NEWS| Propress at Fashion Scout London

Behind the scenes at Fashion Scout London, Propress are on hand backstage helping to put the finishing touches on the SS15 collection garments. The bright pink is a stand out image amongst the frantic energy between the make-up artists, hair stylists and crew as they get models ready to hit the catwalk. 

The unbeatable quality of Propress makes them the professional choice. Fast working and effortless, even on the most delicate of fabrics, their long lasting quality keeps them a Fashion Scout favourite season after season. Certainly a reliable and hard working staple for any backstage team.

Follow Propress on Twitter and Facebook

Images by Ian Davies, (@detjohnmclane).

NEWS| Vita Coco at Fashion Scout London

 

Official Fashion Scout London sponsor Vita Coco, join us for another season of exceptional talent bringing their all natural and hydrating drink to the guests in the Media Lounge.

Packed with nutrients and bursting with mega-electrolytes it is the best way to keep on your toes and and stay healthy during this busy fashion week. From guests on the front row to make-up artists, stylists and models backstage, the refreshing taste is enjoyed by all and a staple fashion week must have - making running in heels a breeze!

Follow Vita Coco on Twitter and keep up to date on Facebook.

Photographs by Ian Davies (@detjohnmclane)

NEWS| Snog at Fashion Scout London

Keeping Fashion Scout sweet for the seventh season, the Snog frozen yogurt team are handing out pots of their fat-free full-flavour frozen yogurt to show-goers, available in three delicious flavours. Passionfruit Pip Pop offers a taste of the tropical, while Summer Berry Berry Slam and Berry Blue Açai Burst keep those British summer flavours coming. Organic, fat free and sweetened with organic Agave nectar, Snog’s handy pots come complete with spoons to ensure you can enjoy Snog whether FROW or on the go.

Fashion Scout, who Snog see as the world’s leading platform for young and emerging designers, also aim to push forward and support young talent through their multi-sensory stores, which advocate the best in interior design, music and art, as well as graphic design, to create a stimulating environment. Brighton based abstract illustrator Insect recently created a new graphic campaign for Snog, keeping their stores constantly changing and evolving, just like fashion.

Able to watch Fashion Scout go from strength to strength first hand over the past four years, Snog have seen the whole spectrum of design talent. Whether it’s Pam Hogg or various Merit Award winners, Snog have seen these brands continue to grow and become stronger, using Fashion Scout as a great platform to do this.

Take a selfie with your pot of Snog and upload to Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #snogstyle for the chance to win a VIP PinkCard, giving you unlimited Snogs at Snog’s most recently opened store, Snog Selfridges, Oxford Street. Head there to taste the new milk chocolate flavour, as well as their sought after salted caramel flavour available in selected stores. With Original Snog at less than one calorie per ml, it’s a guilt free indulgence.

I don’t know about you, but #ifancyasnog.

By Isabella Silvers, Contributor, (@izzymks).

Photographs by Ian Davies

NEWS| Body Shop at Fashion Scout London

Back for another season with Fashion Scout, longtime make-up and manicure sponsors The Body Shop talk nude nails, strong brows and Instagram-ready skin as their go to beauty looks both on and off catwalk. Offering complimentary mini-makeovers and manicures to guests, Jasmin Keers from The Body Shop Newcastle and celebrity nail artist Glenis Baptiste use new-season Body Shop launches to offer a taste of upcoming catwalk looks.

Keers cites a contoured face and wash of blue or purple on eyelids as this season’s most referenced look, as well as a bold lip for added drama. In terms of beauty hangovers from AW14, strong brows are still going strong; ‘full brows will always be on trend,’ she tells us, while graphic eyeliner continues with a modern update. Perfectly winged herself, The Body Shop are well-placed to provide the tools, tips and tricks to a flawless liquid eye look.

New products being used include Instablur primer for both skin and eyes, creating a photo-perfect finish to your daily make-up, as well as the newly released Colour Crush range for lips, eyes and nails. Juicy brights are joined by sleek dark hues, taking you from season to season.

Nail artist Glenis Baptiste praises nail art’s love of ‘anything goes’, allowing her to choose a different Colour Crush shade for each nail to show off all the great colours out there. Nail transfers, dots, stripes and marbling prove nail art is still a strong trend, but nudes are experiencing a resurgence on the catwalk - especially at Fashion Scout SS15. Colour Crush nudes are more vibrant and suit a variety of skin tones, unlike in previous years.

Glenis believes that younger designers bring more flair to fashion, especially in terms of their inventive and experimental beauty looks. Talking about Fashion Scout as a platform for these emerging talents, Glenis believes Fashion Scout is an absolutely fantastic platform; ‘you can’t ask for anything more to launch your brand on, or get your name out there’.

Head to the Media Lounge at Fashion Scout for a complimentary mini-makeover and manicure!

By Isabella Silvers, Contributor, (@izzymks).

Photos by Anai Bharucha, (@anai014).

NEWS| Graduate Fashion Week 2014 is officially open

Fashion Scout are absolutely thrilled to announce that Graduate Fashion Week 2014 has officially opened with the brand new venue at the Truman Brewery, which has been transformed into a creative hive of talent from graduates across the country.

Catwalk shows from some of the best universities and colleges across the country, talks and events in the GFW Live area nestled down in Truman's basement or the companies and individuals taking over or Atelier, Photo Studio and Fashion Forward area, the atmosphere is alive with excitement.

Fashion Scout partner with The International Catwalk Competition showcasing at GFW to bring you the best in design talent from around the world. Designs from the best International universities and colleges hit the catwalk on Tuesday June 3rd at 12:30pm.

Keep checking back to the GFW blog to view photos and read reports about everything going on at GFW. 

Follow GFW on TWITTER,  INSTAGRAM and like GFW on FACEBOOK

And, if you want to read everything from the blog on the go, download the GFW app for apple and for android.

You can view a full catwalk schedule HERE.

You can view a full talks schedule HERE. 

By Josh Walker, (@josh_walker_), Editor.

NEWS: Little Shilpa Featured in Vogue Italia

Fashion Scout AW14 designer Little Shilpa has been featured in Vogue Italia. 

For Vogue Italia's 50th anniversary, the publication have teamed up with Pepsi and, through their 'Pulse of New Talent' project, invited 10 international designers to interpret the world of Pepsi through their distinct design aesthetic. Little Shilpa is one such designer who, through her fashion forward vision and expressive millinery, is sure to bring a fresh eye to the brief. 

"When I think of Pepsi, I think of refreshing summer days, youthful dalliances and the EDM generation," Little Shilpa explains to Vogue Italia. "For this project, I have designer a visor. It is a double-layered visor with two colour ways for men and women... The design is youthful, fun and imbibes street culture."

Little Shilpa showcased her AW14 collection 'Vesper Bloom' at our Freemason's Hall venue in February. Bringing a dark presentation of pieces to our presentation room, her designs were highly embellished and intricately detailed.  

To see illustrations of Little Shilpa's piece, photos of the design itself and to read the rest of the interview, click here. 

By Josh Walker, Editor, (@josh_walker_).
Images, taken by Oliver Savage.

NEWS| Hellen van Rees Featured on Vogue UK

Hellen van Rees, a previous Fashion Scout One to Watch and one of our AW14 Fashion Scout Paris designers has been featured on Vogue UK. In an interview which discusses her ‘fair’ approach to design, it explores her raw sensibilities, love for sustainable textures and what inspired her most recent collection. “For as long as I can remember I was interested in making things, discovering materials and drawing," van Rees explains in the interview. "This later developed into an interest in textiles and drawing figures and fashion."

An individual confident in her choice of both material and method, her being featured in Vogue, not to mention having been shortlisted for the recent LVHM award says that the reputation she’s making for herself is only going to continue growing. 

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| International Fashion Showcase, Xiao Li & Joao Melo Costa

British Council's International Fashion Showcase this year exhibited the work of Fashion Scout Merit Award Winner Xiao Li as well as Joao Melo Costa from Portugal Fashion, who showcased earlier this week at the Freemasons' Hall. Located on The Strand, the venue plays host to fourteen showcases from our international designer counterparts. Highlights include Costa’s ‘Bloom as a Boom’ overcoat, which features laser-cut glittered rubber creation is interestingly displayed in a greenhouse setting. Playing on the striking lime green tone of the garment itself, its floral motif makes for a beautifully eye catching piece which looks to have taken inspiration from the natural world around us. 

Merit Award winner Xiao Li’s innovative knitwear creations are displayed as part of the China showcase, where two of her signature heavy knit pieces in lemon yellow and pale lilac are chosen to represent her AW14 collection. Shown on our catwalk on Saturday 15th February, the collection's oversized ribbed knits display a combination of starchy structure with a soft edge whilst exaggerated, intricately detailed necklines add further interest to Li’s award winning designs.

Charlotte Muscat (@CharlotteLM9)

Images by Hannah McGee (@HannahMcG3e) taken on the fashion forward LumixGM1 (@PanasonicUK)

NEWS| David Longshaw's LFW Triumph Exhibition

Former Ones to Watch designer and Paris Showroom designer David Longshaw presented a multi-media installation for Triumph during London Fashion Week. 

Triumph, who are returning for the second season as London Fashion Week's ‘Official Catwalk Lingerie Supplier’, are celebrating the success of 127 years of the label through a pop up at ‘Maison Triumph’, on Covent Garden. 

"It's been really interesting because Triumph are one of the main sponsors for fashion week," Longshaw said to Fashion Scout. "The exhibition is all about makers, they have all customised something or made something specially for Triumph. With my idea it was more about making, I made a human sized version of Maude from Triumph products for the exhibition."

Images by Bex Day (@Rebecca_Day) and Max Barnett (@MaxBarnettPhoto)

NEWS| Pam Hogg interviewed by 'AnOther'

Fashion Scout veteran Pam Hogg caught up with AnOther magazine's Dean Davies, where the pair talked music, the early days, and her recent commotion in Bermondsey... semi-clad models were involved, but we'll let her explain that one. Read the interview here, and find out how Hogg went from shy and "in awe" to one of Britain's most audacious, homegrown creatives. 

Text by Sara McAlpine

Follow her @sara_mcalpine
Image by Rowan Papier

NEWGEN winners for spring/summer 2012 unveiled

Last night the British Fashion Council unveiled NEWGEN´s  winners for spring/summer 2012, one of the world’s most internationally recognised talent identification schemes.  

The winners are announced as London’s brightest emerging fashion design talents who have been selected to receive BFC NEWGEN sponsorship, supported by Topshop, to show at London Fashion Week in September 2011. 

The winners are:

Catwalk sponsorship: David Koma, Holly Fulton, Louise Gray and Michael van der Ham. 

Presentation sponsorship: Christopher Raeburn, Craig Lawrence, Dominic Jones, J.W. Anderson and Nasir Mazhar. 

Installation sponsorship: Jordan Askill and SISTER by SIBLING. 

Exhibition sponsorship: Felicity Brown, J. JS Lee, James Long, Palmer//Harding, Thomas Tait and Tim Soar Woman. 

Congratulation to all of them and specially to David Koma, Felicity Brown, who showed with Vauxhall Fashion Scout before. Exciting news and awaiting for for the Graduate Fashion Week Gala show, were the best of all the week will be shown tonight. A week to celebrate fashion and design innovation. A great aperitif that waters our mouth for next September. 

As well tonight VFS will be attending the launching of Vista Bar at The Trafalgar Hotel. This will be the unveiling of a new point of view of London´s skyline. 

This is the beginning of an exciting summer full of events and work organizing next season.

To know more about NEWGEN winners click here.

Uk Fashion & Textile Export Awards.

There are just three weeks to go before the deadline for entries to this year´s UK Fashion & textile Export Awards: closing date is 5pm on 17 June 2011.

This award, which this year celebrates their 25th edition also celebrates the awards that  220 Companies have benefited over the past 22 years.

The Awards always attract a very diverse crowd. As well as the winners and other finalists, guests include UKFE members, exhibition organisers, the press and leading retailers. 

The Awards are designed to reward companies, irrespective of size, who have demonstrated export excellence. Judging panel will be looking for winners in eight categories – Menswear; Men's Accessories; Womenswear; Women's Accessories; Childrenswear; Ethical Fashion; Lingerie/Beach Fashion; and New Exporter. 

For the 2011 Awards they have introduced new categories that open up the competition to a broader spectrum of suppliers, retailers and e-tailers within the fashion and textile industry. This year's Awards also take into account the multi-channel marketing strategy that companies are using to sell their products overseas. 

It is a great occasion to network and entertain, and meet people from the industry and other fellows. 

Just to have in mind for this year,  Joanna Lumlet, who presented 2010 edition, joked saying: "Just to let you know, in this room of friends, I am very open to product placement. I'm an average size 12, I have a head, shoulders, feet ready for shoes...you know what to do," Remember this when applying. 

Deadline reminder. They are  Closing date is 5pm on 17 June 2011. 

To start your application just click here.

Clerkenwell Design Week. Presenting the new.

Clerkenwell area is exuding design, creativity and innovation during this week 24-26 of May.  This new three-day festival breaks with convention by happening midweek, as designers, makers, architects and craftspeople highlight the creativity of this corner of near-central London, which houses 10% of the UK's architects.

This area, where Vauxhall Fashion Scout Headquarters are, has exploded design and creativity, and in every corner there is something new to see. Everywhere and everyone in the neighbourhood show to the outside what they do, inviting everyone to see it and experience it as well as the design process, offering to the visitors the opportunity to interact with the mind behind the innovation and today´s London Creativity, with an exciting programme of talks, debates and workshops.

Clerkenwell is home to over 60 showrooms, a multitude of architectural and creative practices. This cultural hub is the perfect location to host an international festival that celebrates all disciplines of design.

With over 150 events, a series of pop up exhibitions, installations, talks, performances, music and workshops, the festival is a showcase of cutting edge design from some of the biggest names in the industry. In 2010 the design community flocked to Clerkenwell with over 18000 registered, 2011 promises to be bigger and better.

The wonderfully Dickensian Farmiloe warehouse building, which hosts a design exhibition, is one of the event stars, though there are also film shows, art installations, seminars and debates, all design-themed. Tom Dixon fans can get a sneak preview of his new Peg chair and a forest of giant floor lamps will fill St John's Square as well as a craft market hosted by Craft Central.

The House of Detention is a Victorian prison, hosting an exhibition showcasing some of the most exciting contemporary talent. Exhibitors include, PlacesandSpaces presenting Droog, Hendzel and Hunt, Timorous Beasties, Lizzie Mary Cullen and Bank furniture.

A Three days exciting exhibitions with outdoor expositions, a design market held in St John Square South and open days studios, come to the area and enjoy London´s innovative design and experience creativity alive. 

To know more click here, or just drop yourself at Farringdon or Barbican and enjoy.

Fashion-enterprise Launches the first Fashion Fast-track Bootcamp

Fashion-enterprise Launches the first Fashion Fast-track Bootcamp for London scheduled for 9 - 10 July 2011. 

If you have a new fashion label, innovative  idea, product or service, the Centre for Fashion Enterprise’s Bootcamp can assist to fast-track your business to success.  

It is an intensive start-up weekend programme aiming to give fashion entrepreneurs realistic feedback on their product/service and their launch plan. 

This opportunity is really good for entrepreneurs who might be outside the usual networks and may not be able to access the right experts to get experienced market feedback.   

The main aim is to fast-track beginners to access expert market feedback, matching them with experts who will assist in directing strategies to make sure that business idea is properly researched, developed, planned, funded and launched; increasing its chances of success.

There’s also a chance to win a cash prize of £1,000 for the entrepreneur with the best idea pitched to our experts during the Bootcamp.

Full details are available on the  CFE website click here.

Ethical Fashion Forum opens applications for the innovation awards 2011: The Sustainable Fashion Design Competition

The industry body dedicated to a sustainable future for fashion, Ethical Fashion Forum opens the applications for the innovation Awards 2011: The Sustainable fashion design competition. Deadline for applications 10th June 2011.

The Ethical Fashion Forum's annual INNOVATION competition seeks out and promotes inspirational new talent in fashion design and sustainability.

Winners are selected for awards on the basis of outstanding design and product quality, as well as innovation in relation to social and environmental sustainability.

They have partnered with Pure London which is a trade fashion event for sourcing contemporary, directional and premium womenswear, footwear and accessory brands every February and August.

For the first time they launch an INNOVATION USA  category in partnership with Nolcha Fashion Week: New York 2011. Winners of this category will be showcased at the exhibition at Nolcha Fashion Week in September 2011. 

Nolcha Fashion Week, consists of runway shows, exhibition and networking events showcasing independent fashion designers, now in its 5th year and held simultaneously with New York Fashion Week.

Winners benefit from a stand at either Pure London or Nolcha Fashion Week, as well as promotion to the EFF's huge network of press and buyers through all of their media channels.

INNOVATION UK winners benefit for the first time from a professional photoshoot of their collection courtesy of Green Lens Studios.

For further information click here.