Bath Spa University Graduate Chloe Jones wins Gold Award and Best Womenswear title at Graduate Fashion Week 2012

Chloe Jones, a Fashion Graduate from Bath Spa University has won the Gold Award for Best Student Collection of 2012 as well as the Best Womenswear title at Graduate Fashion Week in London (13 June). The Gold Award is the highest honour and most prestigious of the awards. Previous winners at Graduate Fashion Week include Stella McCartney, Giles Deacon, Matthew Williamson, Antonio Berardi and Christopher Bailey.

Chloe was presented with a £20,000 award by the fashion editor of International Herald Tribune, Suzy Menkes, style icon, Daphne Guinness, and Fiona Lambert, Brand Director at George who were sponsors of Graduate Fashion Week 2012. The judges commended Chloe’s creativity and tailoring and were also impressed by how commercially ready her collection, entitled ‘Our Father Who Art in Heaven’ is.

Having wowed the judges with her collection, Chloe said of her win: “It's such a privilege to be able to show at Graduate Fashion Week, let alone be nominated for an award. It was such an honour to meet all the judges and have the opportunity to show them my work, so to come away with both the Womenswear and Gold Award is incredible. I'm so excited for what lies ahead, not just for myself but for the course at Bath Spa too.”