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Wednesday 14th March 2012

Date: Wednesday 14th March 2012

Doors: 6:30 pm

Talk: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm + 15 minutes of Q+A with the audience

Location:  Upstairs Bar, Revolution, 90-94 Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 5WH

 

Panel:

 

 

• Christina Parr - Fashion Designer – Rare

Christina is designer for popular highstreet womenswear brand Rare.

Rare is a women's boutique fashion brand. The Rare style is influenced by both the catwalk and celebrities - creating on-trend looks. Rare have done collaborations with pop stars The Saturdays and can often be found on the pages of glossy magazines such as Grazia and Look.

 

VISAGE

 

• Laura Fray – designer – Visage Group
  

Laura has over 7 years experience predominantly working for high-street fashion suppliers, supplying for retailers such as Next and New Look.

Skilled in designing formal embellished jersey products  for the company, Laura works closely with factories across the world ensuring her designs are created to the highest spec.

Now the design manager on the Marks and Spencer’s team for Visage, Laura leads the design process for the ladies jersey wear for the high-street giant.

• Lisa Stannard - Designer - Lisa Stannard

Since graduating with a textiles degree Lisa has worked for Lily Allen, Matthew Williamson and MTV’s Whitney Port, designing illustrations and everything from clothes tags to fashion show backdrops to dresses.

Her career took off in 2010 with Whitney Eve, since then she has worked in New York and Los Angeles helping Whitney’s vision come to life through her unique abstract prints and bold colour combinations. Lisa divides her time between her long-distance relationship with Whitney Eve and various freelance commissions, which have included ASOS, Miss Selfridge and Victoria’s Secret.

She regularly draws catwalk collections for Amelia’s Magazine and recently illustrated for high street fashion chain Oasis’s ‘O Collections’ style magazine in association with the creative design agency Mill Co.

• Chaired by Dale Hicks - MD - The Fashion Network.
  

 

About the event:
Our Future Generation series kicks off with Design...

Are you the next Matthew Williamson?  Have you got high hopes to make it in the world of design?  It is an area studied by many, but not conquered by all. Whether you want to design for a brand, supplier, design label or you would prefer to become a product developer or garment technologist, it’s a tough industry out there.

If you know you have got what it takes and just need a few inside industry hints and tips, come and listen to our panel of experts chat about their experiences and about how they made it in the industry as they give their advice of how to ‘make it’ in today’s tough climate!

Areas Covered:
•    An insight into the day in the life of a designer
•    All of the skills needed to make it
•    Necessary education and qualifications
•    The design opportunities that are out there
•    How to start a label
•    Some top tips known only by industry insiders
•    Plus Q&A opportunities from the audience


Who should attend?
Anyone who is...

•    Considering studying design at Uni
•    Currently studying design at college or university
•    Wanting to start their own label
•    Currently running their own label
•    Who wants to understand more about the process of design
•    Looking to understand the process of designing a garment/collection
•    Wanting to learn how to PR and market a fashion label
 
 If you think this event might be for you, it probably is.

How to buy tickets:

• Students: £6.00 – You must produce valid NUS or student card on arrival. You can book online below or e-mail rsvp@manchesterfashion.com to reserve a place and pay later
• Industry: £10.00 – To make payment please contact anna@manchesterfashion.com
• MFN OFFER: Sign up to all five  for £25.00 by contacting anna@manchesterfashion.com

This event is part of The Future Generation Series and is not eligible to Free Members Tickets. Full and Premium Members can receive 20% off Industry tickets. Please contact emma@thefashionnetwork.co.uk for more details

Once you have paid online this will automatically secure you place and your name will be added to the guest list. Any questions should be directed to rsvp@manchesterfashion.com

Note: This event is part of The Future Generation Series and is a paid event for all members of TFN.

 

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