Centre for Fashion Enterprise

CFE Designers at London Fashion Week

February 13, 2012

CFE Venture designers London Fashion Week schedule:

Saturday 18th February

10.00-12.00 Felicity Brown, 2 Temple Place

10.30, 11.15 Sister by Sibling, Portico Show Space

12.00 J.JS Lee, Embankment Gallery Show Space

15.00-17.00 Christopher Raeburn, Portico Show Space

Sunday 19th February

14.30 Thomas Tait

18.00 Louise Gray, TS Venue

Tuesday 21st February

12.00 Holly Fulton, Courtyard Show Space

Wednesday 22nd February / Menswear Day

14.00 James Long, Courtyard Show Space

For further information please see: http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk

For ticket requests: http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/uploads/media/251/25539.pdf

CFE Designers chosen to take part in Selfridges Bright Young Things campaign

January 27, 2012

Selfridges has recruited a total of fifteen UK-based emerging talents from the worlds of fashion, art, design and food, as part of its Bright Young Things, which launched for the first time last year.

From 6 January 2012 until the end of February, each of the Bright Young Things will take over an Oxford Street or Duke Street window. The Bright Young Things’ products will be available to buy from three pop up shops in store as well as online at Selfridges.com.

The CFE designers taking part on the campaign are: William Richard Green (Pioneer programme) and MASC, Maarten Van Der Horst, Alice Lee, Alex Mattsson and T.lipop (all on Market Entry programme)

For further info please see: http://style.selfridges.com/whats-in/bright-young-things-showcase-selfridges

The image: Selfridges window by MASC

CFE Designers awarded with Fashion Forward sponsorship

January 23, 2012

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced the winners of the Fashion Forward sponsorship. The award goes to womenswear designers Louise Gray (CFE Venture), Mary Katrantzou (CFE Venture alumni), Henry Holland, and menswear designer James Long (CFE Venture).

The designers will receive Fashion Forward sponsorship for two consecutive seasons to show in London. James Long is the first menswear to receive support through this scheme.

For further information: http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/news_details.aspx?ID=395

London Showrooms Men opens in Paris

January 17, 2012

LONDON show ROOMS MEN is taking London’s leading menswear design talents to Men’s Paris Fashion Week for Autumn/Winter 2012. CFE designers taking part on the showroom include Christopher Raeburn, James Long, Sibling and Agi & Sam

Saturday 21st – Tuesday 24th January 2012

Venue:
Le Loft
Off rue Saint Antoine 28,
Impasse Guéménée, 3 Cour Bérard , 75004 Paris (4ème)
Metro Saint Paul

For further info please see: http://www.britishfashioncouncil.com/content/1703/London-Show-Rooms-Men

CFE Designers winners at the British Fashion Awards

December 20, 2011

The 2011 British Fashion Awards were held on Monday 28th November at The Savoy Hotel and Theatre, London.

The ceremony saw the best of the British and international fashion industries joined by a glamorous line-up of guests and presenters, including BFC Ambassador Samantha Cameron, Kate Moss, Victoria Beckham, Kate Hudson, Colin Firth, Olivia Palermo, Josephine de la Baume, Marc Jacobs, Lady Amanda Harlech and Alexa Chung.

CFE Venture designer Christopher Raeburn won the Emerging Talent Menswear award and the past Venture designer Mary Katrantzou the Emerging Talent Womenswear award.

CFE Congratulates!

Bootcamp winner revealed

December 20, 2011

BOOTCAMP – FAST-TRACKS NEW BUSINESSES

Hosted in central London over the weekend of the 10th and 11th of December, the Centre for Fashion Enterprise’s second Fashion Bootcamp brought together a group of fashion enterpreneurs with a team of eight expert coaches who were able to instil the importance of market research, market testing, robust supply chain and distribution networks, access to finance and IP protection.

The entrepreneurs came to the Bootcamp with an innovative range of new product and service ideas as diverse as new make-up ranges through to festival footwear, and new ready-to-wear lines through to e-commerce concepts.

An important part of the Bootcamp was for entrepreneurs to get expert feedback and to shape their business proposition under the guidance of the expert coaches. All entrepreneurs had the opportunity to refine their ideas and plans, and then pitch to our Dragon’s Den for a £1,000 cash prize from the Royal Bank of Scotland to assist fund their launch strategy.

The experts’ judgement was unanimous. The entrepreneur Phoebe Harrison was awarded with the £1,000 cheque for her online concept http://www.startplay.co.uk/ that is about to launch by end of this year.

The next Bootcamp is scheduled for June 2012. Further details will be posted on here later.

New Pioneer designers join CFE

November 25, 2011

The new Pioneer designers are: William Richard Green, Agi&Sam, Elisa Palomino, Fyodor Golan and Georgia Hardinge.

The Pioneer mentoring programme runs for 6 months and is tailored to each business, consisting of regular face-to-face sessions with members of the CFE team, as well as occasional expert workshops.

CFE congratulates!

London Showrooms New York

October 27, 2011

Centre for Fashion Enterprise, in partnership with the British Fashion Council, is taking London’s leading emerging fashion designers to New York to showcase their S/S12 collections, for the fourth consecutive season. The Showroom will take place in Soho Grand hotel on the Wednesday 9th November and Thursday 10th November, 9am – 7pm daily

LONDON show ROOMS are supported by the European Regional Development Fund and UK Trade and Investment.

Designers selected to participate are either part of the CFE Venture programme or have received sponsorship through the BFC’s designer support scheme NEWGEN, supported by Topshop.

Designers at LONDON show ROOMS:

Christopher Raeburn
Craig Lawrence
David Koma
Dominic Jones
Felicity Brown
Holly Fulton
James Long
J.JS Lee
J.W.Anderson
Jordan Askill
Katie Eary
Lou Dalton
Louise Gray
Michael van der Ham
Nasir Mazhar
Palmer//Harding
Sister by Sibling
Thomas Tait
Tim Soar Woman

image from www.londonfashionweek.co.uk

Fashion and Textile Export Award winners revealed

October 13, 2011

The annual UK Fashion & Textile Export Awards took place at the at Banqueting House in Whitehall on Tuesday 11th of October 2011.

CFE alumni designer “print master” Mary Katrantzou was named winner of the Designer Business category and CFE Venture designer Christopher Raeburn was named winner of the Rising Star category for his meteoric success in exports.

The awards, which are run by the UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT), were set up to recognise excellence in selling overseas. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the competition and entries reached a record level. More than 300 industry guests attended the awards lunch at which the trophies were presented by HRH The Princess Royal, president of UKFT, and hosted by TV’s Claudia Winkleman.

Among the guests were Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman, British Fashion Council chairman Harold Tillman and Dragons’ Den investor Deborah Meaden, owner of Fox Bros, the UK manufacturer behind the West of England tweed brand.

Venture and Pioneer programmes open for application

September 29, 2011

PLEASE NOT THAT THE APPLICATION HAS NOW CLOSED.

Venture and Pioneer programmes open for application

September 29, 2011

Since 2003, The Centre for Fashion Enterprise (CFE) has nurtured an impressive roster of international designer businesses including Erdem, Richard Nicoll, Marios Schwab, Peter Pilotto, Meadham Kirchhoff and Mary Katrantzou. These designers have consistently crafted innovative desirable collections, and with the CFE’s support each label has become renowned throughout the global fashion industry. The CFE is one of the worlds leading strategic business development initiatives for emerging designer labels, our team of industry specialists provide designers with a bespoke business incubation programme and high growth coaching.

We are currently accepting applications for places on our prestigious Venture and PioneerProgrammes. We are looking for designers who are the potential stars of tomorrow, Designers who focus on high end or luxury fashion products, can demonstrate sales and a growing press profile.

Venture Programme Our unique two year CFE Venture Programme provides higher profile emerging businesses with an unrivalled package of business support. We adapt to each designer’s ambition and vision for their label, delivering tailored support and bespoke mentoring. Current CFE Venture designers include Christopher Raeburn, Holly Fulton, Louise Gray, James Long, Thomas Tait, Sibling, Jackie J S Lee, Graeme Armour and Felicity Brown

“The Centre for Fashion Enterprise has been instrumental in the acceleration of my business. On a day to day level the strategic and managerial support has helped to ensure that my business is now well organised and confident as we go into the new season” –Christopher Raeburn, 2010

For further information on the programmes and to download the application forms please see:

Venture Programme -What is it?

How to Apply Application deadline: 19th of October 2011

Pioneer Programme The six month CFE Pioneer Programme delivers one to one business support and expert workshops. An analytical review of the designer’s business is provided, enabling them to devise a longer term strategy. The programme is aimed at high-end designer businesses that have usually been trading for 2-3 seasons and achieved annual sales of between £10-50k. Recent Pioneer designers include Matthew Miller, Craig Lawrence, Eudon Choi, Simone Rocha, Matthew Miller and Hermione de Paula.