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

Your chance to make the LCF world a little bit greener. We’re putting on workshops, talks and events across the College to make sustainability come alive at LCF.

To find out how to get involved, check the events listings to find out what will be going on at your site next week.

• Read about Beauty is in the I event

This year, we are once again launching a search for people like YOU (male and female) to model in photoshoots, fashion films and walk the runway in one of the highest profile graduate showcases in the UK: our BA runway show on 28 June.

We love individuality, we love image, we love uniqueness, we just want to see more of it in the fashion industry – we know things are changing but we’re not willing to wait – our students are the fashion industry of tomorrow. We say homogeneous fashion images are for the faint hearted. We will create events and editorials that are alive and reflect how much London College of Fashion loves fashion and loves the people that make it happen. To do this we need YOU.

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Students and Course Leader Yvonne Mills

Students from the FdSc Beauty and Spa Management course attended a recruitment session at spa services global provider Steiner Leisure. Students spent the morning on a Arcadia cruise ship to see if they would be interested in working for Steiner on land and sea.

• FdSc Beauty and Spa Management Course Information
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LCF GRADUATE FAIR
Friday 18th November
10am – 5pm
RHS, Centre and West Space

This event is aimed at final year London College of Fashion students and will provide an opportunity to talk to graduate recruiters directly about opportunities within their organisation and a chance to find out more about what they look for when recruiting fashion graduates.

Attendance can be made at any time throughout the day and it is not a requirement to book in advance.

Please try to attend as this will be a valuable networking experience and an important step towards your career development.

• LCF FirstMove

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

Competition brought to you by Issa London and Hot New Face.com

Issa, the globally acclaimed fashion house, has teamed up with specialists in creative collaborations Talenthouse, to invite pattern and fashion designers to submit a print design for an Issa dress. Issa is looking for designers to bring their fresh approach, personality and vision which can easily translate into a classically chic silk Issa jersey dress. Participants should submit one print design for the chance to have it produced into an exclusive dress for Issa’s upcoming seasonal line.

They are looking for:
Pattern designers, graphic designers, fashion designers and illustrators. The competition is open to everyone, you don’t have to be an LCF student to enter.

Winner Selection:
Issa and Hot New Face will choose the winner from all qualified submissions with special consideration for the top voted entries.

Prizes:
One winner will have their print design produced into a dress for Issa and will receive a cash prize of $1000.

The highest voted submission will receive an exclusive item from Issa’s upcoming seasonal line.

Deadlines:
Submission Deadline: October 13, 2011

• Issa London website
• Read more & Enter the competition

Gemma Cairney hosts the fashion debate at LCF. Image courtesy of Laura-May Coope, BBC 1Xtra

Last Friday evening, LCF hosted a special BBC Radio 1Xtra London Fashion Week event, presented by DJ and stylist Gemma Cairney to mark the first day of London Fashion Week. (more…)

Backstage at the LCF Catwalk show, we caught up with Charlotte Barry who won the Barnett Lawson Award for Best Use of Trimmings, Stine Riis who won the Biddle Sawyer Silks Award and Nova Chiu who won Collection of the Year.

• Find out more about the 2011 LCF Graduate season
• Find out more about the LCF Street Casting
• View LCF student Showtime profiles
• View #lcf2011 tweets on twitter.com

Showtime, University of the Arts London’s online platform for all its graduating students, has gone through some major redevelopments lately, including a design refresh and the addition of the following new features:

• Enhanced search – filter profiles by discipline, course and year
• More information promoting summer shows and exhibitions
• Easy sharing to social media sites
• Integrated Facebook likes on the profiles

Showtime supports, promotes and celebrates emerging talent by offering graduates an opportunity for graduates to profile their work directly to industry. BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Development graduate, Nikita Karizma, was contacted by lots of press and industry enquiries within just ten days of creating her profile.

Arts Showtime is an amazing tool for the creative industries to scout young talent in the graduate pool.  The feedback within the first 10 days of uploading part of my graduate range has been phenomenal. It is a brilliant way to begin networking with creatives in industry, start building up a strong working relationship with stylists & furthermore it is a great confidence boost for any student to get exposure outside of college.  I highly recommend every student to make use of this exceptional online portfolio, it is an opportunity not to be missed during the process of graduating. (Nikita Karizma)

• Nikita Karizma Showtime profile
• Browse 2011 graduate profiles
• Create your free Showtime profile