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OUR INSPIRATIONAL CONFERENCES ARE AIMED AT FASHION & TEXTILES STUDENTS & GRADUATES THROUGHOUT THE UK.
.. Sponsored By
BROADWAY CINEMA, NOTTINGHAM
Wednesday,26th November 08
Covering the global impact of fashion & textiles... From trends, design, branding, sourcing, publishing through to the latest ethical & environmental thinking.
Line up to date:
Marks and spencer - Sustainable Development Manager
Tesco - Head of Ethical Trading Policy
Terra Plana - Managing Director
People Tree - PR Manager
Quantum Clothing - Commercial Director
TRAID
Labour Behind the Label
Enviromental Justice Foundation
Enamore - Director
Make Piece - Director
Mini Mode - Design Manager
Billy Bag - Sales Manager
RIBA - Portland Place, London
Wednesday,11th March 09
Providing a glimpse into the future of fashion & Textiles... New ideas in design, innovation & technologies set to revolutionise our industry.
Plus useful insights into being a fashion / textiles designer / & lots of assistance for setting up your own label.
Line up to date:
Elle.com - Online Editor
The Future Laboratory - Creative Director
Stylesight - Sales Director
Speedo - Head of Aqualab
Peclers Paris - Senior Sales Exec & Trends Consultant
My Wardrobe.com - CEO
Richard Sorger
Peratech - (now owners of Eleksen and Softswith), Managing Director
Fabrican - Founder
Venue TBC - MANCHESTER
Wednesday,29th April 09
All you need to know for your fashion career ... A complete guide to trends, design, buying, journalism, styling, PR plus many more careers and CV, portfolio & interview advice from leading experts.Line up to date:
French Connection - PR Manager (provisional)
Ben Sherman - Head of Global Marketing
Trend Bible - Director
John Smedley - Designer
Grazia - Fashion Editor's Assistant
L'Oreal - Assistant Product Manager
Eternal Spirits - Director
Retail Human Resources Recruitment Agency
Advice and guidance on CV writing and setting up your own business
More guest speakers to be announced at a later date
Tickets available at See Tickets.com
Tickets are also avaliable on the door.
Conferences run from 10.30am - 5pm. Doors open from 10am.
Presentations by up to 20 of the UK’s leading retailers, brands & designers at each event – you get to ‘pick & choose’ which ones you want to attend on the day!
Now with new 3 ‘cinema-style’ screen formats – these events are bigger & better than ever before!
FOR FURTHER DETAILS, SIGN UP FOR EVENT NEWS AND COMPETION ALERTS, PLEASE VISIT: http://www.design-online.net
Or simply e-mail ‘event news’ to [email protected]
Tickets are £30 each per event - buy online, by telephone or by post.
TREND PRESENTATIONS - SPRING/SUMMER 10 PRESENTATIONS ARE...
The Designer Forum also runs a series of audio-visual trend presentations by the world's leading trend prediction agencies - available to industry & students.
Each season these events provide the starting point to any designers or buyers calendar!
PECLERS PARIS
Colour, Inspiration & Fabric Direction Womenswear
Tuesday, 21st October 08
FUTURE LABORATORY
Trend Briefing
Thursday, 30th October 08
TREND BIBLE
Interiors & Lifestyle
Tuesday, 11th November 08
NELLY RODI
Fabrics & Prints
Thursday, 13th November 08
CARLIN INTERNATIONAL
Childrenswear
Thursday, 20th November 08
MUDPIE
Baby, Kids, Junior & Teens
Thursday, 20th November 08
CARLIN INTERNATIONAL
Lingerie
Tuesday, 2nd December 08
CARLIN INTERNATIONAL
Womens Ready to Wear
Tuesday 27th January 09
All presentations are held at Broadway Cinema Nottingham
Students can also attend at the subsidised rate of £20 per preson per session.

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About Us
The Designer Forum 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 fashion magazine store.

BUSINESS SUPPORT & TRAINING - New start-up course specifically for fashion & textile companies, Freelance Seminars, CAD training, professional development workshops and general business advice.

RECRUITMENT - Specialising in all design & graduate positions, as well as advice on CV's & portfolios.

EDUCATION - Providing support to students through our Student Graduate Events (an amazing series of one-day conferences - see events / interests for details!) plus also work in advisory capacity / guest lecture.

So whether you are a student, running your own fashion label or just want to know more ...

Contact Details:
Designer Forum
Tel: 0115 9115339
E-mail: [email protected] &
..www.design-online.net


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Heroes:

Supporters of our Student Graduate Events include: ELLEUK.COM, MARKS & SPENCER, PEOPLE TREE, TESCO, QUANTUM CLOTHING, MY WARDROBE.COM,TREND BIBLE, ETERNAL SPIRITS, LABOUR BEHIND THE LABEL,ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION, ETHICAL TRADE INITIATIVE,FIRETRAP, PECLERS PARIS,FUTURE LABORATORY, TRAID, SPEEDO, JOHN SMEDLEY, L'OREAL, TERRA PLANA, ENAMORE, STYLESIGHT, SUSTAINABLE FASHION AND TEXTILE,RICHARD SORGER, PERATECH.
Previous speakers / supporters include: PAUL SMITH, WAL-MART, CARLIN INTERNATIONAL, WGSN, GRAZIA, MARIE CLAIRE, TED BAKER AND MORE...

All Images kindly supplied by Firetrap

My Blog

The Big Fashion Issue

Wednesday, 26th November 08 The Broadway Cinema- Nottingham Covering the global impact of Fashion and Textiles....From design, branding, sourcing and publishing through to the latest ethical and envir...
Posted by designer forum on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:36:00 PST

Design & Technology Conference Rescheduled to 24th April 2008

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances the date of our second Student / Graduate Event has been changed to Thursday 24th April 2008. Everything else is still the same...Providing a glimpse int...
Posted by designer forum on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:36:00 PST

Monthly Sign-up Competition winner Announced!!

The lucky winner of December's draw is... * * Monique Jackson from the University of Central England (UCE) * * Monique has won a selection of trend magazines worth up to £100. CONGRATULATIONS!! ...
Posted by designer forum on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:58:00 PST

Win a 1 Month Placement with From Somewhere in London!!

* * WIN A 1 MONTH PLACEMENT WITH FROM SOMEWHERE IN LONDON * *   We are running a fantastic competition with From Somewhere especially for those attending The Big Fashion Issue, Student Graduate E...
Posted by designer forum on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:44:00 PST

La Senza to Sponsor Events!!

We are very pleased to announce that La Senza will once again be sponsoring The Big 'Fashion' Issue, Student Graduate Event 0708. Look out for surprise La Senza 'gifts' in your goodie bags! La Se...
Posted by designer forum on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:21:00 PST

Win a 2 Week Placement in China with Terra Plana!!

WIN A 2 WEEK PLACEMENT IN CHINA WITH TERRA PLANA!!!We have an absolutely amazing competition for all students and graduates who are attending The Big ' Fashion' Issue event.Terra Plana have kindly off...
Posted by designer forum on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:00:00 PST

Sign-up Competition Winner Announced!

The first lucky winner of our monthly sign-up competition is Olivia Aitkenhead from Nottingham Trent University. Olivia shall receive a selection of trend publications worth up to £100. Congratulatio...
Posted by designer forum on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:21:00 PST

Sign Up Competition

The Designer Forum has launched a monthly competition. All you have to do is sign up to receive our weekly e-bulletin, which is full of Designer Forum information, offers and news, and you will a...
Posted by designer forum on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:11:00 PST

New Speakers Announced!!

With the first of this year's Student Graduate Events fast approaching, we are pleased to announce more great names to add to an already impressive list of speakers. Speakers recently confirmed are......
Posted by designer forum on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:59:00 PST

Tickets Selling Fast!!

Over 200 tickets have already been sold for the first of this year's Student Graduate Events - The Big 'Fashion' Issue. We are pleased to announce that the events have generated a huge amount of inter...
Posted by designer forum on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:32:00 PST