FASHION headhunters have praised the work of Nottingham's student designers as being among the country's best.
Executives from Ted Baker were bowled over by the "promising" young talent at a recent catwalk event held in the city.
Fashion students from Nottingham Trent University's School of Art and Design worked with the prestigious label as part of a menswear project based around the concept "Ted's Travel."
Teams of undergraduates were asked to create a collection of several outfits which reflected sites and styles from around the world.
The winning team made up of students Yvonne Shu, Anna Edgerton, Leisa Hughes, Lili Liu, Eleanor Northway and Stephen Neul were awarded a Ted Baker goody bag and work placements with its design team.
Leisa said: "We were looking at 'travelling light', so we had aspects that could be changed.
"My own outfit included a fold away Mac, which changed into a bag, and running through our whole collection was a Pleat idea that could be filed and changed, which Ted Baker loved."
The fashion shows participants received extremely positive criticism from Ted Baker on their official online blog.
It read: "Ted knows talent when he sees it, and Nottingham Trent University has it in abundance.
"Their renowned fashion and textile departments regularly turn out some of the country's most promising young fashion designers, bursting with creative flair and technical aptitude."
The university has received further accolades as decorative arts graduate Laura Matthews was selected to take part in a national exhibition.
Graduate exhibitors New Designers picked Ms Matthews for their One Year On showcase which reviews the best up-and-coming talent.
The organisers who have named Ms Matthews as one of the "brightest new names in the design world" have asked her to appear at the event in June.
She is one of 60 designers taking part in the showcase.
Ms Matthews, who is currently setting up a studio in Buxton, Derbyshire, was recognised for her range of delicate animal ornaments built from laser-cut wood and recycled materials.
She took part in a New Designers show when she graduated in 2011 and is thrilled to have been picked this year.
She said: "I exhibited as part of Nottingham Trent University's stand the year I graduated and when I was there I saw the One Year On section and thought 'that's what I want, I've got to do that'
Lharne Shaw, course leader for Decorative Arts at Nottingham Trent University, said: "Laura was always a very talented student and displayed a great deal of potential whilst here on the Decorative Arts course.
"As a committed maker she has spent a good deal of time developing her own work since then, so it's terrific news to find she has been selected to exhibit at one year one, and I wish her the very best of luck with the show."
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