The British Fashion Council (BFC) announced that its charitable initiative BFC Fashion Trust new recipients for 2017 are Edeline Lee, Georgia Hardinge, Isa Arfen, Sharon Wauchob and Teatum Jones. Previous recipients who continue to receive funding this year are Eudon Choi, Fyodor Golan, Huishan Zhang, Marques’Almeida, Osman and Rejina Pyo.
BFC has awarded grants totalling £450,000 between eleven designers; the largest donation by the trust to date.The BFC Fashion Trust was founded in February 2011 to offer selected designers mentoring and financial support to promote the art and business of fashion. As part of the structured mentoring programme in 2017 designers will benefit from legal advice from Taylor Wessing, and Livia Firth and her team at Eco-Age will be mentoring on sustainability and industry best practice.
