Save the Date: Profile 8
01-06-2007
{mosimage}Profile exhibition, catwalk show and competition is all about the promotion of fresh, innovative talent breaking into the notoriously difficult fashion arena. Set up to bridge that gap from Graduate Fashion Week to London Fashion Week – Profile provides a dedicated platform for the industry’s ‘ones to watch.’
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Now in its 8th installment Profile has kick started many a label. Past successes include: Romeo Pires, Angel Jackson, Field, Lisa Larsson, Haunt and many more. This season, Profile is excited to be held under the umbrella of FashionExpo. The FashionExpo showcase will bring together manufacturers with designers, retailers and buyers to encourage the local sourcing of manufacturing. As well as over 80 exhibition stands there will be workshops and seminars to develop new expertise on offer to all attendees in areas from marketing and manufacturing to exporting and product development.
FashionExpo is supported by:
Alongside FashionExpo Profile 8 is already shaping up into an exciting event Hobbs have confirmed that they will be Profiles main line sponsor while Whistles will be showcasing the winner of the “New Designer†category.
Nick Samuel from Hobbs comments:
“Hobbs is delighted to be this season’s main line sponsor of the Profile event with Fashion Expo. We have sponsored Profile over four seasons and as a design led company we are always keen to engage with the highly talented UK designers of today. The Fashion Expo event provides a new way forward for fashion and we are sincerely looking forward to viewing this season’s latest designers. We would like to wish all participants the greatest of success on November 5th and 6th at the Islington Design Centre.”
Amanda Burrows, Head of Ladieswear at Whistles added:
“We are delighted that Profile is now into its 8th season. I was the original supporter of Profile and over the last five years we have seen some exceptional talented designers of ladieswear emerge through Profile. It’s a great event and Whistles is proud to be part of this unique event that provides designers with real support today.
We look forward to showcasing the winning “New Designer” in one of our flag ship stores in Spring/Summer 08 and we would like to particularly acknowledge previous Whistles winners Lisa Larson and Britta Boyer who are now both in their 3rd seasons with Whistles. This is what makes Profile so special and now combined with Fashion Expo it will be even better. It gives retailers a chance to see high calibre designers and, now, manufacturers too.
At Whistles we do go that little bit further; we can help and support designers by offering Whistles internal expertise in areas such as overseas production sourcing and range creation. Most importantly we give them on going sales orders in one of our premier flag ship stores plus we roll out to other stores too if sales are strong.
We are thoroughly looking forward to the event on November 5th and 6th at the Islington Design Business Centre.”
If you are a womenswear or accessories designer and want to get involved with Profile 8 please click here and fill in the online application form.
Profile 8 and FashionExpo will take place on the 5th & 6th November 2007 at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London N1.
