Let’s Care and Repair!
18-03-2025
Newsletter 26th February 2025
MP Confirmed for Leicester Made
Fantastic news…Liz Kendall, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and MP for Leicester West, is confirmed as a keynote speaker at our Leicester Made trade event.
Championing Leicester’s fashion and textile industry Leicester Made will comprise of: Exhibition space, catwalk shows, panel discussions, keynote speakers, CEO roundtable and educational opportunities.
Leicester Made will take place Wednesday 14th May at Athena, Queen St, Leicester LE1 1QD.
For all enquiries, please contact: beth@fashion-enter.com
If you would like to attend Leicester Made 2025 please tap here
Fix It, Don’t Ditch It.
FashionCapital / Fashion-Enter Ltd, is a proud partner of London Recycles Repair Week. Starting next Monday 3rd – 9th March, Repair Week celebrates all things repair throughout London with events, workshops, spotlights on #LocalRepairHeroes, plus online tips and tricks to get everyone involved.
At FEL we champion fashion and textile repair, from our repurposing services at the factory to our United Repair Centre partnership, along with repair and upcycling workshops open to the general public.
For Repair Week we will be hosting a Free Textile Upcycling & Repair Workshop at our FC Designer Collective shop, supported by Islington Council, on 4th March, and our CEO, Jenny Holloway, will be speaking on ‘Mend your ways – Stitching Communities and Businesses Together to Create Successful Circular Models’, via a webinar organised by Northern Ireland Resources Network for Belfast Repair Week. Taking place on the 3rd March at 7pm – all are welcome, tap here to sign up.
To find out more about the various events including electrical repairs, darning workshops, bike health checks and more tap here.
Repair and upcycling sessions are available all year round at the FC Designer Workspace and FC Designer Collective shop – tap here to view when the next workshops take place.
#RepairWeek #RepairWeekLDN #FixItDontDitchIt
Advice & Support From Our CEO
This morning, 26th February, we hosted a Budgets Forecasts and Cashflow masterclass with our CEO Jenny Holloway. This free, 1-hour masterclass covered core areas such as; costing sheets, profit and loss, cashflow and book-keeping, essential for successful business management. Interaction and questions were welcomed, and Jenny understands that there is so much to consider when running your own business.
To review the PowerPoint for this masterclass visit FashionCapital’s Advice and Support section here
Visitors at Haringey HQ
Each week we welcome individuals to our HQ in Haringey for tours, seminars and factory learning experiences. Last we it was the turn of Buying and Merchandising degree students from the Fashion Retail Academy, followed by four NEXT apprentices learning all about the fashion supply chain along with Quality Assurance Procedures, AI and more.
The feedback from these visits has been excellent and included:
“I have learnt about production, costing, lead times, AI, speed to market, repairs, pattern cutting, far shore, near shore, MOQ, sustainability, sourcing. Loved it!!”
“I gained an incredible overview of the production process, and seeing how it could change in the future with AI. A great speaker who communicated all this in a clear and concise way.”
Tap here to find out more about our bespoke tours and workshops.
Unique Fashion Show Paris
There is still time to apply to take part in the Unique Fashion Show being held in Paris. Taking place 16th & 17th May, the Unique Fashion show will bring together global and local brands with artists to merge virtual reality with physical runway shows, exhibitions and performances.
For those interested in applying quote: Jennifer Holloway / FashionCapital and receive 20% off!
The event also includes competitions for upcycled and recycled designs plus a AI and 3D contest, to find out more visit: https://www.unique-fashionshow.com/
Or contact: info@unique-fashionshow.com
Masterclasses and Courses
Roll-on courses:
Available at all campuses Islington, Haringey and Leicester.
Diploma in Fashion Design and Business
Stitching:
3 March – 4-Day Introduction to Industrial Sewing and Garment Making – FC Designer Workspace – £110
10 March – 4-Day Intermediate Stitching Course – Mastering Construction – FC Designer Workspace – £110
Pattern Cutting:
3 March – 2-Day Beginners Pattern course Skirt and Simple Bodice with Sleeves – FC Designer Workspace – £70
6 March – 2-Day Darted Bodice Pattern Cutting course – FC Designer Workspace – £70
Repair and Upcycling:
4 March – Drop-In Repair and Upcycling workshop – FC Designer Collective shop – Fonthill Road – Free
25 March – School Uniform Repair Workshop – FC Designer Collective shop – Fonthill Road – Free
For all course enquiries contact: education@fashion-enter.com or call 0208 809 3311
This Week on FashionCapital…
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We Are Splitting The Costs With You!
As you are aware there is a new minimum price increase from 1st April. It’s a 6.7% increase. We pay our staff more than the minimum wage but this base line increase has a ripple effect on all salaries.
Therefore, we will be increasing our Fashion Studio prices by £1 as of 1st April 2025.
Sampling will increase from £32 per hour to £33 per hour.
Patterns will increase from £35 per hour to £36 per hour.
These prices are ex-VAT
We are sorry that we have to increase the prices but we are really trying to keep the costs to a minimum for you!
Thank you for your understanding and we wish you a good season ahead.
Until next time, have a great week.
From the Team at FashionCapital
