Hello All,

While most are busying
themselves with Xmas shopping and glitzy partywear here at FashionCapital we’ve
been musing over the year ahead. Yesterday we attended the Spring/Summer 08
press launch and catwalk show for high street retailer – Warehouse. Held in a
huge studio space our eyes were treated to a feast of key themes including;
safari, tribal, origami and the hot favourite – Rio, a dazzling riot of bold
colour and graphic prints. It’s always interesting to see what trends are
reinterpreted for the high street.

Daisy May & TopShop

Keeping the commercial
market in mind is very much what 2^nd year fashion students at
Croydon College had to do for their latest project. Not every student gets the
chance to have their designs stocked at TopShop but thanks to Fashion-Enter and
Enterprise Learning such a notion became a reality. Yesterday the winning team
was selected; well done to the students from the Daisy May collective for their
very professional presentation and range. Director of Fashion-Enter, Jenny
Holloway would like to say a special thanks to Harold Flowerdew from Enterprise
Learning in Croydon and also to Caren Downey & Rachael Proud from TopShop.
The day was a great success and more designs from the various teams will be
available to buy at Enter Boutique later down the line.

2008 Events

We are currently updating
the FashionCapital events calendar for 2008 so if you have a fashion related
event, seminar, workshop, exhibition or such like that you would like added to
the online calendar now is the time to contact our editor jojo@fashioncapital.co.uk Please state: the event name, date, start
& finish times, short paragraph about the event, contact name, contact
e-mail address and website.

On FashionCapital this week…

Becky Lyon checks out some
chic buys for those heading on piste, while new to the FashionCapital camp is
Jessica Petelin – she looks at inspirational beauty products perfect for the
festive season. Jessica will be focusing on all things make-up and beauty by
the way, so if you have relevant press releases for her please e-mail jess@fashionbarn.co.uk

Coming Soon…

We have exclusive interviews
with buyers from TopShop and Bentalls and the ‘Window of the Week’ turns
festive with a special look at the capitals Christmas Retail Displays.

Boutique Pick of the Week

Tis the season to dress up
and party so Sarah from Enter Boutique in Croydon has kindly picked out 4
spot-on black dresses from Sugarhill, Profile winner of the Whistles Award for
New Designer 07.

                   

   

Until next time, have a
fantastic week,

From the Team at
FashionCapital x

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