Leading designer visits Northumberland College
He has created clothes for the likes of Madonna, Kylie Minogue and Victoria Beckham and now he has passed on his tips to designers of the future.
Students at Northumberland College had the chance to work with celebrity style guru Scott Henshall at a workshop.
Scott Henshall with Georgina Kirkup, 15, of Ashington
It was a dream come true for the youngsters to meet Scott, who has come up with countless stunning creations, including one of the world's most expensive frocks, a £5m dress covered in diamonds.
He gave tips and advice to almost 30 students from the college and high schools across the county who were chosen to take part in the four-day
summer school.
Held at the college's main campus in Ashington, the event involved the 14 to 19-year-olds creating clothing using the local landscape as the inspiration for their designs.
It culminated in a catwalk fashion show held at the Woodhorn Museum and Archives Centre near Ashington to show off the youngsters' work.
Scott, 33, who was born in Hartlepool and graduated from Northumbria University in 1997, chose four winners from the students who were announced at the show.
He said: "I am very proud of my links to the North East and I believe it is very important to work with and nurture the designers of tomorrow.
"It is great working with kids as young as 14 and showing them that fashion design can be for everyone.
"I have been telling the students how I got started in the business and giving them advice on how to get on in the world.
"They have only had four days to work on their designs and it is very encouraging to see kids of 14 and 15 so inspired and coming in during their school holidays to do this.
"There is still a bit of negativity about fashion design and I feel that is wrong.
"For that reason I am more than happy to do anything I can to promote it."
This is the second year the London College of Fashion has teamed up with Northumberland College to give young people an opportunity to discover what studying fashion is about.
Northumberland College student Paige Gordon, 17, pictured, who lives in Bedlington and is specialising in fashion on her arts and design national certificate course, said: "It was brilliant to meet a top fashion designer like Scott.
"He gave lots of good advice about following a career in fashion and talked about how he got into it himself.
"I hope to go on to do a degree in fashion so I very much enjoyed the whole day. It was a great experience.''
Michele Buchanan, the London college's outreach project co-ordinator, said: "We are committed to sharing knowledge with young people all over the UK.
"The aim of this course is to give teenagers a taste of university life in the fashion field.''
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