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THE UK FASHION INDUSTRY
CONTRIBUTES £26 BILLION
TO THE UK ECONOMY
BRITISH FASHION COUNCIL, 2014
BRITISH FASHION COUNCIL
2013–14
ANNUAL REVIEW
CONTENTS
4 7 CHAIRMAN’S LETTER 49 PILLARS
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2 13 OVERVIEW 53 Business
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AL 60 NEWGEN MEN
U 21 Our Aim
N 61 Fashion Forward
N 68 BFC/GQ Designer Menswear Fund
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C 24 Five Pillars 69 BFC Fashion Trust
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B 70 BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund
76 LONDON show ROOMS
26 Pillar Presidents
84 London Style Suites
86 Headonism
30 Governance 88 Estethica
89 Rock Vault
BFC Fashion Film
Funding
90 BFC Business Support
91 Business Support Workshops
Executive Board
101 Reputation
Patrons
106 London Fashion Week
32 Advisory Board 128 Vodafone London Fashion Weekend
134 London Collections: Men
162 British Fashion Awards
34 Business & Cultural Ambassadors
176 Positive Fashion
The Fashion Arts Foundation
Press Committee
189 Education
36 Calendar of Events
192 BFC Colleges Council
193 Annual Programme
194 G raduate Preview Day
MA Scholarships
Competitions

201 Innovation & Digital
211 Investment
220 THE BFC TEAM
CHAIRMAN’S
LETTER
14 This has been an incredible year and a great journey in Our menswear sector continues to go from strength to strength W
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VIE of the British Fashion Council, as outlined in this review, the BFC/GQ Designer Menswear Fund sponsored by Vertu.
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Last year we set out our vision for growth, for increasing the on the board’s and industry’s ambitions.
commercial impact of our creative talents and for securing
the future of our talent pipeline. In September we launched There continue to be challenges ahead in this highly competitive
our bid to secure funding for scholarships as the priority in our sector, but I have no doubt that collectively we can make
Education Pillar. I am delighted to share that we now have five 2014–2015 an even better year for British fashion.
scholarships secured and are looking to build on this in the
coming years. The sad and untimely death of Professor Louise British fashion remains at its rightful place on the global stage,
Wilson OBE has made this pillar all the more poignant and and it’s our role at the British Fashion Council to champion
we hope the industry will unite in ensuring her legacy secures our industry, shout loud about it and be proud of everything
the future of British talent in this country. we achieve as an industry together.
In February we set out our plans for our Investment Pillar and Thank you
look forward to building on this platform going forward. There
has been some noteworthy investments made in the past year,
just some of which we share with you here. As an organisation
we have delivered significant support for designers through
sponsorship and awards to support shows, showrooms and
business development. This support is essential in the current
economic climate and we hope to deliver more support through
these routes and the generosity of our partners each year. Natalie Massenet MBE
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