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BFC partners with Barbour on new fashion scholarship

The British Fashion Council (BFC), which recently placed educational initiatives at the heart of its four-year strategic roadmap, has announced a new partnership with British heritage brand Barbour to launch an annual fashion design scholarship. Launching under the BFC Foundation, the BFC x Barbour scholarship will provide funding and mentoring...

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The Fashion Awards: Jonathan Anderson triumphant for third successive year

On Monday night at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson scooped the coveted Designer of the Year accolade for the third consecutive year at The Fashion Awards 2025. The annual awards from the British Fashion Council, which act as the annual fundraising event for the BFC Foundation to support fashion talent...

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Conner Ives among BFC Foundation talent support scheme recipients

The British Fashion Council (BFC) Foundation, the registered charity for the BFC, has named the recipients of its annual support schemes, including BFC NewGen in partnership with Pull&Bear, BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund, BFC/GQ Designer Fashion Fund and BFC Fashion Trust. The objective of the BFC Foundation is to support the future growth and...

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S.S. Daley wins Queen Elizabeth II Award

British designer S.S. Daley has been named the 2024 Queen Elizabeth II Award winner on the opening day of London Fashion Week. The award, given annually, recognises a designer who leads with innovation and who makes a difference to society either through sustainable practices or community engagement. It has previously been awarded to Richard...

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George at Asda collaborating with Roksanda for LFW

London Fashion Week designer Roksanda is collaborating with supermarket clothing brand George at Asda as part of LFW’s continued 40th-anniversary celebrations. The collaborative collection will offer Roksanda’s signature style to an accessible audience while raising funds for the BFC Foundation programme, a charity supporting the future growth...

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BFC to honour Joe Casely-Hayford with new MA scholarship

The British Fashion Council (BFC) is recognising the late designer Joe Casely-Hayford with a new MA scholarship for students with a Black or mixed heritage, alongside a posthumous special recognition award at this year's The Fashion Awards. In a statement, the BFC said that the scholarship and award pay tribute to Casely-Hayford’s “enduring...

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BFC teams up with NewGen alumni on a bag collection

The British Fashion Council is commemorating three decades of its NewGen talent initiative with a collaboration with seven of its NewGen alumni designers on a bag collection crafted in partnership with Bags of Ethics. The bag collection features designers Ahluwalia, Christopher Kane, Erdem, Giles Deacon, Halpern, Mary Katrantzou and Roksanda,...

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Labrum London wins Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design 2023

Labrum London founder and creative director Foday Dumbuya was presented with the annual Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design by King Charles III at an event celebrating the impact yesterday, May 18. The annual award was launched in 2018 to recognise the role the fashion industry plays in society and diplomacy and “to spotlight talented...

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BFC names recipients of its 2021/2022 BFC Foundation MA scholarships

The British Fashion Council has named six recipients of its 2021/2022 BFC Foundation MA Scholarship schemes to students all from Central Saint Martins. The MA Scholarship 2021/2022 recipients have been named Ifeanyi Okwuadi, Latifa Neyazi and Jacob Yakubu Stapleton, all from Central Saint Martins. The scholarship will help towards course tuition...

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BFC Foundation announces MA Scholarship recipients

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has named the recipients of its 2020 BFC Foundation MA Scholarship schemes, which provide funding to those who have an offer from, or are currently studying for an MA at a BFC Colleges Council member college. The BFC have been awarding students MA scholarships since 1998 as part of its strategy to support...