News | London Pro- Palestine protesters disrupted a fashion graduation show at Central Saint Martins , blaring sirens and chanting “all eyes on Rafah” as as graduates presented their collections. Thursday night’s press show saw 40 designers selected from a cohort of more than 150 present six looks to show their vision as a young designer. But it was marked by protests before, during and after the extravaganza at the King’s Cross campus.
Protesters heckled arrivals and unfurled hand-sewn tapestries which read “ceasefire now” and “f*** your lecture on craft, my people are dying” at the back of the show space. They also threw confetti-style slips from the banisters — printed with a message accusing the college of “investing our tuition money into banks and business that finance the bombing of Palestinian universities and students”. A decision was made not to sweep these off the catwalk for the final procession.
The graduating students’ new work still sang with all the crazy embellishments you would expect from the fashion college which once trained Alexander McQueen, John Galliano and Stella McCartney. There were Bartholomew Heritage’s zombie punks, covered in latex; Terry Milligan’s queer, Papal figures who swished metres-long, neon pink, disco ball printed capes and Yodea Williams’ extraordinary, sculptured garments crafted from string, sticks and other found material. The front row was packed with familiar faces too.
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