200 students from fashion related courses have already begun the registration process in September. These are students on Merchandise Management, Buying, Fashion and Business Post Graduate courses.
Many of them have expressed the wish to play a part in the management of the Club and to help promote its activities.
"This is very exciting for us," Lorraine Harper has declared." These students are involved in courses which have demonstrated high levels of motivation and success for those studying on them. It augurs well for the future as we are now in the process of widening and expanding the membership across the UK the membership."
Monday 27 September 2010
Wednesday 28 April 2010
Breaking News 27th September 2010
The White Company have indicated they wish to join the Fashion Retail Club. More than that, Ann Perks of The White Company and has accepted an invitation to join the Advisory Board. This further increases the expertise available to Club Members
River Island have already become the first Full Corporate Member of The Fashion Retail Club paying a subscription of £5000 p.a.inclusive of sponsorship.
Lorraine Harper, the Executive Advisor to the Club and its Honorary President said, " We are delighted at this declaration of growing confidence in us. We are hoping it will both set an example to other major companies and at the same time reinforce the value of the Club to its Corporate Members as well as students and graduates. Once it becomes fully active with a comprehensive web profiling service of Full Corporate Members, fashion related Students and Graduates from across the UK, it will be of great value to all of them to interact.
The planning for the website is in its final stages, before it is built and launched in October 2010. The next major event is planned for November. This will follow the Audience with Barbara Hulanicki the Founder of BIBA held last March.
River Island have already become the first Full Corporate Member of The Fashion Retail Club paying a subscription of £5000 p.a.inclusive of sponsorship.
Lorraine Harper, the Executive Advisor to the Club and its Honorary President said, " We are delighted at this declaration of growing confidence in us. We are hoping it will both set an example to other major companies and at the same time reinforce the value of the Club to its Corporate Members as well as students and graduates. Once it becomes fully active with a comprehensive web profiling service of Full Corporate Members, fashion related Students and Graduates from across the UK, it will be of great value to all of them to interact.
The planning for the website is in its final stages, before it is built and launched in October 2010. The next major event is planned for November. This will follow the Audience with Barbara Hulanicki the Founder of BIBA held last March.
Thursday 18 March 2010
University of Westminster School of Media Arts & Design Welcome Barbara Hulanicki
Barbara Hulanicki was welcomed at the School of Media Arts and Design on 19th March Friday and had a short tour of the School's facilities, before she flew out to the United States on Saturday. She expressed an enthusiastic interest in a closer link with the creative sectors of the University. She was accompanied by Lorraine Harper who is the Executive Advisor of the Fashion Retail Club, of which Barbara Hulanicki has become a Patron.
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Barbara Hulanicki wows London Audience
Last Night more than 300 people, drawn from the Fashion Retail Industry, from Academia, and from one time employees of BIBA in the 1970s, packed into the Old Cinema in Regents Street, now part of the main offices of the University of Westminster. The event was organised by the recently launched Fashion Retail Club to host Barbara Hulanicki.
The audience was amazed not only by the creative versatility Barbara has shown over the years, illustrated in a short documentary, but by her unstoppable energy and inspiration which still flows from her. Her inventive way of thinking demonstrated to older and younger members of those hearing her thoughts and ideas, the unique value of unique design. She eschewed the notion that it was a worthy act to take someone else's design and merely tweak it, particularly when those from whom it was taken had probably done the same.
Her advice to young design students was salutary: be willing to get a job with the right company sweeping up and get good at sweeping up to get promotion towards a design job. And don't think one is going to be a celebrity.
The event was sponsored by River Island and represented there by their CEO Richard Bradbury and a number of his colleagues. Also present were representatives of a wide range of Fashion Retailers, all expressing interest and support for the future of the Club. The V & A were represented as were other Universities.
THe Fashion Retail Club is planning to stage another major event with a fashion Icon in the Autumn and in the meantime focus on smaller events involving more direct interaction between Fashion Industry Leaders and members of the Club. It is also close to completing the first stage of its mammoth website development to enable the registration of their profiles by students and alumni members from all educational institutions who are or wish to be involved in Fashion retail.
Corporate membership will be possible very shortly too and will complete the jigsaw of interested parties, comprising the the industry, academia and those who have graduated or will shortly.
Lorraine Harper who chaired the event, said afterwards, "It was a great start and exciting to have so many come. But we have much we want to do to take the club to where it can be self-financing and be of great service to its corporate and individual members alike." Lorraine having worked at BIBA in the 1970's also showed no lack of energy and dynamism in leading the Club to a formidable place in the Retail world
The evening was opened by Co-President of the Club (Alumni) Michelle Anderson who has just been promoted to Junior Buyer at Moss Bros. She told the audience what a huge boost it gave to the new Club to have such great support.
Anna Luisa Jones the Student Co-President closed the proceedings saying how the student community had had high hopes for the Club but its progress already had surpassed their wildest dreams. The Co-Presidents were supported by over 20 Board Members all with specific roles to achieve the evolutionary development of the Club.
The audience was amazed not only by the creative versatility Barbara has shown over the years, illustrated in a short documentary, but by her unstoppable energy and inspiration which still flows from her. Her inventive way of thinking demonstrated to older and younger members of those hearing her thoughts and ideas, the unique value of unique design. She eschewed the notion that it was a worthy act to take someone else's design and merely tweak it, particularly when those from whom it was taken had probably done the same.
Her advice to young design students was salutary: be willing to get a job with the right company sweeping up and get good at sweeping up to get promotion towards a design job. And don't think one is going to be a celebrity.
The event was sponsored by River Island and represented there by their CEO Richard Bradbury and a number of his colleagues. Also present were representatives of a wide range of Fashion Retailers, all expressing interest and support for the future of the Club. The V & A were represented as were other Universities.
THe Fashion Retail Club is planning to stage another major event with a fashion Icon in the Autumn and in the meantime focus on smaller events involving more direct interaction between Fashion Industry Leaders and members of the Club. It is also close to completing the first stage of its mammoth website development to enable the registration of their profiles by students and alumni members from all educational institutions who are or wish to be involved in Fashion retail.
Corporate membership will be possible very shortly too and will complete the jigsaw of interested parties, comprising the the industry, academia and those who have graduated or will shortly.
Lorraine Harper who chaired the event, said afterwards, "It was a great start and exciting to have so many come. But we have much we want to do to take the club to where it can be self-financing and be of great service to its corporate and individual members alike." Lorraine having worked at BIBA in the 1970's also showed no lack of energy and dynamism in leading the Club to a formidable place in the Retail world
The evening was opened by Co-President of the Club (Alumni) Michelle Anderson who has just been promoted to Junior Buyer at Moss Bros. She told the audience what a huge boost it gave to the new Club to have such great support.
Anna Luisa Jones the Student Co-President closed the proceedings saying how the student community had had high hopes for the Club but its progress already had surpassed their wildest dreams. The Co-Presidents were supported by over 20 Board Members all with specific roles to achieve the evolutionary development of the Club.
Friday 12 March 2010
Co- President (Graduate)
Michelle Anderson is Graduate Co-President of the Club. Michelle is an Assistent Buyer at River Island. She graduated in 2004 from the BA Fashion Merchandise Management Course at the University of Westminster.
Co-President (Student)
Anna Luisa Jones is The Student Co-President of the Club until 31 12 2010 when she will automatically become an Honorary Member of the Club, having been one of its guiding lights . She graduated after her final year of the BA Fashion Merchandise Management Course this year. Anna is acting as Assistant Merchandiser at Reiss having taken up the role full-time on Graduation in June.
Lorraine Harper
Lorraine Harper is the Club's Honorary President and Its Executive Advisor. She has been involved in Fashion Retail with iconic companies such as Harrods, Lord & Taylor (New York) BIBA and River Island and with the development of Fashion courses at the University of Westminster before spearheading the foundation and launch of the Club. Recently she became Barbara Hulanicki's creative managing agent for the EU and US when it is 35 years since they were both involved in BIBA.
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