It has been another extremely busy week (30th Oct -3rd Nov) with Seminars and Factory Tours at Fashion-Enter Ltd HQ in Haringey with students and industry professionals.
Led by FEL Director Caroline Ash, each group experienced a personalised tour and seminar to align with their studies / working practices.
Caroline said: “We kicked off with the London College of Fashion returning for the first of three visits to us. We covered everything from costings, garment production through to sustainability, AI and the changing face of the industry.
“Then came two new clients, London Metropolitan University and The City of Westminster College, both of these groups loved the seminar and felt they learnt a lot. One of the tutors feedback was “Great, Great, Great!!!” You can’t get better than that.
“Then we had Asda visit us which was a superb seminar, we covered a lot of areas and filled a lot of gaps in their knowledge of supplier procedures.
“Lastly we had students from the University of Manchester visit us which was a lovely way to end the week.”
London College of Fashion feedback included:
“Found out more about the advancements and benefits of AI in textiles, and how it’s not quite as scary as I originally thought! Really enjoyed thank-you!”
“I learnt that there is hope for the fashion industry and that I wished there were more factories like this one.”
“The sustainable tech just blew my mind! I also learnt about the cost / prices of work labour in fashion production.”
“I found out about AI, 3D printing, it was all informative. The speaker was very knowledgeable.”
London Metropolitan:
“I was very pleased with the information and details of this event that gave me a wider perspective of the fashion industry.”
“I learnt about sustainability, fashion design, production, efficiency, waste and the future of the industry. This was amazing! Thank-you so much.”
“This was a great opportunity. Good to see it all in action and in detail.”
“Really looking forward to coming back one day and hopefully working together with this amazing organisation.”
City of Westminster:
“Fantastic tour. Caroline was excellent. Really informative for the students.”
“I learnt lots of useful info about the fashion industry and it’s made and sold.”
“I have found out more on AI and the future of design.”
Staff from George at Asda:
“I saw production from start to end. Really enjoyable and informative.”
“I learnt how the future is evolving in the fashion industry. Great day, thank-you.”
“Learnt a lot about how garments are made and the time taken. Brilliant day, very helpful.”
“Really informative and super friendly. Thank-you.”
University of Manchester:
“I was very excited to know about the 3D processing of the apparel industry, it also gave me a deep impression about the cost of recycling a dress. It made me think about the balance of AI and human’s creative ideas.”
“It was a pleasure to have the opportunity today, extremely useful for anyone studying or interested in a career in fashion.”
“I learnt how sustainability can be implemented at so many different stages. Loved it, thank-you.”