On November 9, the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Campaign partnered with the British Fashion Council to host the Great Fashion for Climate Action showcase at COP26. A display of UK innovation, a number of designers were featured including those from Burberry, Phoebe English and Stella McCartney. Aimed at exhibiting the UK’s commitment to...
16 Nov 2021
The British Fashion Council (BFC) is to host the inaugural Institute of Positive Fashion Forum (IPF Forum) on June 10, a day-long event focusing on sustainability and other key issues across the fashion value chain. Taking place ahead of COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, hosted in November, the IPF Forum will centre...
22 Apr 2021
The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced that South-Sudanese British model and activist Alek Wek and British actor, writer and comedian Jack Whitehall will be hosting the Fashion Awards 2018 in partnership with Swarovski. The Fashion Awards ceremony, taking place on 10 December at the Royal Albert Hall in London, celebrates the industry’s...
5 Nov 2018
London - The British Fashion Council Fashion Arts Foundation and the Royal Academy Schools are set to collaborate with five new pairs for the second edition of the Fashion Arts Commissions, an innovative project which brings together the worlds of fashion and art. The new project sees five of the most talented graduates from the RA Schools...
2 Mar 2018
London - Dame Natalie Massenet, the founder of luxury retailer Net-a-Porter, is said to be leaving her role as Chairman of the British Fashion Council (BFC) after five years. Massenet is reportedly set to step down from her role at the organization which promotes UK fashion at the end of the year but is to remain on the executive committee,...
1 Dec 2017
Attending a major, global fashion week and seeing the latest collections from the industry’s leading designers, which will undoubtedly set next season’s trends, has often been cited as one of the main goals for any fashion journalist/writer/editor. This Autumn/Winter 2017 season, I was able to able to tick that goal off my own bucket list as I...
27 Feb 2017
London - The moment all British fashion industry insiders have been looking forward to since the start of the year is finally upon us, as London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2017-2018 officially kicks off tomorrow. Running from Friday, February 17th to Tuesday the 21st, the 65th edition of London Fashion Week sees the event move to a new home at...
16 Feb 2017
London - Ahead of the official kick off of London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2017-2018 season, a new petition has been launched on Change.org calling on the British Fashion Council (BFC), which host LFW twice a year, to ban all real fur from the fashion event's catwalks for good. Over 53,333 people have signed the petition since its launch...
15 Feb 2017
London - Friday, January 6 sees the launch of the rebranded men's fashion week in London, namely London Fashion Week Men's. The bi-annual event, which welcomes established designers as well as new and emerging men's wear designers, has said farewell to its old title London Collections: Men as part of the British Fashion Council strategy to...
6 Jan 2017
London - The British Fashion Council has announced the developed of a new, internal leadership, management team to support its Chief Executive Officer Caroline Rush ahead of the kick off of London Fashion Week on Friday. Three new appointments have been made to the senior team, following the retirement of Simon Ward, the organization's Chief...
13 Sept 2016
The recipients for the British Fashion Council's MA scholarship for this year have been announced. Three students, who have already excelled in their BA degrees, were selected by the BFC Education Foundation, which aims to support "exceptionally" talented students studying BA and MA fashion courses in the UK. Benny Andaloo, from Central Saint...
27 Aug 2015
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