Many thanks for all the positives about the site – I have to admit every time I see the homepage I am filled with pride, in particular; I love the characters of Jo and Vanessa!

The Enter boutique in Croydon’s Centrale Shopping Centre is now flying with the run up to Christmas. The new ranges from Ruthi Orlin, Catharina Eden, Romeo Pires, Simon Wang, Asa Waldeholt and Fanniann have all enjoyed an excellent step up in sales.

 www.fashion-enter.com

There have been a few queries relating to the difference between FashionCapital.co.uk and Fashion-Enter.com.  Basically with Fashion-Enter you can have:

1. One-to-one mentoring sessions
   
2. Sell your garments in the Croydon Boutique, email Hayleigh for more information: hayleigh@fashion-enter.com
   
3. Have your collection sold by the agency arm of Fashion-Enter.com ‘Representing…’ Meeting with Bentals of Kingston confirmed November 20^th. Info email Maciej on: representing@fashion-enter.com
   
4. Access to a state of the art Business Directory, over 5,000 companies listed.
   
5. Access to over 12 Specialists from the Industry e.g. Mel Everatt – Patterns and Grading.  Nick Fenner – Legal, Margaret Briffa – Intellectual Property, BPK Accounts to name a few!
   
6. Gallery showcasing the work of auxiliary services, e.g. photographers, models, and illustrators and textile designers.  If you would like to display any of your work then please contact Vanessa vanessa@fashion-enter.com
   
7. Tools of the Trade, vital paperwork that every designer needs to succeed such as Invoice, Confidentiality agreement, Licence agreement, Docket, Confirmation of Order, Body Measurements, Terms and Conditions, Style File progress sheet, Quality Report, First make sample sheet and Pattern measurements.

Fashion-Enter is a members site, for £60 + VAT per year the crew at Fashion-Enter are dedicated to you!

Big well done to Croydon College designers on the BA and foundation courses.  We filmed the talented girls in action last week.  The DVD will be played on the site shortly.  The range of T-shirts, which are on sale in the Enter boutique look fabulous.  Real ‘designer’ and ‘exclusive’ T-shirts for any occasion.

Special thanks to Croydon Enterprise, Croydon Business and Equal.

Another well done to the winners of the Young Designer Award. Yet again the work was of a high calibre and a special mention here to Joanna Marcel who worked so incredibly hard to pull this event off.  A real trooper for the industry.

We are starting to work with an amazing charismatic lady called Liz Ogilvy from Kingston College.  There will be a tie-up with Croydon College and for Enterprise week we will be showcasing designers from both colleges.  Just what the industry needs, genuine collaborations.

Finally, many thanks for all the advertising enquiries we have received. The site had another 20% increase in unique users last week and now we are number three on Google, we have moved up from fourth position for best UK Fashion website.

Until next week.