Fashion Forward news and archive

Lotherton Museum announces new Fashion Forward exhibition

Lotherton museum in Leeds has announced that it will be introducing a new Fashion Forward exhibition showcasing a collection of brand new and bespoke garments from some of the most exciting designers in Britain, as well as work from final year students of the University of Leeds. The exhibition will run from 1 March - 20 October 2019, and will...

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Fashion Forward 2014 winners named

Sophia Webster, J. JS Lee and Nasir Mazhar have been awarded the Fashion Forward prize for Autumn/Winter 2014 and Spring/Summer 2015. The scheme supported by the Mayor of London will offer the three new womenswear designers financial support towards a catwalk show or presentation for during London Fashion Week, as well as business support from...

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Men’s Fashion Forward winners announced

Fresh from his success at the UKFT Awards, Christopher Raeburn has been announced alongside labels Sibling and Lou Dalton as this season’s British Fashion Council’s menswear Fashion Forward winners. Each label will receive bespoke business support, as well as financial assistance to stage either a catwalk show or a presentation at London...

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Fashion Forward winners announced

The British Fashion Council has announced that womenswear designers Henry Holland, Louise Gray and Mary Katrantzou are among the recipients who will receive Fashion Forward sponsorship for two consecutive seasons to show at London Fashion Week. The initiative established six-years ago to provide funding to talented emerging British designers has...

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BFC announce Fashion Forward winners

The British Fashion Council chose designers Meadham Kirchhoff, Peter Pilotto and Todd Lynn to receive Fashion Forward sponsorship for two seasons to show at February 2011 and September 2011 London Fashion Week. The Fashion Forward scheme sponsored by Coutts & Co and supported by the London Development Agency, was established 5 years ago to...

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Fashion Forward applications open

Sponsored by Coutts & Co and supported by the London Development Agency, the applications for Fashion Forward 2011 are now open. Fashion Forward was established five years ago to provide funding to talented emerging British designers to show and develop their businesses in London. Louise Goldin took home the award last year, and was praised for...

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Fashion Forward winners

Young designers Christopher Kane, Erdem, Marios Schwab and Roksanda Ilincic have been chosen to receive British Fashion Council Fashion Forward sponsorship. The scheme, established two years ago, provides financial support to UK-based designers who are in the early stages of developing their business and have already established a profile at...

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BFC accepts Fashion Forward

What happens if you are a budding designer and half way there, but don’t have the funding to keep things going? The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced that they are accepting applications for Fashion Forward sponsorship. As part of the BFC’s support for young British design talent, Fashion Forward offers funding for production of a...

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Fashion Forward winners at LFW

At the end of last year budding designers Roksanda Ilincic, Richard Nicoll and Jens Laugesen were chosen as recipients of the prestigious Fashion Forward sponsorship award. With London Fashion Week coming up, we'd thought we'd introduce you to the new talents. Sponsored by Westfield London, the Fashion Forward award provides financial support to...

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BFC announce Fashion Forward winners

The British Fashion Council on Tuesday announced the winners of its Fashion Forward initiative. Roksanda Illincik, Richard Nicholl and Jens Laugesen are the designers set to receive the award enabling them to show their collections on the London catwalks during February’s Autumn/Winter 08 fashion week. The BFC Fashion Forward initiative was...