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NEWSLETTER
Dear all,
Graduate Fashion Week FCBoutique.co.uk Prize Give Away!
Fashion Enter will have a stand at Graduate Fashion Week starting on the 5th June at Earls Court where we will be launching a competition to giveaway 10 free online boutiques in the new FCBoutique.co.uk format whilst offering 100 50% off boutiques. To enter this competition you have to print the flyer below off and hand into our stand at Graduate Fashion Week in hope of winning this fantastic offer which normally costs £399 for non members.
FCBoutique.co.uk
If you haven’t heard already, the FCBoutique.co.uk is having a makeover! Not only will it look slightly different and have better functionality for users, the designers will also have the freedom to manage their own online boutiques within the fcboutique.co.uk. Therefore you will have the opportunity to upload as many products as you like, use it to monitor your stock and promote your branding and company ethos whilst being able to colour code your area to match your logo/products. Furthermore, having your website under the domain of fcboutique.co.uk will mean you will be able to utilise the existing and future marketing campaigns carried out by FashionCapital.co.uk to promote your products in addition to your marketing.
You can access this unique avenue to sell and manage your products for 1 year for just:
Non Members: £399
Members: £199
*All monies rendered from sales taken via the website will go directly to the designer as commissions do not apply
Calling All Apprentices!
If you are yet to apply for the fashion and textiles apprenticeship, do not hesitate any longer as you still have time to join the next cohort. With more employers coming on board each day we are busy lining up interviews for our applicants so far each week. To apply is simple; all you have to do is email a copy of your CV to apprenticeships@fashioncapital.co.uk.
There are some eligibility criteria that you must meet before submitting your CV however, you need to have a minimum of 5 A-C GCSE grades (which must be itemised on your CV providing a clear list of your subjects and the grade you scored for each of them) whilst you must also be aged 16-24 and to not have a qualification higher than level 4, therefore no degree students can apply.
The course itself is 18 months in duration of which you will be employed for this whole period. You will be working with the employer 4 days out of 5 each week and will take lessons with Fashion Enter at the Workshop for the remaining week day. The minimum amount your employer has to pay you is £100 and increases are subject to their discretion.
What Next?
If your company is failing to perform as you wish it to, what have you planned to increase profit margins, and is it sustainable?
If you are uncertain of how best to take your business forward, you should be exploring all possible avenues including the option of employing an additional member of staff who is talented, highly motivated, quick and eager to learn new things whilst can bring fresh new ideas to your company throughout an 18 month contract period.
All this with the added bonus of you only having to pay just £100 per week!
How can you gain access to this unique opportunity?
The Fashion & Textiles Apprenticeship Program via FashionCapital.co.uk
All you need to do is contact apprenticeships@fashioncapital.co.uk for more information on how you can get involved.
Additionally you can click here for more information
BrandAlley Le Lab Summer Dress Sale
The Summer Dress Sale Dresses have now been confirmed and all designers have been contacted so if you have not checked you emails yet today then I suggest you go and have a look. If you have not been contacted by now then I am afraid that this time you have not been selected. We have a lovely selection and cannot wait to see them on the site.
Key Elements of a Successful Fashion Business
Specialist advisor Nigel Rust is set to hold a further series of Be Business Ready workshops. Here is a taster on what to expect:
How do you measure success?
If you measure success by how famous you are, then a very small number of new fashion designers will be very successful.
If, however, you measure success on how much your business earns, then many new designers could be successful. There may be varying degrees of success, of course, and there are no guarantees. And, in fact, a lot of new designers don’t make a success of their business.
Business is risky, and fashion can be riskier than others. But, as with all businesses there are certain things that successful businesses have in common. This article explains some of the things that a successful business does to reduce the riskiness and increase the chances of success (and, if you are lucky, maybe fame as well).
Full article
Be Business Ready – Summer Dates
Workshops for up-and-coming designers.
Improve your business skills and your chances of success!
Take the mystique out of running a successful business.
Do you want to be able to market yourself and your designs to the world?
Do you want to be able to approach buyers and negotiate the best deal?
Do you want to be in control of your businesses finances?
Do you want to be able to take good business decisions based on sound information?
Do you want to feel more in control of your production?
Click here for dates, topics and how to book!
Clothes Show Live – 2nd – 7th Dec 2011 – NEC
Do you want to sell and showcase your collection to over 185,000 consumers at the world’s largest fashion and beauty event that is Clothes Show Live?
If the answer is yes then FashionCapital is delighted to announce it has negotiated a fantastic deal enabling us to offer you a huge 25% discount off the original price of a stand! Not only this but we have also reduced the rate of one stand by £100 on last year’s price!
To review all costs click here for the booking form and return to jenni@fashion-enter.com
Fashion Enters W1 Showroom to continue!
Last week we announced the closing of our W1 boutique and showroom space where we have been based for the last six months on a pop up shop basis. The original agreement was for just 3 months but proved to be so successful that the agreement expanded until May 2011. We are now delighted to announce that the new tenant of W1 is up and coming swimwear label Paolita.
Having built good relations over the last 12 months, Paolita have agreed to share the showroom with FashionCapital for buying and press meetings to support the new and emerging designers.
Managing Director of Paolita, Joseph Bachman says: “2 Seymour Place is the perfect space to showcase the brand. The showroom and retail space offers an ideal opportunity for customers and press alike to view the collections in full, as well as allowing us to work alongside some exciting up and coming designers.”
Director of Fashion Enter, Jenny Holloway, commented: “In these difficult trading times it’s uplifting to know that we can all work together as a team for the common good of the fashion industry. We have formed a unique relationship with Paolita and have been delighted to see that their range has quickly become a real force in the swimwear industry.”
Watch this space!
British Designers Bath…students, samples and sales
It has been another action packed week at British Designers@FashionCapital in Bath. First and foremost we would like to congratulate all the Bath Spa 2nd Year fashion degree students on completing the brief we set them at the end of March. Students were given the choice of designing a capsule range for ASOS Black or Belles of London at the Clothes Show. The majority selected ASOS Black as their target client and the range of work on display was highly impressive. Jenny Holloway commented: “Overall I was very impressed with the standards of presentation, design content, quality of samples and the actual interpretation of the initial brief.” The FashionCapital team are currently reviewing all the students work and will be announcing an overall winner in due course.
The first samples of winning South West competition designer, Joshua Riches, have been produced by the team at the workshop and we look forward to having the capsule range available to sell in store soon!
Meanwhile, new in at the boutique we have some more of S M Walker’s show stopping leather collars and a selection of her leather clutch bags, along with new stock in from Belles of London and Jolaby.
More next week from gorgeous Bath.
The Collection returns!
The Collection Summer Sizzler will be held on the 8th July 2011 in the prestigious club Studio Valbonne! The show is set to be a scorcher in one of London’s biggest, plushest nightclub!
We are currently looking for resort/swimwear designers to showcase in this show! Please contact Jemima@fashioncapital.co.uk for more details.
Tickets are now available to buy online! http://thecollectionshow.co.uk
Press, designers and models interested in being involved or attending please contact : Jemima@fashioncapital.co.uk
The PR Consultation Service with FashionCapital
This is a brand new service we are offering designers to
Designers do you need:
Advice on brand positioning
Advice on photography
Press release
Profile on the FC
An ‘introducing…’ mention on the FC newswire
Advice of media that the designer should contact
Advice on how to pitch to press and what press like eg samples etc
If so please contact jenni@fashion-enter.comn for further information and costs
Fantastic opportunity for designers to design for Ruby Rocks
Ruby Rocks is giving the opportunity to all you designers out there to design the Ruby Rocks’ mid-season collections.
Each designer is requested to submit approximately 5-10 of their best shapes with print and fabric options 31st May 2011. The selection process will take one week and then sample collections will be made up all with the Ruby Rocks branding and sent to agents to be shown to customers / stockists through the UK, Ireland, Germany, and USA. The designer’s names that are chosen will feature on newly designed Ruby Rocks swing tags showing the collaborative that created the collection. These will be limited edition collectables.
Ruby Rocks will decide which styles will be chosen to best suit. The delivery of the production is aimed at mid August, so please bear that in mind when submitting your designs.
Please contact Jenny at Ruby Rocks to apply to submit your designs. Please email Jenny on: modoagency@onetel.com with your details. Thank you!!
Boutique Pick of the Week
This stunning loose grey top is perfect for you this summer to kick back and relax in this perfectly apt baggy grey top with a string of sophisticated touches if you wanted to then go on to the nearest cocktail bar after a lazy summer’s afternoon. The gorgeous pin tuck neck detail provides the straight neck line offering a tailored cut via this chic and refined edge, however the less structured arm holes pose contrast to this look by taking a softer approach to the silhouette for a more laid back style that can be both dressed up and down for a variety of occasions. All this for just £145, this top is a summer must have! Click below to buy now.
Until next time, have a great week
All the team at Fashion Capital x
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