FaCshion Exhibition - London

4 February 2008, London – FaCshion is an independent fashion shopping event that promises a fun-filled day out for the fashion conscious with an appetite for fashion and a huge inspiration to shop. FaCshion aims to bridge the gap between the trade buyer, fashion designer and fashionista scheduled on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 February [...]

2008 UK Fashion Export Awards Offers Stands At Key International Fashion Exhibitions

UK Fashion Exports (UKFE) has attracted a number of high value prizes for winners of this year’s Export Awards, due to be held at Landmark London on 5th June 2008. Entry forms for the Awards are now available.
The prize list for the UK Fashion Export Awards includes stands at a number of overseas exhibitions [...]

BrandNew - streetwear for distinguished youth

 BRANDNEW AND YOU
BrandNew is an esoteric luxury brand focused on rapid fashion for distinguished youth. The Company designs and sources clothing and accessories, distributing through a network of retail boutiques & wholesale channels worldwide. The objective is to create stylish apparel that is always changing. Since its founding, BrandNew has been synonymous with quality, excellence [...]

Pilot - High end labels such as Neil Barrett, Prada Sport, Y3 and Vivienne Westwood

In the physical world Pilot is one of the most respected fashion retailers in the United Kingdom. The first Pilot Men store opened over twenty years ago. Pilot Men has always been at the cutting edge of men’s fashion, bringing new labels to its audiences such as Maharishi and G Star way back in [...]

The Junction clothes shop - Michiko Koshino Yen, Duffer of St George

The Junction clothes shop was opened in February of 2003 and stocks Michiko Koshino Yen, Duffer of St George, Miss Sixty clothing and shoes, Lyle and Scott, Gio Goi, Wale Adeyemi, Nolita, Worn By, Amplified and Votan, Fly London Shoes, Fly 53, Luke, Junk de Luxe, Take Two, Religion, Buddhist Punk, Jocasi and many more.
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> BOYCOTT UZBEK COTTON

“Do you know where your cotton comes from?” If you knew what you are wearing, you might be ashamed.

What Continental® CAN do, is to guarantee that the cotton we use does not come from Uzbekistan. (Continental® uses Turkish & Egyptian cotton.)

To substantiate this, each of the factories Continental uses, in Turkey and India, have [...]

> UK Urban fashion awards 2007

“The 2007 UUFA awards ceremony is on the 9th November. It is to recognise the achievement of urban fashion designers in the UK………..”  
Who is UUFA?UUFA aims to bring together UK urban fashion designers, recognising these designers in their own right and acknowledge that they represent an important facet of the fashion industry. 
Where is it the [...]

www.bgdf.net

The British Garment Decorators Federation (BGDF) website has a new face. They have revamped the forum, made great improvements to the design and navigation. The refined topics and a better user experience should provide a greater level of social networking.
Its forum is a free internet networking resource portal for garment and promotional product decorators with [...]

Harajuku Fashion

What is it? Well if you don’t know, here is the Japanese Designer Keifla explaining it. Included in the video are some examples:

www.october.co.uk
t shirt printing, screen printing, embroidery

Designer Forum

We would like to introduce the The Designer Forum which is a UK-wide support network for the fashion & textiles industry. Actively supporting many of Britain’s leading designer & brand labels, High Street retailers, manufacturers & academia across four key areas:
DESIGN - Including Trend Resource Centre, Trend Presentations, Freelance Directory, Specialist Designer / Manufacturer’s Directory plus [...]

Exhibit on our banner (free)

No, you are not mistaken, we mean it. We have started a graphic banner exhibition at the top of the www.october.biz homepage. This offer is to any garment/fashion designer or graphic artist who wish to showcase their design. View previous blog for more detail: “Showcase your design”.
www.october.co.uk
tshirt printing, screen printing, embroidery

Lost hats of Atlantis

 
The Quest is over – a fifteen year search for quality urban headwear has ended in our discovery of the lost hats of Atlantis. During that time we repeatedly informed new fashion brands that we could not source a range of hats that we were proud of; those days are over, with the introduction of [...]