{"id":1191652,"date":"2026-09-07T16:02:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1191652\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T16:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:02:25","slug":"inaugural-scotland-fashion-now-graduate-showcase-hailed-a-major-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1191652\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural Scotland Fashion Now: Graduate Showcase hailed a major success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                                    <b>Published<\/b><br \/>\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                                        September 7, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content col-md-8 offset-md-1\">\n                                Hailed as \u201ca wonderful celebration of incredible talent\u201d and an \u201cinspiration to see Scotland&#8217;s art and design schools come together\u201d, the inaugural Scotland Fashion Now: Graduate Showcase launched a weekend-long programme of fashion workshops, talks and events, and, of course, a culminating catwalk show.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"news-image\" style=\"width:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ff48.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1351\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> V&amp;A Dundee<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-md-8 offset-md-1 article-content--texte\">Opened by M\u00e0iri McAllan MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education, Culture and Gaelic, the main event saw <a class=\"fnwAddLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.fashionnetwork.com\/tags-v-a\" title=\"V&amp;A\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">V&amp;A<\/a> Dundee transformed into a runway, \u201cuniting Scotland\u2019s art and design colleges and celebrating the next generation of design talent.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The catwalk show bought together graduate collections from Edinburgh College of Art, Glasgow School of Art, Gray\u2019s School of Art and The Design School at Heriot-Watt University, featuring a total of 83 looks from 26 designers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-md-8 offset-md-1 article-content--texte\">V&amp;A Dundee director Leonie Bell said: \u201cIt is inspiring to see Scotland&#8217;s art and design schools come together in Dundee to support and celebrate the next generation of creative talent at the first Scotland Fashion Now Graduate Fashion Showcase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScotland Fashion Now\u00a0and [the] graduate fashion show is an invitation to the wider fashion industry to hear Scotland&#8217;s story: a place of contemporary ideas and identities, experimentation and innovation, and a source of inspiration shaped by\u00a0transcendental\u00a0landscapes, rich histories and deep traditions of craft,\u00a0making\u00a0and manufacture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McAllan added: \u201cScotland has long been recognised for its distinctive contribution to the global fashion industry, and events like this help ensure that legacy continues.\u201d\n                            <\/p>\n<p>\n       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