Dear All

R
U the Face of Croydon?

Previous
MD of Red or Dead, Wayne Hemingway
MBE, has given his full support for the modelling competition that took the
borough of Croydon in South London by storm
last year.

The
final will take place during Croydon’s Fashion Festival on June
21^st.
Wayne
commented,

“Croydon was a
prosperous historic town in the 19th
Century but the WWII completely destroyed the town. During the 1960s it went
through major redevelopment and was one of the most wholehearted developments of
Corbusian modernism but became known as a concrete jungle.

With the Croydon Town
Centre BID Company now in
place Croydon Town Centre has a new chance to actively restructure the area
with new building developments that are right for today but more importantly
provide cultural change within the borough. Through fashion and its related
sectors of hair and beauty this can be achieved and The Croydon
Fashion Festival
combined with R U the Face of Croydon
can inspire 1000s of youngsters throughout the 34 miles square borough. If
Croydon is being serious about being the London’s
third city by 2020 this is an excellent way to start!”

Entries
are already coming in thick and fast so for your chance to give Kate Moss a run
for her money simply click here for
the expression of interest form.

Press and
PR

FashionCapital knows only too
well
the importance of press and PR and this is why our PR dispensary service has
proven invaluable to the rising success of our members. At usually £245 +
VAT,
we are offering the full press release service at £150 + VAT for a limited
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of three months. This includes a professionally written press release tailor
made to your requirements with images and distribution to our extensive
database of media and publication contacts. For enquiries contact
Jenni on jenni@fashioncapital.co.uk

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In Retail this
week

It has been reported that the
retail
scene has hit an all time low recently with many retailers lowering their
prices in a desperate bid to increase sales. Philip Green expressed his concern
at the World Retail Congress fearing that there would be some high profile
downfalls.

Retail indicators:

Retail sales (like-for-like) (1.6%) in Mar,
0.8% for 3 months, compared with 2007. Worst performance since July
2005
Prices (year on year) up 1.1% overall in
March compared with 1.3% in Feb
Food up 4.1% compared with 4.6% in Feb with
non-food (0.5%) compared with (0.3%) in Feb

Profile
venue in New York
confirmed

We
can now announce that the venue for Profile
NY has been confirmed.

Playing host to the event will
be
the Metropolitan Pavilion’s space the Gallery. As one of New York’s
premier event destinations, its
state-of-the-art technology, versatility and convenient location all make for
the perfect venue. The Gallery features gleaming contemporary elegance,
including a white high-gloss floor that softly reflects the room’s
lighting.
Regularly hosting fashion and press events, its clean blank canvas space makes
its powers for transformation incredible. Thanks to our NY partner Nolcha here
for
finding this perfect location.

More updates on Profile NY
to follow.

Designer
Forum

The
designer forum is a membership based support organisation for fashion and
textiles that works UK
wide across all spectrums of the industry. Tomorrow will see their
Design and Technology
conference as part of a series of National conferences for Fashion and Textile
students/graduates where our Director Jenny Holloway will be giving a
presentation.

Office
space available

Are
you looking for a spacious room to rent? We have two spaces available at
Enter Boutique in Centrale Shopping Centre in
Croydon. Ideal for office use, storage, workshop
space or even a photographer’s studio. Renting at the boutique would be
ideal
for those in the fashion industry as you would have excellent business advice
on tap from the team at Enter Boutique. If interested call 0208 681 5014

Alternative
Fashion Week

This
week sees the return of Alternative Fashion Week at Spitalfields Market in East
London. Over seventy young designers are exhibiting
their highly original collections with two fashion shows daily and a fashion
market of clothes, textiles, jewellery and accessories. We will be
heading there tomorrow so watch
this space for full coverage.

Boutique
Pick of the Week

Pass
with flying colours…

It’s
that all important time of year again, when sheer terror sets in at the mere
thought of traipsing through infinite rows of chairs to settle down for what
seems like an eternity for those dreaded exams. However there is always a
silver lining to every dark cloud; preparing for the prom season and you really
will be the Belle of the Ball wearing this summer stunner. Not only will the
vibrant acid yellow turn your peers green with envy, the truly original high
waist detail just oozes timeless elegance. You can find this dress at www.enter-boutique.com and at Enter
Boutique in Croydon for £85.

Until
next time, have a great week

All
the team at FashionCapital x