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NEWSLETTER
Dear all,
The Portal has Landed!
FashionCapital is in an exciting new stage of development and this funky style newswire is only the beginning! Get ready to be launched into a high fashion, cutting edge make over from the industry's leading portal that is FashionCapital!
Style on the Street
Style on the Street is a brand new feature where our very own Creative Jemima Daisy takes to the streets of London each week snapping what you out there have creatively put together in the style stakes!
This week Jemima hit the ‘Oh So' trendy East London's Brick Lane. Click here to take a look at what she found!
The Style Report
Another top Style Report comes from FashionCapital's trend specialist Vanessa Camelia. Vanessa already creates the exclusive trend boards for members only and now she brings you her weekly low down on everything from shapes, colours, silhouettes and styles straight from the catwalk – everything you ever needed to know to get your look bang on trend!
Click here for this week's Style Report.
STYLE REPORT
FashionCapital
By Vanessa Camelia
The Workshop
As of last week Fashion Enter's production unit The Workshop has been open for business and already generated an incredible interest. To keep updated on how it all works and latest news on The Workshop make sure to check the FashionCapital homepage for regular articles. Click here for the most recent.
Dates for your diary:
23rd October 10am – 12.30pm Designers Open Day
Designers have the opportunity to visit The Workshop to view all the facilities and to meet with the Director Jenny Holloway and Workshop Manager Feride Aydemir.
30th October Launch Party
Profile at FashionExpo
This year sees the best line up ever for the Profile catwalk show. The catwalk designers were released on FashionCapital last week and with some of the hottest new designer talent in London on board the show promises to be electric!
The show's stylist, Siouxsie, from Rah Productions, who was behind the stunning styling at the NY Profile catwalk show and previously worked on the hit TV programme Gok's Fashion Fix had this to say:
‘This season we have finely selected collections that are a perfect example of London's cutting edge and innovative fashion for the Profile fashion show. We are proud to call these next real generation British designers all of which will be introduced to you at the Business Design Centre on 19th November.'
Click here for the full article
Calling all accessories designers….
The Accessory Buyer from leading etailer asos.com will be reviewing SS09 collections next Friday 24th October 2008…she will be looking for bags, belts & hats so if you feel your product has something new and exciting to offer asos.com then please forward a selection of images along with the wholesale and retail prices to hayleigh@fashion-enter.com
Should your product then be selected to show to the Accessory Buyer, you will then need to ensure that your products are with Hayleigh Amos, 48hours before the meeting.
GOOD LUCK
Jaeger Spring/Summer 09 press day
FashionCapital has been invited to review the Jaeger S/S 09 collection of women's, men's and accessories at the Jaeger flagship store on Regent Street next month. Jaeger is a luxury British brand renowned for designing stylish, innovative and superb quality lines and we will be able to bring you an exclusive insight into your summer styles for next season.
Eco Bags Design Competition
Congratulations to all participants who entered the Eco Bags competition, the standard of work exceeded all expectations proving the shortlisting judging session extremely difficult. With a helping hand from retail giant Topshop’s Eimear Hawker and Stephen Mongan, from the Technical Department, a selection of designs had to be chosen to feature at the Croydon Eco Expo 2008 event. The creators of the shortlisted designs have all been invited to the private launch of Eco Expo on Friday 17th October at the Hilton Hotel on Waddon Way to reveal the winners from each age category.
Click here to view the finalists.
SOS continues….
The Save Our Shop campaign continued at Enter Boutique on Saturday 11th October featuring a live catwalk in store offering the opportunity of instant model stardom to Croydon shoppers.
Everyone was welcome to strut their stuff in a host of traffic stopping Enter Boutique stunners and strike their fave fashion poses in the shop window. While the catwalk was running busy with girls trying on exclusive Enter Boutique garments and dancing around the boutqiue in true A-Lister style, our staff, with cameras in hand, hoarded the girls acting the part of paparazzi to complete the excitement of our catwalk experience.
More next week!
The Face of Croydon models for MAC
Kym Whittle, winner of The Face of Croydon, commenced her modelling career on the catwalks of New York City at NY Profile – not bad at all! Now back in the UK the good work continues with a photo shoot with top cosmetics line MAC.
The theme was 60's glamorous makeup. Kym was truly the glam model displaying bright coloured eye shadow, long lashes, and nude lipstick. Emphasis throughout on the eyes portraying 60's chic.
Remember you saw the rising model here first!
Understanding the Fashion Industry heads to the South West
FashionCapital's highly successful and effective seminar on Understanding the Fashion Industry will take place at the Enterprise Pavilion at Bournemouth this month. The seminars are a new styled workshop integrating business learning and enterprise and already proven vastly popular amongst local schools and colleges.
Matt Desmier Enterprise Manager commented:
‘Turning ideas into Creative Enterprises – that's just what we achieve at the Enterprise Pavilion in Bournemouth. We pride ourselves on creating new opportunities for our talented designers and we are pleased to now confirm a new industry based initiative with Fashion Enter and https://www.fashioncapital.co.uk/. Over the next 6 weeks we will be working on a commercial collection that will then be sold in London via the Croydon and Barking boutiques of Fashion Enter. The project is excellent as it combines real industry working practices into the learning environment.'
Retail Outlook
Is it a sign of things to come when Marks and Spencer expands into the energy market? City forecasts expect M&S profits to drop from £1bn last year to little more that £500 next year.
Question of the week:
What do you think of the newswire makeover? Send your comments to jenni@fashioncapital.co.uk
Until next time, have a great week
All the team at Fashion Capital x
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