BFC reveals details for upcoming London Collections: Men

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has unveiled the schedule for the upcoming London Collections: Men and the ten emerging talents who will receive NewGen Men support to showcase their AW15 collections.

Newcomers to show during the men's fashion week, set to run from January 9 to 12, include Aquascutum, Kilgour, Private White V.C and designers Nigel Cabourn and Alex Mattsson. Pringle of Scotland is set to host it debut full runaway show during the fashion week, whilst Thomas Pink, Manolo Blahnik and the Savile Row, St James' and Woolmark co-presentation return to show.

Topman Design will be start off the week of shows with a brunch at the Old Sorting Office before the London Collections: Men Opening Event occurs at The Hospital Club in Covent Garden. As previously announced, the London show added an additional day to the program due to the increasing number of catwalk shows, presentations and events taking place.

Ready-to-wear menswear label Vidur is the newcomer for the NewGen Men recipients and joins current recipients Agi & Sam, Alex Mullins, Astrid Andersen, CMMN SWDN, Craig Green, Diego Vanassibara, Kit Neale, Lee Roach and Nasir Mazhar.

“We are honoured to be part of NewGen Men and are extremely grateful to the British Fashion Council, the NewGen Men committee and Topman for their continued support and promotion of emerging menswear designers,” commented Raj Mistry and Richard Brand from Vidur.

“We are excited about the future and look forward to making the most of the opportunities that being part of such an influential initiative will bring.”