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Textile manufacturer AW Hainsworth supports emerging university talent

Tom Shearsmith
07 November 2019

British textile manufacturers AW Hainsworth announces its proud support of emerging fashion talent, having worked closely with UK Universities and their students since launching into the fashion market in 2014.

This year the premium woollen mill is set to launch a multi-university live brief, in which students at four Northern-based universities will compete to be named Hainsworth Young Designer of the Year.

Hainsworth has developed a number of successful live briefs over the years, as well as creating and presenting awards at the prestigious New Designers exhibition. This year sees the development of its biggest student project to date, with four different Universities working on one design brief set by Hainsworth.

The brief, titled Respect the Past, Create the Future, tasks students with creating a fashion garment that celebrates innovation whilst respecting Hainsworth’s rich heritage.

Hainsworth cloth is among the most iconic in British history. Today gracing the catwalks of world renowned fashion houses, and worn by celebrities such as Harry Styles and the late Karl Lagerfeld, its premium woollen cloth has its roots firmly in British history.

Students must work to successfully blend cutting edge techniques to construct a garment that pushes boundaries whilst respecting Hainsworth’s deep rooted history and traditional woollen fabrics.

Throughout early 2020, Hainsworth will visit the competing universities to judge the garments and one winner from each university will be selected, each receiving a cash prize of £250. The four finalists will then be invited to the Hainsworth mill to present their garments, and the winner will be presented with the Hainsworth Young Designer of the Year award, winning a prize of £1,000.

Producing premium textiles on the same site in West Yorkshire since 1783, Hainsworth is proud of its northern roots. With all four of the universities taking part based north of Manchester, it is hoped that the project will shine a spotlight on emerging fashion talent outside of London. The university courses involved are;

BA (Hons) Fashion Design & Technology, Manchester Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Marketing, Northumbria University
BA (Hons) Fashion, Teesside University
BA (Hons) Fashion Design with Textiles/Fashion Design with Marketing and Production, University of Huddersfield

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