All in the name of charity

Applications to take part in the award-winning St Andrews Charity Fashion Show closed last week as a panel of experts prepare to select this year's hottest new designer.

Acclaimed by Vogue as “a key event on Scotland’s social calendar", the show, which is now in its twentieth year, offers young up-and-coming design talent the opportunity to exhibit their collections in Britain's largest student-run fashion show.

Almost £200,000 has been raised for a host of charities in the last ten years through the event.

Five successful applicants are to be shown among top designers, such as Nicole Farhi who participated in last year's event, with a winner set to be drawn from the group.

They will be assessed by a highly renowned panel that this year includes PPQ's Amy Molyneux and Britain's Next Top Model winner, Alex Evans, with their favourite designer set to pocket £1,000 and given the opportunity to design a collection for FS 2012’s chosen charity, The Muir Maxwell Trust.

The winner will also feature in The FS Magazine, which boasts more than 7,000 online readers.