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Gwyneth Paltrow's March 2012 Harper's Bazaar Cover
Anna Wintour Raises Top Funds For Obama, Jonathan Saunders Wins British Fashion Fund, & Gwyneth Covers the New Harper's Bazaar February 1, 2012 11:11 am >>These stories and more — here, in our daily news roundup.
Erdem Moralioglu Wins Inaugural British Fashion Council's Vogue Designer Fashion Fund
Erdem Moralioglu Wins Inaugural British Fashion Council's Vogue Designer Fashion Fund March 31, 2010 6:30 am London-based Erdem Moralioglu beat out Christopher Kane, Angel Jackson, Clements Ribeiro, E.
Giles Deacon May Have Spring 2010 London Fashion Week "Presence," Goes with Structure for Cruise 2010
Giles Deacon May Have Spring 2010 London Fashion Week "Presence," Goes with Structure for Cruise 2010 June 26, 2009 12:29 pm >> Giles Deacon, who was awarded the €160,000 (approx.
British Vogue's Alexandra Shulman Stirs Up Size Zero Debate
British Vogue's Alexandra Shulman Stirs Up Size Zero Debate June 16, 2009 12:31 pm >> Over the weekend, a "strongly worded letter" from Vogue UK's Alexandra Shulman "sent to scores of designers in Europe and America" — including Prada, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, and Chanel — was leaked to the Times UK in what some are calling a publicity stunt.In the letter, Shulman exhumed the size zero fight, accusing designers of an "increasingly disturbing" practice of sending fashion magazines "minuscule" clothes for photo shoots.
Pringle of Scotland Re-Joins London Fashion Week, Efforts to Bring More Back Continue
Pringle of Scotland Re-Joins London Fashion Week, Efforts to Bring More Back Continue June 8, 2009 6:18 pm >> Matthew Williamson and Burberry are both returning to London Fashion Week for its 25th anniversary during the Spring 2010 season, and now Pringle of Scotland is, too.  It's all part of the plan that Harold Tillman, chairman of the British Fashion Council, has actuated to create more buzz around London's Fashion Week, and he's not planning on stopping with just those three: “There are talks going on with other big names who we’re confident will come back.
April 6, 2009 10:42 am Top Editors And Buyers Photographed In "LONDON Show ROOMS"Talk about a Fashion Week flash back--today we happened upon a photo gallery from the British Fashion Council's "LONDON show ROOMS" event which took place during Paris Fashion Week.
Alexander McQueen Perpetuates That Enfant Terrible Streak
Alexander McQueen Perpetuates That Enfant Terrible Streak March 23, 2009 4:37 pm >> Alexander McQueen, famously outspoken, spoke out in an interview for the Spring 2009 issue of Numero Homme (#17), and started by giving his interviewer, Numero editor at large Philip Utz, and fashion journalism as a whole, a dressing-down: "[it's a] thinly-veiled exercise in marketing."
London, New York Designers Take Show to Paris in Hope of More Sales
London, New York Designers Take Show to Paris in Hope of More Sales March 3, 2009 6:22 pm >> Budget cuts brought fewer European retailers to New York Fashion Week and fewer US retailers to London Fashion Week — Julie Gilhart of Barneys, for one — so instead, designers are meeting them at the one Fashion Week they all can't miss: Paris.Those from New York heading across the seas to meet with potential buyers and hopefully secure sales are Brian Reyes, Alexander Wang, and Victoria Bartlett of VPL, who are all sharing a space, plus Elise Overland, Jason Wu, Erin Fetherston, and Justin Giunta of Subversive Jewelry.  Diane von Furstenberg and Philip Crangi have already been spotted together at Tuileries, but The Ritz Paris is said to be the unofficial headquarters of retailer-designer-meet-and-greet activity.
London Fashion Week to Overlap with New York Fashion Week
London Fashion Week to Overlap with New York Fashion Week October 28, 2008 2:57 pm >> Despite the emergency meetings held during London Fashion Week to hash out the issue, it sounds like neither Milan or New York officials would budge on their February 2009 Fashion Week dates.Since London was left with only four days in February between the time Fall 2009 New York Fashion Week ends and Milan Fashion Week begins, the British Fashion Council has decided that one day of London Fashion Week — Feb.
London Launches British Fashion Fund
London Launches British Fashion Fund September 16, 2008 12:28 pm >> Although London Fashion Week is at risk of being squeezed out by New York and Milan next season — Diane von Furstenberg is in town to discuss the matter — Harold Tillman, chairmain of the British Fashion Council, had a more positive announcement to make last night.Britain's largest-ever emerging talent fashion fund — modeled after the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund — is being launched, with backing from Topshop owner Sir Philip Green and Erin O'Connor, who is vice-chairman of London Fashion Week.  The first awards will be given out next year — and considering the forward-thinking talent pool that comes out of London, I can't wait.*image: source