ANNOUNCEMENT| The Body Shop and Toni&Guy return as Fashion Scout sponsors

We are thrilled to announce that The Body Shop and Toni&Guy are returning as sponsors for Fashion Scout London September 2013.

The Body Shop, lead by head make up artist LAN Nguyen, are returning for another season at Fashion Scout to create the astounding make-up looks for many of the FS designers showcasing. As always, The Body Shop will be hosting a pop up at Freemason's Hall, we can't wait to tell you all about their new concept!

Toni&Guy are celebrating their thirteenth season with Fashion Scout this September. As official LFW haircare sponsors, we are ecstatic to have their continued sponsorship and support of emerging and international designers.

Stay tuned to the Fashion Scout blog for continuous update of The Body Shop and Toni&Guy UK's involvement with Fashion Scout as well as the upcoming hair and beauty trends for next season.

Cass Gowing, Fashion Scout Editor.

Designer Spotlight SS14| Basharatyan V

Economics grad turned designer Veronica Basharatyan has earned her fashion credentials in prestigious universities across Europe, including Central Saint Martins and Instituto Marangoni. Lucky for the fashion world, she chose luxury ready to wear fashion over economics. Named by Harper’s as one of Russia’s Best Young Designers earlier this year, Veronica’s latest strikingly glamourous collection entitled ‘Broken Angel’ features juxtaposing silhouettes and bold palettes; attributes which have secured her a position tailoring bespoke pieces for Russia’s elite from a Moscow showroom, with a UK expansion on the cards.

Basharatyan V will show on Day Two of Fashion Scout London at Freemason's Hall

By Olivia Hunter, Fashion Scout writer, @OliviaHunter

NEWS| Yeashin Kim, Selfridges Bright Young Things finalist

Fashion Scout designer and last season's Ones To Watch star Yeashin Kim is one of fifteen Selfridges Bright Young Things finalists for 2013. BYT is an annual initiative which sees Selfridges showcase fifteen 'ones to watch' in the realms of food, fashion, art and design. 

This year's Bright Young Things was launched on 31st August, where Yeashin's designs were unveiled in one of the fifteen Selfridges window displays designated to BYT. In addition, you can shop Yeashin's collection online through their Concept Store. 

Blogger extraordinaire Susie Bubble will be posting a detailed run down of all BYT finalists on her blog but included Yeashin's designs in an exclusive preview post, where she compliments "LCF graduate Yeashin's fusion of 60s swinging London and traditional Korean costume".

You can see Yeashin Kim showcase her SS14 collection on Friday 13th September at Fashion Scout London. Read last season's collection review here. 

By Cass Gowing, Editor. @CassGowing

Images from Selfridges Twitter, by Kris Eliott and by Susie Bubble

SS14 PREVIEW| Fashion Scout London Designers Part 3

Renli Su

Rohmir

YEASHIN

Yifang Wang

Here is part three of the exclusive preview into the SS14 collections that will be showcased during London Fashion Week at Freemason's Hall. The lookbook, sketches and samples are from the following Fashion Scout London September 2013 designers:

Renli Su

Rohmir

YEASHIN

Yifang Wang

Fashion Scout London runs throughout London Fashion Week on Friday 13th September - Tuesday 18th September at Freemason's Hall. To view the full schedule visit our website. 

SS14 PREVIEW| Fashion Scout London Designers Part 2

Here is part two of the exclusive preview into the SS14 collections from Swedish School of Textiles. These images are examples of the graduate collections that BA Fashion students from the Swedish School of Textiles will be showcasing on the Fashion Scout runway.

Fashion Scout London runs throughout London Fashion Week on Friday 13th September - Tuesday 18th September at Freemason's Hall. To view the full schedule visit our website. 

SS14 PREVIEW| Fashion Scout London Designers Part 1

Apu Jan 

Basharatyan V

Hellen van Rees

Krystof Strozyna

Liz Black

Lulu Liu

Every season the Fashion Scout blog give an exclusive preview to the SS14 collections that will be showcased during London Fashion Week at Freemason's Hall. As a two part blog post, here are the lookbook, sketches and samples of what's to come from the following Fashion Scout London September 2013 designers:

Apu Jan 

Basharatyan V

Hellen van Rees

Krystof Strozyna

Liz Black

Lulu Liu

Fashion Scout London runs throughout London Fashion Week on Friday 13th September - Tuesday 18th September at Freemason's Hall. To view the full schedule visit our website. 

ANNOUNCEMENT| Fashion Scout Paris Showroom September 2013

Fashion Scout will be presenting the very best of global fashion and design talent at our Paris Showroom on 26th September - 1st October 2013. The Fashion Scout Showroom will return to our Paris Fashion Week home of: 

Fashion Scout Paris

23 rue du Roi de Sicile

75004

PARIS

This season, our ninth season in Paris, the Fashion Scout Paris showroom is completely full - and with a lengthy waiting list! - thanks to overwhelming response from the UKFT’s TAP Grant.

The Fashion Scout Paris Showroom is a regular feature on many buyers schedules at PFW, with visits last season from amongst others; Beams Japan, Vogue China, Voulez Vous Hong Kong, Ships Tokyo, Vogue Taiwan, the BFC, Dolce&Gabanna store Italy, Collezioni, Bengt Fashion, Fashion Monitor, Italian Vogue, Dover Street Market and i-D. We are thrilled to be joined by so many exceptional international designers, in particular Merit Award winner Yulia Kondranina. 

For more information, visit our website.

DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT SS14| PINGHE

PINGHE is the fashion label created by Chinese designer Ping He. Showcasing at Fashion Scout for the first time this September, Ping is no stranger to success having won numerous acclaimed accolades across her career. Whilst studying at leading art and design university Suzhou, Ping won the Shanghai Fashion Week award for womenswear design as well as a SAGA design award. Following graduating her BA degree with a first, Ping came to London and completed a masters degree at Nottingham Trent University. Having perfected her highly innovative style, Ping became Head of Design at London based brand Aftershock where she continued to receive critical acclaim not to mention a string of awards including BFC's award for 'Best Rising Star Brand.

In April 2011, Ping He launched her ready-to-wear label PINGHE in London, with strong support from Harvey Nichols’ CEO Joseph Wan and British Fashion Council Chairman Harold Tillman. We are thrilled to have her SS14 collection showcase at Fashion Scout on Friday 13th September at 7pm.

By Cass Gowing, Editor of Fashion Scout @CassGowing