Jonathan Saunders Wins The BFC/Vogue Fashion Fund

Scottish designer Jonathan Saunders has today been revealed as the winner of the 2012 BFC/Vogue Fashion Fund, beating off stiff competition from competitors such as Meadham Kirchhoff, Peter Pilotto and Richard Nicoll to name a few.

The designer will receive a cash prize of £200,000 as well as becoming part of a exclusive mentoring programme which will help him achieve his business goals over the following twelve months.

He told Vogue 'I am so happy about winning the fund, the last 12 months have been an exciting time for me and my team and I'm very proud of all their hard work. We have many plans for the near future and this along with the support network provided by the BFC will enable us to achieve our goals'.

Saunders has also won Scottish Designer of the Year award for the past two years and after beating industry favourite Mary Katrantzou to the prize can only be a good thing.

Meadham Kirchhoff SS 2012

Meadham Kirchhoff had us all regressing back to our childhood today with their 'a wolf in sheeps clothing' pantomime show that had even Anna Wintour cracking a smile (probs the first time ever, right?).  It was a pantomime that began with 14 dancers walking onto the stage, putting puff powder onto their faces before vigorously dancing the can can whilst the models came out and walked around them wearing cutsey clothing that consisted of knitwear over buttoned up checked shirts, apron dresses, exaggerated pom pom skirts made of ostrich feathers, lace brocade dresses, colour pop tights and bonkers platforms.

The runway had arches of bright, pastel coloured balloons and gold drapes, it looked like some kind of 80's American prom and the models had there faces coloured with funky eyebrows and doll like red cheeks.  The show ended with little ballerinas tip toeing around a cake.  Has there been a more fun show, ever?