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NEWSLETTER
Dear all,
Four Garment Technologist Positions Available At New Look – Final Call for Assessment day!
On 29th June New Look will be holding an assessment day for candidates at the Fashion Studio for the first stage of their recruitment.
Please forward a copy of your CV including your date of birth and list your GCSE qualifications by subject and grade achieved. If you meet the criteria you will then be invited to attend the Fashion Studio with your relevant documentation before 29th June in order to attend the assessment day.
Please email apprenticeships@fashion-enter.com
The Position:
A Fantastic career opportunity to join the Apparel Apprentice Scheme and become an Assistant Garment Technologist at New Look. As part of the team, you will engage in a broad range of activities that keeps New Look as the leading edge of Fashion and style. You will be supporting the garment development process, including wearer trials, engaging in fit sessions and monitoring the entire garment process.
Qualifications Required:
Minimum 5 GCSE grades A-C including Maths and English
16 – 24 years old
How to Succeed in Fashion Today Seminar – 19th June
Meet Fashion Enter’s new Sales Manager and a host of industry experts at the next all day seminar for new members and those thinking about joining Fashion Enter – the industry based specialist and training provider that offers real support to today’s talented designers!
On June 19th the seminar will take place at The Fashion Studio from 09.30 – 16.30 and will provide a unique opportunity to meet with the Fashion Enter team to learn about all the different services available to you and hear leading industry experts talk about various topics to help you and your business succeed in the industry today. Confirmed speakers include:
Nigel Rust – Manufacturing Specialist – Production for today’s designer
Marlena Woodford – Trends Analyst and ex WGSN
Nick Gould – Partner at Collyer Bristow LLP Solicitors – The legal side of running your business
It is also a great opportunity to review the production and sampling facilities at The Fashion Studio.
Places are available on a first come first served basis and FREE for all members. Please email jenni@fashion-enter.com to book your place
If you are a non member please email Jenni@fashion-enter.com for details about how to attend and membership.
Location:
Fashion Enter
The Fashion Studio
Knowledge Dock
University of East London
Docklands Campus
University Way
London
E16 2RD
0208 462 9620
London Garments Expo in association with Profile- 2012
It has been a great start to the month with both Fashion Enter and the London Garments Expo attending lots of different events to speak to designers and manufacturers about the London Garments Expo in association with Profile. This week has been all about Graduate Fashion Week, watching the shows and finding out the hottest talent that is just graduating. Danielle and Alison from the London Garments Expo also went to see De Montfort University’s Graduate Fashion Show to speak to the new talent emerging about the London Garments Expo in association with Profile.During the event in August, we are looking at having an exclusive graduate designer section so make sure you have a look to spot all this new talent that we have seen!
The London Garments Expo have also received exciting news this week after attending The Sri Lanka Apparel Forum, organised by the head of the Commonwealth at Malborough House. A delegation of Sri Lankan manufacturers are being organised to part in the event in August and talk about their expertise within manufacturing. The London Garments Expo are also attending another Sri Lankan event, this time concentrating on designers. The Sri Lanka Design Festival is taking place later this month at Shoreditch House and it would be great to see some of these designers on the catwalk at Profile too.The London Garments Expo have also been in contact with an event called Enterprise Mauritius, who would like to take part within the manufacturing sector of the event this August. We are very much looking forward to working with them!
There are lots of other events scheduled now for us to attend including The Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF), an opportunity for creative industries in East England to learn all about funding available as well as events celebrating new designers over a host of areas within the fashion industry.
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Buy Lauren Goodgers new range now!
The new designs from Lauren Goodger of The Only Way is Essex fame is now available to buy online at Fcbboutique.com. Items available include cute day dresses, casual tops and smarter dresses as well. Shop online now!!
The new images were shot inhouse by the FashionCapital team. If you are interested in a photoshoot planned and executed by the FashionCapital team please contact jemima@fashioncapital.co.uk
The FCBboutique is a cost efficient way for designers to sell online to an already well developed fan base. If you would like more information about the FCBboutique services please contact jemima@fashioncapital.co.uk
Plotter and Digitiser at The Fashion Studio
The Fashion Studio facilities now include a plotter and digitiser from the leading CAD/CAM solution for apparel and fashion Vetigraph: provider of software to design and grade patterns, plotters for markers, automatic cutting machines, fashion design systems, visual merchandising software.
The new equipment provides the potential to create and present greater and more varied collections and specification sheets (measurement charts, technical drawings.) and to cut samples easily and accurately.
For all sampling and production enquires please email sophie@fashion-enter.com
Fashion Enter is now an ABC Approved Centre
Fashion Enter has received centre approval and is now recognised by ABC Awards. Jenny Holloway is also undertaking her IQA – Internal Quality Assurers award.
The Future of Fashion winners
Last month FashionCapital held an illustration competition to predit the ‘Future of Fashion’ for Her Majesty’s visit to Bromley town centre. Six winners were selected and had their entries transformed into a large scale dynamic exhibition for Her Majesty to review on her visit. The winners will now be officially presented with their prize money on 18th June by the Mayor of Bromley, Cllr Michael Turner. Once again congratualtions to all the winners!
Henry Hunt press received
Henry Hunt is a British label represented by the Fashion Enter PR Dispenary Service. The label brings together traditional countryside attire with the urban, high fashion edge of the city street. A few weeks ago fashion blog Style Cartel invited Henry Hunt to send over a collection of garments to be used in a shoot throughout the streets of Paris. The feature is now on Style Cartel’s website and shows the gorgeous Henry Hunt garments paired with the urban background of the city.
Click here to see the entire feature.
FashionCapital at Graduate Fashion Week
Graduate Fashion Week ends today with a spectacular Gala show! The show will pull in celebrity names from the fashion world and lucky students will receive awards for their outstanding collections. The FashionCapital team have been at Graduate Fashion Week this week and the competition is tough with hundreds of highly skilled, creative graduates showing collections and exhibiting at the show. FashionCapital aims to help these students create a successful fashion business and support
FashionCapital will provide a full report from the show tomorrow and reveal the winners of prestigious awards such as the £20,000 George Gold Award.
The Modern Girl’s Guide featuring Fashion Enter!
Have you ever wanted access to all the best places in the UK? Do you wish you had your own personal guru to help you become a goddess in the kitchen…and in the bedroom? How about some trade secrets to help you look and feel your best? This lifestyle bible gives you the fast track to the coolest places, services and products around.
The Queen of Fabulousness, Bethanie Lunn, offers an A-Z guide on fun things to do, exciting places to go, what to wear, where to dine, shop and beautify, while avoiding wasting your money on disappointments. She’s tested everything first so that only the best is recorded in this heavenly little black book!
The Modern Girl’s Guide can be purchased on Amazon.
Boutique Pick of the Week
Add some shimmer to your summer with this embellished draped t-shirt from the Lauren’s Way new collection. Designed by Lauren Goodger, the jigsaw pattern accentuates the shades of gold and the draped design will go with everything; wear loose with skinny jeans, tuck into a maxi – skirt or team with a pair of high waisted denim shorts. The glamorous gold colour will look also look amazing with your tan this summer. Pick up your t-shirt from the Lauren’s Way new collection on FashionCapital’s FCB Boutique for £45.00.
Until next time, have a great week
All the team at Fashion Capital x
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