Derry-Londonderry City of Style for Fashion Fest 2014
Derry-Londonderry may have been the City of Culture in 2013 but this weekend it becomes the City of Style with a series of fashion-fabulous events happening at various venues across the city.
Highlights of the festival include:
Wednesday Nov 19
Winter Wonderland Collaboration Catwalk, 7pm, Maldron Hotel
Thursday Nov 20
Industry Focus Workshop with speakers including Red or Dead founder Wayne Hemingway, designer and broadcaster Sonya Lennon, Judith Tolley, CEO Centre for Fashion Enterprise and Janet Holbrook of Peclers Paris.
Friday Nov 21
Wedding Fashion Showcase, 7.30pm, St Columb’s Cathedral
Saturday Nov 22 – Sunday 23
Vintage Market, 11am – 6pm, Pump Street
Designer Fashion Showcase, 7.30pm St Columb’s Hall
Sunday Nov 23
High Tea and Fancy Frocks, Prehen House
To see the full programme of events, which include workshops, retail events and demos, go to www.derrycity.gov.uk/fashionfest
Don’t miss the Designer Fashion Showcase at St Columb’s Hall on Saturday night with local darlings on the NI fashion scene Una Rodden and Edel MacBride, and Donegal designer Oliver Doherty who we have previewed on Sugahfix as a fashion student at University of Ulster and who currently works as costume designer for Game of Thrones.
St Columb’s Hall – the venue for Designer Fashion Showcase
London- based Daneille Romeril will be showcasing her collection for the first time in Northern Ireland (pictured top). Hailing from Dublin the designer has been tipped for uber success after scooping the Top Shop NEWGEN award , supported by TOPSHOP from the British Fashion Council. Previous winners have included Alexander McQueen, Matthew Williamson, Julien Macdonald and more recently Mary Katrantzou, Meadham Kirchhoff, Simone Rocha and J.W.Anderson
Knitwear designer Edel MacBride celebrates 25years in Derry’s Craft Village at the show. One of the city’s best-loved fashion designers, Edel MacBride has become an integral part of the city’s fashion fabric and she is thrilled to be a part of its first dedicated fashion festival.
“It’s something of a silver celebration for us, having opened my first door to the world in 1989 at the Craft Village on Shipquay street, 25 years ago,” Edel said. “We’ve never stopped creating and making fashion since, it’s been up and down, but there’s an incredible buzz now and it’s great to be part of it.”
The celebrations will continue after the fashion show with a special performance by Duke Special.
For more information : www.derrycity.gov.uk/fashionfest.
