Aina Guirao

A conceptual designer from Barcelona, Aina Guirao is as curiously creative as her work. Mixing Japanese oiran headdresses alongside skirts with pocket linings full of luminescent detergent and Poundland Catholic crosses, her collection stands out like a reflective road sign. Prior to her arrival at CSM, Guiraro completed a BA in Arts & Design and an MA in Experimentational Design under Jesus Prieto, expert in sociological perspective and artisanal crafts – an influence she mixes freely into her work. She says her “collection has little pieces from every genre, always focusing on dualities between light and dark.” Words by Zofia Zwieglinska

Tania Garcia Trejo

Tania Garcia Trejo, CSM’s latest import from the bustling streets of Mexico City, has made it a point to use her work not only to support the Latin American community but also to blur the lines of gender and raise awareness for transgender issues. Her collections are designed to be beautiful yet aware; strong yet digestible – “subtle activism”, as she calls it. Where other designers focus solely on creation itself, the multifaceted diploma student educates herself in photography and styling, taking a 360° approach to her work: “I am in love with the creative process, but why would I limit it to only the garment?” Words by Mona Tehrani

Keith Mosberger

American designer Keith Mosberger came to London to study after eight years of working as a pattern cutter in New York. At CSM, Mosberger hopes to reignite his creativity, producing designs that are purely his own – without rules or expectations. He says of his new-found creative freedom on the CSM Graduate Diploma course: “It is really really really freeing. But, also it’s a challenge to get back into the headspace of creative work.” Finding inspiration from movies, music, popular culture and fashion history (think Vionnet to Balenciaga), Keith Mosberger uses menswear tailoring techniques to create his dramatic womenswear pieces. Words by Micheál Costello

Miriam Kremer

Miriam Kremer, 28, all curly red hair and infectiously funny, doesn’t bow down to convention and nor do her designs. Her collection is as much a memoir of her three years spent in a Whitechapel nunnery and travelling around India as it is a presentation of her sophisticated pattern cutting skills and German heritage. Bubbling sleeves erupt from jackets and dresses made of inside-out denim and neoprene to resemble the abstract glasswork of Adolf Luther, an artist she discovered at her neighbour’s house in Düsseldorf at the age of seven. Her intricate patterns may open up to imitate Indian symbols, but equally they embody the secret skills Kremer learnt from the nuns’ candle-lit embroidery: “It’s all about contrast. Contrasting ideas, fabrics and shapes. I want to disrupt people’s points of view.” Words by Ella Bardsley

Zlata Belokobylskaia

After showcasing her debut collection at Moscow Fashion Week, designer Zlata Belokobylskaia left one big smoke for another in search of her big break. Belokobylskaia’s work is all about her Soviet Russian heritage. Emotion and personal history have taken form in layers of subtly coloured, intricately detailed embroidered fabrics. Belokobylskaia sculpts linen suits out of deconstructed boxes; the juxtaposition of the fragility of storytelling and the craftmanship of raw materials creates a cutting-edge concept. Belokobylskaia’s work emphasises how important it is to relate the garments to the human story. “Russia is my market, though I need to earn my country’s respect as a designer in London before I can return one day, to be taken seriously.” With an MA offer from Parsons already on the table, seriously is certainly how she will be taken from hereon. Words by Sidonie Wilson

Yasmin Pan

Yasmin Pan’s collection is centred around the exploration of the human posture. The creation of each piece involves designing the garment around her own body before testing various anomalous shapes around it. The process results in designs made from jersey and Lycra, fit close to the body, accompanied by subversive cut-outs, draping, and sinuous 3-D forms. For the Rio de Janeiro native, the pieces came from an interest in changing the status-quo: “Being mixed race, I never fully integrated with the traditional Brazilian norms of what is considered sensual. With my clothes, I wanted to redefine those standards and show what I think is seductive.” Words by Martin Onufrowicz

Jordan Beeby

Proof that hard work and persistence pays off, English designer Jordan Beeby took three attempts to gain acceptance to CSM. His sophisticated, all-black collection reflects his strength. But, look closely, and it’s actually formed from thick bike pads, rubber car mats and spiky clothing hangers. “It shields the body; a form of protection,” Beeby explains. The dramatic, asymmetric designs merge his training in costume design with his desire to make wearable clothing. His inspiration? “The darker side of fashion.” Equal parts ominous and sleek, dark fashion sums up this collection perfectly. Words by Jessica Carroll