River Island at Graduate Fashion Week
River Island is proud to be the title sponsor of Graduate Fashion Week for the sixth consecutive year.
Great British design is not just constrained to fashion, it’s all around us and is at the very heart of River Island. Our in-house design team work hard to create fashion that’s fresh and inspired, and we couldn’t do this without the help of the emerging talent we source from Graduate Fashion Week. Over our past five years as title sponsor, we’ve employed around 30 talented designers as a result of their involvement with Graduate Fashion Week.
“With an estimated 3000 fashion students graduating every year it’s tougher than ever for individuals to break their way into the industry. Design has always been an integral part of River Island which is why it is so important to support the organizations and universities involved in growing and developing innovative students. Our sponsorship allows us to give students a spring board to start their careers, whilst allowing us the opportunity to source talent for all areas of our own business.”
Richard Bradbury CBE, River Island CEO
Graduate Fashion Week is all about the students and, in this current economic climate, we understand that they need our help and support more than ever. By fronting GFW’s Protégé Project we are not only helping the graduates start their careers on an affordable wage, we are also getting invaluable access to the newest and most innovative design talent in the country.
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