representing the creative future
Out of School and into a Crisis: Central Saint Martins’ MA Fashion Graduates 2020
This year’s graduating designers are faced with a situation none of their predecessors have found themselves in before. What is it like to launch your career in the midst of a global pandemic?
Chloé Nardin: "I really struggle with what the term ‘fashion designer’ implies."
The CSM BA Womenswear graduate discusses her fixation on precision over performance, and the subtle ergonomics of medieval women's clothing.
Fabrice Desvaux de Marigny: When Businessman Meets Beauty Queen
The CSM graduate’s BA collection, featuring tight leather trousers, glitz and tailoring, was inspired by an affair his father had ten years ago.
One year out
How well do creative courses prepare students for the reality of post-graduate life? The CSM BA Womenswear class of 2018 share their thoughts.
DICKPRINT: Queerness, race and sexuality seen through fashion
CSM Fashion Journalism graduate Kacion Mayers discusses his raunchy final project, the trials of making a publication solo, and what 'mascuerading' means.
Ernesto Naranjo’s playfully pragmatic ode to his Spanish heritage
Meet the Spanish designer hopping between London, Paris and Madrid a year on from graduating from CSM
The Masters: Rebecca Jeffs
Diving into the world of the Northern-born, Central Saint Martins graduate, Rebecca Jeffs.
Wanbing Huang ‒ "Commercial businesses are so boring!”
Meet the Bunka and CSM graduate who spends months developing her fabric each season.
The Masters: Dimitra Petsa
Take a dive into the wet world of the Greek graduate.
Balenciaga Revival!
Behind the scenes of Transmissions: Heritage and New Creation
Naranjo Del Vas: Two designers, one presentation, from Central Saint Martins to Palais de Tokyo
Their designs are poles apart but their design processes are radically similar. We caught up with Paula Cánovas del Vas and Ernesto Naranjo before their collaborative presentation at Palais de Tokyo.
