20 July 2010, London
- Leading fashion and design luminaries have chosen the six special prize
winners from 24 selected graduate textile designers who presented their work at
First View which was held at The
Triangle Building at Chelsea College of Art on 15 and 16 July.
The Knit prize...
13 May 2010, Elgin, Scotland - Johnstons of Elgin,
manufacturers of cashmere knitwear, accessories and fine woollens since 1797, has
scooped the hotly contested Heritage Award, for businesses with their roots in
British traditions, at the UK Fashion and Textile Export Awards today.
With a re...
18 November 2009, London - This year's Texprint new textile
design stars received more commissions and freelance work than ever before
following successful exhibitions of their work starting in London, moving to
Paris and then Hong Kong.
In particular Indigo, held in Paris from 15 to 18 ...
28 September 2009, Paris - Wednesday September 16 2009 was a
monumental day for Texprint. First, at its annual awards ceremony, Harold
Tillman, Chairman of the British Fashion Council, Jaeger and, as recently
announced, Aquascutum, presented the prestigious special prizes to six of the
24 ...
24 June 2009, Sydney - Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has
partnered with Hong Kong PolyU’s Institute of Textiles and Clothing (ITC), the
country’s most prestigious design school, to showcase Merino wool in
contemporary design at its annual graduation fashion show.
AWI sponsor...
Noyon & Darquer, guests of the French Federation of Lace
and Embroidery
For the 16th edition of the International Festival of Young
Fashion Designers in Dinard, the French Federation of Lace and Embroidery,
which partners the special “Lace and Embroidery” award, inv...
10 September 2008, London - The British Council has today
launched a call for young fashion entrepreneurs in the UK to sign up to its
prestigious Young Creative Entrepreneur (YCE) programme.
The inaugural UK Young Fashion Entrepreneur Award (UKYFE),
in partnership with the National Endowment...
4 July 2008, Sydney - MME
Sonia Rykiel, Patron of The Woolmark Prize, today announced Qiu Hao from China
will now join design greats Karl Lagerfeld, Yves Saint Laurent, Donna Karan,
Ralph Lauren, Romeo Gigli, Dolce & Gabbana and Giorgio Armani in the
Woolmark hall o...
23 June 2008, London - Norwegian knitwear designer, Siri Johansen, is the winner of this
year’s Todd & Duncan Award for Excellence in Fashion and Textiles
at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London. Siri has been studying at
the RCA for two years and her first men’s knitwear col...
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