NEWS| Vauxhall Fashion Scout, the Home of New Talent; scouting the next generation of British Design Talent

Merit Award Winner Heohwan Simulation

Raffaele Ascione

Zeynep Tosun 

Manuela Dack

Leutton Postle Backstage

Leutton Postle 

Sabina Bryntesson

Sabina Bryntesson

Myrza De Muynck

One's To Watch Designer Hellen Van Rees

Phoebe English

Phoebe English

Supporting, nurturing and showcasing new talent is what Vauxhall Fashion Scout is all about; bridging the gap between mainstream media, press and industry and emerging, new and even graduating designers. 

Hand-selecting designers each season, and scouting the Graduate Showcases from across the country make VFS a personal and intimate showcase to be a part of. With help from esteemed members of the industry- including Vogue.co.uk, Browns, Avenue 32, Not Just A Label, Selfridges and POP magazine, S/S13 saw an amazing array of new talent for our off-schedule London Fashion Fashion Week. 

The Vauxhall Fashion Scout One's To Watch showcase is always.. well, one to watch, however this season Hellen Van Rees, Charlotte Simpson, Hana Cha and Ming Pin Tien brought a series of collections that produced a wave of appreciation for the sheer magnetism of new talent in the industry. 

Last season's Merit Award Winner Phoebe English brought in the crowds, including Front Row Guests from The Shop Bluebird, Dover Street Market, CSM & Susie Bubble- who also visited One's To Watch designer from last season, Myzra De Muynck, backstage and Manuela Dack who has been featured many a time on Stylebubble.com. 

Long standing Vauxhall Fashion Scout designers Leutton Postle are often featured in mainstream media and press, impressing the industry with their attention to detail and use of bright and vivid colours to produce an eye-catching, slight tongue-in-cheek but completely wearable collection; a stark contrast to this season's Merit Award winner Heohwan Simulation- who's sharp lines and clean aesthetic are some-what of a calling card for his unparalleled blend of menswear tailoring and femininity in his collections.  

This season, however, saw the celebration of the Graduate designer. With Kingston University showing their MA collection as part of of our off-schedule line up, and debut catwalk collections from Sabine Bryntesson and Zeynup Tosun- the industry can't get enough of these fresh and young-minded designers. Having received attention from Vogue, Sabina Bryntesson's collection did not disappoint, with Zeynup Tosun being highlighted by Susie Bubble as a highlight for the season.

Vauxhall Fashion Scout, unparalleled for the appreciation and support of next generation designers, showcase every season with a new line-up of hand-picked emerging designers. For more information on VFS and the designers themselves, head to the new-look website- www.vauxhallfashionscout.com

PRESS| Sabina Bryntesson joins Vauxhall Fashion Scout and attracts the attention from British Vogue

The penultimate show of Vauxhall Fashion Scout was from Sabina Bryntesson, a CSM graduate who was tipped at one of the top 5 MA grads this year. The show attracted a lot of attention after Jessica Bumpus, Fashion Features Editor at Vogue.com, identified her as a designer to watch out for when Vauxhall Fashion Scout interviewed her for the Browns Blog in August this year. Jessica came to Vauxhall Fashion Scout to see the show today and seemed to be very impressed by Sabina's most recent work.

The designer told Vogue about the SS'13 collection, describing how she is “interested in how people dress depending on what religious beliefs they have and how important colour is for the imagery in these groups and the impact of strictness and conformity”. Jessica was right to anticipate Sabina's success, the collection was slick, intelligent and refined.

Text by Katie Agar (@katie_agar)

HIGHLIGHTS| The Final Day at Vauxhall Fashion Scout

Myrza De Muynck Presentation

Sabina Bryntesson Catwalk/Presentation

Leutton Postle Presentation

Toni & Guy Trends Backstage

Sabina Bryntesson Presentation

Nova Chiu Backstage

Leutton Postle Backstage

Backstage Model Line Up

Beach Blanket Babylon Pop-Up Bar, Media Centre

Sponsor Goody Bag & LFW Survival Kit

Images by Hannah Wilson, Rebecca Andrews, Dani Farrow, Lauren Marsh

INTERVIEW| Vogue.com's Jessica Bumpus on VFS's Sabina Bryntesson

Interviewed as part of the VFS x Browns Blog Takeover, Fashion Features Editor of Vogue.com, Jessica Bumpus picked CSM MA grad, Sabina Bryntesson as one to keep an eye on. Having presented in the Freemasons Vestible this evening, Bryntesson more than lived up to the acclaim; we caught up with Jessica post-presentation, who had this to say:

VFS: Hi Jessica. When we interviewed you for the Browns Blog, you identified Sabina as a one to watch. What made Sabina's work stand out?

JB: I really like her austere, clean aesthetic and I love the way it's very contemporary with the hats and the way it's styled. There's something really interesting and different about her and I feel like I haven't seen that before. I kind of feel like there's a controlled feeling about it and it's quite calm as well.

VFS: It's really intelligent the way that the music interacts with the collection.

JB: Exactly and I think you can really tell the kind of girl that she is and who she is designing for. It's really interesting and I really like what she's doing.

Interview by Katie Agar (@katie_agar), intro by Sara McAlpine (@sara_mcalpine)

BACKSTAGE| Sabina Bryntesson S/S13

Sabina Bryntesson wowed London with her graduate collection earlier this year, and today - with her Spring/Summer 2013 collection - she is sure to do the same. 

Though she cited Norwegian death metal and religious sects as primary inspirations for her last collection, things have taken a much more sedate - almost Mormon - inspiration for Summertime. The Body Shop team have collaborated with Sabina to create a 'no make-up' makeup look that highlights the models' natural beauty. The foundation - a mix of their mineral and oil balancing formulas - has been applied lightly to even out the skin tone and a darker shade of the same formula has been applied to seamlessly contour the skin. No other make-up has been applied except for a light coat of mascara and a soft highlight on the cheekbones and brow bone.

When it comes to hair, the look is just an uncomplicated as the Toni and Guy team wanted to keep it very plain ("unsexual") to compliment the long dresses in the collection. Before styling, hair was prepped with Label M's Volume Mousse and Blowout Spray, then pulled through the shaft by hand. Because each model will be wearing a hat, the hair is completely flat at the top of the head but pulled into a low, loose and rough ponytail that has been wrapped with side sections of hair to hide the elastic and create interest. For such a striking floor-length collection, they have hit the beauty mark on the head.

Text by Lela London

Photography by Daniella Farrow