Congratulations to Kirsty Watson - winner of our Childrenswear Design competition

We’ve just announced the winner of our Childrenswear Design Competition who is – Kirsty Watson from Northumbria University.

The judges who shortlisted the nominees last month were impressed by the way Kirsty not only designed her boyswear collection but also made the garments and created a marketing campaign for it. Watch the video above to see her reaction. James Bruce and Emma Byford received highly commended awards for their childrenswear designs.

The competition was open to all second year students and we asked them to design a childrenswear range for George. The entries were judged by George Brand Director Fiona Lambert, our Head of Design Sadie Robson, WGSN’s Head of Childrenswear Fiona Coleman, and Junior magazine Editor Catherine O’Dolan. Kirsty’s designs will now be produced by George.

Announcing the winners Sadie says: “We feel so strongly that childrenswear and creativity form an integral part of our business going forward, and because we’re here sponsoring Graduate Fashion Week we created a competition for second year students that covers everything – from design to marketing and graphics. We were blown away by the standard of work we received and had a great time going through them all.”

Find out more about our finalists’ entries.