Meet The 2017 Fashion Fund Winners

Two  winners will share this year’s BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund prize: Mother of Pearl and Palmer//harding, it was announced tonight at Regent Street’s Hotel Café Royal. The two London-based brands will share the first prize since the Fund opened up its £200,000 prize fund to be shared by up to three recipients.

The winners – who were deemed to be at a “pivotal stage” in their growth and development - will still receive a full mentoring programme through the BFC’s Business Support team, including access to industry experts, as well as a share of the prize money.

“I am delighted that Amy, and Levi and Matthew, will be beneficiaries of this year’s award,” Alexandra Shulman, editor-in-chief of British Vogue and chair of the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund, said tonight. “Mother of Pearl and Palmer//harding are very different in terms of the clothes they offer and the way they operate, but both convinced us that we were backing brands with strong potential who understood how they could grow and who had an exciting vision.”

The two winning British labels triumphed over a strong field of fellow designers: Huishan Zhang, Osman, Shrimps, Sophie Hulme and Toogood. As well as Vogue and the British Fashion Council, the Fund is supported by Burberry, Harrods, LABEL, Paul Smith and Topshop.