Fashion Forward
Tuesday, Jan 5 2010 06:57
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The British Fashion Council’s (BFC) support scheme Fashion Forward was established three years ago to provide funding for talented emerging British designers. This second stage scheme was introduced to give a further tier of support for the most promising designers as they emerged from NEWGEN.
The award consists of a financial prize, to be used towards producing an on-schedule catwalk show at London Fashion Week, along with access to business support, which provides them with knowledge required to further develop their businesses.
This season’s recipients, despite being relatively new businesses, will have already garnered a following of international influencers and are sold in directional stores and boutiques here in the UK and internationally. Previous winners include Christopher Kane, Erdem and Marios Schwab, Giles Deacon, Jonathan Saunders and Richard Nicoll.
Caroline Rush, Joint Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council commented, “The British Fashion Council’s Fashion Forward scheme plays a key role in building designer brands in London. Last season’s winners were amongst the London based designers who led the world fashion media headlines for their innovation. The BFC is proud to continue to offer support to outstanding British designers”.
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