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NEWSLETTER
Dear all,
TOWIE star, Lauren Goodger, to launch fashion collection with FashionCapital at Profile 2011!
Buy your ticket for Profile 2011 with Headline sponsors Lauren’s Way!
On 10th November at One Marylebone doors will open at 2pm for an exclusive fashion and beauty event showcasing the hottest rising stars in fashion today!
You will be able to preview Lauren Goodgers debut red carpet collection as well as purchase designs from her diffusion range. There will also be the opportunity to receive a Lauren’s Way spray tan for just £5 and buy products from her beauty range including fake tan, hair extensions and beautiful eyelashes.
Profile is set to be the biggest fashion and beauty event in London this year so make sure you don’t miss out!
Buy your ticket here
Profile – Stands are selling fast!
We can really appreciate how tough it is for new designers at the moment and that’s why this years Profile fashion event is both trade and consumer.
For all information on Profile please click here
As this year celebrates Profile’s 10th year anniversary we are delighted to announce an exciting new development to the critically acclaimed event!
Laurens Way is officially confirmed as the Headline Sponsors of Profile 2011 and due to the excessive popular demand of Lauren from the hit TV show TOWIE Profile will be both a trade and consumer event for 2011!
This year Profile takes place 10th November at One Marylebone. We have hired two floors – the Soane Hall which is the ground floor for the Profile trade show and downstairs in the Basement we will be opening Laurens Way fashion and beauty stands. Lauren has a huge following so not only will this attract her fans but will generate major press interest!
You now have the chance to have your stand to sell direct to the public too!
Stands are limited so please apply immediately to Jenni@fashion-enter.com for further details!
Clothes Show Live 2011
Stands under the FashionCapital boutique umbrella at the world’s largest fashion and beauty event are selling fast. Make sure you don’t miss out!
This year we have negotiated a fantastic deal with Clothes Show and can now offer members to FashionCapital a huge 25% discount off the original price of a stand. Not only this but we have also reduced the rate of one stand by £100 on last year’s price!
This is what you can expect when you take a stand under the FashionCapital boutique:
Logo and web link on the Clothes Show Live website – which in 2010 received over 500,000 unique users in the 3 months run up to show.
Opportunity to run a competition online – with option to data share
Opportunity to discuss becoming ‘’Exhibitor of the week’’
Opportunity to supply product for ticket incentive
Opportunity to place product in VIP and Competition goody-bags
Opportunity to leave press packs in on-site press office
Opportunity to become involved in with Clothes Show Live social networking sites
Contact with the PR agency for further marketing opportunities
So to sell and showcase your designs at this huge consumer event please contact jenni@fashion-enter.comimmediately as stands are filling up fast!
Changes to Membership
As announced in last weeks newswire there are some important changes being made to our membership.
Membership with FashionCapital is now £150 plus vat due to The Showroom being closed as of 1st October 2011. We will however continue to do Designer Calls for designers whereby we work with retailers and etailers to source new talent. We have built fantastic contacts with retailers such as Topshop, Debenhams, asos and BrandAlley over the years and these unique relationships will continue!
For all members there is a meeting with House of Fraser on 3rd October which will be a call for new designers!
For a breakdown on services and how to join please click here
Designers we’ve helped!
Miami Pro – Angie Weston is the sole designer and creator of fitness clothing range Miami pro. Angie recently joined FashionCapital:
‘Thanks for your help with the pattern grading, I’ve been so busy grading and making my own patterns since I last saw you I haven’t stopped grading! Thank-you so much for your help, I think I can do all my grading now, thanks once again.’
See Miami Pro’s profile here
Beautiful Soul – Beautiful Soul has been a member with us for a few years now and recently their full S/S 12 Collection was featured on Vogue’s website! http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/spring-summer-2012/ready-to-wear/beautiful-soul
‘I can not thank you enough for all your support over the years. Things are coming together!’
New series of courses for ambitious fashion designers: Business for Creative People
A new series of workshops for ambitions fashion designers are now available to book! The highly successful workshops run by FashionCapital specialist advisor Nigel Rust will commence once again this autumn focusing on a range of topics from production to sales and marketing to money!
These workshops are designed to be practical – giving you simple tools to help you manage your business effectively.
You can attend the whole series to get a good rounded set of business skills or just the ones you need to get a specific insight on the subjects of your choice:
Production – where and how to get your designs produced.
Sales & Marketing – how to sell, who to sell to, what about PR and shows? plus market pricing and product costing.
Money – manage your money properly, control your cash flow, work out your profit – be independent!
Make it Happen!
Members and students will receive a discounted rate.
Please click here to review an overview of each workshop, dates, costs and how to book.
FashionCapital at WorldSkills 2011
FashionCapital is joining forces with WorldSkills London 2011 to create one million opportunities for people across the UK to Have a Go at a new skill – to open their minds to the huge range of possibilities their futures hold.
WorldSkills London 2011 will be the world’s largest, international skills Competition with young people from across the globe competing to be the best of the best in their chosen skill.
Taking place at ExCel London from 5-8 October 2011, 150,000 expected visitors will see 1,000 Competitors from more than 50 countries/regions competing in 46 skill areas over four exciting days of Competition. Visitors can ‘Have a Go’ at dozens of skills ranging from electronics to plumbing, web design and fashion to cabinet making.
FashionCapital will be there with:
How to be a…..Fashion Designer
‘Have you ever wondered how a fashion garment is ever designed and created? Well now you have to chance to see the entire Garment Life Cycle and also have to chance to design for celebrity Lauren Goodger (The Only Way is Essex).’
All visitors will have to do is review the design process at the Fashion Capital stand and then obtain a design template and sketch away! Each entry will be posted on the design board and on the final day Lauren Goodger will be attending the World skills exhibition to select the winning entry!
The Latest from British Designers @ FashionCapital Bath
As we head into October it seems like the summer that almost happened has finally emerged! Glorious sunshine while those autumn leaves start to fall. Our regulars aren’t fooled they have been busy snapping up knitwear and jersey layering pieces in preparation for what’s to come.
On the agenda next week is Mode Fashion Show at Java, Bristol on Friday 7th October. Emma, our fashion graduate, has been busy preparing a range of 10 outfits to feature in the British Designers @FC section of the show. Others in the line-up include: Jolaby, Urban Outfitters, Motel, Bank, Gilly Woo and many others – plus of course a selection of designers currently stocked in the boutique. Tickets cost £10 – £15 and are available fromhttp://www.bristolticketshop.co.uk/ Should be a great night as the event is sponsored by Tsarine Champagne!
More on this soon.
Until next time stay stylish.
The team at BD@FC Bath
Check us out on Twitter (BDBBath) and Facebook (British Designers FashionCapital Bath)
Also British Designers @ FashionCapital Bath has made it into the press recently with this feature in Boutique Magazine
FashionCapital welcomes Desiree Koster to The Workshop
I have 25 years of experience within High Fashion, Couture and Bridal, with a wide scope of knowledge in different areas such as; pattern cutting, sample machining, quality control and technical supervisor for sampling and production. I enjoy supervising a creative workroom to high standard and tight deadlines, believing that attention to detail and the personal strive for perfection is important.
In the past few employments I have worked very closely with the designers such as Bruce Oldfield and Lorcan Mullany at Bellville Sassoon to create new collections from sketch to finished product.
I am delighted to join Jenny and her skilful team and look forward to work with all the designers who are members of Fashion Capital, and to be sharing my skills with the apprentices. I believe that together we will make a strong team and create beautiful fashion of tomorrow.
The Factory – one year on!
Just a year after opening The Factory, Fashion Enter is now producing British made fashion right here in London and working with some of the biggest names in the fashion industry.
Since The Factory launched a year ago, 260,000 garments have been produced at a rate of 5,000 a week for big names such as asos.com and John Lewis.
Review full press release
FC Working with Bournemouth University
Here at Fashion Capital we are delighted to confirm we are working alongside Bournemouth University’s BA Hons Fashion Design and Technology Students. We are providing the final year students with a unique seminars, to allow them to gain the knowledge of the inside workings of a company which produces clothing from a sketch to marketing to the retail environment. We are processing a brief in which features up and coming label Belles of London as a case study so the students gain industry knowledge from business start up, marketing, risks and then to the high street.
Boutique Pick of the Week
The pick for this week is this gorgeous dark caramel coloured, draped front dress by Masato. Flattering in design and colour, this piece also ticks the box with below the knee length. This dress is currently available in a sample size at the British Designers @ Fashion Capital Boutique in Bath, priced £154.00. The boutique is currently stocking the Masato Jones capsule range and the designs are exquisite! Masato currently works alongside Giles Deacon as well as for Ghost – his pieces are beautifully made with attention to detail while retaining a classic, wearable style!
Until next time, have a great week
All the team at Fashion Capital x
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