Fashion Retail Academy Students and Employees from Boden Take the Factory Uncovered Seminar and Tour

This week, commencing 27th January, the Fashion-Enter Ltd (FEL) team welcomed groups from the Fashion Retail Academy, for a series Factory Uncovered seminars and tours. FEL also welcomed, for the first time, employees from the established fashion brand Boden for a CPPD

The Fashion Retail Academy regularly book-in sessions for their students from a variety of their courses for our insightful, onsite tours. Caroline Ash, FEL Director and Factory Uncovered host, adapts each session so that it is relevant and corresponds with the groups course or line of work.

Students from the Fashion Retail Academy were in for multiple visits throughout the week. The Buying and Merchandising students are currently working on a project focused on sourcing fabrics. As a result, Caroline conducted an in-depth exploration of the supply chain. The groups were fantastic, they asked many insightful questions and learnt a lot from seeing fashion production in progress.

The Boden group visit was made up of individuals with a broad range of job roles. Caroline covered a lot of ground with this group and the session went exceptionally well with some excellent feedback.

Feedback from this week’s attendees included…

Fashion Retail Academy:

“I learnt about the different processes of production and people’s specialisation. Information about starting my own brand, along with industry leaders and their processes e.g. Patagonia and the United Repair Centre. Very informative. Enthusiastic speaker and engaging.”

“I learnt about the functioning of an actual garment factory, sustainability, critical path, logistics. Thank you so much for having us!”

“I found out about stock, how to start a business and sustainability. I loved it!”

“I learnt about AI to design garments and saw how products are made. Really interesting.”

“It was interesting to see the actual machines making the garments as well as future technology. I got to understand the manufacturing process much better. Everything was well done and organised.”

“Our guide was lovely, provided us with a great experience.”

“I learnt about the way garments are made, the impact of war’s, emissions over buying etc. The main speaker was very sweet and she made it easier and informative to learn.”

“I learnt about a number of different sewing techniques, the future of sample development and the labour costs associated with the industry. Lovely tour.”

Boden:

“I learnt about the flow of a textile factory. Really great experience, everyone super friendly and informative.”

“I learnt a lot about the industry as a whole in terms of production / sustainability in addition to global events such as wars, that may effect shipping routes, prolonging launch dates for the company for example.”

“It has been very interesting to see the background of what we deal with daily, speaking to the supplier and to see making scaled up to industry.”

“I thought learning about the entire process was extremely interesting and most of what was spoken about was new to me!”

“I learnt about Style3D, EPR, and the effects / costs of sampling. Very insightful.”

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