Charlotte Simpson's collection on the catwalk at the MA Show. Image: Chris Moore/ Catwalking.com

Vauxhall Fashion Scout, the internationally recognised home of new talent has announced today it has snapped up three London College of Fashion MA_12 graduates for their forthcoming AW12/13 season.

Joseph Turvey, Charlotte Simpson and Christina Hamilton will present their collections with Vauxhall Fashion Scout at LFW later this month, after only showcasing their work as part of the LCF MA_12 Season just a week ago.

Joseph Turvey, MA Fashion Design Technology – Menswear has been selected as part of the line up for Ones to Watch MEN, while Fellow MA Fashion Design Technology – Womenswear graduate Charlotte Simpson and MA Fashion Artefact graduate and winner of the Leathersellers’ Company Business Start Up Award Christina Hamilton have both been selected for the AW12/13 presentation, where their collections will be presented to international fashion press, industry and buyers.

Joseph Turvey's collection on the catwalk at the MA show. Image: Chris Moore / Catwalking.com

Specifically tailored to the men’s market on LFW’s dedicated Menswear day, Ones To Watch MEN is a collaborative platform for four of the hottest new talents, selected by panel of industry experts. This season the Judging Panel included Katy England, Holly Shackleton Editor of i-D, Jessica Bumpus of Vogue.com, Style Bubble’s Susie Lau, Marios Schwab, Felder Felder, David Koma Hanna Emslie from Selfridges Zara Martin for Village Bicycle, Rebekah Roy, and Vauxhall Fashion Scout´s Founder and Director Martyn Roberts.

Martyn Roberts, Founder of Vauxhall Fashion Scout commented:

This season, the selection of Ones To Watch MEN is an enthusing, stimulating line up of new names. The hugely successful launch of the Ones To Watch MEN initiative at London Fashion Week has seen great talents, including T.Lipop, Baartmans and Siegel and Asger Juel Larsen launch their labels into the rapidly evolving menswear market. OTW MEN is a powerful vehicle promoting, supporting and presenting to the industry new names.

Christina Hamilton's saddlery designs displayed on a bicyle

Joseph, Charlotte and Christina join fellow LCF graduates William Tempest, Ada Zanditon, Nova Chiu, Baartmans and Siegel, Young Lilee, Asger Juel Larson and Jennifer Morris – all of whom have been selected by Vauxhall Fashion Scout over the last couple of years for their pioneering programme which offers unique showcasing opportunities via catwalk shows, salon shows, presentations or exhibitions, whilst also offering the designers business support and sponsorship opportunities.

• Read more about Vauxhall Fashion Scout: Ones to Watch MEN
• Read more about the LCF MA_12 season

Stine Riis, BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear 2011 graduate has won the H&M design award. The award was announced at Stockholm’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week yesterday.

• Read more about the H&M Design Award

Little Mix wearing spiked shoulder pieces by Nikita Karizma

Recent BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Development graduate Nikita Karizma created the outfits that Little Mix wore for their winning performance.

Nikita was scouted by the X Factor costume team from her profile on University of the Arts London portfolio site Showtime. Since being selected to join the team she has been creating pieces for the X Factor finals under the guidance of Laury Smith.  Nikita’s highlights included creating a baby pink dress from her graduate collection for Amelia Lily, designing spiked shoulder pieces for Little Mix and producing 28 silver harnesses for dancers which were worn at the final.

Amelia Lily wearing a specially commissioned piece from Nikita's graduate collection

Speaking about her experience, Nikita revealed:

It was an absolute pleasure working with Laury Smith and the X Factor team.  We fitted Amelia’s dress onto her right before she walked onto the stage and watched her perform from her dressing room, a moment in time that a young designer will never forget.  Thank you so much for the support and I look forward to sharing many more fashion memories with you all.

• View Nikita’s Showtime profile to find out more.
• View Nikita’s website

BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles graduate Sanna Naapuri was also featured when Misha wore an oil print velvet cape and leggings from her A/W 2011 collection.

Misha B wearing Sanna Naapuri Autumn/Winter 2011

• View Sanna’s Showtime profile to find out more
• View Sanna’s blog

Work from Janice Rosenberg's Showtime profile

Work from Janice Rosenberg's Showtime profile

Janice Rosenberg who graduated from the BA (Hons) Cordwainers Footwear in July 2011 was selected to show at BRITISH-ISH an exhibition at the B&A in the British Galleries. The exhibition was curated by Giles Deacon and was part of the London Design Festival.

• More information on the exhibition
• BA (Hons) Cordwainers Footwear course information
• View Janice Rosenberg’s Showtime profile

LCF’s 2011 award winner for Contemporary Journalism, Emma McCarthy, has secured a job as the new fashion writer at the Evening Standard. Her first article Customers are calling the shots now on fashion focused on crowd-sourcing, a growing trend in which consumers are invited to shape the creative process. The article featured MA Design Management for the Fashion Industries alumna Rachel Cosford, who founded the company Connected Generation, which lets customers decide which of its designs will go into production through an online vote.

• Read the full article
• Watch an interview with Rachel Cosford from her final exhibition
• BA (Hons) Fashion Journalism course information
• MA Design Management for the Fashion Industries course information

Find out which pieces our guests coveted and what they would wear them with. COLLEGE SHOP is open until 28th September - Unit 1.3 Kingly Court, London, W1

Filmed and edited by Emma Gunnery and Kim Maninno – MA Fashion Media Production students.

• Read more about COLLEGE SHOP

A short film from the launch night of the LCF COLLEGE SHOP where you can by affordable one-off pieces. Open until 28th September.

• Read more about COLLEGE SHOP

Beatrix Ong collects her MBE at the Palace. Image: Vogue.com

Beatrix Ong, a Cordwainers College alumna, was bestowed the honour of Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2011 Queen’s New Year Honours list for her services to the fashion industry.

After graduating from LCF in 2000 Beatrix became Jimmy Choo’s creative director of couture aged just 22 and launched her own label in 2002.

Beatrix wore Stella McCartney and a Phillip Treacy creation – read about her experiences at the palace on Vogue.com.

Sophie Ludwig (first on the left) at the Awards Ceremony in October 2011

A 2011 graduate from the BSc Cosmetic Science course, Sophie Ludwig (pictured), won third prize at the international competition organised by SEPAWA (Soap, Perfume and Detergent Experts Association) based in Germany in October 2011.

She won the prize with her final project report, entitled “An ex vivo comparative study of the tensile strengthening efficacy of protein-derived actives in the management of heavily chemically bleached hair”, in the category of Outstanding Graduate from a University of Applied Science.

Sophie received a prize of 500 Euros, travel and accommodation costs to attend the awards ceremony in October in Germany. Congratulations to Sophie!

WGSN yesterday announced the shortlist for their second Global Fashion Awards and we were thrilled to see a host of LCF alumni on the list, including two of our most recent graduates!

Yeashin Kim and Yingzhi ‘Chi Chi’ Luo were shortlisted in the Most Creative Student Collection category, having only showed their final collections at the BA Runway Show 2011 a couple of weeks ago.

Yeashin Kim's collection on the catwalk at the BA Runway Show. Image credit: Catwalking.com

Also shortlisted from the LCF family is MA Fashion Artefact graduate Una Burke in the Breakthrough Designer category, and Nickolas Kirkwood and Camilla Skovgaard both in the category for Most Influential Designer, Footwear and/or Accessories, both graduates from Cordwainers at London College of Fashion.

Yingzhi ‘Chi Chi’ Luo's collection on the catwalk at the BA Runway Show. Image credit: Catwalking.com

The WGSN Global Fashion Awards 2011 honour fashion’s most innovative and inspirational businesses and individuals.

These high profile awards are judged by an esteemed panel of industry peers, including LCF alumnus William Tempest, who graduated with a BA in Womenswear and went on to set up his eponymous label in 2009. Tempest was the winner of the Emerging Brand or Retailer at last years  inaugural awards.

The winners for all categories will be announced at an exclusive ceremony in New York in October – best of luck to all nominated LCF designers!

• Find out more about the WGSN Global Fashion Awards and full shortlist
• Find out more about the LCF BA Runway Show 2011