WEDNESDAY 11th MAY!!

Dont forget Wednesday 11th May at Vodka Revolution's Southampton: the biggest end of year fashion party ever. Organised by the fashion department at Southampton Solent University, its a celebration for all graduates of 2011!! Bring all your mates.
Wristbands now on sale see facebook for details:

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AIMEE GRAHAM

An inspiring interview with Aimee Graham, amazing shoe designer for Debenhams talks all things fashion, shoes and careers. 

Images courtesy of Aimee Graham

Full interview coming soon on the website.

90s FASHION EVENT

TICKETS NOW ON SALE!!

£5 for a fun filled 90s themed night.

Celebrate the end of a stressful 3years of University all togther!

All profits go towards the end of year shows!!!

West Quay Website!

Keep your eyes out for the trend package from Southampton Solent University on their website. The information written by Charlotte Hamilton is up there ready and waiting.

Visit the site here: http://www.west-quay.co.uk/website/ 

Sandra Burke gives an inspiring interview!

Fashion designer book, published by Sandra Burke

Fashion computing book, published by Sandra Burke

Fashion Artist book, published by Sandra Burke

Fashion Entrepreneur book, published by Sandra Burke

Sandra Burke, an international fashion designer, author, and visiting lecturer to universities specifically in Britain, America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. Gave a inspiring interview about the journey of her fashion career. She gives some great advice about entering into the fashion industry.

Full interview will be published on the Unfound website coming soon.

Coming soon

Southampton Solent is emerging into the fashion industry. 2011 Graduates are showcasing their Fashion Design, Promotion & Photography talent at some amazing events . Students are in the process of finalising their amazing creations, be it an inspirational garment, directional fashion magazine or an exciting advertising campaign. It is the first time that Southampton Solent will be featuring at the Free Range event at the Truman Brewery in London. It is an exciting event and has become the number one platform and launch pad for the next crop of creatives to showcase their work to both public and industry. Attracting visitor numbers to rival the largest art events, the annual Free Range exhibitions present the work of thousands of art, design students in several distinct categories including: fashion, art, graphics, photography and interior design. To be a part of it will be an amazing experience for both the university and the talent graduates.

Southampton Solent will be featuring at the annual Graduate Fashion Week event. Show casing the talented students work, giving the industry the opportunity to see graduates work in portfolios. Project manager Charlotte Hamilton is in the process of designing an end of year book to showcase all of the Fashion Design, Promotion and Photography students work in a quick and easy format. Giving industry people the opportunity to take away the book rather than rummaging through the endless amounts of portfolios.

There will also be the opportunity for the local community to support the talent of Southampton Solent a the Solent static show held from the 10th June at the University.

1st June: Free Range, Truman Brewery 5th-8th June: Graduate Fashion Week 10th June: Solent Static show2011!

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Publishing

As part of promotional activity for Southampton University and their talented students, project manager Charlotte Hamilton has been pushing marketing and PR activities. Charlotte approached the West Quay shopping centre in Southampton to feature on their website and collaborate with the fashion within the shopping centre. Some great news cam through today that they want to feature the work produced on their website, creating a seasonal package which will be on the website all year round. West Quay will be creating a separate page within the fashion section to feature work similar to the work shown here.

Paddy Hartley

 Paddy Hartley held an inspirational and educational talk at Southampton Solent University today. We got an insight into his creative journey over his 20 year career. Throughout Paddy's career,  has a constant theme of investigation in his work is the way in which the human body is changed, modified and reconfigured either by choice or circumstance. His work has taken the form of installation, ceramic, assembled objects, garment creation and modification and digital embroidery. I got the chance to interview Paddy after his talk. Providing some truly inspirational anecdotes and advice on entering into the industry

Watch out for the full-text article on the website coming in May.  

Event Inspiration

Ideas are flowing for an exciting fashion event to raise money for Southampton Solent's fashion events. Here are some moodboards for an event theme.

Rebecca Ellyn Bowler: Fashion Promotion

The long awaited hub of new fashion talent is here. Keep up-to-date with the launch of the website, promotional campaign and end of year book for Southampton Solent fashion students. We will take you on a journey through the lives of graduating students and their creativity, drive and passion.