Wanted: potential fashion designers
Age? 14 and 15…
For: One-week fashion design course and catwalk modelling opportunity

It’s a tall order: five days to teach 50 students the A-Z of fashion design. But that’s the aim of FF1, which this year offered six workshops in London and Salford. All ended with a catwalk display where students modelled their own designs.

So, what did they think of FF1? FAD detained a few first-time fashion models to find out…

"I loved each and every minute" said Bana, 15 (The Skinners’ Company School for Girls). "So cool!" says Anil, 15 (Clapton Girls’ School). "I’d never made a full outfit before. This was my first chance to do so."

But FF1 isn’t just a one-off experience. Lennox Barton, head of Art at Skinners School says FF1’s benefits are lasting: "What they get for the classroom from FF1 is confidence and enjoyment. It enables them to look at art and design in a much more positive way."