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Whether you’re fundraising for a charity or are simply seeking a new way of getting the message out about your brand, our latest Startup of the Week would be well worth a look. Moteefe is a new platform which enables both individuals and organisations to design and sell their own branded clothing. Here’s how it works: Simply choose a product to design and then make it your own. You ...
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Taking a creative passion or skill and turning it into a ‘real-life’ trading business can be a tough thing to do. It’s also a process that many post-graduate artists and designers struggle to achieve; the commercialisation of one’s art can be as challenging as creating that art in the first place. So, when we had the opportunity to chat with Sandra L O’Hara, a D...
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We all know how convenient online clothes shopping can be but sometimes it can be a real chore too. Hours can be spent poring over websites, and then we forget which site had that ‘must-have’ dress or pair of shoes!   Thankfully our latest Startup of the Week is on a mission to deal with issues exactly like that. Grabble is an online fashion platform which has an innovative Grab...
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If fashion is your thing, then the EcoChic Design Award is a comp that would be well worth a look.Here’s the lowdown on all the basics that you’d need to know: The focus of the competition is sustainable fashion design - entrants are being challenged to create mainstream clothing with minimal textile waste whilst at the same time ensuring that the design brief is adhered to - a brief ...
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If you are anything like us the odd fashion faux pas (or ‘wardrobe malfunction’ as the cool kids are calling it these days) is a sad but inevitable part of your existence.  In 2013 a faint glimmer of hope came to our fashion Horizon courtesy of Cally Russell and his brilliant shopping App Mallzee. We were mighty impressed with this innovative and genuinely useful offering and it ...
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Attention ladies (and gentlemen) we’ve got something for you - Have you ever wanted a designer dress for that big event but have been put off by the price? Well look no further than www.girlmeetsdress.com. GirlMeets Dress is the online luxury rental destination providing millions of women with the ability to hire the hottest designer dresses and accessories for less than 10% of the ret...
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Since it’s been London Fashion Week (which incidentally ends today) and we like featuring content that is both inspiring, relevant and timely (self promotion done!) we’ve aimed today to  offer up some fashion related shizzle, tailored to that very subject - suits you? But seriously - when we heard about Art on Fashion, the fashion startup, collaborating Art and Fashion into wonde...
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After Jo Jaeger-Booth was made redundant she decided to take the opportunity to set up an online fashion platform myfashionshop.co.uk aimed at the student market. Still a relatively young entrepreneur herself, she was the first person to be successfully awarded with a Startup Loan in the North West of England and is using the money to launch a online fashion magazine for the student mark...
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