Designers are selected by Fashion East’s high profile panel of industry experts who offer guidance and mentoring support. As part of the scheme designers receive a bursary, a fully produced runway show and are taken to Paris to hold sales appointments with international stores.
Fashion East has an unrivaled reputation for identifying and supporting the most exciting new names in the industry and has kick started the careers of many of the UK’s most prolific design talent including Gareth Pugh, Jonathan Saunders, House of Holland, Louise Gray, Ashley Williams, Marques‘ Almeida, Richard Nicoll, Richard Malone, Roksanda Ilincic and Simone Rocha.