Samuel Beaumont-Perkins - graduate menswear designer from Northumbria University, Newcastle.

Among this year’s graduates and future trend-setters was future menswear designer Samuel Beaumont-Perkins.

Sam Beaumont-Perkins’s ANXIETY collection. Copyright © Toph McGrillis

 Perkins’s ‘ANXIETY’ collection of menswear was inspired by the darker side of the mind, representing erratic behavior with swaddle feel and the use of minimalistic red to portray anger and red mist.
 His creativity and originality has already secured him a full-time position at Old Navy in San Francisco, adding to other successes such as being shortlisted in the Graduate Fashion Week Topshop competition.

Middlesex University London BA (Hons) Fashion Show for Graduate Fashion Week - the menswear

Middlesex University presented 10 menswear collections at Graduate Fashion Week 2014:

Rhiannon Wakefield - Art meets fashion. Clean cut silhouettes act as a canvas for the bold abstract prints.

Marie Maisonneuve - texture and layering is key.

Adam Chudecki - sheer fabrics and prints

Emma Beasley - specialises in prints and decided to create her own brand logo BSL. Colour palette - monochrome. Inspired by vintage pictures of sports especially ice hockey. Padding, layering. textures.

Helen Marudas - oversized tops

Orion Facey - specialises in garment construction and then deconstruction.  Pastel colour palette.

Sarah Magras - Raw edged denim

Jonathan Winter - Oversized garments and oversized houndstooth print. Bold colour palette of red and blue.

Sophie Daniel - Abstract prints and sheer fabrics

Alex Foster - Faux fur

Rising Stars - Menswear Graduate Student Designers

This year the rising stars of the menswear graduate student designers are:

Angus Chiang from Shish Chien University Taiwan who won the International Show Award at the Graduate Fashion Show this year.

Definitely reaching for the stars with a futuristic collection of space suits. Ranging from the practical and wearable black aviation style jumpsuits to the outrageous and show stopping astronaut suit covered in colourful fabric carnations – maybe saying it with flowers is the universal language for that alien encounter.

Shauni Douglas with accessories by Olivia Creber both from Edinburgh College of Art who won the Menswear award at the Graduate Fashion Show 2013.

Olivia’s false beards - surely the next must have sartorial accessory - certainly caught the eye as held in place by a mouthpiece, they bounced and swished as the model moved.  

The collection itself was a mix of Western tailoring and Middle Eastern layering of long tailored shirts to the knees and longer worn with shorter tops and coats. Prints were of oversized digital tartans and smaller checks alongside the richer tartans and geometric diamond patterns

Online Shop Perry Nelvill Showcases recently graduated designers

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Scott Rennie:

All in one jumpsuit with capped sleeves and clear pvc chest strip £125

http://perrynelvill.com/scott-rennie-shadow-people-quilted-jacket-2/

Waist length jacket with outer clear pvc shell and inner teal coloured lining with hood to match £225

http://perrynelvill.com/scott-rennie-shadow-people-clear-jacket/

Waist length layered waterproof cape with leather fasteners to the front £175

http://perrynelvill.com/scott-rennie/

Sydney Davies:

Handmade text printed shirt with shoulder panelling detail. Bamboo cotton  £250

http://perrynelvill.com/sydney-davies-gents-printed-shirt-tailored-trousers/

Panelled gold rust printed tailored shirt with contrasting cuffs and shoulder panelling. Cotton. £200

http://perrynelvill.com/sydney-davies-gents-shirt-tailored-trousers/