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.
For further information on the programmes and to download the application forms please see:
Pioneer Programme -What is it?
How to Apply Application deadline: 19th of October 2011
Christopher Raeburn shortlised at the WGSN Awards
September 9, 2011
CFE Venture designer Christopher Raeburn has been shortlised at the WGSN Global Fashion Awards for the Most Sustainable Brand award. Christopher is known for his pioneering work, creating innovative ethically aware menswear and womenswear collections from reappropriated military fabrics.
More than 200 of the world’s fashion elite gathered at St Martins Lane Hotel in London for the official WGSN Global Fashion Awards 2011 Shortlist party, where the highly-anticipated award candidates were made public.
The winners for all categories will be announced on October 20, 2011 at a gala event at New York’s prestigious Gotham Hall.
Nominees for British Fashion Awards 2011 announced
September 6, 2011
The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announces the shortlist of nominees for the British Fashion Awards 2011.
Amongst the past and present CFE designers, nominees include:
Mary Katrantzou, Peter Pilotto and J.W. Anderson for Emerging Talent Award (ready to wear), James Long, Christopher Raeburn and J.W. Anderson for Emerging talent Award (menswear) and Erdem for Designer of the Year.
The winners will be announced at the British Fashion Awards on Monday 28th November.
In the picture last year’s Emerging Talent Award winners Ben and Edward from Meadham Kirchhoff.
CFE designers finalists in the UKFT Export Awards
August 31, 2011
The UKFT have announced this year’s nominations for the annual UK Fashion & Textile Export Awards. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the UKFT Export Awards – a fantastic milestone in the recognition of excellence in exports.
Amongst the CFE designers the finalists for this year’s Awards are: Christopher Raeburn for New Exporter and Rising Star Awards and Mary Katrantzou for Designer Business Award.
The awards will take place at Banqueting House, Whitehall on Tuesday 11th of October 2011.
To see all finalists and for further information: http://www.ukft.org/awards/home.php
Designer Natalie Rae wins Bootcamp
July 20, 2011
BOOTCAMP – FAST-TRACKS NEW BUSINESSES
Hosted in central London over the weekend of the 9th and 10th of July, the Centre for Fashion Enterprise’s first Fashion Bootcamp brought together 25 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 25 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. Natalie Rae gave the best pitch. She presented a well researched and viable business model for the launch and development of her eponymous eco-luxury fashion line. She has a clear and focused brand proposition that is both realistic and exciting. Natalie’s intended product line is well crafted and sufficiently unique in it’s aesthetic to interest media, whilst balancing enough commercial acumen to interest domestic and international buyers. All the Bootcamp experts concurred that she had given herself the best possible platform from which to launch her line.
Natalie commented ‘Getting to meet industry experts, gave me a better insight into the industry from a more experienced prospective. I picked up and learned many new things about how to make the business aspect of my label stand out and succeed in an already saturated market place’
The next Bootcamp is schedule for November. Further details will be posted on here later.
