Organisers of a Scottish fashion event have been accused of failing to pay their bills and leaving a trail of debt behind them.

Glasgow Fashion Week, launched in March, has still not paid models who took part in the inaugural show, according to one of the agencies that supplied them. Despite this, the organisation has started negotiations over a second event to run next year, Scottie Brannan, head of Superior Model Management, said.

The company is now taking legal advice over recovering bills worth "thousands of pounds".

"The fact they think they can then talk about putting the event on in the future seems crazy. This is a very tightly knit industry," he said.

Among those who had been left short, it is claimed, were students who had modelled for the show - which ran over four days in George Square and involved two award-winning Scottish designers and 32 high-street brands.

Those who took part in the fashion show included Jaeger, Topshop and French Connection. Another company that had filmed the catwalk displays was also still owed money, it was claimed.

When contacted by The Herald yesterday, Yemi Adegite, a Nigerian IT consultant who set up Glasgow Fashion Week, admitted there had been cashflow problems due to the event running at a loss. "We haven't made money and have incurred debt along the way. We have reached agreement with different creditors and some have been repaid. One or two have not," he said.

Mr Adegite said the firm originally faced £60,000 of debt but had now cleared 70% and hoped to repay the rest by the end of the year.