Top Textile Graduates Showcased at Chelsea Collge of Art at Millibank, London

Around this time each year, I look forward to attending a special social and exhibition event organised by Texprint and catch up on the latest pool of talented textile designers graduating from the top UK design colleges, universities and institutes.  On the evening of Wednesday, July 14 (incidentally also the French national day), I joined many of the industry's notables in the fashion and interior design industry and members of the press glitterati to attend a PreView of creative works by UK's newest crop of textile design graudates.   It was held at the Chelsea College of Art at Millibank in Plimico, London, on the bank of the River Thames.  It was a great opportunity to meet up with friends and contemporates in the fashion and interior industry as well and select our own personal favourite designs for the Chairman's prize.   The First View event continues until July16, so if you want to feast your eyes on some good textile designs, make your way down to the Millibank, a stone throw's away from the Tate Britain.
Each year, through a rigorous selection process, Texprint picks out the most gifted textile designers to graduate from UK art and design schools. The shortlist of 24 will then be judged by some of fashion’s best-known design names for six highly esteemed special prizes.  I will be soon posting my pictures from the special evening but first below is a list of the different prizes, along with the names of the judges and sponsoring companies and organisations of the individual prizes.
BREAKING NEW GROUND: Peter Copping, NINA RICCI, given by PENTLAND GROUP PLC

COLOUR: Wakako Kishimoto, ELEY KISHIMOTO, given by PANTONE EUROPE

INTERIOR FASHION: Donna Wilson for HEAL’S, given by SANDERSON ART IN INDUSTRY TRUST

KNIT: Derrick Campbell, LYLE & SCOTT, given by LYLE & SCOTT

PRINT: Elena Alfani, SALVATORE FERRAGAMO, given by LIBERTY ART FABRICS

WEAVE: Sally Taylor, BURBERRY, given by THE CLOTHWORKERS’ FOUNDATION

Texprint is a not-for-profit organisation that has been helping UK-trained textile design graduates make a successful transition from academia to industry for over 40 years.   At the Indigo fair in Paris, a special prize-giving ceremony to the winners will be staged and this usually attracts wide attention because Indigo is one of the many important components of the well-established Premiere Vision textile trade fair where the world's experts meet to see and be seen.  I always make it a point to attend the ceremony when attending the internationally-acclaimed trade event.
Texprint underpins the creative foundations of the UK.  Many designers who now work in the industry were graduates who had found their first jobs through Texprint -  from Marks & Spencer to Missoni, Anthropologie to Alexander McQueen. Alice Temperley, Zandra Rhodes and Margo Selby are among those who began their careers with Texprint’s support. Barbara Horspool, group design director, New Look is also a firm fan of Texprint, having judged the 2009 competition:.  She said, “Texprint is an absolutely invaluable showcase bringing fresh and inspirational talent to the attention of the fashion world. It affords these young designers a platform to unleash their creativity, but also hone an element of commerciality as they enter the global marketplace.”

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