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Pictured above: Bibi Founder Barbara Hulanicki |
BiBa Founder Barbara Hulanicki returns to Brighton Barbara Hulanicki, founder of the iconic clothes store Biba, is returning to the city where she learned her craft, for a screening of a new documentary about her life. Barbara, 72, studied illustration at what was Brighton College of Art, now part of the University of Brighton, in the early 1950s. The documentary entitled Beyond Biba will be shown at the university’s Sallis Benney Theatre at the Grand Parade site at 6pm on the 29th of October and will be followed by a question-and-answers session with Barbara herself. The film, produced by November Films, tells the story of the Warsaw-born fashion designer, including details on her early life, the time she enjoyed in Brighton and also how she started Biba with her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon — a business partnership that helped change Britain’s fashion in the 1960s and 1970s. In the nineties, she arrived in Miami Beach where she designed interiors for Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones and Chris Blackwell’s Boutique Hotel Group. She is credited with the resurrection of Miami Beach’s crumbling Art Deco district. As well as her interior design work, she has also delved back into the fashion world, designing for Coccinelle, Habitat, Graham and Brown and recently a clothing range for Topshop. For information about purchasing tickets for the Brighton screening and Q&A session, E-mail: sam.davies@brighton.ac.uk Visit: Brighton University |
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 Pictured above: Digital maestro Matt O'Shea |
Creative graduate lends a helping hand The thoughfulness and ingenuity of a recent University of Portsmouth graduate Matt O'Shea, is set to pay rewarding dividends. Matt built the specialist website www.digital-creatives.com to showcase the best up-and-coming digital creative talent, in an effort to help graduates find work even though he had already won himself a digital media executive job. He said: 'I was one of the lucky ones and got an internship within days of finishing my course and was then offered a fulltime job two months later, but I wanted to set the website up to help others who are still hunting for work. 'The creative industries are extremely difficult to get into, and I noticed that it was harder than it needed to be finding graduates and students who were producing creative content. 'The idea is to showcase the best in up-and-coming digital creative talent while also having input from top digital media creatives in the industry. Hopefully it will help them win the attention of the right people and get them job interviews.' 'All those featured on the site can be contacted direct by potential employers and the site is already being watched by some top industry professionals,' Matt said. 'It's a not-for-profit site and it's an attempt to give young creatives some exposure and help them become the next big thing. 'In a recession, creativity and originality prevail and so the more channels for identifying creative talent the better.' Matt graduated with a 2:1 in Business Studies this summer. He asked a fellow former Portsmouth student Alex Crooks to design the website and it went live in August, just weeks after Matt graduated. They have since contacted the university to ask for fellow graduates and students to apply to the site to have their work showcased. It will feature two students or recent graduates and one industry professional a week working in advertising, post-production, graphic design, animation and other creative industries. Helen Fuge, of the University's Department Of Employability, said: 'We have offered to help Matt by providing student volunteers as his venture grows and develops should he need it. We help charitable, public and private sector businesses across the region so having the opportunity to help one of our own graduates in the early stages of their venture is of great interest and excitement.' Visit: Digital Creatives |
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TEXPRINT 15-18 SEPTEMBER |
ComoN Texprint Winners Announced The winning colleges will receive £750 — for the Gold Award; £500 — for the Silver and £250 — for the Bronze; respectively. In addition, both the winners and runners-up will be invited to participate in the special Creative Week at ComON. Launched by the Confindustria Como in 2008, ComON is a framework of events aimed at improving the relationship between the Como silk industry and young designers all over the world. The object of the week is to offer the winners, an unique experience to help develop their own individual creative and personal knowledge of the vibrant textile community, that exists in Como. In addition to this, the winning designs will be exhibited at Indigo in Paris from the 15-18 September 2009 (part of Premiere Vision Pluriel). The designs will also be shown to a select audience at the TEXPRINT reception — which Julius Schofield (Chairman of Texprint), Harold Tillman (Chairman of the British Fashion Council) will be hosting with the British Ambassador at the British Embassy, in Paris, on 16th of September 2009. Visit: Texprint |
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Young Designer of the Year |
The search is on for the 2009 FDC Young Designer of the Year! Calling all Fashion Designers and Craft makers (FDC). Young Designer Awards is searching for young designers from the ages 9-25 years, who have the potential to be the next big stars of the international fashion stage. FDC Young Designer Awards award was founded by London based Knitwear Designer, Joanna Marcella whose aim is to increase the number and visibility of young and exceptionally gifted multi-cultural designers, and to encourage them to reach their true potential and become as high profile as, John Galliano, Alexander McQueen or Vivienne Westwood. Joanna says, “There are some extremely talented young people in our community, who deserve this opportunity. This year our designers will be given the theme of Homage to a Fashion Leader as part of their brief to produce an Avant-Garde outfit, we know they can rise to the challenge and produce the most flamboyant garments.” As well as the Designer of the Year and the Avant-Garde Designer of the Year Awards, a very special International Designer Award will be presented by Christie Dinham CEO of International Designer Show to an extremely outstanding and talented designer. Being selected for these awards is just the beginning, after the ceremony a support system that addresses all aspects of a developing career is set in motion. Winners have the opportunity to learn about the business, meet key people and advance their skills, as well as showcasing a debut collection in New York Fashion Week or Caribbean Fashion Week, to an audience of international fashion journalists, photographers and buyers. Joanna continues: ”This is the only fashion design awards in the UK that has given young British Designers, who are still studying for their fashion degree, an opportunity to showcase in New York Fashion Week and Caribbean Fashion Week, this project is a unique and precious gem, we urge those who can, individuals and companies, to support us in anyway they can, to make the FDC Young Designer Awards a world wide project.” On the basis of the success of FDC Young Designer Awards, a competition geared at the over 25 year olds (based in the UK and aboard), has been launched. The Radical Design Award — for older designers who have design experience, a fashion label or a fashion house; will award the winner business support and development worth £1000. Contact Joanna Marcella: 07940 647 102 | |
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TEXPRINT |
TEXPRINT: Spotting The TALENT OF THE FUTURE LONDON: 16-17 JULY | INDIGO PARIS: 15-18 SEPTEMBER Fashion's best kept secret, TEXPRINT, is about to showcase its latest installment, at Chelsea College of Art & Design from the 16-17 of July 2009. Famed for being responsible for discovering some of the fashion industry's greats, (such as: Zandra Rhodes and Alice Temperley) the event promises to be more exciting than ever, with an impressive panel judging and selecting the six prize winners. Prizes, this year, include:
Fashion designers know that an original print, or unique embroidery, knitted or woven textiles give their designs an extra edge and in an increasingly competitive market place textile design has become even more relevant and is often the only ingredient that can bring a collection to life and differentiate it from its competitors. |
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Pictured above: The Prime Minister's wife |
SIMPLY THE BEST! The judging criteria for the River Island Gold Award is for the collection to clearly demonstrates exceptional ability in Design, Cut and Construction as well as excellent use of Colour and Fabric. Myrto Samou was also successful in winning the womenswear award and Mehmet Ali of Ravensbourne University won the menswear award. Hannah Taylor of Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication received a special mention from the judges. Hosted by Caryn Franklin, this year’s Graduate Fashion Week Gala show celebrated its 18th anniversary and saw a glittering array of fashion luminaries lending their support to the event including Claudia Schiffer, Erin O’Connor, Dasha Zhukova, Zandra Rhodes, Amber le Bon, Leah Weller, Rosie Huntington Whitely, Emma Hill (Mulberry), Clare Waight Keller (Pringle), Mary McCartney, Jeff Banks (president, Graduate Fashion Week), Terry Mansfield CBE (Chairman, Graduate Fashion Week) and Sir Harold Tillman (Chairman, British Fashion Council). By Thursday the 11th of June, the Prime Minister's wife Sarah Brown visited the prestigious graduate exhibition, to view the students work and talk with lecturers. |
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Jade Willis of Cedars Upper School, Leighton Buzzard and Shelley Dwight of Aylesbury High School took inspiration from the brief which was to create a special occasion garment using ‘up-cycled’ materials; sustainable and ethical fabric and manufacturing which results in a high-end product. The annual competition was launched by the Fashion department at The University of Northampton earlier this year, with prizes for the winners including VIP treatment at the Northampton Graduate Fashion Show on Wednesday, 17 June, at Royal & Derngate, Northampton. Gemma Hensman, Artistic Director of Hensmans and headline sponsor of the Fashion Show (in conjunction with Schwarzkopf), was one of the judges on the panel. She said: “It is fantastic to be involved in judging a competition which nurtures young talented designers of the future. All of the designs showed great innovation and were of a very high standard.” Pictured above: Judge Gemma Hensman showing the back detailing of Shelley Dwight's tie dress and the front of Jade Willis' dress |
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Erin was in Dundee to officially open the Dundee Degree Show 2009 at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design during last week. She watched a catwalk show put on by jewellery and textile design students — which she described as `brilliant and bonkers!’ — and immediately as it finished, she headed straight backstage to place an order with Hayley, for a stunning studded white leather jacket. “I am a person like anyone else — I like to shop and I love fashion and when I saw that jacket I thought, 'I have to have that first!’' said Erin. “There was so much brilliant stuff in a great show from the students and I am delighted to have seen it all.” Erin said she was now going to e-mail her measurements to designer Hayley for the tailor-made jacket. Hayley (25), who lives in Roseberry Street in Dundee, was absolutely thrilled to get such a prestigious first order. “I’m just absolutely blown away,” said Hayley. “Someone said to me right after the show finished that Erin wanted to try my jacket on, and I couldn’t believe it. “But next thing she was trying it on and saying she definitely wanted one. Its absolutely fantastic.” The white leather jacket, with black screenprinted drip panels and gold and silver studs, was modelled in the show by Hayley’s sister Holly (24). Erin is one of the world's top models and is also chair of the British Fashion Council and a trustee of the Victoria & Albert Museum. The University has been a driving force in the 'V&A Dundee — Making It Happen project which aims to establish a Victoria & Albert Museum presence in the city. The Designs on…The Future opening event for Degree Show 2009 was staged in the Vision Building in Dundee on the evening of Wednesday the 20th of May, before an invited audience of around 350 people. The event was sponsored by Unicorn Property. The Degree Show opens to the public on Saturday May 23rd and runs at the Vision Building until June 6th and runs concurrently with the Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition. Admission: FREE |
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| University of Surrey hosts 2009 Royal Economic Society Conference Some of the world's leading economists were recently at the University of Surrey to attend the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference. Following a welcome to the University by Professor Nigel Seaton, the conference hosted by the Department of Economics opened with a keynote address given by Professor David Laibson of Harvard University which unsurprisingly dealt with 'The Financial Crisis of 2008'. Other keynote addresses focused on the topics of Trade and Economic Growth (Professor Pinelopi Goldberg, Princeton University), Occupational Choices (Professor Gilles Saint Paul, Toulouse/ Birkbeck) as well as Competition Policy and Property Rights (Professor John Vickers, University of Oxford and President of the Royal Economic Society). Special sessions were held on a diverse range of issues including Access to, Finance of and Returns to Higher Education; Lessons on Economic Growth; Political Economy of Conflict and Terror; House Price Volatility and Household Behaviour; Development Policy; and an Evaluation of 10 years of the National Minimum Wage. Also Professor Nicholas Stern (London School of Economics) together with Michael Greenstone (MIT) discussed issues associated with confronting climate change. Other issues discussed included the Economics of Education; Economics of Inequality and Happiness; Housing, Savings and Retirement; Work and Pay; Business Trade and Investment; Democracy and War; Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy. Access to the papers presented at the conference of selected papers are available on the Royal Economic Society Conference website: www.resconference.org.uk The Department of Economics will again host the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, at the University of Surrey, 29-31 March 2010. Visit: University of Surrey |
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Pictured above: Last Year's Avant Garde Winner in the 21-25 Category |
the Young Designer Fashion Show V O L U N T E E R S W A N T E D The show organisers are looking for: Public Relations companies, models (female models: 5ft 8ins and over / male models 6ft and over), makeup artists, hair stylists, dressers, music technicians, photographers, video crews, stewards and compares. Admission: £8 (In advance plus booking fee) | £12 |
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GRADUATE FASHION WEEK LAUNCHES THE PROTÉGÉ PROJECT Terry Mansfield CBE, Chairman GFW said: "With the current economic climate and general feeling of social unease about the future of our workforces, it was vital that Graduate Fashion Week tackled the problems facing tomorrow's creative's head on, with a long term, tangible strategy. I truly believe we have a duty to do everything we can to channel today's skills into real jobs ensuring that the world's best graduate talent is utilised in a way to benefit not only the graduate, but also the UK's creative economy. This short term contract would give a graduate the most invaluable work experience and gives them something really tangible when moving on to find a full time job. I passionately believe that The Protégé Project is the way forward, and as more Hero companies come on board, the more optimistic we can be about the future of the creative industries." Graduate Fashion Week’s Protégé Project has already been given the support and well wishes from both London Mayor Boris Johnson and Lord Puttnam. Enquiries Tel: 01903 885 748 |
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| Surrey's Leadership Academy develops scheme to help burgeoning businesses In these unpredictable financial times, you have to take all the help you can get, in order to survive. Understanding the financial pressures vulnerable individuals and businesses now face, The University of Surrey has successfully secured finance (to the tune of £600,000) from the Higher Education Funding Council's new Economic Challenge Investment Fund (ECIF). The aim of the £50m ECIF scheme is to help vulnerable individuals and businesses (particularly small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary organisations) through the recession, by securing the skills they need to protect employment. This includes development and training for those in work to enable them to continue in employment rather than be made redundant and training and development for those newly unemployed to improve their chances of re-employment. The University's Leadership Academy for Innovation, Leadership and Recovery will seek to work with organisations at risk — specifically, to support SME owners and directors in developing new ways of innovating during difficult economic conditions. This will be achieved through an action learning approach which will help group members to address issues including liquidity and management of cash flow, customer retention, staffing levels and maintenance of core skills during the economic downturn. It will also seek to equip unemployed managers and executives with the personal skills and motivation necessary to get them back into work, and to help those at risk of redundancy to analyse and refocus their skills in order to sustain economic activity. This will be achieved through a coordinated programme of coaching, mentoring and action learning workshops. The Leadership Academy will work closely with the Regional Development Agency (SEEDA) and other key support agencies in the region to ensure this initiative is part of a coordinated framework of support for regional businesses — offering robust and innovative support during the downturn, and positioning the South East for economic recovery. Leadership Academy Director, Professor David Gray commented: "We and our partners, the Open University Business School, Royal Holloway, the University of Greenwich and the Tavistock Institute, London are all delighted to be collaborating on this important new project. These are obviously very difficult times for many individuals and businesses. We intend to bring together leading academics from higher education, private providers of leadership development and those offering innovation advice to deliver world class leadership thinking and promote skills for innovation in business development. We cannot make the recession go away. However, we are confident that, through our collaborative initiatives, we can deliver practical help and advice to individuals and businesses that can fundamentally shift their strategy and recovery opportunities." Visit: The University of Surrey |
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the search is on for Triumph's Inspiration Award ’09 winner
The students — from more than 70 prestigious international design schools in 28 countries — are competing to create the very best conceptual bra and brief set, with the theme Icons which will go forward to the world final in Milan in September. Up for grabs is a cash prize of €15,000, as well as seeing their showpiece bra and brief adapted and interpreted into a commercial garment by the Triumph design team and produced as a limited edition worldwide. The UK Winner will go forward to the Grand Final in Milan on the 23rd of September 2009, during the start of Milan Fashion Week. The Triumph Inspiration Award is dedicated to challenging and encouraging the creative talent of young student designers around the world. Visit: 2 Bubble Blog | FTM London Triumph | Triumph | Triumph/Inspiration Award |
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| Fashion students Create designer looks — at credit crunch prices — for charity The world of fashion can often seem superficial. Fortunately, students at The University of Portsmouth are part of a special project, collaborating with The Rowans Hospice charity shop in Southsea's Marmion Road, to raise money for a worthy cause. The students choose clothes from the items donated to the shop and customise them to give them a unique designer look. The re-designed clothes go back on sale in the shop and all the proceeds go to The Rowans Hospice, a local charity which provides specialist hospice care to enhance the quality of life for patients with life-limiting illness. For the students, who will have a display area in the shop, it's a chance to obtain first hand experience of designing clothes to sell directly into the marketplace. Mel Jones, 20, is studying for a BA Fashion & Textile Design with Enterprise. She said: "The focus on producing an individual look has reminded us about the reasons we came to study fashion in the first place — originality and creativity. And of course it's a fantastic opportunity to showcase our designs to the public. "Kate Moss made vintage clothing fashionable. It's about creating an individual look. You won't see anyone else wearing the same thing." The project was born out of an idea from staff at the Rowans Hospice. They contacted the University's Department of Employability which places students in projects and work placements to gain extra skills to make them more employable and maximise their chances of getting a job. Volunteer Coordinator, Alice Hickman, said: "Employers increasingly expect graduates to have work experience and a wide range of skills to complement their academic qualifications. Our students graduate with much more than just a degree under their belts, they're ready to make a difference from day one." Vanessa Gilding is the manager of the Rowans Hospice charity shops. She said: "Charity shops have always been a great place to pick up a bargain. With this project you can buy a custom-made designer garment for a fraction of the price whilst supporting your local hospice." The Rowans Hospice shops are run by volunteers and rely entirely on charitable donations. The charity shops make a significant contribution towards the running costs of the Hospice. The designer clothing range will be on sale from Friday 1 May and everyone involved is hoping that fashion-conscious women in the area will pop in to grab a bargain this weekend. Address: 7 Marmion Road, Southsea PO5 2AT | Tel 023 9287 5292 |
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BRITISH FASHION COUNCIL GRADUATE PREVIEW DAY
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British fashion council's Graduate Preview Day This year's winners are listed as follows:
Visit: British Fashion Council |
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A R T S T H R E A D |
GFW PARTNERS WITH ARTS THREAD Graduate Fashion Week (GFW) is to partner with ARTS THREAD, in a new strategic partnership that will see the launch of the world’s only creative graduate website. The partnership will allow improved recruitment opportunities for innovative graduates and provide a platform for students to showcase graduate work to the retail industry. Toby Bowhill of Abercrombie & Fitch said of the pending launch: “I strongly believe that ARTS THREAD will help Abercrombie & Fitch unearth new creative talent wherever the graduates are in the world. It is an exciting and powerful educational tool for the new generation of graduates!” ARTS THREAD is an online educational tool designed to connect Industry, universities / schools and students worldwide, exclusively within the field of design — 365:24:7. Terry Mansfield, Chairman of GFW says, “We are delighted to be joining forces with the ARTS THREAD initiative. Like Graduate Fashion Week, they are passionate about opening up opportunities to young talent, ensuring that students have a helping foot onto the careers ladder so that fashion graduates can enjoy an all-year-round online presence.” The website will launch in June 2009. Visit: ARTS THREAD |
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 Pictured above: James Burrows, from Peterborough Regional College, Winning Design |
Last call for dress competition entries If Friday the 24th of April 2009 isn't emblazoned in big letters in your diary, then you may loose the opportunity to enter into the annual University of Northampton Fashion Show Schools and Colleges Competition. Now in its fourth year, the competition requires students to create a special occasion garment using up-cycled materials — a process currently employed by many contemporary fashion designers, looking at innovative ways to up-cycle and create innovative fashion statements which are developed through sustainable and ethical fabric and manufacturing sources. Following the designers lead, participants need to submit four A3 illustration pages that demonstrate their design journey to their final concept. They will also need to manufacture one completed size 12 garment (or equivalent men’s outfit), by the deadline date. There will be three categories of entry — Years 10 - 11, Years 12 - 13, and FE Colleges (National Diploma and Foundation Course Students), with an outright winner in each category and a runner-up. Judging will take place on Wednesday the 6th of May 2009, by a panel of University Fashion staff and sponsors of the 2009 show. PRIZES INCLUDE: The winners of the 2008 University Fashion Show Schools Competition were: Elin Carmichael of Brooke Weston, Corby (Years 10 – 11) and James Burrows of Peterborough Regional College (Years 12 – 13) — who both designed pop star Lily Allen, a fuschia pink dress to be worn (hypothetically) at Glastonbury. The University’s annual Fashion Show is one of the highlights of the academic year, attracting an audience of around 2,000 at an afternoon and evening show. This is the third year of Headline Sponsorship from internationally renowned haircare product services company, Schwarzkopf, in partnership with Hensmans, one of Northamptonshire’s premier hair salons. The theme for the 2009 show will be Sustain, once more featuring top London models and a glamorous atmosphere. Fashion at The University of Northampton continues to grow its reputation, with graduates taking part in London Graduate Fashion Week and going on to work for top industry names. All schools and colleges entering the competition will receive 10 free tickets for the afternoon Fashion Show (normal price: £2 each for students and their teachers). |
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Graduate fashion week 2009 set to be the biggest ever It looks like Graduate Fashion Week 2009 is set to be even better, with news that Kingston University will be joining the official Graduate Fashion Week schedule; for the first time ever. Head of Fashion at Kingston Elinor Renfrew commented, “We really felt that this year was the right time for Kingston take to the catwalk at Graduate Fashion Week. It was a unanimous decision between both the students and tutors to make this positive, confident move. The students are thrilled to have the opportunity to enter the River Island Gold Award and present their collections in-front of such high profile guests, the fashion press and some great recruiters that the event attracts every year and the recent addition of a number of international colleges meant that it was essential for us to be involved as Graduate Fashion Week continues to evolve.” Tickets for all University shows and the 17.30pm Gala Show, are now available on-line. Graduate Fashion Week Sunday 7 June 2009 — Public Admission Exhibition Only: £5 (No Advance Booking) | Graduate Fashion Week 7-10 June 2009 Trade Admission Exhibition Only: £10.00 (No Advance booking) | Enquiries Tel: 01903 885 748 |
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7-11 June 2009 — Graduate Fashion Week Earls Court London This year, students will be competing to receive the 5th River Island Gold Award, which has become, without doubt, the most prestigious and sought after Award in fashion education. Awarded last year to Jessica Au of Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, Au was the recipient of a life-changing prize of £20,000. EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS This year, the day will again be dedicated to the member universities promoting their individual courses, with schools from all over the UK bringing groups of interested students for a packed day of research, catwalk shows and careers education. There will even be a brand new magazine Fashionista, dedicated to the event to help attendees understand possible career paths in the industry and what courses exist to support them. Visitors will be able to see one of four Gala shows staged throughout the day, as well as Careers Clinics, hosted by fashion expert and TV presenter Caryn Franklin. Caryn will be talking with a panel of experts from design, buying, retail, styling and marketing and PR. Tickets for all University shows and the 17.30pm Gala Show, are now available on-line. Graduate Fashion Week Sunday 7 June 2009 — Public Admission Exhibition Only: £5 (No Advance Booking) | Graduate Fashion Week 7-10 June 2009 Trade Admission Exhibition Only: £10.00 (No Advance booking) | Enquiries Tel: 01903 885 748 |
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Pictured above: British Fashion Designer, Alexander McQueen |
Competition Are you a budding fashion designer? . . . We are only asking because you could be the next Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen or Vivienne Westwood in the making — and you don't even realise. Budding student fashion designers from across the UK have the chance to take their first step on the ladder to a successful career in the fashion world, through a schools and colleges competition held by The University of Northampton. The University’s Fashion Show Schools and Colleges Competition is now in its fourth year. The brief this time is to create a special occasion garment using up-cycled materials. 'Up-cycled materials' has become the buzz words for 2009 with many contemporary fashion designers currently looking for innovative ways to create innovative fashion products, developed through sustainable and ethical fabric and manufacturing sources. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU? For further information on entering the competition, or to register for tickets to see the student show, please contact Vicki Dean on Tel: 01604 893197, E-mail: fashion@northampton.ac.uk. What have you got to loose? |
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Pictured above: Avant Garde Winner |
FDC Young Designer Award Winners Announced The annual Fashion Designers’ & Craft Makers’ Network awards, took place on Saturday 25th October 2008, at the Novotel London Hotel St. Pancras were the 2008 Young Designer Awards and Gala Showcase winners were announced. The awards, founded by knitwear designer Joanna Marcella, was established with the aim to help raise profile of exceptionally gifted avant-garde young designers, from multicultural backgrounds — aged between 15–25 years. Given the brief to produce an Avant-Garde outfit based on Old Hollywood Glamour, the awards was split into two categories: the Young Designer Award (open to entrants aged from 15–20 years of age) and the Avant-Garde Award (for 21–25 year olds). The design award is the only national award (in the UK) that has given several young fashion designers still studying their fashion degrees — the opportunity to showcase at New York Fashion Week and Caribbean Fashion Week.
Award winners will receive mentoring and access to resources such as: public relations, marketing, advice and general business support; as they develop their commercial careers in the fashion industry. To take part in the April 2009 Young designer Awards, send an email requesting an application form to Young Designer Awards. Visit: Barnardo's | Black Fashion Designers Network | Caribbean Fashion Week | Fashion/How | My Space/Black Fashion Designers | Washington Classics | Young Designer Awards |
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 Pictured above: Weaving Students Under Training in Nepal |
COMOLONGMO FAIR To announce Rug Competition Winners To commemorate Nepal's Kumbeshwar Technical School's 25th anniversary, the school ran a rug design competition, which students from Bow School and St Ursula’s Convent School (in London) entered. The competition involved students submitting designs for rugs made to approximately 90cm x 183cms (3 x 6 ft) in size, and themed on the environment, abstract or free choice. The designs submitted by all the participating school pupils, were collected together and the four of the best designs, are currently being weaved in Nepal into rugs. Once finished, they will be transported to London to be displayed at The Comolongmo Fair which runs from the 29th of October to the 2nd of November 2008. [See 'dates for your diary' for more information]. The students at Bow School said: ‘We are thrilled to be part of such an exciting project and are very much looking forward to not only taking part in the fair selling paper craft goods, but to developing our understanding of fair-trade and the traditional techniques used at the KTS school in Nepal.’ Ms Patricia Mullan, Assistant-Head of St Ursula’s Convent School said, “We felt very privileged to have a demonstration of Nepalese craft, by people who live and work in Nepal, meeting people always has a stronger impact than actually reading about them. To learn something of the culture of Nepal is interesting also and will, hopefully, broaden minds and encourage a curiosity about the country.” The overall winner of the competition will be chosen by a ballot of visitors to the fair and there will be a prize awarded to the winner. All the rugs displayed can be ordered and purchased by visitors to the fair. Also at the fair, will be the announcement for the winner of the Paper Craft Competition. For more information about the Kumbeshwar Technical School project and Comolongmo Fair, visit the comolongmo website. Visit: Comolongmo | |
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| SIR PAUL SMITH PRESENTS TEXPRINT winners PRIZES Wednesday the 24th of September 2008 will be a date that six emerging British designers will treasure. Hannah Jefferies, Helen Stark, Eleanor Feddon, Ella Jade, Victoria Shepherd and Elizabeth Jones; were presented with this year’s prestigious TEXPRINT prizes, at Indigo Paris, by Sir Paul Smith. "It is fantastic to be involved with TEXPRINT, as it is a great opportunity for the industry to meet designers at the start of their career. Looking around today has really reinforced how important textile design is to the fashion and interiors industry. I wish everyone here the very best of luck with their future careers," said Sir Paul Smith The winners won their award for the following disciplines: Each of the winners received £750 and the opportunity to showcase their work at Interstoff Asia Essential in Hong Kong in October. Visit: Texprint |
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