Fashion Business Club

Samata Angel continues to shine. Following her win of the Red Carpet Green Dress Project, Samata has now been appointed the Global Director of the Red Carpet Green Dress Project.

Suzie Amis Cameron, James Cameron, Samata Angel and the winning design worn by Aine Campbell-He

Samata’s clothing label, “Samata’s Muse” won the prestigious award on February 13th 2011. As part of her prize, her pink silk and chiffon gown fabricated from sustainable textiles, and organic hemp silk and chiffon, was worn on the red carpet of the Global Green Pre-Oscar party by model Aine Campbell-He.

Founded by Suzy Amis Cameron, wife of academy award winner James Cameron, and her sister, Rebecca Amis, the Red Carpet Green Project was created to stimulate sustainable design, global green education, and raise funds for MUSE Global and the non-profit MUSE School California.

This exciting position will see Samata Angel working on the global sustainable dress project for the 2012 Oscar Awards with the aim to bring attention to the beauty and practicality of sustainable design, so that more people will consider sustainable alternatives and practices in their own lives.

Samata Angel and Suzie Amis Campbell

To keep up with developments about the Red Carpet Green Dress Project click here.

To see designs by Samata’s Muse Click here.

Blog written by Bukie Aje-Lloyd FBC london

Bib & Sola invites FBC members to an exclusive collection preview in support of the ONE Foundation, on Wednesday 18th May 2011, 6-9 pm.

RSVP: kira@bibandsola.com

A JOURNEY THROUGH AN ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN:

With this striking AW 11 Collection, Beautiful Soul takes us on a romantic journey through an English country garden. Painting By Numbers explores the eternal appeal of English tradition, providing an escape from London in a collection reflective of artistic heritage and fresh, vibrant colours and shapes that inject a breath of fresh air into autumn/winter.

Beautiful Soul founder and designer Nicola Woods combines elements of vintage and eco-luxury fashion with a carefully considered construction process based on environmentally sustainable practices and fair trade production. Since launching her label in 2008, Nicola continues to gain media recognition through her involvement in major fashion exhibitions and the numerous awards she has won including the 2010 Future 100 Award, Ethical Fashion Forum’s INNOVATION Award. She also features in the Vogue April 2011 issue.

Beautiful Soul is stocked in the V&A, My Sugarland and via their own e-commerce offering: www.beautiful-soul.co.uk.

Click here to watch Beautiful Soul’s AW 11 Collection video, Painting By Numbers.

Blog Written By : Bukie Aje Lloyd, FBC London

FBC member, Clare Morgan, MD of Clamor Fashion Agency took part in Pure London, the bi-annual leading UK fashion trade show at Olympia. Clare says of her experience this year. “I had an exciting time at Pure this February. I opened plenty of new accounts there, which is always the aim of an exhibition.’

Clare Morgan,second from left, on stage at Pure London

Clare, who represents a number of European labels, shares the latest developments at Clamor Fashion. ”Simclan is my newest label. They are a German separates label that produce a high quality collection for the 25+ woman.  They have ‘Never Out of Stock’ trousers, which have already been a huge hit this season for me. This Spring/Summer season, they are promoting a window dressing competition with a Spa weekend prize for two.  I think this is a great idea as it sets the window dressers a bit of an extra challenge.”

For more information about Clamor Fashion Agency, please contact clare@clamorfashion.com

Click here to see more designs at Clamor Fashion Agency

Blog written by: Bukie Aje-Lloyd FBC London

FBC member and British designer, Samata Angel has won the Red Carpet Green Dress Challenge.  The winning dress was unveiled at the Global Pre-Oscar Awards on March 3rd following a competition requiring an eco-friendly dress made from natural, organic, or recycled fabrics to be designed for the red carpet at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. Samata, who designs under the label Samata’s Muse, walked the red carpet with competition founders Suzie Amis Cameron and James Cameron and a model of her choice wearing her creation.

Samata who entered the competition after seeing it on VOGUE.COM, tells us “meeting and spending time with Suzy Amis Cameron was both inspirational and educational. Not only did I learn so much about ‘green’ fashion, I also has the opportunity to showcase one of my designs on the ‘green’ carpet to a high profile audience. The whole experience has opened some huge doors for me and I am just so excited and grateful.”

Blog written by: Bukie Aje-Lloyd FBC London

Designer and FBC member Yan To provided an unusual opportunity for pedestrians on Conduit Street’s busy shopping area to see a designer at work, when he created a special one-off piece, live in store at Layers London for London Fashion Week (LFW).

What was the reason for this approach? Yan says that pragmatism and cash constraints made him more creative in more aspects than just his collection. “I wanted to do something during LFW but didn’t have the funds for a catwalk show or even an exhibition space. I then got to thinking about ways in which I could do something different yet creative and connect with a wide section of people for minimum cost.”

The finished product (seen below), a black dress base overlaid with three boxes of elastic will also be featuring as part of his collection in the Eastern Block Showroom in Paris from 3-9 March.

You can see more designs by Yan to on is website www.yan-to.com

Blog written by: Bukie Aje-Lloyd FBC London

Bally was one of the most talked about luxury labels during the SS11 press weeks and FBC knows why! FBC member Michael Herz is the creative director and designed an amazing collection of accessories and footwear.

FBC member and photographer Dave Wise will be starting his fashion photography 2011 calendar with a shoot for Fiasco magazine featuring Gillian Anderson. Only in its 6 month of circulation Fiasco has grown quickly.

Dave, a self-taught photographer entered fashion the windy way only to be described as fashion’s next top elite on Britain’s Next Top Model. For his shoot with Gillian Anderson the photographer aimed to bring out his model’s character just as much as give it his own fashion direction.  FBC member Anne Look styled the shoot.

FBC member Imran Amed has made GQ’s 2011 100 Most Influential Men list. Coming in as a new entry at 92, the founder and editor of The Business of Fashion is lauded by GQ for ‘joining two worlds. Amed is the Harvard MBA and former management consultant who saw that there was no online forum for fashion insiders to debate topics and trends within the business. His blog is replete with snappy comment, streamed interviews with leading figures, and relevant insider news.’

Imran sits with fantastic company spanning fashion, politics, film, art, food, medicine, sport and television and tells FBC, “Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that a little website I started writing from the sofa in my living room would grow into a fashion phenomenon. To be included on the GQ list is a huge surprise, but also a huge honour.”

See Imran in the January 2011 issue of GQ.

Well done, Imran!

Amisha Ghadiali

Two FBC members are being celebrated for being leading UK social entrepreneurs: Amisha Ghadiali, founder of jewellery label Amisha Elegance Rebellion, and Nicola Woods, founder and creative director of luxury label Beautiful Soul.

The Future 100 Awards recognise young entrepreneurs engaged in responsible business – demonstrating an equal balance between economic, environmental and social goals to achieve ultimate business success. Amisha and Nicola are charged with changing the face of everyday business and improving commerce’s impact on the wider world.

Amisha Elegance Rebellion is an independent jewellery label with collections made up entirely of limited edition pieces in silver and semi-precious stones. Amisha strives to build strong connections between business and communities and is proud to donate ten percent of the profit to carefully selected local and global charities.

On being awarded Amisha says, “It was an honour to win a Future 100 Award this year, and be amongst innovative social entrepreneurs that are changing the face of business. As a designer it is great to win an award for business amongst those in other industries. This award came at the perfect time as I have just launched my new collection and am looking forward to a really exciting year.”

Click here to watch the Amisha Elegance Rebellion Five Elements new collection video.

Nicola Woods

Beautiful Soul is an eco-aware, luxury label with a strong following that includes FBC member, international model and VOGUE.COM contributor, Laura Bailey. The label has gained global recognition for its creative, intelligent and open-minded approach to design and has been a previous recipient of the Ethical Fashion Forum’s INNOVATION Award.

Nicola says, “The awards evening was so inspiring. All of the winners were driven and passionate. I’m looking forward to growing Beautiful Soul as a major international label, whilst maintaining my strong commitment to transparency and belief in a business that treats people, planet and profit with equal importance.”

Click here to watch Beautiful Soul’s SS11 collection video, Believe.