British Fashion Council: inspirations 2012

Caroline Charles: “Thirties jazz, glamour and the French Riviera.” Two couples dancing to jazz on the riverside, 1930's Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Issa London: “Rio! And everything that goes with it - carnival, sunshine, colour and nature.” Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

Temperley London: “This season my key themes are the Silver Screen; sensual and powerful women; masculine, ultra feminine, elegant elongated silhouettes; and the notion of Grace.” Rita Hayworth In Gilda, 1946 Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive

Clements Ribeiro: “Nineteenth century French wallpaper, sixties uniform and new volumes.”
Vincent Van Gogh portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, 1889 Photograph: The Bridgeman Art Library/Getty Images

Amanda Wakeley: “Slim Keith is an inspirational muse – I love her combination of sexy, athletic and chic… Summer shadows, translated into a print reminiscent of sunlight through the trees… Twisted voluminous drape that catches the breeze.”
Slim Keith/Nancy Hawks chatting with Vogue editor Diana Vreeland and her husband Reed, 1952 Photograph: Slim Aarons/Getty Images

Marios Schwab: “Chiaroscuro, the mini decade and platinum.” A visitor points at a painting by Caravaggio Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images

Christopher Raeburn: The Man of Aran by Robert J. Flaherty; it’s a really beautiful black and white depiction of the hard life of islanders on Aran, off the Western coast of Ireland. Other influences have come from Charlie Hailey’s book on camps and our extensive research on functional fabrics.”
Men from the Aran Islands in County Galway row out to the larger boat to exchange their flour for pigs, 1950's Photograph: Three Lions/Getty Images

Holly Fulton: “Shell grottoes, casinos and early Versace.”
Gaming Floor at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas Photograph: Andria Patino/Corbis

E Tautz: “Felix Carvajal (the marathon running postman), the 1924 Paris Olympics and Oxford rowers.”
Felix Carvagal Running in Olympic Race Photograph: Corbis

Hardy Amies: “Venice and its churches.”
Santa Maria Della Salute Church Photograph: Chris Hepburn/Getty Images

Erdem: “Visconti, Helmut Newton and the title Bonjour Tristesse.”
Jean Seberg, Mylene Demongeot in 'Bonjour Tristesse', 1958 Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Feature

Charlotte Taylor: “Beekeeping, fishing, Japanese art and culture”
Beekeeper with smoker and hives Photograph: Monty Rakusen/Getty Images

Charlotte Olympia: “Porcelain, Persian rugs and Agatha Christie.”
Agatha Christie, pictured at her home Greenway House, in Devon Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images

Charlotte Olympia: “Porcelain, Persian rugs and Agatha Christie.”
June Duprez in a scene from the film 'And Then There Were None', adapted from the mystery thriller by Agatha Christie, 1945 Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

David Koma: “Aboriginal culture, femininity and lines.”
An Aboriginal artist, works on a bark painting depicting a waterhole, a snake and a turtle, Northern Territory, Australia Photograph: Penny Tweedie/Corbis

Felder Felder: “Jen Brill meets Pina Bausch dancers at a glamourous gig downtown.”
Pina Bausch performance of 'Le Sacre Du Printemps' Photograph: Rex Features

House of Holland: “Skinheads, the film Leon and furniture by the Spanish artist Jaime Hayon.”
Jean Reno & Natalie Portman in 'Leon', 1994 Photograph: Allstar

Lou Dalton: “The Pitmen Painters, the UK miners strike (1984-1985) and Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake.”
Striking miner facing a line of police at the Orgreave pit during the miners' strike in 1984
Photograph: Don McPhee/The Guardian

Mulberry: “I've been inspired by the classic British seaside! We're recreating a seventies summer of fun for the new season: I've also been inspired by donkey rides on the beach, sticks of rock and the glittering lights of the pier, as well as the classic Englishness of rolling meadows, bright summer flowers such as pansies and nostalgic Scouts' and Brownies' uniforms. Add to that our eclectic Mulberry charm and our luxe detailing and you have the perfect mix for spring/summer 2012.”
Donkeys stand on blackpool beach Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Paul Costelloe: “I found a lot of inspiration for my SS12 collection in the movie Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, starring Bette Davis. The collection is innocent yet dangerous, with a neutral colour palette emphasising the 1970s Paris-inspired silhouettes."
Joan Crawford and Bette Davis in Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?, 1962 Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive

Giles: “Slimbridge Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust; Kraftwerk Kling Klang Machine No 1 application on iPad; and the catalogue of The Crash Exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery.” Photograph: PR