British Fashion Council





























British Fashion Council

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London Fashion Week is organised by British Fashion Council

Formation 6 January 1983; 36 years ago (1983-01-06)
Purpose Promote British fashion in the UK and internationally
Headquarters
Somerset House, Strand
London, WC2
Leader Natalie Massenet
Website British Fashion Council



Manish Arora designs at London Fashion Week 2007




Gareth Pugh fashion at London Fashion Week 2006


The British Fashion Council (BFC) is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to further the interest of the British fashion industry and its designer businesses by harnessing and sharing collective knowledge, experience and resources of the sector. Founded in 1983, the BFC organises biannual womenswear and menswear showcases, London Fashion Week (LFW) and London Fashion Week Men's (LFWM) promotes the best of British design to an international audience.




Contents






  • 1 Leadership and activities


  • 2 Development of the organisation


  • 3 Events


  • 4 BFC Support Initiatives


  • 5 BFC Charities


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Leadership and activities


Based in London, the British Fashion Council (BFC) is currently chaired by Stephanie Phair and since 2009, Caroline Rush CBE has been the organisations Chief Executive. Previous Chairs of the BFC have included Natalie Massenet, Edward Rayne, Nicholas Coleridge CBE, Harold Tillman and Sir Stuart Rose.


The BFC organises the twice-yearly London Fashion Week (LFW) and London Fashion Week Men's (LFWM), showcasing the best of British fashion design to an international audience of press and buyers. Alongside this, each season LONDON show ROOMS takes emerging designers to Paris providing the opportunity to promote overseas. The BFC also organises the annual Fashion Awards, designed to celebrate creativity and innovation within the industry, as well as London Fashion Week Festival (LFWF), an all-inclusive event open to the public.


Another facet of the organisation's activities is to support the next generation of designers by supervising fashion higher education and apprenticeships in the United Kingdom.


Michelle and Rachel Yeoh serve on the BFC's advisory committee.


In May 2018, BFC appointed former England's football team captain, David Beckham, as its new Ambassadorial President.



Development of the organisation




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The British Fashion Council (BFC) was established in 1983 as a not-for-profit limited company.[1] Prior to the establishment of a single body to promote the interests of the British fashion industry, there were a number of organisations that existed to promote different interests within British fashion. These included:




  • Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers (founded 1941/2)[2]

  • London Model House Group (1950)[3]

  • Fashion House Group of London (1958)[4]

  • Clothing Export Council (1965)[4]

  • London Designer Collections (1965)[4]

  • Fashion Industry Action Group (1981)[5]



Events




  • London Fashion Week (LFW)

  • London Fashion Week Men's (LFWM)

  • The Fashion Awards

  • LONDON show ROOMS

  • London Fashion Week Festival



BFC Support Initiatives



  • BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund

  • Headonism

  • Rock Vault

  • NEWGEN



BFC Charities



  • The BFC Education Foundation

  • The Fashion Trust

  • The Fashion Arts Foundation

  • The Fashion Arts Commissions

  • The Fashion Arts Film Commissions

  • The Global Fund

  • Britain Creates



See also



  • Arab Fashion Council

  • Council of Fashion Designers of America

  • Fédération française de la couture

  • National Chamber of Italian Fashion



References





  1. ^ Sterlacci Purvin, Francesca; Arbuckle, Joanne (2008). Historical Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry. Plymouth: Scarecrow Press. pp. 26, 75. ISBN 9780810854543. Retrieved 16 September 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Waddell, Gavin (2004). How Fashion Works: Couture, Ready-to-Wear and Mass Production. Oxford: Blackwell Science. pp. 175–7. ISBN 9780632057528. Retrieved 9 August 2014.


  3. ^ Sterlacci Purvin, Francesca; Arbuckle, Joanne (2008). Historical Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry. Plymouth: Scarecrow Press. pp. 26, 75. ISBN 9780810854543. Retrieved 16 September 2014.


  4. ^ abc O'Byrne, Robert; Worsley-Taylor, Annette (2009). Style City: How London Became a Fashion Capital. London: Frances Lincoln Ltd. ISBN 9780711228955.


  5. ^ "London Fashion Week". Flur Magazine. Feb 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 21 July 2014.




External links



  • British Fashion Council Website

  • BFC History

  • London Fashion Week Website

  • Indymedia coverage















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