Image: Hannah Marshall spring/summer 2010 at London Fashion Week September 2009
Previous recipients of London Fashion Showcasing Funding:
All Walks Beyond the Catwalk
All Walks, Beyond the Catwalk, is a groundbreaking project celebrating diversity, positive self esteem, health and wellbeing. The project has seen collaboration with eight emerging ready-to-wear designers producing bespoke outfits for a diverse selection of professional models, photographed by award winning fashion photographer Kayt Jones. The images were used in a number of ways – in the pre-fall 09 issue of i-D magazine, in a glossy brochure, and on 3 metre tall displays at the project launch event during London Fashion Week. The project not only provided the designers with fantastic exposure, but also offered business and skills support with a programme of mentoring and workshops for their personal and business development.is a groundbreaking project celebrating diversity, positive self esteem, health and wellbeing. The project has seen collaboration with eight emerging ready-to-wear designers producing bespoke outfits for a diverse selection of professional models, photographed by award winning fashion photographer Kayt Jones. The images were used in a number of ways – in the pre-fall 09 issue of i-D magazine, in a glossy brochure, and on 3 metre tall displays at the project launch event during London Fashion Week. The project not only provided the designers with fantastic exposure, but also offered business and skills support with a programme of mentoring and workshops for their personal and business development.
For more information about All Walks Beyond the Catwalk, go to
www.allwalks.org. For further information about Beat, go to
www.b-eat.co.uk
Ethical Fashion Forum
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Ethical Fashion Forum (EFF) is the UK’s industry body for ethical fashion. Set up by fashion industry players, designers and businesses for the fashion industry, the EFF represents the industry working together to achieve social and environmental sustainability. The EFF INNOVATION competition offers emerging sustainable fashion designers the opportunity for business support and mentoring, as well as showcasing space at estethica and Ethical Pure.
For more information about Ethical Fashion Forum, go to
www.ethicalfashionforum.com
estethica
estethica is a British Fashion Council sustainable initiative. Consumer led and heralded by fashion press and buyers alike, the initiative includes labels that have been with estethica since the first season: Noir and Katharine Hamnett, and welcomes fresh newcomers like Mark Liu, Pibiones, and Prophetik. estethica is a testament to directional tailoring and sustainable design with a consideration for production, material, disposal and human resources.
More information about
estethica.
Fashion East
Established by the Old Truman Brewery in 2000, is a fashion showcasing programme set up to support emerging British fashion. With catwalk shows twice a year,
Fashion East provides young designers with a bursary, catwalk show production, PR support and expert advice to support the establishment new designer companies. In 2005, Fashion East set up MAN, with sponsorship from Topman, addressing the need for a similar platform for London’s talented menswear designers.
Fashion East also manages and coordinates the Fashion East Menswear Installations at menswear day at London Fashion Week.
For more information about Fashion East, go to
www.fashioneast.co.uk.
Fashion Fringe
FF@CG is an annual, nationwide search to discover, nurture and sustain design talent. The project begins with a high profile launch and party announcing the new platform, out-reaching to potential applicants through national and international media. In May 10 semi-finalists are selected to attend 1 day of technical ability tests at the London College of Fashion, followed by 1 day of board interviews by the judging panel.
The 4 finalists selected enter a mentoring programme and are given a budget for living expenses and funding to produce a capsule collection that is shown to invited guests at the FF@CG Catwalk Event.
The winner of the award is taken to Paris to exhibit in a sales exhibition and his/her progress is overseen and managed by the FF@CG Team.
In 2008 Fashion Fringe Shoes was launched, a platform that aims to discover young shoe design in conjunction with Rupert Sanderson. In 2009 this platform developed into Fashion Fringe Accessories which is a programme supported by Jimmy Choo.
For more information about Fashion Fringe, go to
www.fashionfringe.co.uk
On|Off
On|Off is a fashion showcase programme set up to support emerging British fashion, consisting of a catwalk arena, exhibition, press room and other features including an online boutique, gallery, VIP room and installations.
For more information about On|Off, go to
www.onoff.tv
Vauxhall Fashion Scout
Vauxhall Fashion Scout works with emerging designers providing them with the support and activities needed to build high profile sustainable fashion businesses in London. During London Fashion Week, Vauxhall Fashion Scout runs the largest catwalk for emerging designers, as well as hosting a New Designer Media Centre. The Centre is open to all off-schedule designers and has attracted some of the industry’s top journalists. Throughout the year they also run a mentoring programme which is free for all emerging designers and features experts from across the industry.
For more information about Vauxhall Fashion Scout, go to
www.vauxhallfashionscout.com
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