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Fashion Capital Newswire – 08th September 2004

08-09-2004   










Hanging it all together for the fashion industry







NEWSLETTER  
 


We are working with Michelle McCure of WorldFashionExpo(www.worldfashionexpo.net). WorldFashionExpo have an on-line boutique and in a unique private and public sector collaboration we are expanding the area of the www.fashioncapital.co.uk boutique. Before we exhibit at the London Fashion Week event on 19th –  24th of September we will be going live with a host of new designers to showcase their products on www.fcboutique.co.uk


 


 


–  We are going live on new business parameters on the site to include Accounts and Finance, Health and Safety, H.R., Legal et al. We are delighted to announce that we will be working with Hazlem Fenton 



on the accounts section which will have dedicated articles, news and views plus a unique questions and answers section.


 


–    Trends. The hit rate here is unbelievable and we are now expanding this area substantially. There will be five dedicated boards to this section including mood, silhouette, colour, fabric and trims. We are in discussions with an amazing company that supplies trend information plus we are delighted to be working with Paola Giovanni on the theme board section – watch this space for more details!  Again this will go live before London Fashion Week.


 


–    On-line Museum. For true inspiration look no further than this section. Development work is currently taking place under the News section. The site will be officially launched in December 04 and you can watch the developments on line. Feel free to add in your comments to the development of this site. A big thank you here to the British Library plus the Fashion and Textiles Museum.


 


 



 


We are also pleased to announced a brand new initiative with TopShop whereby every six weeks TopShop concessions will be taking three LFF nominated designers to showcase and sell in a new section at their flag ship store at Oxford Circus. Credit to the first three selected designers Nadia Minkoff, Julie Berube and Elizabeth Lau. If you are interested to hear more about this unique opportunity please call me at the office on 020 8462 1475, however it is strongly advised that each designer applying for this new project is enrolled on to the fashioncapital on line boutique. We can operate a free introductory package for you – no strings attached of course!


 


So that’s why I was buzzing! So much positive and genuine opportunities are materialising for the sector and credit to the merry team at FashionCapital – Vanessa, Alec and Gareth.   


 


All the best.


 


Jenny Holloway


Industry Advisor


London Fashion Forum


 


 

Nottingham International clothing centre
The centre provides a range of strategic support services to the clothing and textiles sector and promotes the interests of the sector locally, nationally and internationally. It supports the textile and clothing industry sector both directly and indirectly by being a focal point for the industry and provides: specific sector information: direct business advice: sign posting: lobbying: working with organisations/bodies to promote the sector: developing projects to support the industry. Please read on to find out more… [More->>]

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A Question of Size
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James Macdonald
Yorkshire will soon be home to a “fame academy” for fashion designers in a bid to kick-start the textile industry’s revival. The project’s aim is to create around 30 Yorkshire based textile and design businesses over the next three years, with the help from established names in the industry. Yorkshire Forward has invested more than £500,000 in the centre. It’s one strand of the regional development agency’s Textile Forward initiative, which aims to promote Yorkshire’s traditional textiles heartland.One of the first designers to win a place is James Macdonald, who studied fashion and tailoring at Batley School of Art & Design. James, who has industry experience working for Patrick Cox in London & Paris, has designed a contemporary menswear collection for Spring Summer 2005. Read on to find out more… [More->>]




 



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