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Dear all,
Clothes Show London
After months of hard work and preparation Clothes Show London is finally here! From Friday 25th June Earls Court will be transformed into a 3 day fashion and beauty spectacular!
The FashionCapital boutique is set to become a hotspot amongst fashionistas! Shoppers attending Clothes Show know they can expect to find something unique from our designers, and with over 20 up and coming designers across ladies, men’s and accessories all showcasing and selling their eclectic designs shoppers are certainly in for a treat!
This is a fantastic opportunity for any new designer and business start up! Good luck to everyone.
Here are our designers:
FB1 Whereareyounow? Josie x
FB2 Trollied Dolly
FB3 Ruby Rocks
FB4 C. Grand London / D’Sycha Symone.
FB5 Me and Thee
FB6 Corset Art
FB7 Zoe Boomer
FB8 Body Magic London
FB9 FashionCapital Style Stand
FB10 Meem
FB11 Belles of London
FB12 Nina bon Bina / Mermaid in England
FB13 Ituen Basi
FB14 Rock ‘n’ Needle / D2S Ltd
FB15 Colder Shoulder / Ayisah
FB16 Lilygrace Originals
FB17 FashionCapital Boutique
FB18 Catwalk Creation Sample Sale
FB19 Connected Generation
FB20 Moda Italia London
Clothes Show London competition with FashionCapital!
FashionCapital is looking for the best dressed shopper to visit the FC Boutique at Clothes Show London and the winner will receive a goody bag full of designer must haves! Stylish shoppers visiting the stands will be papped by the FC team and entered into a best dressed competition. At the end of the three day event a winner will be selected and receive an exciting goody bag featuring items from the following up and coming designers:
Ayisah
Belles of London
Colder Shoulder
Connected Generation
D2S Ltd
Lilygrace Originals
Mermaid in England
Meem
MODA ITALIA LONDON
Nina Bon Bina
Rock ‘n’ Needle
Ruby Rocks
Whereareyounow? Josie x
Zoe Boomer
This is a competition not to be missed especially for all those fashionistas out there! Visit stands FB1 – FB20 to be in with a chance!
Free Business Support Available
If you are a business with at least 5 employees, including part timers and volunteers, you could be entitled to a years worth of funded (up to £1000) business advice and hand holding support to ensure your business succeeds today!
This is a unique opportunity to establish exactly what areas you need help with, whether it is production, marketing, branding or sales an advisor will work closely with you for one year providing you with tailor made support.
As the training provider Fashion Enter will then be able to follow through on the advice given with our extensive range of services including, The Workshop for production, the Fabric Studio for sourcing, The Showroom and retail boutiques to maximise sales, the PR dispensary service, Creative Designs for branding and much more.
If you fit the criteria please contact jenni@fashion-enter.com to express your interest.
Senior Delegation from the Department of Arts and Culture to visit London!
After the success of the International Fashion Fusion project initiated by the South African government, asos.com and Haringey Council a proposed visit to London by senior delegates from the Department of Arts and Culture (DACs) in South Africa is now set to take place.
The senior delegation includes the Deputy Director: Design; Acting Chief Director: Cultural Development, Assistant Director: Design; Project Manager: Fashion Industry and Chief Director: Clothing Textiles, Leather and Footwear.
They are scheduled to visit London from 18th – 25th July 2010 where a high calibre of meetings will take place, including a visit to the House Of Lords, meeting with David Lammy MP of Tottenham and a review of the British Fashion Council.
The Showroom
We are always looking for New collections here at The Showroom so if you are a member of Fashion Capital, up to industry standards and we have not seen your work here at the Showroom, then we would like to find out more about you. Please can you send us images of your most recent collection via email and we will send you out a company profile form to fill out. We are looking to do an open day soon that we would invite new designers in to show their collections, meet the team and ask questions about our service. This will be on July 20th so please make yourself available and email to confirm your attendance. Email all enquiries to Emma@fashion-enter.com
Cape Project with asos.com
We have extended the Cape project by one more week to ensure that all of you can get your capes to us; this gives you until Friday 25th May. If it is absolutely not possible to get your cape to us by then please can you still submit your sketches or images if you haven’t already done so and you will still be taken into consideration. It is highly preferable that you do send us a finished sample of your cape. Please email any enquiries to Lynsay@fashion-enter.com and cc Keri@fashion-enter.com. The address for the Showroom is:
FAO: Lynsay
FASHION ENTER
2nd Floor ANSTEE HOUSE
WOOD STREET
KINGSTON UPON THAMES
SURREY
KT1 1TS
Miami Designers Chosen
Nearly 30 designers applied to be taken to the Miami Swim Show with FashionCapital.
Now 5 have been chosen to send their collection to the US and be showcased at the Miami Swimshow.
The swim show will take place in July and is the perfect opportunity for designers to showcase to the US market.
Despite the number of designers being showcased being cut in half we are determined to take more to the Coast Show in November, another great swimwear show! http://www.coastshows.com/
More information on the Coast Show will follow.
Designers chosen to showcase in Miami:
Kim West, Z by Zandra Rhodes, Warm Pixie, Me and Thee, Mermaid In England
More info : jemima@fashioncapital.co.uk
The Collection
The weather’s hotting up and so are we at FashionCapital!
Once again we are working with Edge Models to create another fantastic, club night, fashion show in London.
The show will be on Thursday 22nd July and the theme is Summer Fun! We want all of our best swimwear designers there, showing off great looks as well as resort wear and funky pieces for the party goers!
In April we launched The Collection and had over 300 people on the guestlist to Vendome, Mayfair and this show will be no different! We intend to make this show just as exciting and just as exclusive.
Taking part in The Collection costs just £100 for full members. This includes all the organisation, models and styling of the show!
If you missed the last show click here to read an overview!
If you think your collection has what it takes please email jemima@fashioncapital.co.uk for more information! Venue TBC
Want a sneaky peek at what events are coming your way?
Here at Fashion Capital we know that you like to be kept up to date on all the exciting and upcoming events that are gracing us with their presence. These are good opportunities to network and get your brand name out their, possibly purchase a few goodies for your own wardrobe, get a great insight into new emerging talent, and most importantly, it lets the industry know what’s “in” and what’s “out” for the season.
Full report
Smart phones application
FashionCapital is set to launch an application for wireless devices, including the iPhone, Smartphones, Wap and Imodes. This means that users will now be able to access all of our information and services wherever they may be straight from their mobile phone….perfect for those on the go!
About us
To understand a complete overview of Fashion Enter and FashionCapital you can now download a generic power point presentation reviewing all aspects of the company. This can be found in the About us section, also providing a breakdown of each member of staff here to help you succeed.
Designer update – Susie Stone
London’s latest couturier Susie Stone has opened her first studio which focuses on made to measure dresses. Susie is a young bespoke womenswear designer who believes that clothes should be an investment in both style and quality. She wants to bring made to measure clothes to a new generation of women and is a strong believer in the power of a well made dress.
Fashion and Textile Apprenticeship
The new fashion and textile apprenticeship qualification has drawn excessive demand in this unique opportunity, Fashion Enter are proud to provide in the first scheme in the fashion industry. Working closely with CHENEL and Skillset the flood of new work based learning qualifications highlights the sheer importance of integrating industry with education to offer pupils, individuals and employers leaving education with the greatest chance of securing sustained work, fully equipped with a host of transferable and industry specific skills. This qualification is open to employers wishing to work with apprentices and any individual wishing to progress in the fashion industry, whether you are already working in fashion or are looking to kick start your career. For more information, please contact emily@fashioncapital.co.uk.
Fashion Enter to provide Creative and Media Diploma
Functional skills are becoming increasingly incorporated into academic and work based learning. These are transferable skills that enhance pupil’s employability and bridge the gap between academia and work making the inevitable transition less daunting and more manageable for students. As a provider in the new creative and media diploma and fashion and textiles apprenticeship fashion enter has been learning how best to encompass Maths, English and ICT functional skills into these exciting new qualifications offering a broader spectrum of learning beneficial to every career in all industries.
Boutique Pick of the Week
Come visit the FashionCapital.co.uk Boutique at Clothes Show this weekend and pick up one of these amazing transforming bikinis ready for the holiday season. You can feel like a star by changing your swimsuit without even having to get undressed and redressed again. This fabulous diverse bikini provides a two in one style for all you fashion slaves attending the most exciting fashion and beauty event in the whole world!
Until next time, have a great week
All the team at Fashion Capital x
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