Graduate Fashion Week

“A couture-clad history lesson of the highest calibre.” 
 
Dress Codes, a new exhibition at , has opened!

Discover never-before-seen royal fashion treasures and explore the codes and conventions of royal clothing, and the powerful impact fashion can make when boundaries are pushed and dress codes evolve.
 
In a first for Historic Royal Palaces, the charity has partnered with three local youth groups, with 25 participants aged 14-17 acting as Young Producers on the exhibition. The Young Producers have been an intrinsic part of the development of the exhibition, which has included influencing the exhibition design, making creative responses through storytelling, fashion design and music creation, all of which feature throughout the exhibition to offer a contemporary perspective to the objects.
 
We’re excited to share a 20% exclusive discount for our community, visiting Dress Codes between now and the exhibition closing at the end of November! Find the full info below. 
 
Terms & Conditions:
 
•Applies to two tickets per transaction
•20% off Adult tickets and Student Tickets.
•£1 tickets for those in receipt of Universal Credit and other named benefits.
•To redeem this offer, please include the promotional code GFF20 at the checkout when booking tickets for Kensington Palace.

UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITY

Our Ambassador and London Fashion Week Designer Edeline Lee has a work placement available to start immediately.

“We are looking for a student in their university placement year, not a graduate, to work closely with our art director on a special project celebrate our 15 year anniversary. It’s a great opportunity for someone with an interest in graphic design, editorial design, or art direction to work on an exciting project. The deadline for the project is the beginning of March.”

This is a full time voluntary work placement, for 3 months between end of October 2025 to March 2026, on site at the studio in East London.

The skills required to succeed in this role, are graphic design, editorial design, art direction and archival.

To apply, please send your CV, cover letter and a portfolio to [email protected].

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At our biggest event, Graduate Fashion Week, we showcase talents from across the fashion disciplines - from marketing and merchandising to design and photography!

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“Captured a lot of complex issues very succinctly.”

Our partner, FACE: Fashion Academics Creating Equality have created ‘Mind the Gap’, a satirical and impactful full length film, a sharp, reflective drama tackling bias and awarding gap deficit in higher education.

Created by award-winning film maker and FACE Member Ricardo Barker, it will launch at an exclusive event.

If you would like to experience the film, it will be screened 30th October at London Metropolitan University, alongside with networking and a director’s Q&A.

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Graduate Fashion Foundation is excited to share that we're partnering with to celebrate 150 years of and their Spring Summer ‘26 Floral Rebellion collection!

With our shared values of individuality and self expression, we're excited to give final-year students from our member universities the opportunity to design a series of garments using the new collection - a competition that will shortlist 40 designs to receive the fabric to bring the vision to life. These designs will be part of an innovative catwalk show during Graduate Fashion Week 2026, with three final winners selected to receive a day's mentorship with the Liberty Fabrics team, a £1,000 prize fund, and a Liberty goody bag.

This competition is open to all final-year BA Fashion or Textiles students from Graduate Fashion Week Member Universities in the UK and internationally - if in doubt, please ask your tutor.

Be rebellious and subvert the norm – recognise heritage through a different lens.

Excited to participate? Reach out to your tutor for the full brief!

The competition closes on Friday 16th January 2026.

One week on from the closing day of London Fashion Week, and we’re still thinking about all the incredible talent we got to see across the city!

From graduate work like .studio to our ambassadors and of to NY’s and the iconic Katherine Hamnett on a panel with .asker and Tank Magazine’s , there is so much to get excited about for fashion across the UK.

We look forward to seeing how more of our graduates, members and partners will make their mark on fashion stages globally!