With the Graduation ceremonies taking place throughout the nation we’ve taken it upon ourselves to introduce the success stories of the Graduate Talent Programme 2018. You might have seen their collections in magazines, on TV or on social media, but it’s about time to get to know the faces - or hands - behind these creations. Two months ago the Fashion Crossover Team headed to North London, to the prestigious, and may I add a beautiful piece of architecture, better known as the Central Saint Martins campus.
Fashion Crossover London is seasoned when it comes to hosting industry talks, yet this time there was a surprise. We didn’t come alone, as a good luck charm we brought one of our most successful graduate designers from our Graduate Talent Programme, Viola Menchini. The Marangoni alumni was warmly greeted by students, alumni and tutors as it hadn’t even been a year since she herself graduated from the fashion design course. Yet this time around, she was at the other side of the table — quite literally — sharing her story on how she managed to achieve her dreams following her graduation.
In times when ‘unpredictability is the new normal’, industries have no choice but to overcome external challenges and adapt to the changing industrial landscape in order to remain relevant.
In March 2018, following the successful industry talk at Instituto Marangoni from the previous year, our Founder and Managing Director of Fashion Crossover London, Since Wang was invited by the school again to make a presentation at its London campus as part of its Industry Exchange. Founded in Milan in 1935, Istituto Marangoni is a private Italian school of fashion and design, and became a Scuola Professionale Artistica "professional art school" in 1942. The establishment has gained enormous reputation in the global fashion industry.
February is a busy month for the fashion industry, from runway shows held in all the major fashion capitals to trade shows such as PURE London, one of UK’s largest biannual buying event. 
Istituto Marangoni knows how to ring in the new year. With the month of January dubbed as ‘Career Month’, it was a great way to keep spirits high. Our founder Since Wang was invited to speak yesterday as part of this initiative with the likes of Alexandra Shulman, Fashion Scout, Versace, Selfridges and WGSN, some of the industry’s biggest talents and names.
On Wednesday, our founder Since Wang was invited back to her alma mater to give a presentation. That morning, Central Saint Martin’s campus was just waking up from its late night slumber with fewer than usual students hanging around the Victorian granary. Walking into the intimate sized classroom were students ranging from BA Textile Design, BA Jewellery Design and MA Material Futures previously known as Textiles Futures.
At the Istituto Marangoni campus in London, Michelle Duguid, Senior Fashion Editor at ELLE UK, sits down with Lucy Choi to discuss her unconventional yet seemingly predetermined path into fashion.
Inside the prestigious Istituto Marangoni London’s campus located on Fashion Street – aptly named – sits the distinguished Hilary Alexander OBE, named journalist of the year (1997 and 2003) in the British Fashion Awards and the former fashion director of the Daily Telegraph. Sharing the stage with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire are two not-so-recent graduates. 