London College of Fashion students provide a week of graduate shows with its high point

Keen to reaffirm its reputation as a world leader for producing students who possess an eye for creativity and a head for business, the college - which has long been considered the capital’s more vocational fashion school - presented a showcase which saw more than 40 students from different disciplines work together on a series of collaborative collections.

Among the standout talents to unveil collections on the catwalk in Shoreditch last night was menswear designer Wei Yao Lin who partnered up with knitwear specialist Cheng Qian on a collection which included aprons resembling giant brown paper bags and knitted tabard tops emblazoned with barcodes.

Womenswear graduate Hanni Yang also won praise for her inventive take on eveningwear.

Heavy leather coats were repurposed into elegant gowns, topped off with abstract wire headpieces by jewellery designer Shaila Irfan.

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Menswear designer Sam Thompson, together with sportswear specialist George Oxby, also showcased exceptional skill in their offering which claimed the award for Collection of the Year. Riffing on street wear codes, the duo presented oversized hooded parkas, slouchy deconstructed knits and trousers which appeared to be cut from bin bag plastic.


Of course, this being graduate fashion, the show was not without its more eccentric moments. Gayane Arzumanova's womenswear creations were accessorised with moulded latex masks, created with the help of textiles designer Beth Wilson and jeweller Yui Jiang.

Fashion Design and Development student Joseph Standish also paid homage to lad culture with a collection which included an illustrated body suit - complete with padded beer belly, genitalia and body hair - while one model carried a full-sized papier-mâché model on his shoulders.

But even Standish's creative take on the brief displayed commercial nous, as demonstrated by one intricately embroidered statement denim jacket.