Congratulations to Lauren Smith from Edinburgh College of Art who won the gold award at the graduate fashion week gala awards ceremony last night. Not only did her doodly, applique, paper-clippy designs bag her £20,000, but she also won praise from fashion's Mr Suave, Roland Mouret, for her personality. Confused? We'll leave it to the designer, who judged the award, to explain:
"There are so many students coming out of schools and it's quite nice to give the prize to someone who has the personality to match the techniques used in their collection. When we saw Lauren's pieces and then met her in person it was clear that her collection as a whole was an extension of herself, which I think is important. The personality of the designer has to be linked to their clothing – there has to be a connection between the two for it to be believable and I think we found that in Lauren."
