Interesting article about setting up a fashion business in London. A little like the Cambridge Cluster, it is based around the top flight teaching colleges such as the Central Saint Martins or Royal College of Art. Whilst neither offers business studies, a range of mentorship programmes are in place such as the British Fashion Council’s Newgen talent identification scheme, the Centre for Fashion Enterprise (studio space and in-house advisers), the London Showrooms (where new designers can sell) and Vogue/British Fashion Council Fun.
Some of the people mentioned have family connections to the trade and others have done it the hard way – a bit like the Cambridge Cluster.
We are not alone in starting global, scaleable businesses!
Hat tip: Daily Telegraph magazine 10 September by Sarah Mower
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