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Centre for Sustainable Fashion to host Imagining Possibilities festival

The Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London (UAL), have announced a new festival in east London, commemorating fifteen years of groundbreaking work and research in the intersection of fashion and sustainability. Titled "Imagining Possibilities," the festival presents a dynamic program of...

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CFE launches new Manufacturers trade show

The Centre for Fashion Enterprise (CFE), the incubator for fashion and fashion technology, is launching a new trade show for manufacturers to take place in London next month. Taking place on July 11 at York Hall in Bethnal Green, the one-day event is targeting small brands and retailers and will showcase more than 20 exhibitors with the aim of...

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Centre for Fashion Enterprise launches production workshop

The Centre for Fashion Enterprise, London fashion business incubator, is calling on London-based fashion businesses to take part in its new fashion production workshop. The new course is looking for businesses that have been trading for at least 12 months and are looking to professionalise their production processes to take part in this...

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Centre for Fashion Enterprise announces New Fashion Pioneer programme winners

London - The Centre for Fashion Enterprise (CFE) has announced its latest roster of designers for its New Fashion Pioneer programme. The selected designers who will be supported on the six month programme include: British menswear designer Alex Mullins, concept led designers Ben Cottrell and Matthew Dainty collectively known as Cottweiler,...

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CFE names Fashion Pioneer Programme winners

Centre for Fashion Enterprise (CFE), a fashion business incubator, has chosen six-London based designers to join its New Fashion Pioneer programme, starting this month for six months. The London-based designers selected are: LVMH Grand Prix scholarship winner Richard Malone; womenswear designer Min Wu; Lei Sihan of jewellery brand LionStudio;...

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CFE names first fash-tech recipients

London's fashion business incubator Centre for Fashion Enterprise (CFE) has selected nine businesses to support in its first fashion technology incubation scheme, the CFE FrontRow Fash-Tech Programme, supported by the University of the Arts London. The programme will run across three months and has been designed to support the emerging fashion...

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Nicomede Talavera wins CFE support

Emerging London-based menswear designer Nicomede Talavera is the latest recipient of the Centre for Fashion Enterprise’s new Fashion Venture sponsorship scheme. The designer, a Central Saint Martins graduate follows in the footsteps of Mary Katrantzou, Erdem, Peter Pilotto, Holly Fulton and Thomas Tait as the latest winner of sponsorship and...

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CFE names New Fashion Pioneer designers

The Centre for Fashion Enterprise, the London-based business incubator, has named the six designers joining its New FashionPioneer programme, which aims to nurture emerging London-based designers labels. Joining the programme in June is: Alan Taylor, Ashley Williams, Edeline Lee, Nicomede Talavera, Helen Lawrence and Itokawa Film. The designers...

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CFE appoints head of new Fashion Innovation Agency

London’s business incubator that supports and nurtures emerging fashion design talent, the Centre for Fashion Enterprise, has named Matthew Drinkwater as head of its new Fashion Innovation Agency. Headed up by Drinkwater, who has a background in luxury retail, the agency will seek to develop designer businesses through innovation and commercial...

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London Show Rooms NYC

The BFC's international design initiative London Show Rooms showed in New York this week. In partnership with the Centre for Fashion Enterprise, the group of emerging designers were selected to increase their presence and develop their businesses in the US with help from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). This follows on from London Show Rooms in...