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Applications Open at Vauxhall Fashion Scout

2010-04-30

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Vauxhall Fashion Scout, London Fashion Week’s talent goldmine, begins its search to showcase the best innovative designers. Along with the winners of the Merit Award and Ones To Watch shows. successful womenswear and menswear designers will be selected for catwalk, presentation and exhibition.

The prestigious Merit Award features a fully sponsored catwalk show and has propelled previous winners William Tempest, David Koma and Hermione de Paula into the fashion stratosphere. Attracting the leaders of international fashion media and buyers this highly coveted award is THE must see highlight of Off-Schedule.

Ones To Watch is the highly acclaimed platform which showcases the freshest talents of the industry in a back-to-back catwalk show.  Always exciting and unexpected, Ones To Watch gives the hottest new designers their first catwalk show in front of a packed audience.

Now entering its ninth season Vauxhall Fashion Scout is responsible for building and launching a host of acclaimed designers to the market.  Focused on scouting and showcasing the best innovative designers, Vauxhall Fashion Scout always presents a powerful selection.

Designers wishing to show at Vauxhall Fashion Scout must be creatively strong and have reached the business level required to show, present or exhibit at an event of this stature. Designers are selected by a panel of industry experts and will be judged based on their creativity, product quality and business development of the brand.

Located in the impressive Freemason’s Hall in Covent Garden this grand building will host all of Vauxhall Fashion Scout’s shows, the Off-Schedule Media Centre and designer Exhibition.  During Paris Fashion Week, Fashion Scout will be inviting a select group of designers to exhibit in their Paris Showroom in the heart of the Marais.

Successful designers will also benefit from Vauxhall Fashion Scout’s coveted approach to supporting young design businesses. The initiative includes a year - long mentoring programme with targeted workshops, aiming at helping designers to build and maintain sustainable, creative businesses.

Applications open from 1st May 2010.  Closing date 31st May 2010.

For further information visit www.vauxhallfashionscout.com

To request an application form please contact: show@vauxhallfashionscout.com

Press enquiries : +44 20 74903179  press@vauxhallfashionscout.com