Stephen Lovekin/Getty ImagesMick Jagger is honoring his late girlfriend L'Wren Scott.
The 71-year-old Rolling Stones rocker has started a fashion scholarship fund in the name of the designer, who took her own life in March 2014. The three-year scholarship program for students at London's Central Saint Martins will begin in October and provide students with money for courses and living expenses.
"I am very grateful to receive this extremely generous scholarship package, gifted by Mick Jagger in L'Wren Scott's name," Fabio Piras, course director of the MA fashion program at CSM, told WWD. "Our students sacrifice much to take up this course and work extremely hard when they are here. I am proud of the fact that this course continues to be recognized as a major contributor to the future of the global fashion industry."
Scott's suicide last year shocked many, none more than Jagger.
"I am still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way," Jagger said at the time. "We spent many wonderful years together and had made a great life for ourselves."
"She had great presence and her talent was much admired, not least by me," he added. "I have been touched by the tributes that people have paid to her, and also the personal messages of support that I have received. I will never forget her, Mick."