BFC unveils new format NEWGEN recipients
The British Fashion Council (BFC) has unveiled the 15 recipients of NEWGEN sponsorship for the year ahead. The recipients will all show at either London Fashion Week or London Fashion Week Men's.
A-COLD-WALL*, Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY, Halpern, Nicholas Daley and Richard Malone will receive NEWGEN support for the first time this year, in addition to existing NEWGEN designers COTTWEILER, Kiko Kostadinov, Liam Hodges, Phoebe English MAN, Marta Jakubowski, Molly Goddard, Paula Knorr, Sadie Williams and Wales Bonner who all continue to receive support.
‘One to Watch’ support has been awarded to Richard Quinn, who will be given exhibition space in the LFW Designer Showrooms at The Store Studios this September. Designers Alex Mullins, Ashley Williams, Craig Green and Faustine Steinmetz now graduate from the initiative.
Under its new format NEWGEN sponsorship is offered to both menswear and womenswear designers on an annual basis, as opposed to separate schemes on a seasonal basis.
"To be able to select NEWGEN for both womenswear and menswear side by side this year has given the scheme a panoramic overview of London's strength as a centre-point of young innovation. We have all been energised to see a surge of diverse talents from so many backgrounds whose focussed individuality inspires us," said BFC Ambassador for Emerging Talent, Chief Critic, VogueRunway.com and Chair of the NEWGEN committee Sarah Mower.
"It's a privilege to be able to join with so many mentors from the UK industry who volunteer to join together to put these designers on the proven fast-track to recognition and business success," Mower added.
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