Over the past 6-months Fashion-Enter Ltd and its educational wing – the Fashion Technology Academy has implemented EFI Optitex 3D solutions into its course curriculum, and as of February 2020 EFI™ Optitex® announced an ongoing partnership with Fashion-Enter.
To help lay the foundation for the UK’s fashion and textile industry on its imminent journey towards digital transformation, Fashion-Enter was determined to close the mounting skills gap in both industry and academia and offer UK professionals hands-on experience and exposure to 3D digital design tools. With a keen understanding of the market’s growing need for speed, flexibility and shifting demands, in September 2019, Fashion-Enter selected EFI Optitex as its 3D technology partner. Fashion-Enter sought advanced 3D solutions that would enable innovative digital design courses, apprenticeships and bespoke training, including collaboration with leading fashion retailers such as Marks & Spencer®, ASOS, Next®, and many others.
After a short but highly intensive training period Fashion-Enter implemented EFI Optitex 3D into its design and production processes, including pattern design and 3D tools for design and fitting. Since the recent implementation, FEL has already reaped the benefits of EFI Optitex 3D fully digital design, from sampling and grading, through to production. During its preliminary implementation phase, EFI Optitex 3D will enable FEL to deliver a wide range of accredited 3D design courses and forge collaborations with new customers, a result of EFI Optitex 3D’s intuitive design tools, ease of use, and time and resource savings.
“Fashion-Enter strives to be a centre of excellence in both quality garment manufacturing and skills training,” said FEL Founder and 35-year UK fashion industry expert Jenny Holloway. “EFI Optitex has given us a strong and reliable 3D toolset, not only to maintain, but to strengthen our position as a leading UK training and technical skills provider. We welcome a long and mutually beneficial relationship with EFI Optitex, as we forge ahead to help bridge the digital divide in the UK’s fashion and textile industry.”
EFI Optitex General Manager Amir Lehr commented, “We are proud to support Fashion-Enter’s objective to diminish the skills gap in our industry, and to help them consistently inspire the future of UK fashion. As an end-to-end 2D-3D technology partner, we strive to deliver quality solutions that enable our customers to embrace digital transformation. Today, with EFI Optitex, digitization is fast becoming the focal point of FEL’s training and technical skills development offering.”
For further information on EFI Optitex training and courses please contact: education@fashion-enter.com