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Ralph Lauren
Images: Melody Ramsay and one of her designs seen in the GSA Fashion Show 2018
A Fashion Design student at The Glasgow School of Art, Melody Uyanga Ramsay, has beaten global competition to secure a prestigious placement with one of the world’s leading brands, Ralph Lauren, it was revealed today, 22 February 2019. Melody will be heading to New York to take up an internship with celebrated fashion house later this year.
Over 2,000 design students from across the world applied for four international internships being offered by Ralph Lauren this summer, and Melody has been given the most coveted placement – in the Concept Design department for Womenswear. She is only the second ever intern in this key department.
Born “in the dust of horses in Mongolia”, and raised in Scotland, Melody is currently in her third year at The Glasgow School of Art. The paid internship will see her spending 10 weeks working in Ralph Lauren’s studios in New York with Senior Designer, Tess Sullivan, before returning to Glasgow to compete her undergraduate studies at the GSA.
“I’m beyond grateful to have been offered this placement with Ralph Lauren in their Concept Design team. The chance to integrate into such a prestigious brand as a young designer is a dream come true,” says Melody. “The Ralph Lauren Creative Talent team have been beyond welcoming, I look forward to the beginning of a long and rewarding journey with them.”
“We are thrilled for Melody that she has been offered this incredibly prestigious internship,”adds Jimmy Stephen-Cran, Head of Fashion and Textiles at the GSA. “She is a very enterprising young designer and will be a great ambassador for Scotland in New York.”
“Ralph Lauren is one of the world’s most influential brands and having the chance to work in their studios over the summer is a once in a life time opportunity for her.”
Melody will take up the internship at the beginning of June. Prior to that she will unveil her 3rd year capsule collection in GSA Fashion Show on 13 March.
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