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Not Just A Label launching a direct-to-consumer model

Online independent designer network Not Just A Label, which represents more than 40,000 emerging designers and their portfolios, is transitioning from a business-to-business platform to a new direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform to help “save a generation of emerging talent”. The move it states is in response to the effects of the global...

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Not Just A Label opens applications for The Future of Fashion

Independent emerging designer platform Not Just A Label has open applications for its third The Future of Fashion Program, which is run in collaboration with trade shows Who's Next and Premiere Classe in Paris. The competition gives 30 emerging designers the chance to grow internationally and to present their labels and collections in Paris for...

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Not Just A Label to open New York pop-up

London - Not Just a Label (NJAL), the UK-based network for emerging contemporary and luxury designers, is set to open its first retail space in New York at the Waldorf Astoria. Part of the New York City Economic Development Corporation’s ‘Made in NY’ initiative, the pop-up will solely sell designs manufactured by emerging designers in New York,...

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Not Just A Label launches new website

Not Just A Label (NJAL), a platform for more than 15,000 emerging designers around the world, has launched a new “responsive” designed website to enhance the user experience. NJAL, which was founded in 2009 by Stefan Siegel, has relaunched its site to make it more compatible for users to access on smartphones and tablets, as well as on desktops....

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Mango and NJAL team up for 4th MFA

In its fourth year, Mango is collaborating with fashion initiative Not Just a Label on its ‘El Botón’ Mango Fashion Awards (MFA). The international fashion competition is open for budding designers across the globe, and aims to promote the international projection of new fashion talent. Participants have the opportunity to present their...