Fashion Fringe news and archive

Ones to Watch: Knitwear designer Alice Palmer

This week on FashionUnited we are highlighting three London-based emerging talents as part of our ‘Ones to Watch’ series. Following on from menswear label Ada + Nik, we chat to knitwear designer Alice Palmer, who was recently crowned Scottish Textile Designer of the Year at the Scottish Fashion Awards. Alice, who graduated from Glasgow School of...

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Bailey names Fashion Fringe winner

Last night London Fashion Week came to a spectacular end when Christopher Bailey named Haizhen Wang as the winner of the 2012 Fashion Fringe accolade. The Central Saint Martins graduate won the award ahead of his fellow finalists Teija Eilola and Vita Gottlieb after they all showcased their debut collections at the main tent at Somerset House....

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Fashion Fringe announces finalists

Last night at Burberry’s headquarters in London, Christopher Bailey announced the three designers he personally selected as finalists for this year’s Fashion Fringe award. The designers who will be taking part in the Fashion Fringe catwalk showcase during London Fashion Week in September are: Haizhen Wang; Tieja Eilola; and Vita Gottlieb. The...

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Fashion Fringe 2012 names semi-finalists

Fashion Fringe, the emerging talent platform set up by Colin McDowell in association with IMG Fashion, has announced the 10 semi-finalists for this year’s award, selected by the project’s 2012 Chair, Christopher Bailey, Chief Creative Officer of Burberry. Aspiring designers submitted applications throughout March and April, which was promoted...

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Fashion Fringe roadshow ends with Erdem

On Tuesday night the successful inaugural Fashion Fringe roadshow came to a close with Erdem in conversation with Colin McDowell at the Royal College of Art. At the final event, Erdem who described the experience as “nerve-wrecking” offered insight into his upbringing in Canada, his time at the RCA, working for Diane von Furstenberg in New York,...

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Christopher Bailey to chair Fashion Fringe

Fashion Fringe, one of the leading platforms supporting emerging fashion talent in the UK, has announced that Christopher Bailey, Burberry Chief Creative Officer will sit as Chair for the award for the next two years. The announcement coincides with 2012 applications for the award, which opens on March 12, via the Fashion Fringe website, and...

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Fashion Fringe embarks on UK road show

Fashion Fringe, the leading platform supporting emerging fashion talent in the UK, has announced that in March it will be embarking on a regional tour of Britain. The fashion platform will be taking a selection of UK’s tops fashion designers including Christopher Kane and Giles Deacon to fashion universities across the country to share their own...

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LFW: Fashion Fringe winner

Fyodor Golan is awarded as the most talented by Fashion Fringe hosted at Northumberland, London. Set up in 2003 by Colin McDowell, the emerging talent platform is organised in association with IMG Fashion. All of the finalists, Fyodor Golan, Heidi Leung and Nabil Nayal presented their SS12 capsule collections for the first to press, buyers,...

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Fashion Fringe semi-finalists

Talent platform Fashion Fringe agreed on 11 designers for the next round including Aidan Drago, Bethan Juliff, Danielle Jade Windsor, Fyodor Golan, Heidi Leung, Jiyun Lapthorne, Kimberley Giacomelli, Liz Black, Nabil El-Naya, Nika Urbas and Sam Parsons. Making this year’s selection at The Hospital Club, the Fashion Fringe judging panel is made...

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Calling for emerging talent

Set up by Colin McDowell, in a week time the entries for emerging talent platform Fashion Fringe 2011 will close. Budding designers can submit their work until 4th May. Three selected candidates will be given studio space throughout the summer, to work on their first Fashion Fringe collection at London Fashion Week in September. The jury,...

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New judges and partner for Fashion Fringe

For the emerging fashion talent platform Fashion Fringe 2011, Roland Mouret and Claudia Schiffer are in the new judging panel. The entries are now open for the 2011 programme that supports new British fashion talent. The designer selected as winner in September will get a two year development package, which includes a mixture of cash, business...

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Kerrie Luft wins Fashion Fringe Accessories

Selected from a shortlist of four candidates, Kerrie Luft was named as the winner of Fashion Fringe Accessories 2011. She now has the opportunity to do an apprenticeship at Roger Vivier. Bruno Frisoni, Creative Director of Roger Vivier, who selected the winning candidate in London, chaired the Fashion Fringe Accessories platform. The...