{"id":163033,"date":"2025-12-01T21:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/163033\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T21:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:58:09","slug":"fashion-awards-2025-kylie-minogue-and-lily-allen-among-attendees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/163033\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion Awards 2025: Kylie Minogue and Lily Allen among attendees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These awards are the primary fundraiser for the BFC Foundationpublished at 20:29 GMT<\/p>\n<p>20:29 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/9cac3783-4f7e-4f70-aa18-7dc8aaeea527.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Hannah Karpel<br \/>Live reporter<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tonight is all about raising funds for the British Fashion<br \/>\nFoundation (BFC) to support talent through scholarships and initiatives in the<br \/>\nUK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One designer who&#8217;s received support from the foundation is<br \/>\nSt Albans-born Yaku Stapleton, who describes his work as &#8220;transforming<br \/>\nconceptual fantasy into wearable reality&#8221;, featuring heat-textured tech wear<br \/>\nmade from upcycled nylon jackets and puffers filled with recycled bedding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cIt has been quite life-changing, to be honest,&#8221; he<br \/>\nsays of the BFC&#8217;s support. &#8220;I\u2019m sure my life would be very different if I<br \/>\ndidn\u2019t get that opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The foundation covered his master\u2019s degree, and after<br \/>\ngraduating he was selected as part of NewGen &#8211; helping him to show at Fashion<br \/>\nWeek, cover production costs, and benefit from mentorship and guidance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cGetting the scholarship made a huge difference in my<br \/>\nself-belief,\u201d he says.\u201cIt gives people the opportunity to dream big and have<br \/>\nhope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Yaku Stapleton's fashion collection uses warrior influence and recycled nylon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9fcb0e19-ee09-43a4-b1c5-e392c6929f91.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1597\" height=\"898\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Agathe Moubembe\/ Yaku StapletonImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Some of Stapleton&#8217;s designs, as showcased in September<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These awards are the primary fundraiser for the BFC Foundationpublished at 20:29 GMT 20:29 GMT Hannah KarpelLive reporter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-163033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}