NEWSLETTER
Dear all,
FashionCapital at the Clothes Show Live!
The largest fashion and beauty event in the world returns to Birmingham's NEC next week from 5-10 December and FashionCapital will be there as part of The Style Show exhibiting a selection of exclusive designer collections to one of the highest consumer audiences ever!
Presented by leading lifestyle website Handbag.com, this fantastic opportunity has been available to all FashionCapital designers and those who have jumped at the chance will now be able to reach out to this highly desirable and targeted consumer base.
Names you can expect to see from FashionCapital are:
Tinkerbellas
Trollied Dolly
Rosie Mantrell
Gabriella Ravello
Marie de Gueldre
Nubian Roots Couture
Cozee Design
Fosuism
Dove byTanya
Nomie
Gold Son
Laura Frost
Belles of London
The Workshop
Harris
Aqua Aqua
If you are a fashion designer you can still take part in the Style Show at next weeks Clothes Show event. There are two half stands still available at £100 a day and at this discounted rate for the opportunity to sell to 185 000 people this really should not be missed! If you are interested please contact emily@fashioncapital.co.uk or 0208 681 5014
FashionExpo
Last Wednesday Profile at FashionExpo took place at the Business Design Centre and what a resounding success it was!
The venue was spectacular, the designers and manufacturers highly talented and the atmosphere electric. Here are a few comments made after the event:
Gadja Group Company
‘I am writing to thank you for a great job which you done for Gajda. I hope you liked the menswear collection. Profile was something new but a very interesting experience which will hopefully help establish the Gajda Group Company.
Once again big thanks and all the best and we are looking forward to working with you in future projects.'
Nico Kubisch
‘Thank you for a great day at Fashion Expo! I think it was a much better event this time, more traffic, better set up, fantastic catering and I've had some positive feedback from the Debenhams team which is great.'
Click here for full article and images.
International designer secures first order with asos.com!
Accessories designer Charmaine Ho recently joined the ever expanding international member base of FC. Based in New York City Charmaine Ho was part of the Nolcha exhibitors at the NY Profile event at Nolcha Fashion Week. Through joining FC Charmaine has now received her first order will leading etailer asos.com
‘Many congratulations to Charmaine Ho for receiving her first UK order through out partners Fashion Enter Ltd. This is as a direct result of the NY Profile event held during Nolcha Fashion Week and this is just the start! We are looking forward to the return of the Brits in September 09 and already we are receiving press and buyer enquiries about exactly who is coming over to NYC again!' Kerry Bannigan CEO Nolcha
Second Phase of the South West Delivery Day
Today sees the second phase of Fashion Enter's Delivery Day in the South West with students from the Arts Institute of Bournemouth presenting their work from the workshop Getting it Right First Time.
This is a new styled workshop that provides real enterprise with business enabling the students to sell their work in London based stockists. Today there is a full review of the products and mood boards with each of the "brands" presenting to an esteemed panel of judges.
The Deputy Mayor's Consort (Councillor Anne Filer & Councillor Michael Filer), BBC South West and the Daily Eco have all confirmed their attendance.
More from the South West…
Fashion-Enter has collaborated with the Enterprise Pavilion and commenced its mapping
exercise. We are currently engaging with companies across the whole of the South West
in order to support them and make them known to our designers and artists.
If you need to find companies such as fabric suppliers, artists, pattern cutters,
business support organisations or if you would like your company listed on our BSO
directory then please email vanessa@fashion-enter.com and we will upload your business
free of charge.
Please click here to read the full article on Fashion Enter's engagement with the Arts
Institute.
For further information regarding the new office in Bournemouth and the work being undertaken please contact:
Vanessa@fashion-enter.com
Fashion-Enter Ltd
The Enterprise Pavilion
Fern Barrow
Poole
Dorset
BH12 5HH
Tel: 01202 853 683
British Fashion Awards
Last night the British Fashion Awards took place at Lawrence Hall, in Westminster hosted by journalist Mariella Frostup. The awards supported by the British Fashion Council and sponsored by Swarovski celebrated the biggest names in British fashion from designers to models.
Click here for full article and to view the winners
Red or Dead Fashion Show
Hot of the Runway!
Catwalk models at Karen Brost's SS 09 show at London Fashion Week were all sporting sky high heels from Red or Dead's current collection. This evening FashionCapital will attend the launch of Red or Dead's S/S 09 bag collection. Watch this space for the full catwalk report
Gallery 1839 introduces new Israeli talent to the London art market.
Gallery 1839 is hosting an exclusive, solo exhibition of 'Exile: an image of women, women as an image' by acclaimed Israeli artist and photographer Lea Golda Holterman at The Assembly Rooms in Soho London. FashionCapital will be reviewing the exhibition so look out a full report.
New specialist advisor to join FC
Keith Benson of K B Associates is the latest specialist advisor to join FC. A specialist for Business Planning & Obtaining Funding Keith will be providing FC with a series of articles with expertise advice on starting up your business and how to obtain funding.
‘Both start-up and existing fashion businesses need additional finance for a number of things – for example, to buy capital equipment, to rent a studio, to market their products or services and to bridge the cash flow 'gap' that exists for many businesses between having to pay for incoming goods and receiving payment from customers'
Members of FC will be able to access Keith's full profile and each article.
Knowledge Bank
The Knowledge Bank section on the website is proving invaluable to our members; no where else can such in depth and useful information on all aspects of the industry be found.
A short synopsis of the proposed harmonising legislation in consumer rights which will make changes to the current law is the latest article to be found on the Knowledge Bank. Written by Eric Gummers, Eric is a corporate partner at Howard Kennedy, London with a specialisation advising businesses on consumer law and contracts. He is a member of the Commercial Law Sub-Committee of the City of London Solicitors Law Society
Retail News
Marks & Spencer is understood to be planning a second one-day Sale following what is believed to have been a successful one-day promotion last week.
During Marks & Spencer's one-day Sale on November 20, prices on most of its goods were cut by 20 per cent.
The next sale is expected to be on December 4, although the retailer has not confirmed the date.
House of Fraser is holding a two-day Sale at the end of this week, when it will slash prices by up to 40 per cent.
Boutique Pick of the Week
This Bellanina bow back dress fitted mini dress is super cute especially with all those Christmas parties around the corner. This dress has all the features a good festive frock should have, red (very suiting) with a nice ultra quirky and girly bow at the back. If you feel your self falling in love with this pretty Bellanina mini dress, its available over at asos.com £95 or pop over to the fashion Enter boutique in Croydon!
Until next time, have a great week
All the team at Fashion Capital x
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