Fashion is Work: Industry Insights and Inspirations at Manchester Art Gallery

Polly Checkland Harding
Design by Sadie Williams for Fashion & Freedom at Manchester Art Gallery. Photo: Jez Tozer.

Fashion is Work: Industry Insights and Inspirations, in partnership with 14-18 NOW at Manchester Art Gallery, City Centre 14 October 2016 Tickets from £5.00 — Book now

In partnership with 14-18 NOW, this day-long fashion symposium takes the Fashion & Freedom exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery as its starting point. Offering a wide variety of perspectives on working in fashion, it’s ideally suited to aspiring and emerging fashion professionals. There will be workshops and talks from Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council Caroline Rush, designer Sadie Williams (whose work features in Fashion & Freedom; see the image above), fashion photographer Jez Tozer (who’s worked for GQ, Vogue and i-D), fashion curator Jenna Rossi-Camus, stylist and fashion director Kim Howells and the creative director of Fashion & Freedom Darrell Vydelingum.

Fashion is Work: Industry Insights and Inspirations, in partnership with 14-18 NOW at Manchester Art Gallery, City Centre 14 October 2016 Tickets from £5.00 Book now

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