What Do Britain’s New Immigration Policies Mean For Fashion Graduates?

by MR Magazine Staff

Georgina Yi Wan left her native China to study at Central Saint Martins, recently graduating from the prestigious institution with a First Class Honors degree in Fashion Journalism. For her final project she produced, China Heart, a sumptuous-looking and devastatingly topical documentary that boldly investigates the problems facing Chinese students and graduates. The issue surrounding them being that: if they wish to stay and work within the UK upon completing their education, they are now faced with a strict immigration and work visa system that makes doing so absurdly difficult. For many of them, returning to China is therefore the only immediate option — a realization that prompted Georgina to highlight their collective plight. Read more at i-D.