River Island has sponsored Graduate Fashion Week for the past 6 years. And  even though you will have to wait until  June 6th  to 10th for Graduate Fashion Week 2010 . River Island really want to keep the message of “Nurturing young fashion and design talent” in the UK going throughout the year.

Thats where River Island's Design Forum comes in. Design Forum is a River Island initiative where River Island commissions MA Fashion students to design a collection to be sold in River Island stores under the design forum banner.

The 1st collection launches in stores at the end of February.

The always fashionable, Arieta Mujay from River Island sent me over some preview images  from the collection designed by Astrid Anderson, who is an MA student at the Royal College of Art. I'm especially loving the color combinaton of green and gold and the tassles give the collection a completely unique spin.

More Images after the jump