Fashion wins silver salver from Worshipful Company of Glovers
Fashion Lecturer and first-year tutor Debbie Allsop (right) is pictured receiving the silver salver award for 'the greatest contribution to the 2015 contest', presented by the Master of the Worshipful Company of Glovers of London, Ann Esslemont (left) and Reg Hankey, CEO of Pittards plc (centre).
Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:19:00 BST
The University was presented with the award at The Worshipful Company’s annual design competition in London
Fashion Design with Textiles student Stephanie Rockliff, is also pictured receiving a prize as runner-up in one of the contest’s categories. Her brief was to design a pair of ladies’ fashion gloves for Autumn/Winter 2015 for a specific high street store. You can view Stephanie's design below.
ONE of England’s most ancient guilds aims to ensure that its time-honoured trade has a bright future. Young designers – including talented University of Huddersfield fashion students – are playing a key role.
Every year, The Worshipful Company of Glovers of London – which dates from the early 1300s – holds a glove design competition for students. The Fashion Department at the University of Huddersfield has been a regular participant, with many successful entrants over the years.
In 2015, there were 11 entries from first-year students from the Fashion Design with Marketing and Production and the Fashion Design with Textiles degree courses.
The scale of this entry was enough in itself to win an award. When fashion lecturer and first-year tutor Debbie Allsop attended the prize-giving ceremony in London, she was handed a special certificate and a silver salver for the greatest contribution to the 2015 contest.
Also present was first-year Fashion Design with Textiles student Stephanie Rockliff, who received a prize as runner-up in one of the contest’s categories. Her brief was to design a pair of ladies’ fashion gloves for Autumn/Winter 2015 for a specific high street store.
After researching a range of top fashion brands, Stephanie chose Mulberry and identified a gap in the market.
She produced designs for a pair of gloves that would match and complement a style of belt that is a distinctive feature of Mulberry collections. Her gloves would be produced in the finely-grained calfskin that is used for existing gloves in the fashion company’s range.
Debbie Allsop said that the Worshipful Company of Glovers contest was an interesting and challenging event for students to enter. The drawings they submitted had to be technically accurate and the designs had to be feasible to manufacture and have commercial potential.
Some of the challenges set by the Worshipful Company are for safety or work gloves, but there is also an increasing emphasis on fashion, said Debbie.
