Last year’s 2010 BFC/Vogue Fashion Fund Award winner – Erdem Spring 2010
Shortlist of eight nominees for the coveted 2011 BFC/Vogue Fashion Fund Award was announced last week by the British Fashion Council. The winning designer will receive a cash prize of £200,000. A panel of judges headed by British Vogue’s Alexandra Shulman will choose a designer in the forthcoming spring.
This year’s nominees include two footwear brands – Charlotte Olympia, who’s colorful killer platforms are every fashionista’s staple, and Nicholas Kirkwood, who’s collaboration list reads like the who-is-who of today’s fashion world – from Rodate to Meedham Kirchhoff. Five womenswear designers – Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders, Richard Nicoll, Osman Yousefzada and Peter Pilotto. And a recently resurrected heritage menswear brand – E Tautz.
The 2011 BFC/Vogue Fashion Fund Award hopefuls in pictures:
Footwear: Nicholas Kirkwood
Nicholas Kirkwood For Erdem Spring 2011
Footwear: Charlotte Olympia
Womenswear: Christopher Kane
Womenswear: Peter Pilotto
Womenswear: Osman Yousefzada
Womenswear: Richard Nicoll
Womenswear: Jonathan Saunders
Menswear: E Tautz
E Tautz Fall 2010 | Photo: A Continuous Lean
So who do you think should win?
[Runway photos via Style]