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By Polina Sologub

NEWS: Fashion Scout Kiev Designers Featured On Style Bubble

Following the success of our Paris Showrooms at the end of the AW14 season, a selection of our Kiev designers have been featured on Style Bubble. With Susie Bubble personally attending the Fashion Scout drinks reception on the closing day alongside other industry figures such as Anna Wintour and Hamish Bowles, it was a true celebration of Ukrainian talent. 

Talking to Anna October, Paskal and Yasya Monichkina, as well as commenting on their talent and the statement t-shirts from Anna K, there's no doubt that the Ukrainian designs made their mark.

Be sure to read the article in full here.

Top image, Anna October AW14 look book.

Middle and bottom images taken by Hannah McGee. 

NEWS| Angus Chiang from Shih Chien Taiwan wins International Show

Taiwanese graduate Angus Chiang was yesterday announced as the winner of the inaugural International Show. His futuristic colour popping pom pom designs caught the eye of the esteemed panel of judges - headed by Vogue Italia's Sara Maino and the audience alike. 

Chiang, a graduate from Shih Chien Taiwan, will showcase his collection at Fashion Scout London during London Fashion Week. He has also won £1000 for himself, £500 for his university. 

By Editor Cass Gowing, Follow her on Twitter @CassGowing
Photographs by Tram Nguyen, Follow her on Twitter @TramNguyenP

NEWS| International Show at Graduate Fashion Week

Yesterday saw the first ever International Show take place at Graduate Fashion Week. Held at Earls Court, the International Show saw 20 graduate designers from the following schools take the stage. 

Academy of Art, San Francisco

BUNKA (Japan)

Shenkar (Israel)

Shih Chien (Taiwan)

FIT (Italy)

Istituto Marangoni Milan

IED (Institito Europeo di Design - Italy)

Accademia di Costume e Moda (Italy)

IUVA (Italy)

Kolding (Denmark)

Istituto Marangoni Paris

ESMOD Berlin

ESMOD Oslo

Parsons New York

Pakistan Institute of Fashion Design (Pakistan)

Mimar Sinan Fine Arts (Turkey)

An eclectic mix of cultures and styles were showcased through a series of accomplished and astounding designs - the very best of graduate collections globally. 

Aside from the showcase itself, the International Show was also being judged by an esteemed panel including Hilary Alexander (read her article for The Telegraph on the show here), blogger Susie Bubble, Royal College of Art's Professor Wendy Dagworthy and chaired by Vogue Italia's Sara Maino. After deliberation, the winner, Angus Chiang from Shih Chien Taiwan was announced. See full post of the winner here. 

By Editor Cass Gowing, Follow her on Twitter @CassGowing

Photographs by Tram Nguyen, Follow her on Twitter @TramNguyenP.

INTERVIEW| Susie Bubble at Fashion Scout

Susanna Lau also known as Susie Bubble of the Style Bubble blog scoped out the Fashion Scout exhibition and gave us an insight into what she thinks of the international showcase here in London.

What do you think of Fashion Scout as a showcase and how it fits into the industry?

It’s the best part of London’s off schedule shows. It’s essential because there are so many great designers in London and it accommodates these designers.

Who are you here to see today?

I’m here for Timur Kim and Nova Chiu. I know a bit about Timur Kim from the BA show at Central Saint Martins and I’m excited to see how he shifts with his use of denim.

Susie stopped to chat with last season’s Ones To Watch designer Hellen van Rees as she browsed the exhibition in between shows. The Fashion Scout exhibition is a showcase for innovative designers including last season’s Merit Award winner Heohwhan Simulation and Fashion Scout first timer Apu Jan.

The exhibition is open for five days from 15^th February to 19^th February

Text by Vanessa Omoregie (@wewearblack)

Images by Kris Elliott

NEWS| Leutton Postle featured on Susie Bubble's BoF column

The first Bubble and Speak column by renowned fashion blogger Susie Bubble on Business of Fashion (BoF) features former Vauxhall Fashion Scout Merit Award Winner Leutton Postle. 

The column is a space where Susie Lau focusses on emerging design talent and the Central St Martins graduate Sam Leutton and Jenny Postle - known in the fashion world as Leutton Postle - take the floor in her debut column. 

The blog post develops an insight into Susie's feelings as she saw Jenny's graduate collection - before she had teamed with Sam -,  "she was someone who could come into a fashion house and, for want of a better word, spice up textures by doing knitwear and textiles research", the fact that the design duo's collections are being showcased at Vauxhall Fashion Scout, "the duo have been showing their collections off-schedule, as part of the Vauxhall Fashion Scout initative, which goes to show that the British Fashion Council’s NewGen scheme doesn’t necessarily reflect the full breadth of talent that is currently active in London" and their most recent "most polished yet" collection, S/S13

A refreshing look into the talents of Leutton Postle, the post is accompanied by photographs of the said S/S13 show and Susie wearing their designs.

By Editor Cass Gowing

Image, screenshot from BoF and S/S13 collection by Rebecca Andrews

NEWS| 'Schlep Suit'- Myrza de Muynck on Style Bubble

Myrza de Muynck has racked quite the fan base since her inaugural showing with us back in February. Labelled 'One-to-Watch' for Autumn/ Winter, and featured by the BBC, and Italian Vogue, Muynck has clearly fulfilled- and exceeded- any expectations of a design talent worth watching.

Having tided alongside fashion's emerging throughout the early stages of their careers, one factor remaining constant, and at the crux of a designer's success is just that- remaining "constant"; consistently presenting innovative ideas. 

So, consider it a mark of success that Dutch-born Myrza de Muynck has again been featured by Style Bubble's Susanna Lau in her two season run. Having previously profiled Muynck's delicate reinterpretation of the ubiquitous 80s shell-suit, Lau goes on to detail the designer's developments for Spring, and justifies our previously ascribed 'One to Watch' tag. 

Read the piece in full here, and let us know what you think via Twitter.

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

NEWS| Style.com feature Vauxhall Fashion Scout as "hot spot for new talent" with Susie Bubble

Susie Lau, more commonly known as blogger Susie Bubble, has written a piece for esteemed Fashion site- Style.com, featuring the importance of emerging designers and their place in 'Off-Schedule' Shows during S/S13 London Fashion Week, focussing emphatically on the role of Vauxhall Fashion Scout. 

Describing Vauxhall Fashion Scout as a 'hot spot for new talent', Susie looks specifically at VFS S/S13 designers Merit Award winner Heohwan Simulation, former Merit winners Leutton Postle and Phoebe English as well as Zeynup Tosun and Myrza de Muynck (Susie pictured above, backstage at Myrza this week). Susie focuses on the importance of Vauxhall Fashion Scout as a springboard for new and innovative design talent and our 'impressive off schedule'. Read the full blog post  here. 

We loved seeing Susie at some of our shows this season and we even caught up with her on the last day of our S/S13 showcase which you can read here  

By Cass Gowing, Editor

Images - screenshot from Style.com and photograph of Susie backstage at Myrza de Muynck by Abby Gurney-Read. 

INTERVIEW| Susie Bubble at Vauxhall Fashion Scout S/S13

You've been to quite a few of the shows here this season at Vauxhall Fashion Scout; what is your impression of what the off-schedule platform has to offer?

"A lot of the people who are showing here at Vauxhall Fashion Scout have done Central Saint Martins MA, and it's a shame that they can't go on schedule, but what off schedule provides is a platform for them to show their work and people like Leutton Postle, who I think are a really amazing artisanal knitwear duo, you know, they've got something really fresh to say. It's great that they get to do a show like this."

What has been your impression of London Fashion Week SS13 so far?

"Really great. Everyone's really pushing it in terms of fabric innovation, pushing different textures so from my point of view I think it's really fantastic."

Words by Madeleine Ayers (@MadeleineAyers)

Photography by Kevin Chesnais

NEWS| Susie Bubble's feature on Kirsty Ward

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One of our favourite fashion bloggers seems to have a bit of a penchant for Ms Kirsty Ward.... Susie Bubble has previously featured Vauxhall Fashion Scout designer Kirsty Ward's necklace in an outfit post but this week she has dedicated an entire feature to her designs. 

We don't want to spoil it for you... so go straight ahead to Susie Bubble's blog to read the beautiful feature for yourself. 

"Kirsty Ward has made quite the knack out of combining jewellery and clothing so that one piece jumps seamlessly from one another, mirroring structure and palette and ensuring that both tell a somewhat similar tale.  Her metal spring jewellery has been something of a trademark for Ward and it has served her well with creating dynamic necklaces and bracelets, which quite literally make me think of all the best "!!boing!!" onomatopoeic noises that one can imagine. " 

By Editor Cass Gowing
All images from Style Bubble

NEWS| Manuela Dack featured in Style Bubble 'Still Got Underwater Love'

One of our favourite bloggers and known fan of the best emerging designers, Susie Bubble has featured Manuela Dack on her blog, Style Bubble. If you're a lover of the underwater style, then look no further than Dack's S/ S collection. Having grown up on the picturesque island Grand Cayman in the Caribbean, it's a clear inspiration for the collection. Being a designer who's constantly focused on quality and craftsmanship, this collection is just that. Layered skirts and subtle, delicate beading combine to create something both tranquil and striking. With sting-ray leather and discreet embroideries of various ocean-dwellers, prepare to take a plunge into the collection of a truly innovative and detail-led designer. Read the full article here. 

By Josh Walker

Follow him on Twitter @josh_walker_
Images from Style Bubble

Phoebe English interviewed by top British Blogger @SusieBubble.

Susanna Lau, known more commonly by her blogging alter-ego Susie Bubble, is notorious for championing new and emerging talent. So obviously, it's only natural that she is a fan of Vauxhall Fashion Scout's A/W 2011 Merit Award Winner Phoebe English.

Beginning with a declaration of her love for attending both On and Off Schedule times, during Fashion Week Susie makes sure that she divides her time between Somerset House and the home of Vauxhall Fashion Scout- the Freemason's Hall in Covent Garden. At last season's shows, Susie managed to sneak backstage to catch a glimpse of VFS's 'One's To Watch' show before it hit the catwalk and admits that Phoebe English was one of the designers to catch her eye.  

This week, Vauxhall Fashion Scout brings you an exclusive interview- with Susie Bubble heading to Phoebe's design studio just weeks before her exciting catwalk show, for an exclusive review of her SS12 collection. 

Read the exclusive interview with Merit Award Winner Phoebe English and a review of the collection, in full on Susie's world famous blog here. 

Cass Gowing, VFS Blog Editor

T: @CassGowing