Dedicated Menswear Showcase on London Fashion Week Schedule
London Bridge LONDON, Jan 30, 2009 / — The British Fashion Council announced yesterday a new menswear initiative that will showcase 13 menswear design talents in London on Wednesday 25th February 2009. This has grown out of the huge success of MAN, a joint partnership between TOPMAN1, and Fashion East2, which for the past eight seasons has presented British menswear...
18 Young Designers Receive New Gen Sponsorship for The Exhibition at London Fashion Week
New Gen Top Shop LONDON, Dec 18, 2008 / FW/ — While 8 designers received catwalk sponsorships, 18 young talents were awarded New Gen sponsorship for The Exhibition at London Fashion Week to showcase their Fall 2009 collection. Anna Vince, Borba Margo, Craig Lawrence, Cooperative Designs, David David, Emilio de la Morena, Felder•Felder, Fred Butler, Hannah Marshall,...
Eight Designers Awarded New Gen Catwalk Sponsorship for London Fashion Week
New Gen Top Shop LONDON, Dec 17, 2008 / FW/ — Danielle Scutt, House of Holland, Louise Goldin, Mark Fast, Mary Katrantzou, Meadham Kirchhoff, Nasir Mazhar and Peter Pilotto have been awarded the New Gen catwalk sponsorship for the Fall 2009 London season. Announced last Friday, the British Fashion Council confirmed that the eight designers will show on calendar during...
BFC Releases Tentative London Fashion Week Fall 2009 Schedule
London Bridge LONDON, Dec 12, 2008 / FW/ — Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Fall 2009/ Winter 2010 London Fashion Week schedule features over 40 runway shows and presentations over the 5-day period, Feb 20 – 24, 2009. Below is the tentative schedule as released by the British Fashion Council. For more information, please log on www.londonfashionweek.co.uk Friday...
Fashion Forward Winners for Fall 2009 Announced
Fashion Forward LONDON, Dec 9, 2008 / FW/ — Christopher Kane, Erdem and Marios Schwab will receive the BFC’s Fashion Forward sponsorship for the Fall 2009 London season, the second time that all three designers will be receiving the grant. Supported by the London Development Agency, the BFC Fashion Forward was established two and a half years ago to provide financial...
London Fashion Week Fall 2009: Celebrating 25 Years of Fashion
Dates: Feb 20 – 24, 2009 London Bridge LONDON, Dec 8, 2008 / FW/ — Created in 1983 and incorporated in 1986, the British Fashion Council first mandate was to promote British fashion and coordinate this promotion through fashion weeks. Last Sep 15, 2008, Sarah Brown, wife of U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown hosted a glittering party at Downing Street for the...
Twenty Designers Named New Generation Winners for LFW
NewGen sponsored by Topshop LONDON, Aug 8, 2008 / FW/ — Louise Goldin, Danielle Scutt, MeadhamKirchhoff, House of Holland and Peter Pilotto will be holding catwalk shows during the London Spring 2009 season under the auspices of the New Generation sponsorship supported by Topshop. Fifteen other talented designers had been named winners – Nasir Mazhar (Event...
London Fashion Week Spring 2009
London Fashion Week Spring 2009: Avant-Garde to Seriously Edgy Sep 14 – 19, 2008 David Tennant DALLAS, Aug 2, 2008 / FW/ — Watching the season’s finale of Doctor Who where David Tennant play the lead role, then reading at the London Telegraph later that the British actor is going to play Hamlet, the most famous role in Shakespeare made me think of where London...
LFW Announces Fashion Forward Winners
LONDON, Jul 11, 2008 / FW/ — The menswear and haute couture season might just ended, there is no rest for the weary fashionista with the upcoming Womenswear Spring / Summer 2009 season. London Fashion Week announced today the Christopher Kane, Erdem, Marios Schwab and Roksanda Ilincic will be receiving the Fashion Forward sponsorship for the upcoming season. Previous...
Sir Stuart Rose Steps Down as Chairman of BFC, Harold Tillman Named as Successor
PARIS, Jan 24, 2008 / FW/ — Beginning the Spring 2009 season, the British Fashion Council (BFC) will be headed by Harold Tillman, Chairman of Jaeger, replacing Sir Stuart Rose, who is stepping down after the Fall 2008 London season slated on Feb 10 – 15, 2008. Sir Stuart Rose, who took BFC’s helm in 2004, had been instrumental in turning around the fortunes...
London Fashion Week Fall 2008
Has London’s Time Arrive? Big Ben DALLAS, Jan 9, 2008 / FW/ – Since 2000 rolled around, it has been ‘cool’ for fashionistas to skip London. But, as we go deeper into the 21st century, London’s very edgy and individualistic type of dressing might just be what fashionistas will be looking for, hence, it will not be surprising if London Fashion...
