A Whizz Round the ECA Degree Show: FASHION

Kara Sormark

Last week, while in Edinburgh for my sisters graduation, I took the opportunity to have a look around the Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show. Unfortunately it was just a super quick look, having only an hour before and an hour after the ceremony to spare. I managed to see most of the sections I was especially excited about and have decided to do a small write up of each of my favourites.

One of the areas I was most interested to see was the Fashion section. After opting to see the Costume Design Show I was looking forward to seeing what I'd missed by not choosing to see the Fashion show too. I'd already had a sneak peak of a few ECA gratudates via others blogger's coverage of Graduate Fashion week but it was good to get a closer look at the garments on the hangers. The first collection that stood out to me was Hannah Cummings bright and floaty offerings. I loved her colour combination and the orange of the dress on the mannequin was such a perfect fruity shade.




I also loved the wooden clutch bags, contrasting with the floaty fabric.



Bright colour seemed to be a strong theme with many of the fashion students this year, with bright blues, oranges and yellows featuring across many of the collections. It was interesting to see how each designer approached their use of colour, from clashing brights to combining strong colours with softer tones.


Klara Somark


Sarah Ho

Though all the colour was very attractive and put me in the perfect summery mood I was also attracted to Laura De Barra's collection. I just could not resist the combination of navy and white stripes paired with brown leather.



But if I had to choose a favourite I think I'd go for Anna Stephenson's collection. They way she'd used print really stood out and I loved how she'd created pretty floral garments and then shredded and manipulated the fabric to add a whole other dimension to the designs.