Fashion Show's Internet Debut Bound To Net Interest
29 May 2013
A model wearing student designer Laura Clowes' sunglasses. Just one of the designs on show at the University's Fashion Show. Photograph credit Holly Booth photography.
We're excited about having our fashion shows staged in the University's own Derby Theatre for the first time.
”Fiona Hawthorne, Senior Lecturer for the University's BA (Hons) Fashion Studies degree course.
It's a change of style for the University of Derby's annual Graduate Fashion Show this year, as it will be staged at Derby Theatre and streamed live on the internet for the very first time.
The Fashion Show is one of the biggest events at the University's annual Degree Shows programme, when final year students' work from a wide range of subjects goes on free public display. This year the Degree Shows have been dubbed 'The Big Show' and will run from June 1 to 11, with most exhibitions taking place at the University's Markeaton Street and Britannia Mill sites in Derby.
Fashion students will stage catwalk shows of their collections at Derby Theatre, on Wednesday June 5 at 1.30pm and 7.30pm; with the public, industry professionals, and school and college students set to see innovative designs worn by professional models appear for the first time.
To attend the fashion shows - tickets are priced £3 for the 1.30pm show and £12 for the 7.30pm show - contact the Derby Theatre box office on 01332 593939 or go to website www.derbytheatre.co.uk
This year's shows can also be viewed live on the internet for the first time, as they are streamed on the University of Derby's website at www.derby.ac.uk
Fashion retailers in Derby are again backing the Graduate Fashion Show with a series of initiatives to encourage new design talent.
Derby Westfield has given up a storefront in the shopping centre, (Sony shop), where selected items from the students' collections will be displayed in the run up to the June 5 shows.
City-centre fashion store Canopy, in Derby's Sadler Gate, will also again be displaying students' designs and their associated 'idea boards', with customers voting for their favourite. The winning student will receive £150 in Canopy vouchers.
Fiona Hawthorne, Senior Lecturer for the University's BA (Hons) Fashion Studies degree course, said: "We're excited about having our fashion shows staged in the University's own Derby Theatre for the first time.
"It will be a team effort as the Fashion Studies students will have the support of technical degree course students running the stage management, lighting and music, helping to create a great atmosphere."
Among the student collections on show on June 5 will be that of Jacqui Luker, 49, a BA (Hons) Fashion Studies student who won the 'Best Student Designer' category at the Bridal Buyer Awards 2013, at the Harrogate Bridal Show.
Fellow student Courtney Blades will also be showing designs which were shortlisted for the finals of the 2013 Alfa Romeo Young Designer Award contest, in February.
For more information about the University's 2013 Degree Shows see website www.derby.ac.uk/academicschools/bigshow
