NEWSLETTER
Dear all,
Fashion Enter wins 3 year Battle!
Fashion Enter is delighted to announce that on 12th June Croydon Council granted Discretionary Rates Relief. Enter Boutique applied for discretionary rate relief in April 06 to continue its community work in the degenerated areas of Croydon and up until now the Council refused stating the Enter shop did not meet the criteria.
Rates have now been awarded and in a further development Fashion Enter has now opened a training suite complete with 15 computers and software packages to develop their training provision with schools.
Industry trade journal Drapers Record covered the story in March 09 and are now set to run this update.
FREE CAD/CAM Courses!
Don't forget for those of you living/working in Camden, Tower Hamlets, Islington and Hackney you could be benefitting from an incredible CAD/CAM software training course using Vetigraph's fantastic system to assist with patterns and grading for FREE!
This is a fantastic opportunity so please ensure you contact emily@fashioncapital.co.uk for more information and to book. There is limited availability so please do not hesitate to drop Emily an email!
Fabric Studio
FashionCapital is delighted to unveil the Fabric Studio which is a brand new service (available to members only) where you can buy the most gorgeous fabrics direct from the FC portal. This is a first for the industry!
We are also soon to launch the Embroidery Studio where you will be able to use the fully automatic computerised machines that allows custom digitizing and embroidery… The embroidery machine is based at our learning and training suite at the Enter boutique in Croydon. Unit 2 Centrale Shopping Mall, 21 North End Croydon CR0 1TY 020 8681 5014 or email embroidery@fashion-enter.com
Click here for more details
Goodbye CFP
One of our longstanding and supportive funders assisting SME's, NEETS and individuals progressing with education provided by independent bodies as Fashion Enter has done for nearly 4 years has unfortunately been a victim of the recession and we are sad to see the dispersion of such an excellent team. We would like to thank the entire City Fringe Partnership organisation for their ongoing support and wish every individual all the best in the future.
FC interviews Richard Bradbury at GFW
At Graduate Fashion Week FC caught up with the CEO of one of the high street's leading retailers River Island, Richard Bradbury. Take a look at this exclusive interview:
All about Allders
Fashion Enter will be launching a concession in Allders in Croydon on July 3rd with Harold Tillman himself present. CEO of Allders and Jaeger approached Fashion Enter to provide concessionary space for the finest up and coming designer talent on offer seen at the Enter Boutique in Croydon to offer the Croydon consumer even more exciting unique collections via one of the largest department stores in the UK.
Professional Development Day
On 10th June Fashion Enter organised for a group of teachers from Sutton EBP to attend a Professional Development Day at The Workshop and Florentia Clothing Village. The day was a fantastic success and gave teachers a unique insight into the industry. They were able to review how an actual factory operates and thus updated their knowledge on teaching industrial practices.
The Face of Barking and Dagenham
In a bid to discover the next supermodel to grace the catwalks, FashionCapital's exclusive modelling competition The Face of Barking and Dagenham is back and once again searching for the next big name in the world of modelling!
The Face of Barking and Dagenham is open to all females, age 16 – 25 and must reside in the Barking and Dagenham borough.
We are now taking applications! Click here for the full article where you can also download the application form.
Generation Now
FashionCapital member Rachel Cosford has successfully launched the first ever interactive online fashion concept, in which consumers visit the brand's website to vote for the designs they want to see go on sale. Visitors to the site can also post comments and upload their images of the latest trends.
Click here for the full article
Designer Updates:
Meet the latest FashionCapital designers to set up an online boutqiue on FC
Samantha Mark
Taken from her latest collection, ‘Beautiful young people are accidents of nature. Beautiful old people are works of art', womenswear and accessories Designer Samantha Mark has re-designed, re-cycled and re-created the original accessory, ‘the laundry bag'.
Click here to take you to Samantha Mark's boutique.
Perfectly Flawed
Perfectly Flawed is a youth lead brand designed and printed in London.
Perfectly flawed designs do not sit in a box, they create new paths that others follow!
A fusion of design, influenced by London life, using street dance, music and style to create its ranges. Featuring foiling, reverse prints and crystals on T-Shirts, hoodies and more. Always making a stament!!
Click here for Perfectly Flawed's boutique
Don't forget if you are a member this is just one of the fantastic services we offer here at FashionCapital. To upload your boutique please contact yoel@fashioncapital.co.uk
Job of the Week
New Intern Post Available at Fresh Strawberry
Applicant of the Week
Top Freelance Pattern Cutter
Boutique Pick of the Week
Another one of Fashion Enter's latest members takes centre stage this week with this delightful summer dress. Ohema Ohene has encompassed the vibrancies of this unique African print with a chic modern twist entwined with the quintessential ribbed vest to provide the perfect summer stunner. Found at the brand new FashionCapital concession for £63.
Until next time, have a great week
All the team at Fashion Capital x
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