British Fashion Council announces NEWGEN MEN recipients for AW15
The British Fashion Council has announced the ten emerging menswear talents who will receive NEWGEN MEN support to showcase their AW15 collections at London Collections: Men. Ready-to-Wear menswear brand, Vidur joins the existing NEWGEN MEN recipients: Agi & Sam (catwalk), Alex Mullins (presentation), Astrid Andersen (catwalk), CMMN SWDN (presentation), Craig Green (catwalk), Diego Vanassibara (installation space), Kit Neale (salon show), Lee Roach (catwalk) and Nasir Mazhar (catwalk). As well as receiving showcasing opportunities the recipients are given financial support and business mentoring. The support aims to build their businesses commercially and help them develop relationships with key press and buyers. The BFC is working with DLA Piper and Baker Tilly to provide legal, commercial and accounting advice for the designers.