Certainly among the toast of the  graduate fashion week entrants, Middlesex University’s Fashion Design and Fashion Textile students put on another impressive show this year. Now the dust has settled on the catwalk, Glass highlights the ones to watch, whose burning ambition to make it in the breakneck industry gave their collection that little bit extra.
Antonia Cascino’s chic formal daywear showed potential for real-life customers
When it came to menswear, a popular design option for Middlesex’s graduates, Chloe Johnson showed great skill at putting together a stylish ensemble collection with her stand-out leather pieces in alluring deep hues.
Elsewhere on the menswear front Nuno Lopes de Oliveira also scored highly with Glass due to his use of gold metallics for a more glam take on ubiquitous sportswear styling
Budding visionary Sonia Gill made it clear that she has been swayed by the avant-garde without going over-board. Her beautiful and borderline theatrical creations masterfully tread an ethereal line between Miss Havisham meets modern de-constructed Margiela
For a more practical and flattering staple of modern design, look to Xe Linn Yeap for just that. Beyond a smart use of monochromatic prints, simple yet monumentally eye-catching separates gave a more diverse appeal to Middlesex’s offerings.
In a slightly similar vein Jasmine Wickens’ lush use of 20 shades of grey, give or take, gave her collection a stylish utilitarian edge that has got exactly what it takes to be easily adopted by contemporary fashionistas.
by Liam Feltham
Images by Roger Dear courtesy of Middlesex University
For more details of our shortlist of designers, visit Middlesex University’s homepage.