Vauxhall Fashion Scout is launching its new season series of Mentoring Events in partnership with Beach Blanket Babylon.
Vauxhall Fashion Scout is London’s leading showcase
for fashion innovation and is internationally recognised as home of new talent.
Actively working to promote and develop the next generation of designers,
Vauxhall Fashion Scout is responsible for launching some of the brightest new
design talents.
Now entering our fourth year, the first in our new
series of Mentoring Events will take place on Monday 22nd October.
Kicking off on the topic of Production, Pricing & International Exports,
the event is designed to provide much needed information in advance of the
close of the SS13 season and to prepare new strategies for AW13/14.
Our panel of seasoned professionals will explore
the issues involved in taking designs to production, advice on sourcing the
best manufacturer either locally or overseas, how to optimise relationships
with production units, communicating with retailers on costing, payments and
delivery, quality control and how to maximise international exports.
Speakers:
Paul
Alger: Director of International Affairs
Paul
graduated with BA Hons in Modern Languages with Politics and Economics in 1986
and after a period living overseas and working in food marketing and sales, has
spent the majority of his working life helping UK fashion and accessories
companies to exports. Paul speaks fluent French, Italian and Russian and has a
good working knowledge of several other languages including Japanese, Spanish
and German. He has organised and headed up missions to Japan, Russia, South
Korea, Hong Kong and the USA as well as working extensively with
trade shows throughout Europe.
Paul
Williams: Business Counsellor for East London Small Business Centre
With an extensive history
in garment manufacturing, Paul became Managing Director for the design and
manufacturing of Next, Debenhams and House of Fraser, running three factories
simultaneously. Paul spent two years as a consultant, auditing and setting up
factories in China and Turkey for various clients before becoming an advisor at
ELSBC. ELSBC is an agency designed to provide financial and business advice and
support to start-up fashion labels in the UK.
Vauxhall
Fashion Scout’s Mentoring Events are made possible by the Mayor of London’s
London Fashion Showcasing Fund.
Monday 22nd October 2012
7pm
– 8.30pm
Beach
Blanket Babylon
Places
strictly limited. RSVP essential to secure place: press@fsi-events.com