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词条 British Fashion Council
释义

  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

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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.

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

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)[5]
  • London Designer Collections (1965)[6]
  • Fashion Industry Action Group (1981)[7]

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. ^{{cite book |last1=Sterlacci Purvin|first1=Francesca|last2=Arbuckle|first2=Joanne|title=Historical Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry|date=2008 |publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Plymouth|isbn=9780810854543|pages=26, 75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BYAXAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=Incorporated+Society+of+London+Fashion+Designers+%2B+British+Fashion+Council&source=bl&ots=LzkniwEEVD&sig=GuXRiJzfrZsLCLHSx5resNkcnv8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_AMYVO7SE5bmasj9gOgD&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Incorporated%20Society%20of%20London%20Fashion%20Designers%20%2B%20British%20Fashion%20Council&f=false|accessdate=16 September 2014}}
2. ^{{cite book|last1=Waddell|first1=Gavin |title=How Fashion Works: Couture, Ready-to-Wear and Mass Production|date=2004|publisher=Blackwell Science|location=Oxford|isbn=9780632057528|pages=175–7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GX-uAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=who+was+in+the+Incorporated+Society+of+London+Fashion+Designers&source=bl&ots=DhQXWu_4YV&sig=lxlzCnDCh4drS_8u-3Y3rn0sJTA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=svzlU8b6Maaq0QX6pIGQAw&ved=0CGoQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=who%20was%20in%20the%20Incorporated%20Society%20of%20London%20Fashion%20Designers&f=false|accessdate=9 August 2014}}
3. ^{{cite book|last1=Sterlacci Purvin|first1=Francesca|last2=Arbuckle |first2=Joanne |title=Historical Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry|date=2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Plymouth |isbn=9780810854543 |pages=26, 75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BYAXAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=Incorporated+Society+of+London+Fashion+Designers+%2B+British+Fashion+Council&source=bl&ots=LzkniwEEVD&sig=GuXRiJzfrZsLCLHSx5resNkcnv8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_AMYVO7SE5bmasj9gOgD&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Incorporated%20Society%20of%20London%20Fashion%20Designers%20%2B%20British%20Fashion%20Council&f=false|accessdate=16 September 2014}}
4. ^{{cite book|last1=O'Byrne|first1=Robert|last2=Worsley-Taylor|first2=Annette|title=Style City: How London Became a Fashion Capital|date=2009|publisher=Frances Lincoln Ltd|location=London|isbn=9780711228955}}
5. ^{{cite book|last1=O'Byrne|first1=Robert|last2=Worsley-Taylor|first2=Annette|title=Style City: How London Became a Fashion Capital|date=2009|publisher=Frances Lincoln Ltd|location=London|isbn=9780711228955}}
6. ^{{cite book|last1=O'Byrne|first1=Robert|last2=Worsley-Taylor|first2=Annette|title=Style City: How London Became a Fashion Capital|date=2009|publisher=Frances Lincoln Ltd|location=London|isbn=9780711228955}}
7. ^{{cite news|title=London Fashion Week|url=http://www.flurmagazine.com/en/designers/londonfashionweek.html|accessdate=21 July 2014|publisher=Flur Magazine|date=Feb 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220810/http://www.flurmagazine.com/en/designers/londonfashionweek.html#|archive-date=2014-07-27|dead-url=yes|df=}}

External links

  • British Fashion Council Website
  • BFC History
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/19990422205206/http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/ London Fashion Week Website]
  • Indymedia coverage
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