The British Fashion Council has announced three recipients of this year's Fashion Forward initiative. Meadham Kirchhoff, Peter Pilotto and Todd Lynn (pictured) will all receive sponsorship to show at London Fashion Week in February and September.

Sponsored by Coutts & Co and supported by the London Development Agency, the scheme was established five years ago to provide funding to emerging British designers. Previous winners of the prize have included: Christopher Kane, Giles Deacon and Roksanda Ilincic.