Hello All,

It’s an exciting time in the big, bad world of fashion and now it’s the turn of Milan to sit under the glare of the fashion spotlight. Reflecting on London; yes the week was action packed with international labels alongside the new and up-and-coming, but as for the latest S/S 08 trends it seems designers were sticking to safe pared down silhouettes from the summer just gone. The dress is still key and glossy fabrics were in plentiful supply alongside transparent layers.

Check back for our in-depth trend LFW report

Images by Gemma Ashford

While we are on the subject of London Fashion Week we would like to take this opportunity to thank the team that patiently filmed, photographed and reported from the tightly packed schedule. The FC LFW team included:

With additional thanks to Vanessa, Jenni and Jemima Compton who also attended the odd show. JoJo would also like to thank Tom at Toni&Guy for the fabulous hair-cut. The shorter fringe inspired other journalists to pop along and book into to the on-site salon.

Profile 8 Catwalk designers announced…

After careful consideration and much deliberation we are pleased to announce the women’s and menswear designers who have been selected for the catwalk show this season.

Womenswear

1. Catharina Eden
   
2. Death for  Doll
   
3. Ekhos
   
4. Fanni Ann
   
5. Hemyca Ltd
   
6. a) Shyamoki   b) Simon Wang 

Menswear

1. Isis Cashmere
   
2. Nico Kudisch
   
3. Orlebar Brown
   
4. Stateless
   
5. Urban Species

With regards to the accessories parade, deliberations are still going on!! The standard is just so high that this selection process is proving extremely difficult.

Notice for shortlisted Accessories Designers:

On 5th October at the City Marketing Suite can all accessory designers bring their show piece collection for review?

The entrance to the City Marketing Suite is in Basinghall Street, London EC2 – within easy reach of Bank, Moorgate, St Paul’s, and Mansion House (Bow Lane exit) tube stations and Liverpool Street, Fenchurch Street, Blackfriars, Cannon Street, Moorgate and City Thameslink rail stations. The nearest bus routes are to Bank, Moorgate, Cheapside and London Wall. The City Marketing Suite is wheelchair accessible.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

10.00am Arrive
10.15am Update of FashionExpo – Julie Craig
10.30am Profile review
11.00am Designer feedback
11.15am Accessory designer set up
11.30am Fashion Enter review
              Rah Productions review
12.00pm Close

Look forward to seeing you all there from 10 – 12pm on 5th October.

Hand on heart this selection process for the catwalk has been extremely difficult. Everyone that is exhibiting at Profile this season could have easily been selected for the catwalk.

As you are aware, the catwalk is not a traditional event; it is a catwalk theatre where some of the models are dancers and each scene is choreographed. It is with these considerations in mind that the designers have been selected.

May we also reiterate that as previous seasons, the retailer can select from any exhibiting designer – the catwalk does not guarantee success.

Congratulations to all designers that are showcasing this season.

Fashion-Enter Membership Important Notice

Due to the high quality of data that is now available to Fashion Enter members we regret to inform you that membership subscriptions will be increased to £150 + VAT as of end October 07. Your membership provides you with back end access to our dedicated website, high quality reports and data, trend prediction service, a growing directory of fashion and clothing organisation, an agency Representing, a PR dispensary Service, over 12 specialists to provide detailed information throughout the industry, two boutiques to sell from, an online boutique, Profile Fashion show and export trade missions …and of course mentoring and workshops too!

On FashionCapital This Week…

Alongside all the LFW reviews Becky Lyon reports on the current trend – ‘Future Boho’ while Susan Royston, Creative Director of Melt London checks out Italian style.  

Enter-Boutique Barking has been in the news with great reports on WGSN and local rag the Barking and Dagenham Post to take a peek click here.

Boutique of the Week…

It’s been a bit nippy of late keep the chills at bay with this Dasmarca collar with pompom fastening in mauve for £36.00

That’s all for now until next time have a great week,

The Team at Fashion Capital x

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