On Monday, 5 February, level 6 Fashion Design students and graduates had the exciting opportunity to showcase their collections at New York Fashion Week.
The global event, which takes place in Lower Manhattan, saw 25 lucky students and alumni showing their work at the two-day at New York Fashion Week for the first time. They also got the chance to meet guests, VIPs and Industry professionals.
Following on from this, on 6 February, they hosted a pop-up store at New York Fashion Week’s showroom. This allowed visitors to see their collections up-close, with the possibility of purchasing products and creating collections.
“New York is a fantastic opportunity for our students and graduates to show their collections on a global platform, to further build on our relationships with brands and companies from the USA, and to give our graduates the chance to grow their client base,” said Bashir Aswat, Fashion Design Programme Leader.
Salford Fashion Design have won the British Fashion Council Portfolio award for best student graduate design six times, as well as a variety of competitions, such as the Global Levi’s X Arts Thread Design Competition in both 2017 and 2018. The University’s previous alumni have secured great jobs and internships within the industry, working alongside the likes of the creative director at Max Mara and designers at H&M in Sweden, Topshop in the UK, and Pete Pilotto London.
Final year student, Natalie Slater, said, “It feels amazing. As I did one of my internships there, it’s an amazing opportunity to go back and to show them what I have been getting up to and what I have improved on. It’s also a great opportunity to meet people from industry and to talk to them about my work.”
Our Fashion course is currently 4th in the Guardian's UK University league table.
Photography Credits
Image 1: Photographer - Tori Mumtaz. Model - Elaine Martinez. Designer - Jun Jie Liu.
Image 2: Photographer - Tajae. Model - Terri Lisa. Designer - Lucy Growdon.
Image 3: Photographer - Drew Botcherby. Model - Ivy Hjornevik. Designer - Erin Stokes
Image 4: Photographer - Tajae. Model - Michael Belardino. Designer - Katie Bird.