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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Royal Russian wedding dress wins bridal award for Hallam student
Photo via SHU A Sheffield Hallam student won a national design award for designing a dress inspired by Russia. Kate Harrod, 22, won Best Student Designer at the Bridal Buyers Awards, for designing a dramatic wedding dress. Made from red … Continue reading
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Tagged bba, bridal buyers awards, fashion design, kate harrod, russia, wedding dress
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“I’m a size 12; and they call me a plus size model!”
Katie Green, a plus size model from Chichester, wants to encourage the ‘plus size’ model on the catwalk. The 23 year old is passionate about stopping the size zero trend, as she herself has faced the pressures to be skinny during … Continue reading
Caryn Franklin: “A model is paid not to talk, move or make demands”
‘All Walks Beyond the Catwalk’ Spreading diversity across the catwalk is a big change a lot of people within the fashion industry are hoping for. All Walks is an initiative which is trying to achieve just that. It was launched … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Shulman, All Walks Beyond the Catwalk, Caryn Franklin, Center of Diversity, Clothes Show, David Koma, Debra Bourne, Erin O'Connor, fashion, Graduate Fashion Week, Hannah Marshall, I-D Magazine, London Fashion Week, Lynne Franks, Models, Plus-size model, Size zero, Vogue
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“Why don’t you make your trousers bigger?” says supermodel
Supermodel, Erin O’Connor made a shocking confession on the Eve of London Fashion Week back in February 2011. “I’m a fashion model and I don’t fit into the sample sizes. I haven’t for some time. At one show I couldn’t get into the … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, General News, Health
Tagged All Walks Beyond the Catwalk, Caryn Franklin, Crystal Renn, DK Model Management, Erin O'Connor, fashion, Graduate Fashion Week, Karl Lagerfield, Marc Jacobs, Mark Fast, Models, Plus-size model, Samantha Cameron, Sheffield, Size zero, SS11
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Life of Pi wins fashion award for university student
Milly Jackson on her experience at the awards. A university student has won a prestigious fashion design award for her creative designs based on a best-selling novel. Milly Jackson, a fashion design student at Nottingham Trent University, is the winner … Continue reading
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Tagged award, fad, fashion awareness direct, milly jackson, nottingham
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Yorkshire Students Role in The Kings Speech Oscar Glory
Three students from the University of Huddersfield have been celebrating The Kings Speech Oscar success after they had the unusual role of dressing dummies for the films pivotal opening scene. Working at Elland Road in Leeds, the girls worked on a one week placement on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Colin Firth, Costume, fashion, Huddersfield, Oscars, students, The Kings Speech, university
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Scunthorpe leisure centre inspires student’s wedding dress nomination
Three Sheffield Hallam students have been nominated for a national award for dress designs, one of which was based on a leisure centre. Rachel Holliday, 21, Kate Harrod, 22, and Sarah Naylor-Smith, 38, are all third-year fashion design students. They … Continue reading
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Tagged bridal buyer award, fashion design, sheffield hallam university, shu
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One Arrested at Today’s Lib Dem Conference
Only one protestor arrested on the second day of the Liberal Democrat conference, police said. A 20-year-old man has been arrested today – on a public order offence for allegedly ‘letting off a firework’ in a public place. One thousand police … Continue reading
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