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NEWSLETTER
Dear all,
Final call for entries – EBD Competition with FC and BrandAlley
Following on from recent announcements of the ultimate ‘EBD’ competition please note the Senior Management team from BrandAlley will be at The Workshop this Friday (15th July) to review entries and samples before the final judging day.
This is a fantastic opportunity which could secure you orders in an exclusive sale on BrandAlley in September and some major exposure in National publications!
If you have any designs that fit this brief email across to myself and lynsay@fashion-enter.com with the Product Spec Sheet completed by end of play Thursday (14th July). If you can also get a sample to The Workshop by Friday this would be great but not essential at this stage.
Profile – 10th November 2011 – One Marylebone
The Profile fashion event is returning this year to celebrate its 10 year anniversary! Since its conception in 2001 Profile has seen a hotbed of designer talent take the industry by storm and this year it could be you!
Profile is set to take place on 10th November in the Soane Hall of One Marylebone where it will showcase the industry’s rising stars across ladies, men’s and accessories to an influential audience of press and buyers. Widely considered as the industry bridge between the new faces of Graduate Fashion Week and the names of London Fashion Week, it is an exciting opportunity to see the ones to watch hit the catwalk.
If you are an up and coming designer this opportunity is not to be missed. Download the expression of interest form here and please email to jenni@fashion-enter.com where you will then be notified of the screening day where you will need to present samples to a panel of judges.
Menswear Award with Debenhams
Entries for the Menswear Award at Profile are coming in thick and fast with a fantastic calibre of designers coming through.
This is an exciting collaboration with Debenhams and will mean that two menswear designers will be selected to preview a small eight piece collection at two Debenhams stores!
Debenhams commented: “Debenhams is the originator of designer collections on the high street and our support for new and emerging talent demonstrates our commitment to developing affordable, unique collections for our customers.
We are proud to work with PROFILE. The show and work of Fashion Enter is integral to developing new talent and bringing it directly to the British high street. “
To be put forward for the selection process with FashionCapital and Debenhams please fill out the expression of interest form here and submit to jenni@fashion-enter.com with a short company bio and selection of images. Good luck!
FcMenswear
With the champion of up and coming menswear designers and the launch of FcMenswear on FashionCapital earlier this year, it is fantastic to see Head of Menswear Christopher O’Reilly spreading the word and imparting his knowledge on the subject….take a look at these articles:
Myhermes.co.uk
Crystaltravle.co.uk
Asdrumark.co.uk
Uk.alibaba.com
BD@DC – Bath update
Greetings from gorgeous Bath, this week we have been utilising Bath as an elegant backdrop with a shoot for Joshua Riches winning capsule collection and an editorial shoot using a mix of designers from the boutique. It was a pleasure to work with the photographer April Samantha Barrie based in Bath and local model agency Shoot DHS Models. The results are already being edited and from what I have seen so far – look fantastic. Can’t wait to share these with you next week. We are also waiting to hear about our appeal date with the council please cross all your fingers and toes that the council can help and support our boutique and grant us rate relief. Thanks to all those that have signed and supported our petition:
http://www.petitiononline.co.uk/petition/british-designersfashioncapital-bath-save-our-shop/2977
More next week, the team from British Designers @ FashionCapital Bath x
Apprenticeships – New Jobs Available!
If you are looking for a job in the fashion industry, we have 3 vacancies waiting to be filled! Not only will you become a new full time employee and member of the team with these fantastic companies, you will also be working towards achieving and industry recognised level 3 qualification. Please click on the links below to view the jobs you could be filling very soon!
Graphic Designer
Online Marketing Specialist
Teaching Assistant
FCBoutique.co.uk
The FCboutique.co.uk will be launching imminently so if you haven’t expressed interest yet, please contact ben@fashion-enter.com for more information on how to use the new site and for login details. The new concept FCboutique.co.uk will allow you to upload as many products and as much information about your brand as you like and for you to manage your own area whilst receiving 100% of the profits.
The Collection Summer Sizzler
The Collection summer sizzler took place last Friday at Studio Valbonne and showcased a series of up and coming designers to the clubs cliental and special invited guests. It was a fantastic success with the gorgeous models from Edge Models strutting their stuff whilst the designers and VIP’s enjoyed the show. For a full report and images click here.
If you are a designer and would like to be considered for the next event please email jemima@fashioncapital.co.uk
New CAD Courses Available Soon!
FashionCapital.co.uk has worked with Vetigraph CAD software specialist since 1998 providing pattern training to all ages and abilities. The partnership has developed further and will be offering Beginner and Intermediate courses soon. Fashion Enter is also working with a fantastic new trainer who will be delivering the courses from the Workshop. To express your interest, please click here to download the form .
Clothes Show Live – 2nd – 7th December 2011
Clothes Show Live, the UK’s largest fashion and beauty event, returns to Birmingham’s NEC from 2-7 December 2011, with one main aim: to Keep Fashion Live. As well as being a spectacular shopping experience, with a choice of over 500 leading fashion and beauty brands, this year’s show enforces the notion that fashion is a shared, interactive experience not just a quick sprint around the high street on a Saturday morning. From live catwalk shows, live performances and live demonstration, Clothes Show Live is back with a bang.
You could be a part of all this selling and showcasing your designs to a huge consumer audience of over 180,000 and what’s more FashionCapital is delighted to announce it has negotiated a fantastic deal enabling us to offer you 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!
Download booking form here and return to jenni@fashion-enter.com
FashionCapital Feedback Questionnaire
FashionCapital.co.uk is dedicated to supporting the needs of our members with our range of services, information and educational activities to ensure you have the greatest chance of success in the pursuit of your business within the fashion industry. In order for FashionCapital.co.uk to guarantee the continuous provision of our services meets your requirements, we would like you to complete the short questionnaire below taking literally 2 minutes of your time. Not only are we looking to hear your suggestions and actively seek your opinions to better the services that we offer you; upon completion of this form you will also receive a 10% discount off the next seminar of your choice.
Please click here to complete the form
Retail news
June’s retail sales sales fell only slightly, showing signs of recovery in time for the Christmas season. Retail like-for-like sales fell 0.6% year-on-year during June but increased 1.5% in total, helped by the early launch of Sales.
All categories with the exception of women’s clothing and footwear recorded some improvement the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor showed.
BRC director-general Stephen Robertson said: “Given June’s spate of shop closure announcements and weak company results, these figures are not as bad as they could have been but it shows just how tough times are when total sales growth of 1.5 per cent is regarded as not that bad.
Diary of The Oonagh Boman Make-up Excellence Awards
Christopher O’Reilly, Head of fcMenswear and Director of House of Hannigan was commissioned in early June to create an American Independence Day dress inspired by the Union Jack dress from his 2010/11 collection. The brief was for something amazing for press photos and the grand finale of the catwalk show of the awards. The awards are for former students of The Oonagh Boman School of Make-up who have been out in the industry for the past four years or more. Well done to Chris whose dress got a half of a page in The Mirror on Saturday.
Full article
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Boutique Pick of the Week
With an ultra cute empire line style, and contrasting black and cream effect, this dress is sure to have the boys galloping after you. To create a casual everyday indie look, add some frilly socks with brogues and a bowler or trilby style hat. For evening put on some black tights skyscraper heels and red lippy.For only £25 this dress could by yours. Just click here and purchase it from ASOS now!
Until next time, have a great week
All the team at Fashion Capital x
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