<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1lESIR_0wPfO1tL00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1lESIR_0wPfO1tL00" width="800" height="1200" ><figcaption>28 October 2024</figcaption></figure><p>Over the weekend, the hallowed halls of Central Saint Martins played host to <i>Vogue’s</i> annual conference, Forces of Fashion, which in a full circle fashion moment, was a homecoming of sorts for the world-renowned designers who took to the stage, to muse on the theme “the power of the runway”. Christopher Kane, Isamaya Ffrench, Stella McCartney, John Galliano, Conner Ives and Feben all studied at the fashion school – and to the joy of current students – ventured upstairs to the university’s design studios, where surrounded by sewing machines, mannequins and steaming irons, Galliano, forty years on from his 1984 Les Incroyables graduate show, took a moment to sign his name in pink chalk on a wall.</p><p>Other highlights from the day of talks, panels and interactive experiences? Law Roach and Munroe Bergdorf’s uplifting insight into “betting on yourself”, an individuality-fuelled Runway Walk Off, curated by renowned London choreorgrapher James Cousins and emceed by a Roksanda-clad Miss Jason, plus a designer workshop which saw London designers Conner Ives and Feben creating a runway look live. For guests who felt in need of a pre-talk pick-me-up? MAC’s backstage beauty pop-up invited the audience to sit down for an impromptu make-up touch-up, while Joe &amp; the Juice was on-hand with body-boosting tonics.</p><p>The most inspirational moment of the day? Galliano delivering career advice to a packed-to-the-rafters lecture hall in the final talk of the day, hosted by Gwendoline Christie: “Don’t listen to anyone. God is inside you. You’re the ones that made this happen. Don’t have any doubt. Realise your dream.”</p></div></body>

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Over the weekend, the hallowed halls of Central Saint Martins played host to Vogue’s annual conference, Forces of Fashion, which in a full circle fashion moment, was a homecoming of sorts for the world-renowned designers who took to the stage, to muse on the theme “the power of the runway”. Christopher Kane, Isamaya Ffrench, Stella McCartney, John Galliano, Conner Ives and Feben all studied at the fashion school – and to the joy of current students – ventured upstairs to the university’s design studios, where surrounded by sewing machines, mannequins and steaming irons, Galliano, forty years on from his 1984 Les Incroyables graduate show, took a moment to sign his name in pink chalk on a wall.