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Dear all,
London Fashion Week
As LFW draws to a close today, FC has taken a look over the week’s highlights and key trends. Full review.
We would like to thank our fantastic team of journalists and photographers who worked so hard to ensure live reports and daily reviews and even backstage gossip were brought to you each day. If you missed any of the top coverage take a look here. Members will soon exclusively be able to view a gallery of all the catwalk images.
The British Designers Collective – Bicester Village
Luxury shopping destination, Bicester Village and the British Fashion Council have joined forces in a unique collaborative venture to launch the first ever ‘Pop-Up’ store designed specifically to celebrate new British design talent.
Fashion Capital is facilitating this project from start to finish and it is fantastic.
The ‘British Designers Collective’ store, located in a prime position at Bicester Village will run from 29th March – 7th May 2010 and for six weeks only will exclusively showcase ready-to-wear and accessories collections from some of the most talented designers to have graced London’s catwalks this season, with price reductions of up to 50%.
Further information on designer Biography’s, press and PR and Vanessa’s BLOG
Specialist Advisor Pippa Lazaro
Garment Specialist Pippa Lazaro recently joined FC’s specialist advisors section. Members can now review an impressive document on the garment life cycle which Pippa has developed especially for Fashion Capital.
‘I have worked in fashion etail and retail for over 25 years and during this time I am constantly amazed how many Designers, Buyers and Garment Technicians do not understand the garment life cycle. This is the development of the garment from original concept through to garment delivery so for FashionCapital I have expanded the Life Cycle of garments produced in India. This will give you all a much fuller idea of the detail and why time scales and lead times are so protracted when dealing with international companies.’
Members can review the document here.
Free business support for Women in Work
Over the past few months FashionCapital has been able to support many women working in the fashion and textiles sector with great thanks to Skillfast-UK. Due to the Women in Work funded programme over 25 women have gained free business support and training at The Workshop as well as free membership with FashionCapital! We are delighted to announce that this offer has been extended and further places are now available for this fantastic opportunity!
If you are interested or would like further information please contact jenni@fashion-enter.com
The Showroom – Calling all Accessory and Jewellery Designers
The Women’s Premium / Branded Accessories and Branded Jewellery Buyer for a top retailer will be visiting on the 10th March. The Showroom is calling all Accessory and Jewellery designers – please send images and price points to hayleigh@fashion-enter.com by Wednesday 3rd March. If your line is selected you will then be contacted by Friday 5th March
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Fashion Capital meets Dynamic Models Club Nights!
Over the past few weeks you will have read about the proposed club nights we are devising with leading modelling agency Dynamic Models. Each month we will be wowing fashionistas in some of London’s top nightclubs with an exclusive fashion show showcasing the very best designer collections and the first show promises to be huge!
If you are a designer this is your opportunity to get your designs seen by the Capitals most stylish including potential customers, buyers and press. As part of the package you will see up to 7 complete outfits from your collection in the fashion show, pre event publicity and support, images of your collection taken by a professional photographer, post event publicity and a fun fuelled night out at one of London’s hotspots! The cost for this complete package is just £100, initially putting down a £50 deposit and we are looking for designers now! There will be a selection process to ensure we showcase the right designers who are now ready for this fantastic experience so to express your interest please email jenni@fashion-enter.com with a brief description of your collection and a selection of images.
Clothes Show London
Spaces are filling up fast for this years Clothes Show London event taking place at Earls Court from 25th – 27th June. To ensure you secure your stand please contact jenni@fashion-enter.com
Booking Form
Clothes Show Live – 2010
Clothes Show Live will unveil a brand new zone at its 2010 show; Sknitch. An amalgamation of sewing, stitching, knitting and needlework, the term ’sknitch’ was coined by the show as an overview term describing the popular hobbies of customisation and ‘make-it-yourself’. Building on the sustained growth of this trend, The Sknitch Zone will offer budding fashionistas an inside look at how the professionals rework old items of clothing to make brand new pieces. As well as ’how to’ sessions and customisation demonstrations, the retail zone will sell all the necessary equipment needed for the hot new ’sknitching’ trend; with everything from fabrics to sewing machines on offer.
This fits in fantastically with The Workshop and we are now looking at expanding our presence at the world’s largest fashion and beauty event by taking a stand in the Sknitch Zone.
ITN Interview with Fashion Enter
On Monday the 15th February, Jenny Holloway, Hayleigh Amos and Vanessa Isaia were filmed by ITN’s Senior Broadcast Journalist – Megan Gerrie and Producer Sally Meeson from ITN’s Cool Edition which is in essence is a fashion/trend programme that goes out to an audience of 11 million in China and Shanghai. It’s a fantastic new channel on U Tube and so to give you a taster click here
Vanessa Isaia – Fashion Capital’s Trend Predictor was asked to speak about the trends that are emerging for this spring and how four Fashion Enter designers have used these trends for their own collections.
As promised here is the interview:
CAD/CAM course with Kingston College Students
Recently the Workshop hosted second year students from Kingston College’s BA Fashion & Textile program on our Vetigraph CAD/CAM course.
Although Kingston College currently does not have the Vetigraph program the student still found the course useful. Student Laura Ockenden had this to say, “I enjoyed using the program and found the techniques to be a lot quicker and more precise in comparison to hand (pattern cutting). Daria was excellent as a guide and it was great to see how they create patterns in the industry.”
Head of Fashion at Kingston College Maia Diver commented:
‘I’m really pleased to hear the course went well – the students have given me great feedback. They have obviously benefited a lot from the course and really enjoyed it. Hannah Mathiot proudly showed me one of her patterns yesterday, which looked impressive. Thanks to everyone for organising this. I hope there may be further opportunities for our students next year!’
Last week before increased membership
If you are putting off renewing your membership for whatever reason, put off no more!
The monthly and quarterly subscriptions will cease to exist and the full annual membership subscription with Fashion Enter and FashionCapital is due to increase as of March 1st 2010 to:
£199 + VAT
To join now, pre increase, all you need to do is login with your username and password then click Membership to select the subscription you require.
Northumberland Park School
Pupils at Northumberland Park School are set to embark on the 14 – 16 apprenticeships with Fashion Enter which will provide them with a unique insight into the fashion industry, including all the stages of the design cycle. Commencing this Saturday it will take place over 20 weeks. Watch this space to see how they get on.
Job of the Week
Head of Sales required for Fashion Brand
Applicant of the Week
Tailored womenswear designer looking for positions
Boutique of the Week
This week, Fashion Enters Josie Beckett showed at London Fashion Week as part of the Welsh Designers Collective. She wowed crowds with her gorgeous prints and individual style. The favourite garment for us was this gorgeous velvet body con dress. This ticks all the trend boxes this LFW and it’s a stunning colour, a gem in the dark muted tones we saw so much of.
Josie’s collection Whereareyounow? Josie x is available on ASOS.com and at the Fashion Enter Boutiques.
Until next time, have a great week
All the team at Fashion Capital x
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