JONATHAN SAUNDERS is the winner of 2012 BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund.
The Scottish designer will receive a £200,000 cash prize, as a bespoke mentoring programme which will help him to achieve his business goals over the next 12 months.
Saunders faced stiff competition for the award, names as Peter Pilotto, Mary Katrantzou, Richard Nicoll, Roksanda llincic, Marios Schwab, Zoe Jordan and Meadham Kirchhoff, Nicholas Kirkwood
All nine of the shortlisted designers were invited to meet the fund's judging panel, chaired by Alexandra Shulman, and present their latest collections, as well as their business proposals.
Saunders first began his fashion career at Glasgow College of Art, before continuing his studies at Central Saint Martins - where he graduated in 2002 with a MA distinction in Fashion Textiles. In 2006, he won the BFC's British Enterprise award and since then his clothes can be seen on the front row each season, with shoppers vying to buy his printed, colourful and wearable designs.
The Scottish designer will receive a £200,000 cash prize, as a bespoke mentoring programme which will help him to achieve his business goals over the next 12 months.
Saunders faced stiff competition for the award, names as Peter Pilotto, Mary Katrantzou, Richard Nicoll, Roksanda llincic, Marios Schwab, Zoe Jordan and Meadham Kirchhoff, Nicholas Kirkwood
All nine of the shortlisted designers were invited to meet the fund's judging panel, chaired by Alexandra Shulman, and present their latest collections, as well as their business proposals.
Saunders first began his fashion career at Glasgow College of Art, before continuing his studies at Central Saint Martins - where he graduated in 2002 with a MA distinction in Fashion Textiles. In 2006, he won the BFC's British Enterprise award and since then his clothes can be seen on the front row each season, with shoppers vying to buy his printed, colourful and wearable designs.
