NEWSLETTER
Dear all,
The Collection
Once again we will be running The Collection – this month the show is taking place in top nightclub Amika. Amika, located on trendy High Street Kensington, has played host to some of the UK’s favourite celebs including: P Diddy (who recently threw his first London party for 4 years in Amika), Girls Aloud, Kelly Rowland, JLS and a host of British Footballers. On the 23rd of July we will be taking over this club for a sexy, summer themed catwalk show!
The Collection is in association with www.edgemodels.co.uk and is all about promoting fresh designer and model talent! Guests are greeted with a cocktail reception before the show begins, this is a very effective way to showcase to industry and consumers in a relaxed, chic atmosphere. To take part in the Collection costs designers £100. This covers the costs of models, styling, organisation, guest list access for the designer and friends/colleagues/family etc and a set of catwalk images for the designers to keep. The Collection is a huge project that pulls together two great talent focussed organisations and delivers a night to remember!
Designers! – we are looking for funky summer, resort wear and SWIMWEAR! Please email images to jemima@fashioncapital.co.uk to be involved!
Fashionistas! – for guest list access to The Collection at one of London’s most sought after clubs, AMIKA please email RSVP@fashioncapital.co.uk
For all other information regarding the event please email jemima@fashioncapital.co.uk
Stitch in Time
The Stitch in Time programme has now closed as Fashion Enter has taken unemployed individuals in the borough of Haringey through an intensive 2 weeks of in house training followed by a 2 week work placement and then seeking permanent job opportunities in the fashion sector. The programme was extremely successful and has been highlighted for an award from the NDC at the Summer Celebration Event this Saturday. It has been a pleasure working with all participants, the council and the NDC.
Trends Autumn/Winter 2011/2012
FC Trend Prediction has just finished working on the new set of trends for Autumn/Winter 2011/2012. This is a fantastic trend entitled ‘EMPRESS’ To view the full article click here. Members will be able to access the FULL set which include: Moodboards with colour pantone ref: and story description, working drawing range plans with full technical descriptions all are downloadable.
For further information on our FC Trend Prediction Service please email vanessa@fashion-enter.com
Vanessa Isaia – FC Trend Predictor
The Cape Project
The Cape project came to a close last week. I would like to thank all designers for their hard work in getting us the samples here on time. The judges are looking through the designs as we speak and we will have the results by the beginning of next week at the latest. The successful entrants will be notified and advised what to do for the next steps.
Spitalfield Market
Fashion Enter Barking is set to do another off location designer sale at Spitalfield confirmed for Friday 23rd July 2010. Any designers with end of line stocks or samples please email syreeta@fahsioncapital.co.uk as this will be a great time to sell them! We are also set to do another Brick Lane 3 day sale in the first week of September so you have lots of time to prepare!
Miami
It’s hotting up now as 5 of our top swimwear designers are flying their samples out to the Miami Swim Show! Designers showcasing along side Global Trends will have the chance to get orders and press in the USA! This is such a fantastic opportunity for our designers and FashionCapital will be keeping you updated!
Fashion Capital at the Coast Show
In November, FashionCapital will be heading to the USA again for the Coast Show.
This is another chance to exhibit in the US for swimwear and resort designers. For more information please speak to jemima@fashioncapital.co.uk
Poalita
FashionCapital is delighted to introduce you to the latest designer to join Fashion Enter and receive the PR Dispensary service; this is Poalita. The fabulous new swimwear designer hailing from the infamous Instituto Marangoni University draws inspiration from Alexander McQueen and Hussein Chalayan introducing new innovations with a strong individual handwriting to the wonderful world of swimwear. Don’t be shocked if you haven’t heard this up and coming label yet soon to soar through the ranks of leading swimwear designers as the first samples are in production as we speak.
Croydon Makeover
This week we have become proud new owners of some beautiful mannequins. These have really birghtened the place up whilst adding a sleek and professional look.
We have also started work on our trend packages this week, we will take the latest looks popular with celebrities and events of the moment and let you know how you can acheive this look in the boutique. Look out for this on the website shortly.
The shop is still improving day by day, we continue to look for new up & coming designers as well as continuing to support the existing designers we have in store. This week we were sent some lovely new stock from some of our designers which has further assisted an updated look of the place.
“British Designers @ FashionCapital” to land in Bath
From Bicester to Bath; hot on the heels of the highly successful ‘British Designers Collective’ concept in Bicester Village comes a follow-on initiative in the World Heritage City of Bath. ‘British Designers @ FashionCapital’ will showcase the very best in British fashion direct from the catwalk. Adding to the mix the boutique aims to provide space and support for up and coming talent.
Situated in fashionable Milsom Place managers Vanessa Isaia and JoJo Iles believe the boutique will bring a truly unique offer to the area. JoJo comments: “Jenny Holloway and I had been discussing the idea of a boutique/workshop in Bath for sometime. We want it to be a multi-faceted concept whereby we not only introduce great designers to Bath but we provide support and exposure for local creative talent too.”
Ken Elliott, Director at Milsom Place Ltd adds; “Milsom Place is an architectural fusion between the old and the new which links Bath’s two most fashionable streets; this design-led retail destination has been created with both established and new fashion brands in mind and we are therefore delighted to be able to offer the British Designers Boutique a home here.”
British Designers @ FashionCapital is scheduled to open this September. Watch this space for further developments.
British Designers @ FashionCapital, 14 & 15 Milsom Place, Bath BA1.
jojo@fashionpr.co.uk
Summer Uni
10 Apprentice students are set to showcase their creations made at the Workshop at Fashion Enter Barking during the Summer Uni period which will also coincide with the Real Models 2010 competition between July and September. We will be promoting any designer wear stocked in Barking during this time! So if we haven’t got you in Barking yet then please email Syreeta at syreeta@fashioncapital.co.uk.
Work Experience
Fashion Enter has played host to a team of work experience students this week in the height of the work experience season across the educational board. Students are being given the opportunity to experience the different jobs across all of Fashion Enter’s locations; The Workshop, The Showroom, Enter Boutiques and the Head Office assisting the team with relevant work from each field.
Sitemakers E-Commerce Makeover
FashionCapital.co.uk is swiftly moving onto the next stage to launch the new e-commerce boutique having visited the Sitemakers headquarters in Somerset on Monday to discuss the new look and features for the website with the design and support team. Again, if you are a designer member with us and haven’t yet expressed interest please contact Emily@fashioncapital.co.uk to be involved at this early stage to benefit from the series of launch events Fashion Enter will host when the new site is ready to go live.
Job of the Week
Product Design internship
Applicant of the Week
In need of a Graduate Pattern Cutter ??
Boutique Pick of the Week
This fabulous dress from Jolaby’s new collection will make any girl stand out from the crowd, however the light blue particularly compliments girls with fair skin and hair for those of us unable to obtain the natural summer tan. The bow tied around the waist defines your body shape tucking you in, in all the right places. The sterdier fabric lessens the fragile feel inherent to all light colours. As with these pastel colours you don’t want to create too delicate looking outfit, the structure highlights two dimensions to this dress. This dress will see you through the summer providing the perfect aura of elegant chic. Make sure you get your hands on this versatile beauty giving an edgy look to a pretty dress at Enter Boutique in Croydon.
Until next time, have a great week
All the team at Fashion Capital x
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