The BFC announces NewGen AW15 recipients

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced the next ten emerging designers who will receive NewGen sponsorship for their autumn/winter 2015 collections during London Fashion Week next February.

Ryan Lo and Ashley Williams will receive catwalk sponsorship this season, following their presence sponsorship from NewGen last season. The designers will be sharing the honor with Marques Almeida and 1205, who both were given catwalk sponsorship last season as well.

Claire Barrow, Danielle Romeril, Faustine Steinmetz as well as new designer Molly Goddard will receive presentation sponsorship. Newcomers Marta Jakubowski and Sadie Williams round out the list and will receive exhibition sponsorship.

The NewGen designers will also be given a dedicated showroom for four hours after their presentation to give buyers the opportunity to see the collections up close and make sales appointments with the designers.

“NewGen produces the stars of London Fashion Week - the phenomenal progress of Marques Almeida in six seasons of support is proof of that,” commented Sarah Mower, BFC Ambassador for Emerging Talent and chair of the NewGen selection committee.

“Following in their footsteps is a whole new slew of discoveries whose sparky originality and careful entrepreneurialism have won them the praise of the NewGen committee and Topshop's invaluable sponsorship.”

“We think the quality, colour and sheer desirability of the clothes audiences will be seeing from 1205, Ashley Williams, Claire Barrow, Danielle Romeril, Faustine Steinmetz and Ryan Lo will step up yet another rung this season. And now they're joined by an influx of three brilliantly individualistic young women, Molly Goddard, Marta Jakubowski and Sadie Williams.”

Former Newgen recipients include Christopher Kane, JW Anderson, Nicholas Kirkwood, Simone Rocha, Alexander McQueen and Mary Katrantzou.