Graduate Fashion Week Gala Awards 2009

Last night, this year’s winner of the Graduate Fashion Week River Island Gold Award was presented to Myrto Stamou of Rochester University by Richard Bradbury CBE (CEO River Island), Matthew Williamson, Giles Deacon and Lorraine Candy (Editor in Chief, Elle Magazine).

Other winners included:

Textiles Award Winner:
Calum Harvey, Ravensbourne College of Design

Hachette Filipaachi Media & Design Winner:
Charlotte Webb, Middlesex University

Fashion Innovation Winner:
Nicola Morgan, Northumbria University Fashion

Lyle & Scott Strategic Marketing Winner:
Laura Booth, UCLAN

Mulberry Accessories Winner:
Verity Pemberton, Winchester School of Art

Per AQUUM Creative Marketing Winner:
Christina Duggan, Northumbria University Fashion Marketing

Jon Adam Fashion Portfolio Winner:
Dulcie Dryden, Northumbria University Fashion

First Word Journalism Winner:
Yuka Maeno, UCA Epsom

Pringle of Scotland Visionary Knitwear Winner:
Sarah Burton, Manchester Metropolitan University

Zandra Rhodes Catwalk Textiles Winner:
Charlotte Simpson, Northumbria University Fashion

Menswear Winner:
Mehmet Ali, Ravensbourne College of Design

Womenswear Winner:
Myrto Stamou, UCA Rochester

River Island Gold Winner:
Myrto Stamou, UCA Rochester

Guests on the evening included: Matthew Williamson, Giles Deacon, Claudia Schiffer, Erin O’Connor, Zandra Rhodes, Leah Weller, Rosie Huntington Whitely, Dasha Zhukova, Amber le Bon, Mary McCartney, Emma Hill (Mulberry), Clare Waight Keller (Pringle), David Saunders (David David), Tamara Salman (Liberty), John Rocha, Jeff Banks, Caryn Franklin, Dylan Jones (GQ) and Sir Harold Tillman.

Click below to view a gallery of the other Fashion Design winners: