The RCA's graduate show is one
of the most respected fashion events. Students
at the Royal College of Art have all graduated
from another institution and the standard of
the post-graduates' work is very high.
This year was no exception. The show kicked
off with three projects - Global Traveller,
a Tailoring project by 1st year students and
the Monochrome Sensibilities/Colour Simplicity
project by final year
students.
Then
came collections by 27 students graduating from
a combination of menswear, womenswear and knitting
degrees. Menswear Knitwear highlights include
Johanna Flanagan's cute body-hugging cardigans,
Richard Levis' multi-coloured jumpers and hoodies.
Menswear graduate Tom Pike's collection focused
on fun, sporty pieces and appropriated the Nike
tick for his own Pike logo, while Cressida Wilcox's
collection larged it up with an enormous, oversized
sheepskin coat.
Womenswear graduate Christine Neilson genuinely
wowed the crowd with her weird and wonderful
sculpted garments which look as though they
are inspired by architecture. In contrast, Graeme
Raeburn's womenswear collection was compact,
controlled and featured lots of funky details
for a 21st century gal.
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