British Fashion Council announces NEWGEN recipients for SS15
The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced eight of London’s brightest emerging talents who will receive sponsorship to showcase their SS15 collections at London Fashion Week (September 12-16) from NEWGEN sponsored by Topshop. Designers receiving catwalk sponsorship include: 1205, Lucas Nascimento, and Marques’Almeida. Designers receiving presentation sponsorship include: Ashley Williams (1st season), Danielle Romeril, Faustine Steinmetz (1st season), and Ryan Lo. Additionally, Claire Barrow will receive exhibition sponsorship: Following the success of the pop-up NEWGEN showroom at last season’s London Fashion Week, the designers will again be given a dedicated showroom for four hours after their show or presentation giving buyers the opportunity to make sales appointments with the designers.