I have reached out to a professional stylist and am waiting to hear back from her. Next week I will start going to shops and knocking on doors, to find the right people to work with.
At the moment, there are a couple of retailers I would love to collaborate with and help promote their shops.
My main areas of interest are: emerging designers, small, independent brands, community-building events, inclusive fashion.
The sort of event I’d like to organise will be an occasion for people to meet emerging designers, for emerging designers to meet other designers and their customers, and also for people to give each other styling advice with the help of a professional. A real-life dress-up game of sorts, but with guidance from experts, as well as a networking opportunity for fashion professionals (as a fashion writer, for instance, I met some emerging designers that I then interviewed at the Wolf and Badger’s New Designer party).
