The Central Saint Martins Graduate Shows marked a seminal moment in the formation of many key designers, including Alexander McQueen and John Galliano.
Over 1000 images from these shows can be explored on Bloomsbury Fashion Photography Archive, with details of their designer and year of the graduate show included, to support students and researchers in navigating the images and discovering new insights.
Willie Walters, Leader of Womenswear 1992-98 and Course Director of BA Fashion from 1998-2016, has enriched the metadata available for these images using her first-hand experience of that time.
Willie Walters Interview - Central Saint Martins Graduate Shows Collection
An interview with Willie Walters exploring her time at Central Saint Martins, the significance of the Graduate Shows, and how they can help current students with their own studies in fashion today.
Gain an insight into Willie Walter’s role while working at Central Saint Martins and her work with Bloomsbury, enriching the Central Saint Martins Graduate Shows’ images with additional information on the designer and year
Learn about some of the major designers in the 1990s and what they were doing differently to their predecessors, ultimately making this a pivotal time in fashion history
Discover how key designers in the 90s influenced the students at Central Saint Martins
Explore some of the ways that students were creating clothes and fabrics that were completely new and innovative
Find out what the Central Saint Martins Graduate Show was, why it was so important to the students, and how it changed throughout the 1990s
Understand how this graduate show collection can help current students with their own studies in fashion and fashion design
