ANOTHER INSPIRED FRONT ROW BLOG UPDATE....

Doesn't that just sound like a great introduction?

Sorry that updates have been sparse, we all have been busy writing sponsoring letters and getting all the designers together and organised, and then life is taking over sometimes too...

ANYWAY, it's great to see confirmations coming in on a daily basis, the enthusiasm this event is creating is contageous, and it's a joy to see it all slowly coming together. I find myself walking around town bumping into people willing to help in any way they can. It is becoming an inspired community event which will further help put Hastings on the map as a vibrant and creative town.

We are also very lucky that the FRONT ROW Ethical Fashion Show & Fair 2008 will take place during Coastal Currents Arts and the Hastings Seafood & Wine Festival, so it will be an amazing weekend in September nobody can afford to miss ..

So, today will be a short one as i have to write more emails now.

best wishes from all of us at
FRONT ROW
xxx

Good evening everyone!

Our last meeting yesterday was a very short but extremely pleasant one (we do actually know how to have some fun too). Still working hard at drafting sponsoring letters, we're waiting for completion of our artwork and then we're off. This is the moment we've been waiting for to contact everyone and go completely public with this fabulous project the

FRONT ROW Ethical Fashion Show 2008

We had been a bit in limbo during June while waiting for funding approval, but we feel the excitement mounting as we will be getting all the designers together. It will be sooooo glamorous!!! Our contact list is quite impressive and we are planning a day in Brighton to source more and i suppose it could be combined with a little shopping?

Our call for fashion talent to come up with ideas to create PAPERCOUTURE as part of the Fashion Show on Friday, 19th September has been answered and we've been sending out details. The brief is to create A Million Dollar For One Minute creation completely out of paper.Think Victor & Rolf, Galliano and McQueen, be glamorous and outrageous .....

Interested?
Send an email to maika.crampton@yahoo.co.uk
Deadline for design draft is August 1st. 2008 so get designing.

I really intended to make this blog entry a bit exciting layout wise, but somehow the toolbar has disappeared ... must check that out.

Anyway, this is night night now.

FRONT ROW xx

Good afternoon Front Row bloggers xx

After having had two of our funding requests positively answered and the money for our beautiful event flowing in ....ahem.... we were expecting even greater things from our last and biggest application only to receive a letter yesterday morning with one single sheet of paper (considering our application was about 20 pages thick and nicely bound), saying


D E C L I N E D


So this means: Hello Sponsors!

After being a bit shocked and disappointed at first, we think this is actually a brilliant opportunity to approach lots of local businesses. Hasting people have such a big heart and open mind towards new ideas, that it will be great to see all this potential coming together.

Every person we've been talking about the FRONT ROW Ethical Fashion Show & Fair 2008 has been very positive, always ready to point us into the direction of helpful contacts, offering their expertise and creative talent and lots and lots of encouragement ....

THAT'S WHY WE LOVE HASTINGS !!!

So if there's anyone who would like to help sponsor this great event and show their support environmental issues, we would love to hear from you. And tell a friend!

That's all from us for today and thanks for dropping in.
Front Row xxx

Good evening x

The Front Row team got together Wednesday evening to discuss future plans and the next step in our ever growing and highly ambitious FASHION event ....and so what did we talk about.....
Firstly we have, as promised, our draft artwork to be used for posters, promotion material and generally all things FRONT ROW. It's looking pretty cool, you agree?
We have got a few more ingenious pieces of artwork from Stephanie to scan our eyes over on Saturday pm before we make our final decisions and go to print.

So that's the exciting part the rest of the time we looked at budget, stage layout and general room planning for the boutique style shopping experience that St Mary in the Castle will be transformed into on Saturday 20th September...

but what you need to know is who will be exhibiting, what can you buy? and what all the excitement is about....

Check back in the next few days as we reveal more....

FRONT ROW
XXXXXXXXX

advertorial blues

So today I'm mostly exercised by attracting advertisers for our glossy ecofashion collective brochure that will give details of all designers in the show... much headscratching and thinking about shoes... should we focus on the numbers of tickets we'll sell (600 capacity crowd!) or the kind of discerning consumers who will be our guests at this fabulous fashion foray? Or both?!

Sadly I've had a crazy weekend and brain isn't getting into gear as it should, so in the meantime here are some pics of our superglam venue for the show... it really is going to be a special experience, so stay tuned and let us know your thoughts - what do you want from our very own South Coast ethical fashion show? Eco chic glitz and glamour are given of course...

lots of love

xx

We can't believe it's been almost six full months since we first flirted with the idea of organising this year's fabulous

FRONT ROW Ethical Fashion Show & Fair 2008

and with every meeting we're having, it is getting bigger and bigger and we're getting more and more excited!!

For the last few months we've been doing all the dry boring but terribly essential stuff like putting together funding application packages (late nights included, of course, to meet those deadly deadlines), and we were wondering when we could start on the wonderful fun stuff, and did we see it coming???!!!

At the moment we're particularly enjoying sourcing lovely things for the goodie bags which will be given out to every guest at the Fashion Show (i mean, we got our priorities right...).

Mmmm, we saw an article in Wave Magazine (free copies can be optained at every good wholefood store) about Demarquette Fine Chocolates in Chelsea, London, a company producing the finest fair trade chocolates the heart could desire.

So what do you guys think:

Shall we send them a letter and see if we could persuade Marc Demarquette to support our beautiful event????

YES, WE THINK SO TOO!!!

This is it for today, we would very much value your comments and your support.

Front Row xxx

FRONT ROW Fashion update

Good evening all Front Row fashion people!

Today we've mostly been looking at the overall feel of the show and getting inspiration from February's London Fashion Week, i.e layout, models, make up and music.
The venue, St Mary's in the Castle is perfect and encompasses the feeling of glamour and great design that the show is all about.

Our draft publicity in well underway by artist Stephanie Hartman whose collage and mixed media pieces are inspired by fashion imagery, memories, magazines and typography (we will shortly have imagery to post).

The casting is not that far away so if you get stopped in the street and invited to come please do! Also if you can't make it let us know...

Are you a business that supports ethical, fairtrade and eco issues?
Let us know if you would like to be involved as we have many advertising opportunities available and would love to hear from you?

We promise to keep you updated as our list of designers and special guests grows...

Speak soon & sweet dreams,

FRONT ROW xxx