Hub@FTM E-commerce Excellence with Rebekah Roy and Leon Bailey Green

E-commerce Excellence

Wednesday 14th July 2010

18:30 - 20:30

Fashion and Textile Museum

Increase website traffic, gain more customers and make more sales. Our web and fashion gurus will be providing top tips and useful suggestions to help you make the most of e-commerce.

This FREE workshop is available exclusively to members of the Hub@FTM

Places are limited therefore advance booking is strongly recommended. For bookings and to enquire into Hub@FTM membership please contact info@ftmlondon.org. Refreshments will be provided.

About the Speakers

Rebekah Roy is a fashion stylist and creative consultant based in London and will be talking about why you should have an online presence.

Rebekah is currently Fashion Editor at Fashion.Music.Style magazine, and styles for a wide variety of clients from Visa, Nintendo, Harvey Nichols, John Lewis, Harrods and Virgin to celebrity clients including Kate Nash, Sarah Brightman, The Feeling, Little Boots and Billy Idol. Rebekah works extensively with cutting edge designers, including William Tempest, Stefán Orschel-Read and Jasper Garvida ad styles several shows each London Fashion Week. She is also well known for her blog Stylist Stuff and writes regularly for Drapers Online. She is unique stylist because of her ability to communicate ideas, collaborate on any kind of project and incorporate a wide variety of influences.

Leon Bailey Green will be presenting top tips for e-commerce

With years of experience crossing digital media, marketing, fashion and retail, Leon has been a consultant to numerous companies operating in the online fashion sector. He has assisted online fashion businesses with marketing, content, buying and recruitment strategies, as well as overall business analyses. As a blogger Leon has been published on Drapers Online and contributed to Econsultancy, NMK and Enterprise Nation. Leon produced Online Fashion 100, which was published online by The Independent earlier this year, to celebrate the main players in the sector who have helped the industry to grow. He judged the online fashion industry's very first etail awards, has chaired events for the London Fashion Network and sat on the panel for the Let Them Eat Cake's bloggers talk. As an expert in this sector Leon's commentary has been featured in Retail Week, Drapers, Catalogue e-business, Vogue.com, The Independent, JC Report and Scarlet to name a few.

Project part financed by the European Union's European Regional Development Fund

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Interpreting and recreating decorative colour schemes in historic buildings with Christopher Vane Percy

Friday 14th May 2010, 6:30pm - 8pm

This talk is a must for anyone who has ever wandered around a historic building or country house and marvelled at the decor.

After starting his design career with Asprey, Christopher Vane Percy formed his own company, CVP Designs, in 1971 with project ranging from private London houses to commercial assignments and numerous international commissions.

Christopher's attention to detail and respect for period architecture is renowned, so over the years he has been called upon to work on many prestigious and diverse projects, both at home and abroad.

Come and join us for this fascinating insight into interior design in period homes.

Venue: FTM

Price: £12 (£9 Concessions) including exhibition entry. Arrive early if you wish to view the exhibition.

To book: Call 020 7407 8664 or book online from We Got Tickets

Places are limited therefore advance booking is recommended.

Tonight - Start your Christmas Shopping with a 10% Discount!

Don't miss the exclusive late night shopping event at the Fashion and Textile Museum this evening. With an exciting array of young design talent, glossy books, crafts and a wide selection of 'gift-shop goodies' available with a 10% discount, this is a perfect opportunity to get stuck in to your Christmas shopping.

The Shop@FTM will be open from 6pm-9pm this evening Friday 4th December 2009 and includes a complimentary glass of wine.

Also at the Fashion and Textile Museum this evening, Iain Webb, authour of 'Foale and Tuffin - The Sixties, A Decade in Fashion' will be giving a talk exploring his journey into the world of Foale and Tuffin and why the timing is so right for such a book. Webb will be signing copies of his work which is available for sale in the Shop@FTM.

'In Conversation with Iain R. Webb' is held at the Fashion and Textile Museum from 6:30pm - 8pm this evening, Friday 4th December 2009 and costs £12 (£9 Concessions) including a glass of wine.

Jacqueline Groag - panel discussion

Accompanying our display of the work of textile designer Jacqueline Groag, authors of the book Jacqueline Groag, Textile & Pattern Design: From Wiener Workstätte to American Modern will be discussing the life and work this talented and influential designer. Authors Geoffrey Rayner, Richard Chamberlain and Annamarie Stapleton will discuss the historical context in which she worked and the milleu of modern design of the era.

To book call 020 7407 8664 or book online from We Got Tickets

The Fashion and Textile Museum,
83 Bermondsey Street, London, SE1 3XF

Cost: £10 including exhibition entrance.

Advance booking recommended

To book please call our booking line on 020 7407 8664

For further info and queries, visit us on the web at www.ftmlondon.org
or email info@ftmlondon.org

In Conversation with Iain R. Webb

Friday 4th December 2009, 6.30 - 8pm

Renowned fashion journalist and lecturer Iain R Webb will be in conversation about the timeliness of this new book Foale & Tuffin, The Sixties: A Decade in Fashion.

He will explore the journey he went on in putting the book together, conversations with Foale and Tuffin's many friends and collaborators and why the timing was so right for such a book. He will also be signing copies of his book which will be on sale in Shop@FTM.

Cost: £12 (£9 concessions) including exhibition entrance and a glass of wine. Attendees wishing to view the exhibition should arrive early.

To book call 020 7407 8664 or book online from We Got Tickets

The FTM will also be holding a late night Christmas shopping evening this night featuring mince pies and a special 10% discount on merchandise by up and coming designers in Shop@FTM - an excellent opportunity to pick up some early Christmas presents!