Christopher Kane is taking part in the event
Fashion Fringe, the leading platform supporting emerging fashion talent in the UK, has announced that they will be embarking on a regional tour of Britain.
This March, between the 12 and 20 they will be travelling across the country taking a selection of the UK's top fashion designers to some of the UK's most vibrant fashion universites.
Colin McDowell, Founder and Creative Director at Fashion Fringe, will be visiting Edinburgh, Newcastle, Machester, Nottingham and Brighton before finishing up in London.
Colin comments: "In recognising that not all fashion industry professionals and students can be based in London, we hope that our tour of the country will help to further connect the UK regions with the London fashion scene. Fashion Fringe designers come to us from a huge range of countries and we want to ensure this level of diversity is reflected within our own borders as well."
Fashion Fringe is also inviting young fashion professionals from the region to join the line-up of speakers as Road Show panellists – representing diverse areas of the fashion industry from buying and merchandising to blogging and journalism. All speakers will share their own career experiences, offering advice to those trying to break into any facet the industry. As well as University students, Fashion Fringe is inviting attendees from the local area who work within Fashion or have aspirations to do so. All attendees will be given the opportunity to address questions to the speakers during a Q&A session, building important connections to further their own careers.
The line up for each date is as follows:
- 12th March University of Edinburgh with Christopher Kane
- 13th March Northumbria University with Gareth Pugh
- 14th March Manchester Metropolitan University with Matthew Williamson
- 15th March Nottingham Trent University with Giles Deacon
- 19th March University of Brighton with Julien MacDonald
- 20th March Royal College of Art with Erdem