Shaftesbury, owners of Carnaby in London's West End, has collaborated with London College of Fashion, UAL (LCF) to offer two recent graduate tailors a new opportunity. The new Carnaby X London College of Fashion: Kingly Street Tailor's initiative is offering free studio space for two entrepreneurial LCF graduate tailors who have emerging businesses. In addition, LCF will provide a programme of mentoring and business support through its Graduate Futures team. 

The two winners this year are Leisha Parlour and Takudzwa Chigaduro, who will take up residency this summer in their new home at 26 Kingly Street, in the heart of London’s Carnaby. 

The judging panel included LCF alumnus and entrepreneur Harold Tillman CBE, Mark Powell celebrity Soho tailor, Kathryn Sargent, Savile Row's first female master tailor, Tom Horne owner of L’Estrange and Samantha Bain-Mollison, Retail Director at Shaftesbury.