10th June 2010

 

The British Fashion Council (BFC) today announced the names of 21 of London’s brightest emerging fashion design talents that will receive BFC NEWGEN sponsorship, supported by Topshop, to show at London Fashion Week (LFW) in September 2010. NEWGEN, established in 1993, is one of the world’s most internationally recognised talent identification schemes. Its alumni include many great British designers including Alexander McQueen, Matthew Williamson, Boudicca, Giles Deacon, Jonathan Saunders and more recently designers who have directly contributed to the anticipation that surrounds London during LFW with their innovative vision and truly unique collections, including; Christopher Kane, Marios Schwab, Richard Nicoll, Erdem and Meadham Kirchhoff.

 

The recipients of NEWGEN, sponsored by Topshop are:

Catwalk sponsorship: David Koma, Holly Fulton, Mary Katrantzou, Michael Van Der Ham and Peter Pilotto.

Presentation sponsorship:Craig Lawrence and Louise Gray.     



Installation sponsorship:Christopher Raeburn, Dominic Jones, Fannie Schiavoni and Yang Du.         

Exhibition sponsorship:Atalanta Weller, Chau Har Lee, Christopher Raeburn, Craig Lawrence, David Koma, Dominic Jones, Fannie Schiavoni, Felicity Brown, Heikki Salonen, Holly Fulton, Jordan Askill, J. JS Lee, JW Anderson, Louise Gray, Mark Fast, Mary Katrantzou, Michael Lewis, Michael Van Der Ham, Peter Pilotto, Sykes and Yang Du.

 

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