One of our favourite shows this season was Fyodor Golan with the delectable fabrics, chic sport luxe looks mixed with 80s silhouettes and a gorgeous colour palette –we loved it all!
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For Spring-Summer 2019, Bora Aksu charmed us with a collection that drew inspiration from the distinguished Romani poetess: Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, who grew up with her family in Poland where she led a nomadic Roma (gypsy style) life.
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Many young design students want to start their own fashion label without any idea of what that really entails. Once they start to run their own label they are often really surprised at how hard, stressful and often lonely it is.
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If you are looking to sell your collection through wholesale to international stores, then you need to create a line sheet for buyers. The line sheet is a useful tool as it captures all the information about the collection in one place.
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Do you ever get to the end of the day and wonder why you haven’t completed even half the things on your to-do list? It is really easy to get caught up in a hundred and one mundane things that rob us each day of precious time – time that we could be using to find new customers, grow our business or build relationships with press and buyers.
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Through my work, I have built a reputation as one of the leading supporters of emerging fashion talent both in the UK and globally and was honoured to receive an MBE for Services to the Fashion Industry from Her Majesty the Queen in 2017.
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Make it British believes that a product’s provenance is of the utmost importance. By buying authentic British goods, manufactured by skilled craftsman using the finest materials, then you are helping to keep these skills alive in the UK.
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Designers constantly ask us about showing at fashion weeks and which one would be best. For many years the main four of New York, London, Milan and Paris have had all the focus, but times are changing.
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On 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was enforced across Europe, including the UK. The law aims to give citizens more control over their data and to create a uniformity of rules to enforce across the continent.
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At Start Your Own Fashion Label, for years our mentors have been advising designers to really consider the consequences of showing too early and blowing all their money on a show that may bring no return on investment.
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To the pumping music from the best soundtrack of the season, Pyo showed us a collection that every woman will covet to have in her wardrobe – every single piece of it!
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Darkest Star are a luxury leather fashion design house based in London and the brand creates statement pieces unlike anything else in the market place.
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I debated whether I had time to get across town to Kings Cross to view Japanese label Toga’s AW 18 collection Unwrap, Typical, Release, but the trip was definitely worth it.
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Founded in 2014, luxury shoe brand Alexander White offers chic and elegant shoes with a playful, youthful twist. His design aesthetic is developed from his belief that a beautiful pair of shoes changes the way a woman presents herself to the world and his commitment to making women feel special.
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The organisation devised The Future Fabrics Expo which is a showcase of responsibly produced materials. The aim was to improve the visibility of innovative textiles and materials for fashion with a reduced environmental impact.
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Hong Kong based designer Chen Zhi, is behind the knitwear label. The label in its third year achieved its aim of striving to bring the fun and light-hearted spirit to people who embrace an eternal sense of childish playfulness.
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I was recently invited by Regents University to join a panel to discuss Women in Leadership alongside two amazing women Melissa Allen a lead partner at KPMG’s Capital Markets practice and Carol Stewart and Executive Coach and one of Britain’s Top 50 Advisors.
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Yet again Lee Lapthorne created an outstanding finale to London Fashion Week AW18.
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One of my favourite shows of the AW18 season came from Eudon Choi. One of those times when you sit in a show and feel shivers as you realise you are watching something magical. I am very outspoken about not seeing the value of catwalk shows for most emerging designers, but when you see shows like Eudon Choi’s you realise there is still a place for catwalk shows when designers do it as brilliantly as Choi does.
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