1:30pm Monday 26th November 2007
A Rickmansworth fashion designer has capped a fantastic year by graduating from the University of Westminster's BA Honours Fashion Design course with first class honours.
The designs of Julia Ison-Stierer 24, were the standout collection at the University's Graduate Fashion Week show, which saw her featured in the Evening Standard, The Times and Vogue.
Her sportswear-inspired collection was awarded the Westminster Collection of the Year prize.
Sally Feldman, dean of the School of Media, Arts and Design, said: "Julia's work is a wonderful expression of the very finest values of fashion at Westminster: edgy, original, witty and with meticulous attention to detail and cut as well as to style and concept."
Julia's work was spotted by sportswear company Adidas, and she is currently working as a designer at the company's headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany.
Julia said: "I'm delighted to graduate with a first, and I'd like to say thanks to my tutors and to my husband James, whose help and support through my degree got me where I am today."
Drew, Steph, Jess, London says...
7:45pm Mon 26 Nov 07
Kay, says...
8:16pm Mon 26 Nov 07
Roy Stockdill, says...
8:34pm Mon 26 Nov 07
Kay wrote:I don't dispute that studying fashion at college is probably hard work, but I would suggest with respect that it's not actually very important in the overall context of society as a whole. Believe me, I do know about the importance of fashion in a historical context, being a genealogist and a keen family historian, but one can always get that from looking at old photographs and newspaper descriptions of what people wore in the 18th and 19th centuries. You don't need a university degree in it. Is anyone seriously claiming that a degree in fashion (which changes constantly anyway) is the same as a degree in medicine, sciences, technology and other subjects valuable in advancements to the human race? Fashion is an ephemeral thing, changing from one minute to the next. Is it really important in the overall context of humanity? Fashion designers are about as important as soccer players and fodder only for the gossip columns, which will not be remembered beyond next week!
I think you should comment on this once you have attempted a fashion degree Roy. I study on the same course and work 20 times harder than any of my friends studying law or medicine. Atleast I know what I want from my degree and treat it as a i would a job. I am truly disgusted by your comments.
JaraydF*, NI says...
8:48pm Mon 26 Nov 07
Drew, Steph, Jess, London says...
9:08pm Mon 26 Nov 07
kay, says...
9:09pm Mon 26 Nov 07
edna wynthrope, tunbridge wells says...
9:48pm Mon 26 Nov 07
Drew, London says...
10:13pm Mon 26 Nov 07
Drew, London says...
10:24pm Mon 26 Nov 07
Raga Man, waftrod says...
11:56am Tue 27 Nov 07
Les Bian, Watstone says...
12:17pm Tue 27 Nov 07
Roy Stockdill wrote:At least this news is not about that f*%$£*(g footballer.
I am sure this young lady is a very nice girl and an outstanding designer of sports clothes, but isn\'t it a rather sad comment on our society and our times that this kind of thing can make headlines in a newspaper and on its website? Does a BA Honours in fashion design really equate to a major qualification in science, mathematics, medicine, classical languages, historical research or anything that is actually going to add a dimension to the sum of human knowledge? Is there REALLY an honours degree in designing clothes now? I find this very hard to believe and also very sad! Of what possible advancement is it to the human race? Did the Ancient Britons or the Roman Empire give degrees for designing goat skins and loin cloths? What next? A university first-class honours degree in crimping and hairdressing? Instead of awarding degrees in useless subjects that pander only to the vain and the shallow, shouldn\'t we be encouraging students to take up research projects in areas that actually advance the human race? I mean, how about discovering a cure for cancer, or is that less important than that people at least look good in expensive fancy clothes whilst dying of the disease?
Roy Stockdill, says...
10:11pm Wed 28 Nov 07
Drew wrote:Well, if you trawl the Internet carefully you can find some very interesting interviews, articles and comments on whether a woman can give birth to a baby and return to full medical and athletic fitness within less than a year sufficiently to win a major marathon, as Radcliffe did in New York. I do actually think this adds to the sum of human knowledge and medical experience. It may well stimulate further research and experimentation that will help women return to a normal life after giving birth, even if very few are ever likely to emulate Paula's achievements. I doubt whether medical researches on footballers is likely to prove as useful, other than in establishing how difficult it was to trace their brain cells!
Oh Roy, would you please kindly explain to me how running a marathon, and the long-distance athletic races of Ms Radcliffe are advancing the human race, yet football and it's players (who are undeniably overpaid I agree) are not? Surely they are both sporting entertainments, neither of which will ever yield a cure for Cancer or AIDS, this renders them worthless right? So how is it that just a few weeks ago you were singing this woman's praises? I'm not disputing it is an admirable achievement on the part of Paula Radcliffe, but it would be helpful to understand the logic behind some of your contradictory comments.
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Roy Stockdill, says...
5:52pm Mon 26 Nov 07
Instead of awarding degrees in useless subjects that pander only to the vain and the shallow, shouldn't we be encouraging students to take up research projects in areas that actually advance the human race? I mean, how about discovering a cure for cancer, or is that less important than that people at least look good in expensive fancy clothes whilst dying of the disease?