Rimmel London joins L'Oreal Professional in sponsoring Graduate Fashion Week

Rimmel London is joining L’Oréal Professionnel as the official hair and make-up sponsors for the shows at Graduate Fashion Week for the 2011 event at Earls Court 2, London from 5 - 8 June.

“We’re delighted to welcome Rimmel as a new sponsor at Graduate Fashion Week and would also like to acknowledge L’Oréal Professionnel’s tremendous contribution to the success of the event. Both give students unique access to world-class stylists at this pivotal moment in their careers. Their expert involvement is particularly invaluable as it helps the students present a most professional image on the GFW catwalk.” comments June Barker, Director of Graduate Fashion Week.

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bellápierre Cosmetics announced as official mineral make-up sponsor of The Session School

bellápierre Cosmetics has announced it will be the official mineral make-up sponsor of The Session School. Founded by session make-up and hair artist Dani Guinsberg, The Session School in London provides specialist training in professional make-up and hair for the freelance industry. They guide students through the range of make-up courses and hair courses on offer and help identify which suits individual needs best.

bellápierre Cosmetics is made up of 100% minerals, contains no talc, bismuth oxychloride, chemicals or harmful ingredients. The range is recommended by dermatologists and offers complete coverage for all skin tones and types. The Session School will be using bellápierre Cosmetics for mineral make-up courses, private lessons, fashion shows and national events.

BFC announces 21 designers to receive BFC NEWGEN sponsorship

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced the names of 21 of London’s fashion design talents that will receive BFC NEWGEN sponsorship to show at London Fashion Week (LFW) in September 2010. NEWGEN is an internationally recognised talent identification scheme, with alumni including British designers Alexander McQueen, Matthew Williamson, Boudicca, Giles Deacon, Jonathan Saunders and more recently; Christopher Kane, Marios Schwab, Richard Nicoll, Erdem and Meadham Kirchhoff.

The recipients of NEWGEN, sponsored by Topshop are:

Catwalk sponsorship: David Koma, Holly Fulton, Mary Katrantzou, Michael Van Der Ham and Peter Pilotto.

Presentation sponsorship: Craig Lawrence and Louise Gray.

Installation sponsorship: Christopher Raeburn, Dominic Jones, Fannie Schiavoni and Yang Du.

Exhibition sponsorship: Atalanta Weller, Chau Har Lee, Christopher Raeburn, Craig Lawrence, David Koma, Dominic Jones, Fannie Schiavoni, Felicity Brown, Heikki Salonen, Holly Fulton, Jordan Askill, J. JS Lee, JW Anderson, Louise Gray, Mark Fast, Mary Katrantzou, Michael Lewis, Michael Van Der Ham, Peter Pilotto, Sykes and Yang Du.

For more information on the NEWGEN designers visit www.britishfashioncouncil.com/newgen