The British Fashion Council has announced the winners of the Topshop New Generation sponsorship for the spring shows during London Fashion Week. Six designers — Giles Deacon, Adele Clarke, Ashish, Gardem, Swash and Simeon Farrar — will be provided with financial support to showcase their collections either on the runway or in the “New Gen” area in the BFC exhibition tents. The newcomers will join nine existing recipients of the sponsorship, including Bora Aksu, Camilla Staerk and Alistair Carr. However, one designer who won’t be joining them at London Fashion Week is Hamish Morrow. Last week, Morrow said he will skip the shows for the second consecutive season. “Hamish Morrow and his team are working on a radical new approach with which to relaunch the company,” said a spokeswoman in a statement. “This strategy will be completed by end 2004.”
