FashionCapital: The Content - Hanging it all together
           

• News - Relevant news and editorial stories for the industry updated on a daily basis. Useful contacts, Business Events Bulletins and Diary along with the very latest industry Press Releases and profiles. We also send out a weekly newswire each Wednesday registered members.

• Trends - The latest show reviews, trend forecasting reports and mood boards for future seasons

• The Knowledge Bank – The fashion universe. Fashion is an eclectic mix of many factors but with our new Fashion Universe section you will be able to review how all the elements of fashion combine and work together. This section of the site is a new area and work is commencing on this section daily. This combines the previous Business Section on FashionCapital which covers all the key skills you need to run a thriving company including features on funding/grants, marketing, retail advice, design, Business Support Organisations and much, much more.

• Suppliers – Find the right production unit for you by reviewing the Manufacturer’s Online Showroom. This is the only site in the UK that has a dedicated showroom that shows the production capacity availability of UK production units. There is also an online Directory to help your sourcing.

• Multimedia Gallery - Get inspired with our wide range of images and videos in the multimedia gallery. Sections include fashion from around the world, exhibitions, textiles, fashion through the ages and more. Our video section includes catwalk shows and exclusive interviews.

• Community – Our Discussion Forums are always very active as is the Who's Who directory. The Discussion Forums are the ideal place to ask questions, network, search for the perfect job, talk about aspects of the Fashion Industry that affect you, or to pass on valuable knowledge that you have gained. The Who's Who directory let's you meet other FashionCapital members and find out about them and their business.

• Learning - The Learning zone is here to support and advise those of you who want to establish a career in the fashion industry, whether at school, post-graduate or graduate level. There is information on the finest courses from UK HE/FE colleges and universities; information on placements and career advice; and an exclusive look at new learning models such as Getting It Right First Time.

• Boutique – On the FC Boutique you can purchase garments from some of the newest up and coming designers and retailers. This is currently being redeveloped in a consumer facing format and will have its own dedicated web address. This e-trading site has been developed to offer designers a cost effective website that will benefit from the extensive traffic received on FashionCapital. The annual cost for this website is £150 plus VAT per annum.

Yuliana Dobreva- Head of Patterns

Yuliana has studied Garment techniques and technology in Bulgaria at Trakia University. She has 14 years experience in women’s clothing.

After university she got a job at Intertop Company as a pattern cutter for Jersey wear and she stayed there for two years. Once she gained all she could from that company she moved on to another town to find more opportunities so she can use her expertise and skills. She then started working in Optima Company for the next two years as a pattern cutter for classic woman garments. 

In 2000 a great opportunity came her way when she started working for a company called BTBulgaria which is one of the leading ladies clothing companies on the Bulgarian market. She started off as quality control on finished products and after 2 years she was transferred to the technical product development department where she developed patterns for particular styles and grading for classic and casual clothing. She worked with CAD and GRAFIS V10 system for German customers like Comma, S. Oliver, Hallhuber and Esprit. After 5 years she became the manager of the pattern cutting department where she was planning and organizing patterns and designs for production.

In 2010 Yuliana faced a challenge where she had to move to the UK and learn the language and she is now working as a pattern cutter at Fashion Enter with young UK designers and many of the UK’s main high street companies. 

After deciding to pursue this further  she went on to study Fashion Design and clothing at West Wales School of the Arts.

Continuing this she went on to study a BA in Fashion Design at Bath spa. Gaining valuable knowledge in design, pattern cutting and stitching.

Over the past 5 years Rebecca have worked with TOAST as well as Fashion-Enter, she has also worked along side stylists and industry professionals on many events including Bath in Fashion.

Beth graduated from Ravensbourne College of Digital innovation with a Womenswear BA Hons degree specialising in digital design.
 While studying Beth worked for numerous company's in the fashion industry ranging from an ethical knitwear company 'Make-piece' to high end designer 'Samantha Cole'  as well as a studio assistant at 'The print box.' She also interned for Fashion Enter at The Showroom with the sales team which led her on to a full time role once she graduated. 

Beth joined the Fashion Enter team as a Junior pattern cutter at the Fashion Studio, alongside this she took over as the in-house designer working with clients and giving design consultations. Because of Beth’s digital skills has also taken an active role in the graphics for FashionCapital which includes graphics you see on our leaflets, posters and cards as well as creating the new graphics for the re-launch of our website.

Accounts


For all finance, audit and account queries please contact Edwards on accounts@fashion-enter.com

 

 

Apprentices

 

Shannon LLoyd

I’m Shannon Lloyd; I am a seventeen year old apprentice at Fashion-Enter.

I have always had an interest in the fashion industry but never knew how to start a career integrating it. I started out at a sixth form college and completed my AS Levels in Fine Art, Textiles Art, Business and Mathematics. Although I found that I lost interest in half my subjects which lowered my motivation, so was only able to complete my AS Levels. But I never lost interest in textiles.

So coming across the amazing opportunities Fashion Enter seemed perfect. There were placements for companies such as New Look and House of Fraser, both which I interviewed for. Sadly I wasn’t accepted for either of these places which I was devastated by. But fortunately enough I was contacted by Fashion Enter as a company for a place to continue the apprenticeship with them.

The great thing about getting a placement with Fashion-Enter is that there are so many chances to discover what I want to continue my career in. Especially with witnessing firsthand the pattern cutting, sample making and all the admin work involved. I have only been here a short while but have found this is a great insight to what the industry is about.

In the future I would like to focus on the designing process of fashion but also the events required getting your name out into the fashion world. I want to continue the creative side of fashion as well as experiencing how much work goes into creating a range of garments and a business of a clothing line.

 

Danielle De Souza

I am a hard working, enthusiastic and creative individual with work experience. I am passionate about working in the fashion industry as its highly creative and exciting environment has always appealed to me. I am looking to pursue an apprenticeship position where I can grow and develop my skills and experience.

I first realised I was passionate about fashion when I began to enjoy experimenting with it, for example choosing the colours, styles, materials and accessories as this gave me an insight of what works and what doesn’t and has helped me to develop and become confident within my own sense of style. In my spare time I enjoy experimenting with hair and make up, shopping, horse riding, music and attending various fashion events such as ‘The Clothes Show Live’ and ‘Britain’s Next Top Model’ as they have given me the opportunity to witness catwalk shows, talk to designers and stylists behind the scenes and keep up to date with current and upcoming trends.

Since looking at various fashion magazines, books and designs I have become heavily influenced by fashion designers. One of my favourite designers is Alexander McQueen as even though his early collections created shock and controversy he showed that you need to be different and sometimes break boundaries in order to take fashion to another level and be successful, and even though it’s a long way to go you can be credited in the end as he has been. Furthermore, he studied art at school and then went on to serve an apprenticeship where he learnt the skills of garment cutting which is a direction I would love to go in.

I have gained a GCSE in textiles and enjoyed studying this subject as it enabled me to look at fabrics and embellishments and understand colours and different techniques. I also appreciated the fact that I could put my own thoughts and ideas into action and create my own garments which consisted of a skirt and a matching top as this showed me my capabilities. I studied Art & Design as an A level which enabled me to experiment with the design/drawing side of fashion.

At the moment I am attracted to the idea of doing a Fashion Apprenticeship because there are still certain aspects of the industry that I want to find out more about and experience for myself. Also, as well as studying and learning how to make clothes I will also get the opportunity to learn in a fashion production environment which I think is very important as I feel it will give me the right amount of experience and confidence to pursue my career in the fashion industry.

 

Zoe Barrow

Zoe had always been interested in fashion, creating her own unique sense of style she would surround herself with all things fashion, cutting out of magazine and keeping style scrap books of her favourite pieces. 

Around the age of 12, Zoe really started experiment with the latest style, pushing the boundaries of what she was used to  and began customising her own pieces of clothing. She was introduced to a sewing machine and taught herself all the basics. Before long she was making her own items of clothing from scrap fabrics. After receiving compliments on her handmade pieces she set up her own online shop, full of her one of designs and personal touches. As well as branching out to online marketplaces such as Ebay and Asos Marketplace. 

She then started keeping an online blog, and documenting all things fashion in her life. It was here Zoe got a bigger picture and experience of the fashion industry. She was invited to test out products and would advertise for bigger retail companies that she could only dream of working forAfter realising fashion design and styling was the career she wanted pursue, Zoe realised school wasn't fullfilling her love of fashion. She found that further education wasn't the path she wanted to follow and set out to find an alternative. Here she came across Fashion Enter, and they had the perfect opportunity for her...

 

 

Abbie Godbold

 

Abbie Godbold is located in The Factory in Haringey and has been working with Fashion Enter sice October.

From the very beginning Abbie took interest to Textiles her skills and knowledge came from studying this at High School. She loved the practical side of making garments and the planning and organising that came alongside it.

Abbie knew straight away she wanted to continue this on to the future and planned on finding an apprenticeship straight after finishing High School. However, this didn't go quite as she had planned. She was offered and apprenticeship but the start date was before she had even achieved her GCSE results! So Abbie continued on and started a college with a Product Design course in costume and make-up. Costume design was always something Abbie had a great interest in and hopes to continue on with this throughout life. A couple of weeks into her course she received an invite for an interview with Fashion Capital and took off from here.

 

Jenny Beth Golding

 

 

Shanice Godwin-Samuel 

 

Shanice always had an eye for fashion from a young age, but never really knew what path to go down. After studying Art, French and Textiles at GCSE level she really started to get herself a taste for the fashion industry before going on to study Art, Graphics and Media Studies at A Level.

After the first year of A Levels Shanice took part in a summer course with Fashion Enter at their Boutique located in Barking, here she was informed on the apprentice vacancy available, after being successful Shanice went on to start the apprenticeship in January 2012.

At the beginning she was working in the Barking Boutique alongside dressmaker and machinist Leyla, helping with alteration, small production and made to measures for customers as well as taking purchasing and interacting and gaining confidence with customers. Shanice really enjoyed this experience as it allowed her to gain experience in all different fields of the industry as well as gaining important skills such as admin duties, and an over-view of how the company runs smoothly with everyone's roles within the company.

In February 2013 Shanice moved location to the Fashion Studio, here she works closely with Rebecca the Studio Assistant Manager. Through this Shanice has learnt the company systems, ordering processes, larger scale productions, interacting with designers and contacting clients throughout the whole production cycle.

 

Kristen Lucas

 

Kristen Lee, a 19 year old aspiring designer /buyer completed her GCSE’s and A Levels still unsure of what it was exactly she wanted to do. Having studied media, travel and tourism in high school she thought that something in entertainment would be more fitting. However when she got to college she decided that she would study Health and social care and maybe take the medical route in child psychology. By the end of those two years she had realised that it was definitely not for her and that she would pursue her much loved passion for design and fashion and all around love for pop culture.

Kristen became an apprentice with fashion Capital having no experience in the industry; most of her knowledge had been built up from her blogging networking with friends who worked in fashion. She has since made amazing personal and professional progress and has decided that she will work towards becoming a buyer as well as developing her designing skills.