Sarah Burton, Jonathan Anderson Among Nominees for BFC Designer of the Year AwardPartner content by British Fashion Council
The British Fashion Council is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to further the interests of the British fashion industry and its designer businesses by harnessing and sharing collective knowledge, experience and resources of the sector. The BFC is funded by industry patrons, commercial sponsors and the government including the Mayor of London and the ERDF.
The BFC has five strategic pillars; business, reputation, education, digital & innovation and investment.
The BFC showcases the best of British fashion design to an international audience with London Fashion Week, its showcase of womenswear and London Collections: Men, its menswear showcase was established in 2012. Each season LONDON show ROOMs takes emerging designers to Paris giving them the opportunity to promote themselves overseas. The BFC also organises the British Fashion Awards, the UK’s annual celebration of excellence within the industry and Vodafone London Fashion Weekend, a biannual shopping event open to the public.
The BFC helps designers at various stages of their businesses through its support initiatives. These include the Colleges Council, BFC Fashion Film, Rock Vault, Headonism, Estethica; and its menswear and womenswear talent identification schemes NEWGEN, NEWGEN MEN and the BFC/GQ Designer Menswear Fund. The BFC also runs and owns charities including the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund, the BFC Fashion Trust, the Fashion Arts Foundation and the BFC Princess of Wales Charitable Trust. The BFC has published the Designer Fact-File, an online handbook for designers, and the first ever in-depth statistic-based reports on the fashion industry, The Value of Fashion & The Future of Fashion (2012)
Company Snapshot
TYPEAssociation
ESTABLISHED1983
HEADQUARTERSUnited Kingdom
EMPLOYEES51 - 200
Highlights
Sarah Burton, Jonathan Anderson Among Nominees for BFC Designer of the Year Award
British Fashion Council Announces 2023 ‘New Wave: Creatives’ Class
The Legacy of London’s Original Young Designer Support Scheme
Explainer: Why New Sustainability Rules Are Worrying the Fashion Industry
Latest News & Analysis
What the UK Election Means for Fashion
The opposition Labour party’s landslide victory is most remarkable for the lack of drama it is expected to bring in an increasingly politically tumultuous world.
In London, Creativity Under Dark Clouds
The British Fashion Council is celebrating London Fashion Week’s 40th anniversary. The city is still a hotbed of design talent but it’s tough times for young labels, writes Susanna Lau.
UK Fashion Industry Isn’t Making Progress on Leadership Diversity, Report Finds
The first-ever UK Fashion DEI Report calls for more robust diversity targets and for leaders to acknowledge the connection between inclusion and profitability.
Fashion Week
The Legacy of London’s Original Young Designer Support Scheme
Many of the most promising young labels to participate in London’s NewGen scheme went boom… before they went bust. But the programme, which turns 30 this year, enables a laboratory of creativity that benefits the whole industry, writes Susanna Lau.
The Legacy of London’s Original Young Designer Support Scheme
Many of the most promising young labels to participate in London’s NewGen scheme went boom… before they went bust. But the programme, which turns 30 this year, enables a laboratory of creativity that benefits the whole industry, writes Susanna Lau.
Sustainability
Explainer: Why New Sustainability Rules Are Worrying the Fashion Industry
The European Fashion Alliance, a coalition of groups including France’s Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode and Italy’s Camera Nazionale Della Moda Italiana, has weighed in on EU plans to regulate fashion. They’re not entirely happy.
Explainer: Why New Sustainability Rules Are Worrying the Fashion Industry
The European Fashion Alliance, a coalition of groups including France’s Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode and Italy’s Camera Nazionale Della Moda Italiana, has weighed in on EU plans to regulate fashion. They’re not entirely happy.
Pierpaolo Piccioli, Grace Wales Bonner, Bella Hadid and Burberry Among 2022 Fashion Award Winners
The star-studded annual ceremony recognised a mix of established talent and rising stars, while also paying tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Media Executive David Pemsel Named New BFC Chair
The former Guardian Media Group CEO and founder of communications agency ScienceMagic.Inc will succeed Stephanie Phair as chairman of the British Fashion Council.
How London Fashion Week Soldiered On
Emerging labels made tough choices and quick pivots in order to stage their shows after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Unpacking Luxury’s Response to the War in Ukraine
Whether or not brands keep doing business in Russia is largely being driven by logistical challenges rather than moral commitments.
In London, Multicultural Start-Ups Shine
Ahluwalia, Labrum and Saul Nash’s collections — steeped in the Indian, West African and Caribbean heritage of their founders — stood out at the London fashion week that closed today.