THE search for the seventh winner of the BFC/ Vogue Fashion Fund in on, and this year they have got to impress a group of the fashion industry's most esteemed and respected names. Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman and BFC CEO Caroline Rush are joined by Victoria Beckham, Lisa Armstrong, Joan Burstein, Harry's of London's Ian Lewis, Topshop's Mary Homer, Burberry's Sarah Manley, Farfetch's  Susanne Tide-Frater and BFC ambassador Samantha Cameron.

In this first episode of a monthly series that will follow the process from decision making to how the winner chooses to use the cash prize of £200,000 (as well as utilise access to mentoring from industry experts), the panel meets the shortlist above the clouds in The Shard, London.