Show Town·China Graduate Fashion Week 2016

By Zhao Zihan

Show Town ？ China Graduate Fashion Week 2016 was staged in Beijing from May 14th - 20th， 2016. The fashion week focused on the employment of graduates centered on “Enterpreuship and Innovation” and provided a platform for the promising designers to show themselves before coming onto the stage of society. By gathering the qual- ity resources of universities， professional organizations and enterprises at home and abroad， the fashion week covered a series of events， including design contests， forums and lectures， press releases， job fair and young designers support programs， to help the emerging designers contact with high-quality resources， improve professional quality and innovative ability.

In this fashion week， 983 graduates， with their design works full of creativity and imagination， held 31 graduate shows. Among the 33 colleges and universities， Chinese colleges and universities accounted for 30， who came from 12 provinces and regions in China， including 4 colleges and universities who made their debut in this fashion week； 3 overseas colleges and universities respectively came from the UK， Italy and Australia.

The graduates design shows demonstrated the education achievement of design colleges and universities， created opportunities for industries， enterprises and professional organizations to seek for good design resources and communicate with design talents， and provided condi- tions for emerging designers to contact high-quality resources and realize selfemployment and entrepreneurship.

Academy of Arts & Design， Tsinghua University and Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano， Dalian Polytechnic University and University of Southampton， and Raffles College of Design and Commerce launched joint show respec- tively to strengthen the communication between Chinese and foreign design colleges and universities， further deepening their cooperation， which will promote the internationalization of China fashion education and the international development of design creativity.

In this fashion week， the organizers strengthened the support for the award- winning emerging designers. Besides the honorable bonus of the awards， Mercedes-Benz， the Woolmark Company， SAGA Furs and other quality resources within and outside of the industry sought for the best originality design in the fashion week， and provided overseas study tours and visits and other opportunities for excellent designers. At the same time， they also offered funding resources and a series of supports for promising designers innovation and entrepreneurship.

During the fashion week， 751 D ？ PARK Beijing Fashion Design Plaza worked with the organizing committee of China Graduate Fashion Week， the training center of China Fashion Association to hold job fair for fashion design gradu- ates， providing fashion companies and job seekers an employment service platform for mutual choice. Qiaodan Sports Co， Ltd， EVE Group， Shenzhen Liangzhi Fashion Industrial Co.， Ltd.， Shanghai PAraS Co.， Ltd.， Vancl Technology Co.， Ltd.， Yen Original Designer Brand and many other well-known enterprises and brands were there for job recruiting.