Belfast Fashion 2.0.
Business Fashion & Online will take place on Saturday 10th March and will run from 3pm to 5pm. It is an informal gathering for independent fashion designers, retailers, the digital community and members of the public. It will take the form of a series of short presentations by four invited representatives of the fashion and digital industry followed by an open floor discussion and the chance for networking and refreshments.
The event's purpose is for people from the fashion, retail and digital industries to meet, network, and learn from each other. This includes fashion designers, bloggers, film makers, software developers, game developers, musicians, photographers, make up artists, costume designers, stylists and independent retailers and any members of the public with ideas, innovations or experience they want to share.
Our guests include:
Cathy Martin, Founder & Director of Belfast FASHIONWEEK & Managing director of CMPR
Cathy Martin is the founder and managing director of CMPR, one of Northern Ireland’s leading PR companies. With fashion clients that have ranged from House of Fraser, Miss Sixty and French Connection, CMPR specializes in creative communications within the arts, retail, fashion & food sectors. Cathy also owns and organises Belfast FASHIONWEEK, which is back for its eighth year in March 2012.
Jennie Wallace, Business Development Executive of AIRPOS
Jennie Wallace is the business development executive of AIPOS, which produces free ePOS software for retailers. From traditional bricks-and-mortar, to ecommerce, and eventually to mobile commerce, AirPOS offers real-time access to current and accurate inventory and financial data, helping retailers to better serve their customers, lower operating costs and increase sales.
Sean-Henry Fitzsimons, Fashion Designer
Sean-Henry Fitzsimons is a young, up and coming fashion designer who specializes in knitwear. Fitzsimons worked as a freelance fashion and textiles consultant whilst running a sample business in Manchester before returning to Belfast where he is utilizing online media to focus on running his own business as a full time designer.
Carol Murphy, director of Cult Mountain
Carol Murphy is a writer/director who comes from a background in fine art, film theory and film journalism. She is currently artist in residence at Digital Arts Studios in Belfast. After Murphy hosted the Fashion Forum at Blick Studios in December she realized that there was a market for fashion films in London. She combined her talents with Fashion Stylist and Editor of NEUHQ magazine, Britt Cormack, to form the creative duo and production company Cult Mountain, which will be launched with a series of fashion films. Murphy will screen Cult Mountain’s first fashion film directed by Murphy, styled by Cormack, featuring twin performers My Bad Sister who will wear the work of the fashion designer Marry Me Jimmy Paul.
