LCF student Edward Curtis, BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear, is joint winner of the Nina De Yorke Scholarship for Fashion Illustration.
For the 6th year running, an LCF student has taken the prize which is open to any student on a MA, BA or Graduate Diploma course that specializes in Fashion, Jewellery or Textiles at London College of Fashion or Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design.
Offering a £1000 cash prize, the scholarship has encouraged and celebrated illustration for 20 years.
The three judges, Anne Smith, Dean of School of Fashion and Textiles, CSM; Paul McNicoll, Dean of School of Design & Technology, LCF; and renowned Fashion Illustrator & Fashion Designer Julie Verhoeven, faced a tough task choosing a winner from a bigger set of submissions than in previous years.
However, Edward’s designs won out, impressing the judges with his “confident, brave and unique personal style”.
Rob Phillips, Creative Director for the School of Design & Technology reflected on his students’ success:
“I am very proud that this is the sixth year in a row that LCF has been awarded a Nina De Yorke Scholarship prize. It continues on from the success of our Chelsea Flower Show illustration winner.”
He spoke of the creative and skilled approach students develop whilst studying in his department:
“From academic ways of drawing to more abstract depictions of figure, they are educated to understand what turns a paint daub, scribbly line or flick of the pen into the emotion on a face, the impression of a woman walking or the tension in a hand carrying a bag.”
Edward remarked upon the importance of illustration for his fashion design practice:
“Every illustration comes as a surprise, mostly pleasant, as I produce them quickly without thinking what I want them to look like. They influence the way I design profoundly.”
Competitions like the Nina De Yorke Scholarship continue to prove the importance of illustration to stimulate the imagination when it comes to creative fashion design.
- Illustrations above: Edward Curtis, BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear; Daniela Gercai, BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles; Rachel House, BA (Hons) Fashion Design & Technology: Menswear.
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