgent : Past Due

New York City When we receive e-mails regarding deadlines, we sacrifice our health and our personal lives to make them. We drink coffee to stay awake and pull all-nighters. We manage to find all the...
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East Midlands Students Win Shima Seiki Competition

Last week, knitted textile design students Freya Butler (Nottingham Trent University) and Kathleen Myerscough (University of Derby) were named winners of Shima Seiki’s Apex Competition 2018. The competition was set up by Shima Seiki for students...

A Knitwear Revolution

This week marks Fashion Revolution Week 2018, where Fashion Revolution run the #whomademyclothes campaign, which falls on the anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, which killed 1138 people and injured many more on...

Making Textiles and Clothing from Recycled Plastics

Clothes are an everyday necessity, and for many an important form of expression. However, as we are continuing to learn the extent of the effect human actions have on our environment, sustainability is becoming...