Dear All,

By the end
of last week our attention turned to retail, no, not another doom and gloom
report – but the annual Retail Week Awards, which took place at the Grosvenor
House Hotel. Thousands of industry retail players got together to celebrate the
years success stories, so it can’t be all bad. Winners included: Morrison’s,
who bagged the Retailer of the Year Award, while Chairman Sir Ken Morrison was
also awarded for his Outstanding Contribution to Retail. Others picking up
awards; The Co-operative Group, Tesco, Marks & Spencer, ASOS.com and
Inditex.

The ‘Face
of Croydon’ Hots Up

At
FashionCapital & Fashion-Enter HQ we’ve been gearing up for our ‘R U the
Face of Croydon’ competition round 2. This year the competition is in
association with Arista cosmetics, a brand new range specifically developed for
women of colour. Arista is looking for 3 new faces, one black, one Asian and
one Latin to represent the brand.

Winners
will also score agency representation with a non-exclusive modelling contract
from Divinity Models, gain lashings of exposure, plus a selection of prizes.

Divinity
Models commented:

“As a leading national modelling agency in the UK
Divinity Models is delighted to be supporting ‘R U the Face of Croydon’ with
Arista Cosmetics. We have been established for over two years and work at all
levels of the fashion sector including our modelling competition Face of
Divinity which was covered by Fashion TV in November last year.”

To view
last years ‘Face of Divinity’ competition, which, by the way, featured creations
by designers that showcased at Profile 8, please check out this video exclusive
from FashionTV:

Back to ‘R
U The Face of Croydon’

Arista
Cosmetics said of the collaboration:

“Arista
Cosmetics is a range of high end beauty products for Black, Asian and Latin
complexions and sits perfectly with our search for aspiring new top end models.
We will be offering the three winners of Arista Cosmetics a non-exclusive modelling
contract that will launch their careers. We wish everyone
success with this exciting new venture."

For those
interested in applying for ‘R U The Face of Croydon 2008’ expression of
interest forms will be available online and at the Fashion-Enter boutique at
Centrale Shopping Centre in due course.

What’s on FashionCapital
this Week…

Susan
Royston, Creative Director of Melt London reveals that she is less than
impressed with the latest batch of designer collections – uninspiring and dull,
surely creativity needs to step up a gear in times of economic uncertainty? Our
in-house photographer Rodney Compton reports from La Dolce Vita, an Italian
style event held last weekend at London’s Olympia. And Georgina
Harley-Smith reveals her latest Spring/Summer 08 collection which is also
available to buy online in ‘presszone’.

FC
Chit-Chat

There has
been plenty of activity in the FashionCapital forums of late – from the request
for a designer for a one-off opportunity in ‘jobs available’ to a fashion networking
event in ‘business issues’. Don’t forget our panel of industry professionals
are on hand to answer your questions directly in the ‘members’ forum.

Boutique
Pick of the Week

A super
stylish ipod or phone case featuring funky digital print by Belle Sauvage –
£10.00 as seen at the FC Boutique www.fcboutique.co.uk

Until next
time, have a great Easter break,

The Team at
FashionCapital x

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