7 September 2009
MMU prints featured in Paris fabric fair
Graduate impresses iconic British designers
Print designs by MMU Textiles graduate Lisa Stannard (22) will go on show at Europe’s most important fabric fair in Paris next week, following the talented artist’s success at the annual Texprint Awards.
Lisa’s beautiful prints were awarded the Colour Prize by judges who included renowned British fashion designers Giles Deacon and Zandra Rhodes and eccentric Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry. Nominated by her tutors at MMU, Lisa beat off strong competition from over 200 other textile graduates to scoop the Prize.
Next stop Hong Kong
Set up 37 years ago as an arm of the Design Council, Texprint helps provide a bridge between undergraduate study and a career within the textile industry by bringing together the best new graduates with some of the most important names in international and British design.
Lisa will join five other winners at the Indigo show in Paris, which runs from 15-18 September. Each winner will have their own stand to show their collections and prizes will be presented by Harold Tillman, chairman of the British Fashion Council and Jaeger. From there, Lisa will exhibit her work at Interstoff Asia Essential in Hong Kong from 7-9 October.
Invaluable industry contacts
Barbara Horspool, Creative Director of high street fashion giant New Look, said of the MMU graduate’s work: “I was delighted with Lisa’s use of both bold and muted shades teamed with her delicate almost naive drawings. What is amazing is her sensitivity to colour on something that is completely computer generated, it is extraordinary.”
Texprint is responsible for discovering fashion industry great’s such as Zandra Rhodes and Alice Temperley. Award sponsors include Salvatore Ferragamo and an international design audience of Burberry, Marks & Spencer, Diane von Furstenberg, Jenny Packham and Paul Costello.
MMU’s School of Art has a long history of producing top textile graduates, making its name providing skilled artisans for the textiles industry during Manchester’s industrial revolution.
