How are you finding the sweltering heat – I know we shouldn’t complain but it is sizzling my brain! The weather is certainly having an amazing effect on the sales at Kingly Court and Bluewater boutique and we are delighted to announce that a manufacturer Julie Anna Designs is showcasing their first in-house collection of high summer wear this week. Best of luck -it’s great to see a CMT unit up-skilling and create a design collection in-house.
Unfortunately there was no newswire last week as I was away on a school governor trip with 67 year 6 children (delightful!) and Vanessa was ill – such is the small team at FashionCapital!! So this week’s newswire is a bumper one!
One of the most frequently asked questions by designers is “where can I find the right boutique to sell to?†Well help is at hand. Under the Retail Advice section under the Business icon Stephanie has found literally 100s of boutiques for you to contact and make that all important appointment with. To make sure that the information is up to date Stephanie has personally contacted each company to ensure all the contact details are correct. Go out there and make those appointments happen! Click here to go straight into the new listing of independent boutiques
https://www.fashioncapital.co.uk/index.php?option=content&task=view&Itemid=27&id=4756/27/
Turkey is well known in the industry for providing a major manufacturing service but did you also know that there are some strong aspiring designers there too? We are delighted to welcome on board Eflan Beyazitoglu who has been exceptionally busy capturing street trends from Izmir in Turkey. Click here for a review of trends.
https://www.fashioncapital.co.uk/index.php?option=content&task=view&Itemid=27&id=4712/27/
More good news – Caroline Shaw, our guru on trends, is currently working on an assignment in Hong Kong. Next week Caroline will be reporting live from Hong Kong providing street trends, what’s hot and what’s not and other tasty morsels of information for you.
Another new journalist to the site is Adrienne Bush who has provided reports on The Best Dressed Window in London and London Street Trends intitled ‘Greek Ispiration’. Click here to view both:
https://www.fashioncapital.co.uk/index.php?option=content&task=view&Itemid=27&id=4758/27/X3
https://www.fashioncapital.co.uk/index.php?option=content&task=view&Itemid=27&id=4760/27/
The Clotheshow Live entries for December 2nd – 7th are literally flying in! It is wonderful to have such a fantastic response so quickly and we have currently confirmed some of the places but there are still a few remaining. Please send your applications forms in ASAP so we can confirm all 25 places.
https://www.fashioncapital.co.uk/administrator/index2.php
And the same holds true for Profile 6 too. We have already received a host of applications for the three different sections of ladieswear, menswear and accessories and we are delighted with the calibre of designers work so far. The judges are being lined up to make final trade show and catwalk selections and Profile 6 will be THE place to be on September 20th and 21st.
A quick hello to Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication. Over 50 final year FASHION graduates turned up to the Delivery Day held today and they were a lively bunch – full of inspiration and determination to make their mark in the fashion world. Good luck to you all and remember we are literally on your doorstep if we can help you.
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Finally we need some help please!! We are only as good as the service we provide and providing a wide service to all our 58,000 unique users is no easy job! We want to make sure that we are hitting the right buttons and we would be grateful if you could let us know what you think is hot to trot and likewise what’s not. Simply email to vanessac@londonfashionforum.com and let’s hear from you – straight from the hip please!
Ok, that’s it for this week. Enjoy the sunshine.
Jenny Holloway
Industry Advisor
