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Cordwainers Footwear Awards names 2022 winners

The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers has announced the winners of its 2022 student Cordwainers Footwear Awards, with Sam Lilley a student from De Montfort University taking First Prize. The awards were established in 2014 to support the future of the shoe industry by celebrating and encouraging young footwear talent. They are open to students...

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De Montfort University supports Leicester’s garment industry

De Montfort University (DMU) and Fashion-Enter Ltd will be working together with Leicester City Council to offer support to textiles manufacturers and local textiles workers in the garment industry after Leicester received 500,000 pounds from the Government’s Community Renewal Fund (CRF). The project aims to assist textiles manufacturers and...

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DMU wins national award at Green Gown Awards 2021

De Montfort University Leicester’s (DMU) school of fashion and textiles won the Next Generation Learning and Skills award in the Green Gown Awards 2021, an award given to recognise the sustainability initiatives undertaken by universities and colleges. The school of fashion and textiles has changed its curriculum to reflect the current...

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DMU provides students with sustainable leather workshop

De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) provided 20 final-year students with a workshop focused on using leather as a sustainable material. The event started at the University of Northampton’s Institute for Creative Leather Technologies. During the day, the students visited a working tannery and a leather lab to learn about the various...

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DMU students win prizes at textile design awards

De Montfort University (DMU) students won some of the top prizes at the Bradford Textile Society design competition awards. Final year fashion and textile design student Penny Kowalkowski won the top prize and 500 pounds in the Clothworker’s Company Mixed Media category with her hybrid leather and knitwear clothing piece. She designed the...

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DMU fashion buying specialists predict some fashion practices to be abandoned by 2090

Fashion buying specialists and students at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) have predicted ten fashion practices to be abandoned by 2090 due to the environmental impact on the industry. The ten fashion practices predicted to be extinct are the following: distressed denim, fast fashion, fashion trends, incineration, landfills, nylon tights,...

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DMU graduate partners lingerie collection with Hope charity

A contour fashion graduate from De Montfort University (DMU) Roshni Desai has partnered her inclusive lingerie brand Roshi Desai Designs with Leicester-based charity Hope Against Cancer to raise awareness and funding for breast cancer patients. Desai’s first lingerie collection launched in 2020 and it includes a bralette designed for breast...

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De Montfort University announce virtual opportunities for students

De Montfort University (DMU) in the United Kingdom, Leicester, has announced virtual opportunities for its students via DMU Global, an international experience programme launched in September 2020 to give students accessible learning without the need to travel due to the impact of Covid-19. The virtual opportunities include free online...

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Cordwainers announces winners of National Footwear Student of the Year Awards

The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers has announced the 2020 winners of the Cordwainers National Footwear Student of the Year Awards. The footwear design competition, which is now in its seventh year, has seen students from De Montfort University, the University of Northampton and the London College of Fashion submit their portfolios digitally....

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Gossard hosts competition for Fashion Contour students

Third-year BA Contour Fashion students from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) were given the chance to participate in a competition for lingerie design. Elise Recour, general manager of lingerie brand Gossard Berlei, asked the students to come up with designs that were based on the concept of “glamourzonian”: a phrase which the designer...

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DMU alumna wins grant to establish her sustainable backpack business

The new year could not have possibly started off in a better way for Charlie Evans. The Graphic Design and Illustration graduate from De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester was named one of the winners of The Crucible Project: a funding programme which provides students with financial as well as practical aid to turn their business idea into...

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De Montfort University alumna launches brand for rowing gear

When your two passions are fashion and rowing, it might seem as if finding a way to combine both close to impossible. Yet, BA Retail Buying (which is now called BA Fashion Buying) alumna Demi Johnson did exactly with the launch of Blue Heron: a brand for luxury sportswear, which focuses on rowers. As a former president of the De Montfort...