Scottish Fashion Awards and the winner is?

Joanne McGillivray is the Scottish Fashion Awards "Scottish Fashion Graduate of the year 2012"

Congratulations to David Black with a highly commended certificate

Further congratulations should be given to the other School of Textiles and Design nominations in this category.

Congratulations also to William Chambers who was named as the "Scottish Accessory Designer 2012" ( for the second time!)

And finally congratulations to honorary graduate Colin Mcdowell who was named as 

"Fashion Ambassador 2012"

To see some sneak looks from the Scottish Fashion Awards click here

Mary Portas: Honorary graduate talks pants in her new TV series

In the middle of the worst recession since the war, retail guru Mary Portas (honorary graduate of the school) believes a a window of opportunity has opened to restore some life back to British manufacturing.

Transport costs and foreign labour costs are rising, so Mary's heading to Middleton, Greater Manchester, to set up a new production line for British-made knickers.

Mary wants consumers to understand the value of buying British: skills, UK jobs, pride in our manufacturing heritage.

It will be a challenge for Mary, who normally frequents an altogether different shop-floor. She not only needs to breathe life back into a mothballed factory, she has to persuade the old seamstresses to teach the new recruits, and track down some of the last fabric suppliers in the country.

Will she pull it off, or will her first ever foray into manufacturing be simply a brief encounter?

 Mary Portas for Playtex