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Priya Ahluwalia Receives the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design

London-based designer Priya Ahluwalia has been announced as the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design. Ahluwalia is recognised for her work in championing responsible sourcing and manufacturing techniques, while telling the stories of those who make her clothes and the communities she works with. The award was presented by...

23 Feb 2021

Fashion

London Fashion Week AW21: what to expect from the digital showcase

Pre-2020, the day before London Fashion Week would see buyers, press and influencers organising their tickets and schedule for the week ahead, however, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic means that this season’s autumn/winter 2021 collections will be showcase entirely digitally. In September, a handful of designers staged socially distanced catwalks...

18 Feb 2021

Fashion

London Fashion Week names Clearpay as principal partner

The British Fashion Council has confirmed that buy-now-pay-later payment service Clearpay will be the new principal partner of London Fashion Week, starting from this up-coming season kicking off on February 19. On a Zoom call, Caroline Rush, chief executive of the British Fashion Council, explained that Clearpay would be partnering with London...

10 Feb 2021

Fashion

London Fashion Week announces line-up for February edition

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced the provisional line-up of the upcoming February 2021 edition of London Fashion Week (LFW). Taking place from Friday 19 to Tuesday 23 February 2021, the event will feature both womenswear and menswearwear collections in a genderless showcase, digitally on the LFW platform and in and around London....

11 Dec 2020

Retail

BRC welcomes extension of business evictions ban

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has welcomed the government’s decision to extend the ban on business evictions amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Business owners affected by the pandemic will now be protected from eviction until the end of March 2021, communities secretary Robert Jenrick announced Wednesday. This final extension to protections from...

9 Dec 2020

Fashion

BFC Awards 2020 honour brands who "led change in the industry"

In a break from tradition to mark a tumultuous year, the British Fashion Council's (BFC) annual awards on Thursday honoured 20 individuals and brands, including Chanel and Burberry, who "led change in the industry". The honourees, revealed in a video posted online, were recognised for their contribution to one of four categories -- community,...

4 Dec 2020

Fashion

BFC announces 2020 New Wave: Creatives

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced its 2020 New Wave: Creatives - a list of the 50 top young talents working in fashion but outside of the design field. The list includes people from across multiple disciplines from artists, activists, casting agents, commentators, florists, hair and makeup artists, image-makers, nail artists, set...

2 Dec 2020

Fashion

BFC announces Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee

The British Fashion Council has announced the launch of its Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee as part of its “long-term plan to fight prejudice and discrimination and galvanise the industry into action”. The committee is made up of industry and British Fashion Council representatives and its role will be to address "key challenges...

17 Sep 2020

People

BFC announces executive board appointments

The British Fashion Council has announced four new appointments to its board of directors following its annual general meeting that took place on September 4. Jamie Gill, chief executive of Roksanda, June Sarpong, director of creative diversity at the BBC, Scott Morrison, founder of The Boom!, and Sian Westerman, senior advisor at Rothschild and...

14 Sep 2020

Fashion

London Fashion Week teams up with Amazon Fashion

The British Fashion Council is joining forces with Amazon Fashion during London Fashion Week to support British fashion designers impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic with a new designer digital storefront. The Amazon Fashion x London Fashion Week digital boutique will support and enable small and medium-sized British fashion designers to showcase...

14 Sep 2020

Fashion

London Fashion Week gives further details on physical showcase

With two weeks to go until London Fashion Week, the British Fashion Council has published the provisional calendar for the gender-neutral September 2020 showcase, which includes both digital activations as well as physical events. The schedule features more than 80 designers including 40 womenswear, 15 menswear, 20 menswear and womenswear and 5...

4 Sep 2020

People

BFC announces first-ever LFW ambassador in South Korea

The British Fashion Council has appointed Yun-Kee Jeong as its first-ever London Fashion Week ambassador in South Korea. The South Korean celebrity stylist, creative director and president of talent and communications agency InTrend will join the British Fashion Council for an initial two-year period and act as the in-market spokesperson for...

2 Sep 2020