MFP logo, courtesy of Maria Francesca Pepe

LONDON, United Kingdom — Fashion East, the London-based fashion incubator program, has become known by savvy fashion buyers and editors for serving up a cool crop of hot young design talent in London each season. And, beginning this year, The Business of Fashion is providing mentoring and support to these promising talents as they enter the fashion business for the first time.

Amongst the crop of designers that we met in our first Fashion East mentoring session was alumna Maria Francesca Pepe, whose jewellery and shapely designs have been garnering the attention of fashion-forward celebrities on both sides of the Atlantic, including Lady Gaga, Roisin Murphy, Agyness Deyn and Beth Ditto.

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