Award Wins and Catwalk Success at Graduate Fashion Week 2026

^{Collection designed by Pex Tan}

Following a successful UCA Epsom catwalk show, BA (Hons) Fashion Design student Pex Tan, was awarded as the Best Collection Winner with BA (Hons) Studio Practice (Fashion Design) Top-up student, Cheng En Kuek, receiving the Highly Commended Winner accolade.  

Both students showed their collections on the catwalk across three shows, including two special catwalks for the Schools and Colleges’ day, and appearing on the runway as part of the GFW26 Best in Show Finale gala.  

^{Collection designed by Cheng En Kuek}

The success continued for Charmaine Chong - BA (Hons) Studio Practice (Fashion Design) Top up, and Vlad Tabacaru - BA (Hons) Fashion Design. They were chosen from hundreds of entries to the Graduate Fashion Foundation (GFF) X Liberty Fabrics competition, with both looks featuring in the Liberty Fabrics catwalk show.

Vlad Tabacaru’s designs were also chosen to be part of the Talent of Tomorrow Photoshoot, while one of his pre-collection looks went on display in the GFW entrance hall.

^{Collection designed by Vlad Tabacaru}

Two students from BA (Hons) Fashion Atelier & Tailoring - Frank Baskerville and Leah Brown, were chosen, from hundred of entries to show their collections in the GFW Menswear catwalk show.

And, BA (Hons) Fashion Design student Alana Sweet’s collection was shortlisted for the GFF & F&F Design competition.

^{Collection designed by Frank Baskerville}

19 other UCA Epsom students were shortlisted across multiple GFW26 awards categories:

• GFW26 Illustration Award  

Pex Tan - BA (Hons) Fashion Design 

• GFW 26Culture & Heritage Award (Design)  

Yanrui Guo - BA (Hons) Fashion Design 

• GFW26 Culture & Heritage Award (Non-Design)  

Hearte Ho - BA (Hons) Creative Industries Management in Fashion 

• GFW26 Constructed Textiles Award  

Gracie Truscott - BA (Hons) Fashion Design

 ^{Designed by Gracie Truscott}

• GFW26 Dame Zandra Rhodes Fashion Printed Textiles Award (supported by F&F)  

Yiet Kuan Lau (Sky) – BA (Hons) Studio Practice (Fashion Design) Top up 

• GFW26 Communication Portfolio Award 

Rei Funamoto – BA (Hons) Fashion Photography 

• GFW26 New Business Award  

Kashvi Soni – BA/BSc (Hons) Fashion Business & Management  

• GFW26 Fashion Marketing Award  

Wiktoria Wysocka - BA/BSc (Hons) Fashion Business & Management 

• GFW26 Fashion Styling & Creative Direction Award  

Ashlyn Rowland – BA (Hons) Fashion Image and Styling 

• GFW26 Digital Fashion Media  

Nora Biro – BA/BSc (Hons) Fashion Business & Management 

• GFW26 Pattern Cutting Award 

Jeffrey Zhao – BA (Hons) Fashion Design 

• GFW26 Tailoring Award (supported by Dugdale Brothers)  

Archie Busek – BA (Hons) Fashion Atelier & Tailoring, and   

Olivia Rudd – BA (Hons) Fashion Atelier & Tailoring 

• GFW26 Fashion Innovation Award (supported by F&F)  

Kashvi Soni – BA/BSc (Hons) Fashion Business & Management 

• GFW26 Project Pitch Award 

Hearte Ho – BA (Hons) Creative Industries Management in Fashion 

Kashvi Soni – BA/BSc (Hons) Fashion Business & Management 

Reb Moore – BA (Hons) Fashion Branding and Communication 

Sarah Schwaegerl – BA (Hons) Fashion Branding and Communication 

Soha Kim – BA (Hons) Creative Industries Management in Fashion 

Elsewhere, BA (Hons) Atelier graduates showcased their end-of-year collections at a prestigious London catwalk showcase.

For more information about our fashion degrees, visit the UCA course pages.

^{Collection designed by Alana Sweet}

^{Collection designed by Leah Brown}

^{Collection designed by Tania Kiani}