Bright young things: Graduate Fashion Week

Graduate Fashion Week has grown up. From 10 June it celebrates its 21st anniversary by showcasing (and awarding) this year's most exciting talent from the UK's fashion courses. It's 21 years since Burberry's Christopher Bailey won the debut student of the year award and took his first finely shod step on the road to becoming one of the most important people in British fashion. "We have the most exceptional design talent coming out of our colleges here in the UK," he says, "and I salute their energy, their talent, and their well-earned and deserved global reputation." This year more than 1,000 students from 42 universities are taking part, exhibiting their work to buyers, designers and the general fashion-curious public, with 20 catwalk shows and a pop-up shop where visitors can buy graduate designs off the peg. The awards are a glimpse into fashion's future (Stella McCartney won in 1995) and this year they're judged by fashion heroes including Daphne Guinness, Mary Katrantzou, Jefferson Hack and Livia Firth. Look carefully and you'll see what we'll all be wearing in five years' time, from smudgy water-bleed prints to strong modern textures. George at Asda sponsors Graduate Fashion Week at Earls Court, London, 10-13 June. For more information and tickets, go to gfw.org.uk Here's our pick of some of the other exciting graduates this year… Barbara Hamilton, Ravensbourne College Claire Sant, De Montfort University Hannah Duckworth, Westminster University Deimante Meilune, Colchester School of Art Christopher Jayden Winney, Colchester School of Art Emily Edge, Northumbria University