Graduate Fashion Week 2013 award winners

Graduate Fashion Week has announced the winners of this year’s Awards, with this year’s gala ceremony hosted by Henry Holland and Zara Martin. The GFW George Gold Award, for which the recipient will receive a prize of £20,000, went to Lauren Smith from Edinburgh College of Art while Suzy Menkes OBE, head fashion reporter and editor for the International Herald Tribune, was presented with the GFW Lifetime Achievement award. This year’s awards winners were as follows: George Gold Award: Lauren Smith, Edinburgh College of Art Womenswear Award: Hannah Williams, UCA Epsom Menswear Award: Shauni Douglas & Olivia Creber, Edinburgh College of Art Zandra Rhodes Catwalk Textile Award: Kirandeep Bassan, Northampton University Stuart Peters Visionary Knitwear Award: Thea Saunders, Nottingham Trent University GFW Lifetime Achievement: Suzy Menkes OBE, International Herald Tribune Mulberry Accessories Award 2013: Amy Davidson, Manchester School of Art Ethical Award: Rosy Dobby, Northumbria University Fashion Innovation: Hannah William, UCA Epsom David Band Textile Award 2013: Anne Lina Dingsor Uudelepp, Ravensbourne University Barclays New Business Award 2013: Jessica Kelly, UCA Epsom Per Aquum Marketing Award 2013: Sophie Christiansen, Ravensbourne University Stand Award 2013: Nottingham Trent Media & Design Award 2013: Rebecca Chambers, Ravensbourne University Karen Millen Fashion Portfolio Award: Emma De Vries, Ravensbourne University Womenswear Muse Collection 2013: Sasha Nassar, Istituto Marangoni, Paris Fashion Photographer Award 2013: Dean Stephen, University of the West Of England International Show Award 2013: Angus Chiang, Shih Chien University, Taiwan