‘Looking Like A Million Dollars’, is a new fashion networking club which will be launched during Enterprise Week (12th - 18th November ‘07). For those who have a passion for fashion this is your opportunity to network with the professionals - designers, stylists, buyers, retailers, manufacturers, models, colour consultants, writers/journalists, lecturers etc; as there will be a series of speaker-led business and lifestyle events. Whether you are looking to further your business interests or would like some top tips on what to wear, so that you DO ‘look like a million dollars’, this netwrking club is for YOU.

Fashion-Able is a group of young people (12-21) who came together from Grangetown, South Bank and Eston areas of Redcar & Cleveland. We got together for a lively and fun activity project that had never been tried before through a library. The project is based around fashion and designing our own clothing. Our group is based at Grangetown Library. Birchington Avenue. Grangetown Tel 01642 454417. Firstly we set up a constitution with aims and objectives policies, which allowed us to apply for funding. It took us six months of hard work to achieve this. We devised a powerpoint presentation which we showed to various agencies and corporate bodies. We acquired funding from Redcar & Cleveland Education Dept who gave us a start up grant of £2500, after a few more months we submitted an application to Tees Valley Community Chest and acquired further funding. In total Fashion-Able have gained £10.000 of funding. Our official work night is Wednesday from 4.30 to 7.30pm. However many of us meet on other days in the library. The group has designed eduactional and team building excercises at a residential centre called Stainsacre near the town of Whitby. The group also take trips to Whitby’s …

The Nolcha Group is the definitive resource for fashion career empowerment. Nolcha Group emcompasses: NolchaNetwork.com: Designed specifically for designers to meet industry insiders and build international connections Nolcha Fashion Week NYC & London: Where fashion ideas will start, talents will flourish and where prosperous businesses will be born. Nolcha promotes and supports international fashion on the runway, in seminars and trade networking. Nolcha Metier Magazine: The Fashion Designer’s Handbook with an international business scope and informative demeanor. The aim is to bring business issues to the forefront of the fashion industry and to equip readers with the ability to discuss and execute business plans, finances, trends and marketing aspects as clearly as they can describe their dreams and passions.