With a star-studded audience boasting fashion heavyweights like Claudia Schiffer and Zandra Rhodes, along with everyone's favourite Hoxton beauty Agyness Deyn, this year's Graduate Fashion Week Gala Show was a fun and unpretentious affair as fashion's young future met its leaders.

The show was hosted by Caryn Franklin, with other presenters including Henry Holland (accompanied by giggling bezzie Agyness Deyn), Pixie Geldof, Gok Wan, Gareth Pugh (hiding under a new bowl cut) and Dazed's own Katie Shillingford. The crowd was highly excitable with fashion students whooping and whistling as their friends were nominated.

The clothes were largely wearable, apart from Ayumi Hirakida's notable collection, which seemed more a feat of structural engineering than textiles boasting amazing suit-inspired millinery creations draped from the models heads and hanging down to their shoulders.

Ravensbourne College swept the awards, with Jessica Au the obvious star of the evening. Au started off the evening winning the Zandra Rhodes Catwalk Textiles Award and finished off by claiming the River Island Gold Award.

Au dispels any fears for the future of menswear, with sharply tailored, psychedelic suits reminiscent of LSD-induced hippy parties. The suits were adorned with huge fluorescent flowers, an eccentric collection which impressed judge Zandra Rhodes. Rhodes declared the collection to be wearable, with a fantastic print, and ready for the high street market.

Ria Thomas from Nottingham Trent took the Pringle of Scotland Visionary Knitwear Award with her simple and feminine collection. Muted colour and soft fabric let Thomas' impressive attention to detail speak for itself. A sensual theme ran through the collection with fluid clothes suggestively exposing shoulders and chests and hanging loosely across the rest of the body.

De Montford's Amy Sidgewick put on a great collection with moody gothic heroines sporting tight fitting, high impact outfits in purple and black, silk, chiffon and sequins. Also worthy of mention is Siobhan Ranswell from the University of Northampton whose skintight neon lycra dresses and catsuits were emblazoned with futuristic graphic prints. A visual treat only to be attempted by those with serious gall.