Industry

The Daily Telegraph

Leading fashion journalist and Daily Telegraph columnist, Sarah Mower has once again featured Fashion Enter in the National newspaper. Sarah has recently been appointed as the British Fashion Council's first Ambassador for Emerging Talent and the support Sarah has shown Fashion Enter and our designers has been fantastic.

Harold Tillman visits the Workshop

Yesterday Chairman of the British Fashion Council and owner of Allders and British label Jaeger, Harold Tillman visited The Workshop. One of the Workshops top clients is Jaeger so it was fantastic to have the man himself see where the production takes place. Harold was able to review the serviews and also meet with some of the students on the Stitch in Time programme. We would like to thank Harold for taking time out to come and visit us.

The Rhoda Wilson Show

We are delighted to announce that FashionCapital has been invited to appear on The Rhoda Wilson Show on Sky TV!

The interview is set to take place tomorrow where we will be interviewed about Fashion Enter and FashionCapital and how we support new and emerging fashion designers. African designers have also been invited and we are pleased that one of our most popular designers NKWO who produces African inspired print dresses will also be there.

The Face of Barking and Dagenham

This Saturday sees the final of The Face of Barking and Dagenham take place at Vicarage Field Shopping Centre. Last Saturday was a great success and all the girls did an amazing job. Now 21 wannabe models will battle out it out to see who will be crowned winner. There are some fantastic prizes available including a trip to Gambia courtesy of leading modelling agency Mahogany Models.

To see the girls in action last week and the fantastic photographs taken by Dave Copper please click here and to vote for your favourite model click here.

LFW comes to Allders

We are holding our very own LFW fashion extravaganza at Allders on Saturday 26th September at the fashioncapital.co.uk boutique concession space. There will be a catwalk show in Allders complete with two shows at 11am and 3pm showcasing the very best designer collections with trends straight from the catwalks at LFW!

If you are interested in having a display and selling in Allders contact hayleigh@fashion-enter.com and Lois is the sales assistant that is permanently there and can be contacted on lois@fashion-enter.com.

Istanbul Fashion Week

FC is now in Turkey for Istanbul Fashion Week. Today is the first day of fashion shows, exhibitions and of course schmoozing with the fashionistas! Watch this space for live reports from this major fashion event

Organised by ITKIB, together with the cooperation of Fashion Designers Association and Istanbul Fashion Academy.

Business Support

Each week we stress how important it is to gain the right advice and support for your business to succeed and here at FashionCapital we want to help you as much as possible. We are in the position to offer free training which can be tailor made to suit you and of course free membership with us! There are certain criteria each applicant must fulfil but we will endeavour to find a way to support you.   Below is another avenue of support you can take advantage of:

Fashion Enter One Stop Shop

Attend one of our informal drop in sessions situated in the heart of Croydon’s biggest shopping centre to gain invaluable knowledge and insights into running a business and taking that next step into the market. Meet an experienced Business Adviser who will be able to assist you in all aspects of business, from marketing to production, from presentations to finance as well as promote you and your business directly on the UK’s leading fashion portal www.fashioncapital.co.uk.

Whatever your fashion or textile business might be pop in and take advantage of this great opportunity.

When: First Tuesday of Every Month

Where: Enter Boutique, Centrale Shopping Centre, Croydon

Time – 10.30 – 13.30 hrs

Please contact jenni@fashion-enter.com if you would like to attend or if you require further information about how we can help you and your business.

Boutique Stylist Makeover Party

FashionCapital.co.uk’s Lois-Louise is hosting a Boutique Stylist Makeover party, on the 3^rd September 2009 for her friends to come along, and get a stylist makeover. The boutique will be kept open at 6pm till 8.30pm.

There will be a stylist there to give everyone that comes in a stylist makeover, and take before and after photos of the makeovers so that everyone feels like a celebrity on the catwalk, and strike a pose for the website, and networking sites.

Fashion Enter at the Fat Talent event

Fashion Enter made an outstanding appearance at the Cobden Club recently.

The show was held by Fat talent and presented by Chocolate Blonde, who helped us with the SOS campaign.

The Cobden club was a layer for all up and coming talent, but we stole the show with our fabulous designer’s collections. The models strutted their stuff down the catwalk, which was amongst the audience allowing them to capture the true beauty of the garments.

Education

CAD/CAM

With very limited spaces remaining available to obtain the FREE CAD/CAM training using the Vetigraph software package at our Workshop in North London; if you live or work in Camden, Islington Tower Hamlets or Hackney you'd be silly not to take advantage of this fantastic offer. The software normally costs £12000 on its own and we can provide you with both the training and the facilities to practise using your new found skills on every collection you produce. This amazing offer will enhance your understanding and knowledge of patterns and grading whilst saving you time not having to work manually. If you haven't already signed up and wish to push your business up the ladder of success, contact Emily@fashioncapital.co.uk to book a place on the course.

Stitch in Time

The Stitch in Time programme, now in its second batch of jobseekers eager to embark upon a career in the fashion sector are well underway in receiving job specific training in Haringey and the potential of long term employment following the two week work placement. This extensive and exclusive programme is available to unemployed jobseekers residing in the borough of Haringey. For more information please contact emily@fashioncapital.co.uk

Job of the Week:

Fashion volunteers needed

Applicant of the Week:

Australian fashion shoot submission for magazine

Boutique Pick of the Week

Make the most of the last few weeks of the summer season with this Where Are You Now nautical dress, in-fitting with one of the biggest trends this year so far, and at only £35.00 from ASOS it’s very affordable in these recession-hit time

  Until next time, have a great week 
  All the team at Fashion Capital x