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Be Open to Opportunities

02-05-2018   


FashionCapital Newsletter

2nd May 2018
Dear all,
Life is full of opportunities…whether they are grasped is down to you. This week we can share an amazing opportunity for those coming to the end of their design course. The Society for British & International Design (SBID) has teamed up with Be Open, to create a new national competition for final year creative students and graduates across Interior Design, Decoration, Fashion and Art & Design.  With the chance to win £30,000 this could provide the perfect start-up opportunity for your business – click here for more details.

Learn From the Experts

Today we are fortunate enough to have Camilla Walters & Paolo Santosuosso from Socialrise UK share their invaluable knowledge on all things digital from websites being the window to your business to the power of Instagram and creative social media content. So much to learn!

Next week, Thursday 10th May, it’s the turn of Life and Business Coach Eric Gilson. Eric has over 17-years experience helping individuals, from young children right through to company CEOs, resolve any issues that they might have and move them forward to reach their true potential. In this inspiring masterclass Eric will cover the key skills required to be motivated, have purpose, set goals and be successful, both personally and professionally.

To find out more and book your place click here.

Coming Soon…Saturday Taster Courses:

Starting in June we have a range of ‘taster’ courses and workshops in stitching, pattern cutting and TR creative pattern cutting.

16th June 10am – 3pm – A Short Introduction to Pattern Cutting – £120

16th June 10am – 3pm – Absolute Beginners Stitching Course – £120

16th June – 10am – 1pm – TR Pattern Cutting Taster course – £65

30th June 10am – 3pm – A Short Introduction to Pattern Cutting – £120

30th June 10am – 3pm – Absolute Beginners Stitching Course – £120

30th June – 10am – 1pm – TR Pattern Cutting Taster course – £65

13th and 14th July 10am – 3pm – A Short introduction to Pattern Cutting – 2 day workshop – £199

13th and 14th July 10am – 3pm – Absolute Beginners Stitching Course – 2 day workshop – £199

Refreshments will be provided to find out more and book your place please contact: education@fashion-enter.com Tel: 0208 809 3311

Needed: Skilled Textiles Workers

The UK is not only at the forefront of innovative textile design it provides employment to 880,000 people across the sector and accounts for £62 Billion (6%) to the UK economy. Yet we do not think learning about textiles in school is purposeful enough to warrant time on the curriculum! We are surrounded by textiles technology, and it is vital to the UK economy and industry that textiles education is made freely available to all pupils in the UK to enable a growing industry to thrive with a skilled workforce.

Last year we saw the Government remove the individualised GCSE in Textiles, instead combining all of the technologies into a generalised technology GCSE. Please sign this petition if you value textiles in education

Courses To UpSkill This May:

Technical Design and Pattern Cutting CAD Course a 16-week online study course plus 5 class meetings, including a session with pattern and fit guru Anastasia Vouyouka who is flying over especially from Greece to share her invaluable expert knowledge, will commence from the 11th and 12th May.

Gerber for Beginners – The next intensive three-day course led by industry experts Ben and Declan will take place on the 12th, 19th and 26th May.

To find out more about any of the courses and to book your place please contact: education@fashion-enter.com

GDPR Data Protection – New Regulations

We will soon be emailing you our Privacy Notice which tells you what you need to know about how we handle your data in line with the changes that come into effect on 25 May 2018. For more information click here.

Fabric Swatch of the Week

We have some wonderful printed florals at the FCFabricStudio at the moment available on cotton, scuba and jersey, as well as this light chiffon featuring a multi-coloured rose print- available online now at £4.50 a metre.

This Week on FashionCapital.co.uk 

Life & Business Coach Eric Gilston discusses how verbal communication is a fundamental skill that needs to be used more often.

Barbadian pop queen Rihanna is preparing to launch her Savage X Fenty underwear range on #nationallingerieday on May 11th and has vowed to include all sizes Kate Farley reports.

And our Designer Brand Watch this week takes us to the house of Rawan Maki and her collections created from sustainable materials while adopting a zero-waste ideology.

And Finally…

Make It British Live! (formerly called Meet the Manufacturer) is just over 2-weeks away, we will be there in the exhibition hall showcasing all that we do – come along and see for yourself how the demand for ‘Made in Britian’ product has really grown click here to register – it’s free!

More from the FashionCapital team next time, until then we wish you a great week.


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