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This year Graduate Fashion Weeks making a big move across London to The Truman Brewery , heres all you need to know about the exciting new location and whats in store for the graduates .
TEXT : ZEENAH FAZAL , ILLUSTRATION : GEMMA ELLIOT
T R U M A N B R E W E R Y
This year Graduate Fashion week makes a change for its 23rd year , a move to The Old Truman Brewery . The industrial building is in the middle of London ’ s creative district , in East London and is well placed for the fashion industry with great transport links to the area . The location has a history of creative events and hosts some of London ’ s best markets . Tickets for the four-day event are already on sale , and will display over 1,000 graduates work that come from universities from all over the UK , and internationally . Over 42 universities will be there , and the event will have live photo shoots , digital cinema , 20 catwalk shows , and interactive talks , with the awards ceremony talking place at the end of the week to celebrate some of the best students . The hope is the move will mark a new era , ‘ one of London ’ s most vibrate , creative areas .’ The week takes place from Saturday May 31st Tuesday to June 3rd .
F A S H I O N S C O U T
This year Graduate Fashion Week has partnered with Fashion Scout and Vogue Italia Talents to present the international catwalk completion 2014 . Leading fashion universities from around the world are all invited to enter their top graduates collections into the competition . From the universities selected they can then only enter one graduate from a BA course collection . The panel of judges includes industry experts and is headed by the senior Fashion Editor at Vogue Italia , Sara Maino . The winning designer receives £ 1,000 and the university they graduate from gets £ 500 . The collection will also then be on display at Fashion Scout during London Fashion Week September 2014 . The judging and catwalk show with take place on 3rd June at GFW .