A TALENTED fashion student has won a national competition to design a t-shirt for a high street shop.

The design by Luqman Ali, who studies at Waltham Forest College in Walthamstow, was awarded first prize for his t-shirt design, which is now on sale in every H&M store throughout the UK.

Mr Ali said: "Techno print is quite a common technique now in this industry and as one of my portfolio pictures was very innovative, I decided it would work."

The teenager, known to friends as Luke, has taken part in numerous fashion events, such as London Fashion Week, The Colleges Fashion Show, Alternative Fashion Week at Old Spitalfields Market and Fashion Ryot.

He intends to study for a fashion degree at Rochester University for the Creative Arts and hopes to eventually launch his own label.

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