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Free cinema tickets to Man on Wire Drapersonline.com is giving away free tickets to a new film - Man on Wire. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/cinematickets/2008/07/free_cinema_tickets_to_man_on_wire.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/cinematickets/2008/07/free_cinema_tickets_to_man_on_wire.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B 10 July 2008 16:44 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/MOW_quad_final%20copy_resized_70w_tcm12-1710226.jpg Free cinema tickets to Man on Wire</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>Drapersonline.com is giving away free tickets to a new film - Man on Wire.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/cinematickets/2008/07/free_cinema_tickets_to_baby_mama.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Free cinema tickets to Baby Mama Drapersonline is delighted to offer its users free cinema tickets to Baby Mama. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/cinematickets/2008/07/free_cinema_tickets_to_baby_mama.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/cinematickets/2008/07/free_cinema_tickets_to_baby_mama.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B 10 July 2008 12:52 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/bm_resized_70_tcm12-1709875.jpg Free cinema tickets to Baby Mama</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>Drapersonline is delighted to offer its users free cinema tickets to Baby Mama.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/competitions/2008/07/win_a_propress_steamer.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Win a Propress Steamer! To help make the most of your fabric, Propress is giving you the chance to win one of their leading steamers, just in time for Pure London. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/competitions/2008/07/win_a_propress_steamer.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/competitions/2008/07/win_a_propress_steamer.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B 09 July 2008 12:16 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Propress1_resized_70_tcm12-1703779.jpg Win a Propress Steamer! </a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>To help make the most of your fabric, Propress is giving you the chance to win one of their leading steamers, just in time for Pure London.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_shop_reluctantly_left_holding_the_baby.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Talking Shop: Reluctantly left holding the baby Everything has been going well at my store this year. The credit crunch doesn?t seem to have made it up north yet and our first transactional website goes live in four weeks. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_shop_reluctantly_left_holding_the_baby.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_shop_reluctantly_left_holding_the_baby.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B 07 July 2008 15:45 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Sarah%20Murray_resized_70_tcm12-1308747.jpg Talking Shop: Reluctantly left holding the baby</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>Everything has been going well at my store this year. The credit crunch doesn?t seem to have made it up north yet and our first transactional website goes live in four weeks.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_fashion_music_and_fashion_can_make_tills_sing.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Talking Fashion: Music and fashion can make tills sing I?ve just returned from the International Music Summit in Ibiza, where I was invited to talk about music and fashion. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_fashion_music_and_fashion_can_make_tills_sing.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_fashion_music_and_fashion_can_make_tills_sing.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B 05 July 2008 15:39 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Roger-Wade_resized_70_tcm12-1701077.jpg Talking Fashion: Music and fashion can make tills sing</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>I?ve just returned from the International Music Summit in Ibiza, where I was invited to talk about music and fashion.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_business_how_to_be_a_round_peg_in_a_round_hole.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Talking Business: How to be a round peg in a round hole It is crucial when considering a career move in today?s economic climate (either because the omens look bad at your company or simply due to unforeseen circumstances) that you find the right job. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_business_how_to_be_a_round_peg_in_a_round_hole.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_business_how_to_be_a_round_peg_in_a_round_hole.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B 05 July 2008 14:23 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Lucy-harris_resized_70_tcm12-1700989.jpg Talking Business: How to be a round peg in a round hole</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>It is crucial when considering a career move in today?s economic climate (either because the omens look bad at your company or simply due to unforeseen circumstances) that you find the right job.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/comment_no_inspiration_for_slaves_to_fashion.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Comment: No inspiration for slaves to fashion Only a couple of shows into the season and already it seems that UK buyers are making like UK shoppers and staying at home this summer. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/comment_no_inspiration_for_slaves_to_fashion.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/comment_no_inspiration_for_slaves_to_fashion.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B 05 July 2008 14:08 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Lauretta_resized_70_tcm12-905473.jpg Comment: No inspiration for slaves to fashion</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>Only a couple of shows into the season and already it seems that UK buyers are making like UK shoppers and staying at home this summer.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/staying_positive_in_the_downturn.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Staying positive in the downturn I started my business in 1976. For those of you too young to remember what Britain was like then, I can tell you that inflation was running at 22% and the UK was so broke that the government was forced to take an emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/staying_positive_in_the_downturn.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/staying_positive_in_the_downturn.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B 28 June 2008 11:09 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Bashir%20Mohammed_resized_70_tcm12-905506.jpg Staying positive in the downturn</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>I started my business in 1976. For those of you too young to remember what Britain was like then, I can tell you that inflation was running at 22% and the UK was so broke that the government was forced to take an emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/feeling_smart_in_my_collar_and_cuffs.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Feeling smart in my collar and cuffs It?s official, the shirt is back on trend again in casualwear. Take a look in the charity shops or markets and there are rails and rails of them. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/feeling_smart_in_my_collar_and_cuffs.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/feeling_smart_in_my_collar_and_cuffs.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B 28 June 2008 11:05 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/JULS-GIO-GIO_resized_70_tcm12-1675987.jpg Feeling smart in my collar and cuffs</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>It?s official, the shirt is back on trend again in casualwear. Take a look in the charity shops or markets and there are rails and rails of them.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/primark_pays_price_for_ethical_blunder.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Primark pays price for ethical blunder I?m guessing you may be feeling an unusual happiness at not being Primark this week. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/primark_pays_price_for_ethical_blunder.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/primark_pays_price_for_ethical_blunder.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B 28 June 2008 10:59 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/sarahbutler1%20(6)%20copy_resized_70_tcm12-853460.jpg Primark pays price for ethical blunder</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>I?m guessing you may be feeling an unusual happiness at not being Primark this week. </font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_primark_takes_flak_as_others_escape.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Comment: Primark takes flak as others escape It just goes to show what a hot potato the ethical production of clothes is when an episode of the BBC?s Panaroma, which dealt with the subject, pulled in 4.2 million viewers at 9pm on a Monday night. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_primark_takes_flak_as_others_escape.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_primark_takes_flak_as_others_escape.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B 28 June 2008 10:55 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Lauretta_resized_70_tcm12-905473.jpg Comment: Primark takes flak as others escape</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>It just goes to show what a hot potato the ethical production of clothes is when an episode of the BBC?s Panaroma, which dealt with the subject, pulled in 4.2 million viewers at 9pm on a Monday night.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_primarks_kids_put_spotlight_on_fashion.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Comment: Primark?s kids put spotlight on fashion If ever there was a case of damned if you do and damned if you don?t, it?s that of Primark and the child labour story uncovered this week. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_primarks_kids_put_spotlight_on_fashion.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_primarks_kids_put_spotlight_on_fashion.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B Lauretta Roberts 21 June 2008 12:46 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Lauretta_resized_70_tcm12-905473.jpg Comment: Primark?s kids put spotlight on fashion</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>If ever there was a case of damned if you do and damned if you don?t, it?s that of Primark and the child labour story uncovered this week.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/photo_shoots_are_missing_the_target.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Photo shoots are missing the target When I recently received the July issue of Vogue which had an ?Ageless Style? theme, I opened it with enthusiasm, as last July?s version was unusually pertinent to my business. Again I was glad for the initiative, but rather less impressed with the styling. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/photo_shoots_are_missing_the_target.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/photo_shoots_are_missing_the_target.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B Lalage Beaumont 21 June 2008 12:39 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Lalage%20Beaumont_resized_70_tcm12-905526.jpg Photo shoots are missing the target </a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>When I recently received the July issue of Vogue which had an ?Ageless Style? theme, I opened it with enthusiasm, as last July?s version was unusually pertinent to my business. Again I was glad for the initiative, but rather less impressed with the styling.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/indies_must_go_back_to_basics.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Indies must go back to basics Two episodes of Mary Queen of Shops in and I have already started shouting at the telly ? sometimes at the shop owners and sometimes at Mary Portas. At the moment, it?s mainly at the shop owners ? about an 80/20 split ? but what the first two episodes have rammed home is the potential for complacency among independent boutiques. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/indies_must_go_back_to_basics.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/indies_must_go_back_to_basics.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B Lorna Hall 21 June 2008 12:14 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/LornaHall02%20copy_resized_70_tcm12-904147.jpg Indies must go back to basics </a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>Two episodes of Mary Queen of Shops in and I have already started shouting at the telly ? sometimes at the shop owners and sometimes at Mary Portas. At the moment, it?s mainly at the shop owners ? about an 80/20 split ? but what the first two episodes have rammed home is the potential for complacency among independent boutiques. </font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_business_a_multichannel_route_to_suit_you.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Talking Business: A multi-channel route to suit you Of the top 130 UK fashion and footwear retailers, 55% now have transactional websites, and are faced with the challenge of multi-channel fulfilment. The majority of these retailers use separate physical operations and processes to fulfil non-store orders. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_business_a_multichannel_route_to_suit_you.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_business_a_multichannel_route_to_suit_you.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B Ray Fowler 21 June 2008 12:08 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Ray-Fowler_resized_70_tcm12-1620927.jpg Talking Business: A multi-channel route to suit you </a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>Of the top 130 UK fashion and footwear retailers, 55% now have transactional websites, and are faced with the challenge of multi-channel fulfilment. The majority of these retailers use separate physical operations and processes to fulfil non-store orders.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_shop_retailers_will_find__strength_in_numbers.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Talking Shop: Retailers will find strength in numbers My first Drapers column might have been about falling consumer spending and the current economic woes, but a daily diet of this makes for depressing reading. I make no apologies for talking about the British Shops and Stores Association and the mutual need and benefits that we have for one another. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_shop_retailers_will_find__strength_in_numbers.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_shop_retailers_will_find__strength_in_numbers.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B John Dean 14 June 2008 12:06 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/john%20dean_resized_70_tcm12-541581.jpg Talking Shop: Retailers will find strength in numbers</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>My first Drapers column might have been about falling consumer spending and the current economic woes, but a daily diet of this makes for depressing reading. I make no apologies for talking about the British Shops and Stores Association and the mutual need and benefits that we have for one another.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_fashion_same_old_brands_are_a_real_bore.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Talking Fashion: Same old brands are a real bore In the UK we have our strongest ever portfolio of menswear brands and designers. From high street stores to graduates and from heritage brands to contemporary designers, talent is widely available. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_fashion_same_old_brands_are_a_real_bore.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_fashion_same_old_brands_are_a_real_bore.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B Bruce Montgomery 14 June 2008 12:03 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Bruce%20Montgomery_resized_70_tcm12-1310338.jpg Talking Fashion: Same old brands are a real bore </a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>In the UK we have our strongest ever portfolio of menswear brands and designers. From high street stores to graduates and from heritage brands to contemporary designers, talent is widely available.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_business_light_at_the_end_of_the_financial_tunnel.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Talking Business: Light at the end of the financial tunnel At Global Refund we deal with more than 12 million international travellers in 40 countries around the world annually with our tax-free shopping service and dynamic currency conversion service, First Currency Choice. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_business_light_at_the_end_of_the_financial_tunnel.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_business_light_at_the_end_of_the_financial_tunnel.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B Nigel Dasler 14 June 2008 12:01 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Nigel%20Dasler_resized_70_tcm12-1596896.jpg Talking Business: Light at the end of the financial tunnel </a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>At Global Refund we deal with more than 12 million international travellers in 40 countries around the world annually with our tax-free shopping service and dynamic currency conversion service, First Currency Choice.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_confidence_laid_low_by_us_credit_virus.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Comment: Confidence laid low by US credit virus ?It?s much worse here than in the US,? one business analyst from across the pond told me this week when we were discussing consumer confidence. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_confidence_laid_low_by_us_credit_virus.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_confidence_laid_low_by_us_credit_virus.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B Lauretta Roberts 14 June 2008 10:57 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Lauretta_resized_70_tcm12-905473.jpg Comment: Confidence laid low by US credit virus</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>?It?s much worse here than in the US,? one business analyst from across the pond told me this week when we were discussing consumer confidence.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_shop_im_off_to_sao_paulo_for_some_shopping.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B'\>Talking Shop: I?m off to Sao Paulo for some shopping The buying season is almost upon us again, so I?d like to ask any independent retailer reading this column a few questions. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_shop_im_off_to_sao_paulo_for_some_shopping.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_shop_im_off_to_sao_paulo_for_some_shopping.html;jsessionid=7833D4E908D70464B06921F77470966B Pamela Shiffer 07 June 2008 08:48 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Pamela%20Shiffer%201_resized_70_tcm12-1529568.jpg Talking Shop: I?m off to Sao Paulo for some shopping</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>The buying season is almost upon us again, so I?d like to ask any independent retailer reading this column a few questions.</font><BR> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="left"><br> </p> </td> <td colspan="4" height="333" valign="top"> <table border="0" width="100%" id="table7" cellpadding="6" height="280"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p> <b>Below, you'll find extensive information on leading Need For Original Fashion articles and products to help you on your way to success.<br> </b><br> </p> <table width="250" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" height="250"> <tr> <td valign="top"><center><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-8511951394506514"; /* 200x200, created 2/17/08 */ google_ad_slot = "7794671988"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 200; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></center> </td> </tr> </table> <p>The Need For Original Fashion <BR>By Groshan Fabiola <BR>Fashion has and always will be a way of expression, a method through which you can uncover yourself and show the world a glance of who you are.<br><br>However, what the world is in desperate need of is not fashion, but original fashion. 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Moreover, there are places, even online </p> <p><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/cinematickets/2008/07/free_cinema_tickets_to_man_on_wire.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Free cinema tickets to Man on Wire Drapersonline.com is giving away free tickets to a new film - Man on Wire. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/cinematickets/2008/07/free_cinema_tickets_to_man_on_wire.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/cinematickets/2008/07/free_cinema_tickets_to_man_on_wire.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E 10 July 2008 16:44 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/MOW_quad_final%20copy_resized_70w_tcm12-1710226.jpg Free cinema tickets to Man on Wire</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>Drapersonline.com is giving away free tickets to a new film - Man on Wire.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/cinematickets/2008/07/free_cinema_tickets_to_baby_mama.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Free cinema tickets to Baby Mama Drapersonline is delighted to offer its users free cinema tickets to Baby Mama. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/cinematickets/2008/07/free_cinema_tickets_to_baby_mama.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/cinematickets/2008/07/free_cinema_tickets_to_baby_mama.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E 10 July 2008 12:52 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/bm_resized_70_tcm12-1709875.jpg Free cinema tickets to Baby Mama</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>Drapersonline is delighted to offer its users free cinema tickets to Baby Mama.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/competitions/2008/07/win_a_propress_steamer.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Win a Propress Steamer! To help make the most of your fabric, Propress is giving you the chance to win one of their leading steamers, just in time for Pure London. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/competitions/2008/07/win_a_propress_steamer.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/community/competitions/2008/07/win_a_propress_steamer.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E 09 July 2008 12:16 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Propress1_resized_70_tcm12-1703779.jpg Win a Propress Steamer! </a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>To help make the most of your fabric, Propress is giving you the chance to win one of their leading steamers, just in time for Pure London.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_shop_reluctantly_left_holding_the_baby.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Talking Shop: Reluctantly left holding the baby Everything has been going well at my store this year. The credit crunch doesn?t seem to have made it up north yet and our first transactional website goes live in four weeks. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_shop_reluctantly_left_holding_the_baby.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_shop_reluctantly_left_holding_the_baby.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E 07 July 2008 15:45 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Sarah%20Murray_resized_70_tcm12-1308747.jpg Talking Shop: Reluctantly left holding the baby</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>Everything has been going well at my store this year. The credit crunch doesn?t seem to have made it up north yet and our first transactional website goes live in four weeks.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_fashion_music_and_fashion_can_make_tills_sing.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Talking Fashion: Music and fashion can make tills sing I?ve just returned from the International Music Summit in Ibiza, where I was invited to talk about music and fashion. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_fashion_music_and_fashion_can_make_tills_sing.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_fashion_music_and_fashion_can_make_tills_sing.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E 05 July 2008 15:39 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Roger-Wade_resized_70_tcm12-1701077.jpg Talking Fashion: Music and fashion can make tills sing</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>I?ve just returned from the International Music Summit in Ibiza, where I was invited to talk about music and fashion.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_business_how_to_be_a_round_peg_in_a_round_hole.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Talking Business: How to be a round peg in a round hole It is crucial when considering a career move in today?s economic climate (either because the omens look bad at your company or simply due to unforeseen circumstances) that you find the right job. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_business_how_to_be_a_round_peg_in_a_round_hole.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/talking_business_how_to_be_a_round_peg_in_a_round_hole.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E 05 July 2008 14:23 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Lucy-harris_resized_70_tcm12-1700989.jpg Talking Business: How to be a round peg in a round hole</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>It is crucial when considering a career move in today?s economic climate (either because the omens look bad at your company or simply due to unforeseen circumstances) that you find the right job.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/comment_no_inspiration_for_slaves_to_fashion.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Comment: No inspiration for slaves to fashion Only a couple of shows into the season and already it seems that UK buyers are making like UK shoppers and staying at home this summer. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/comment_no_inspiration_for_slaves_to_fashion.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/07/comment_no_inspiration_for_slaves_to_fashion.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E 05 July 2008 14:08 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Lauretta_resized_70_tcm12-905473.jpg Comment: No inspiration for slaves to fashion</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>Only a couple of shows into the season and already it seems that UK buyers are making like UK shoppers and staying at home this summer.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/staying_positive_in_the_downturn.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Staying positive in the downturn I started my business in 1976. For those of you too young to remember what Britain was like then, I can tell you that inflation was running at 22% and the UK was so broke that the government was forced to take an emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/staying_positive_in_the_downturn.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/staying_positive_in_the_downturn.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E 28 June 2008 11:09 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Bashir%20Mohammed_resized_70_tcm12-905506.jpg Staying positive in the downturn</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>I started my business in 1976. For those of you too young to remember what Britain was like then, I can tell you that inflation was running at 22% and the UK was so broke that the government was forced to take an emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/feeling_smart_in_my_collar_and_cuffs.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Feeling smart in my collar and cuffs It?s official, the shirt is back on trend again in casualwear. Take a look in the charity shops or markets and there are rails and rails of them. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/feeling_smart_in_my_collar_and_cuffs.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/feeling_smart_in_my_collar_and_cuffs.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E 28 June 2008 11:05 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/JULS-GIO-GIO_resized_70_tcm12-1675987.jpg Feeling smart in my collar and cuffs</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>It?s official, the shirt is back on trend again in casualwear. Take a look in the charity shops or markets and there are rails and rails of them.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/primark_pays_price_for_ethical_blunder.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Primark pays price for ethical blunder I?m guessing you may be feeling an unusual happiness at not being Primark this week. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/primark_pays_price_for_ethical_blunder.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/primark_pays_price_for_ethical_blunder.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E 28 June 2008 10:59 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/sarahbutler1%20(6)%20copy_resized_70_tcm12-853460.jpg Primark pays price for ethical blunder</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>I?m guessing you may be feeling an unusual happiness at not being Primark this week. </font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_primark_takes_flak_as_others_escape.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Comment: Primark takes flak as others escape It just goes to show what a hot potato the ethical production of clothes is when an episode of the BBC?s Panaroma, which dealt with the subject, pulled in 4.2 million viewers at 9pm on a Monday night. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_primark_takes_flak_as_others_escape.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_primark_takes_flak_as_others_escape.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E 28 June 2008 10:55 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Lauretta_resized_70_tcm12-905473.jpg Comment: Primark takes flak as others escape</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>It just goes to show what a hot potato the ethical production of clothes is when an episode of the BBC?s Panaroma, which dealt with the subject, pulled in 4.2 million viewers at 9pm on a Monday night.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_primarks_kids_put_spotlight_on_fashion.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Comment: Primark?s kids put spotlight on fashion If ever there was a case of damned if you do and damned if you don?t, it?s that of Primark and the child labour story uncovered this week. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_primarks_kids_put_spotlight_on_fashion.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_primarks_kids_put_spotlight_on_fashion.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E Lauretta Roberts 21 June 2008 12:46 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Lauretta_resized_70_tcm12-905473.jpg Comment: Primark?s kids put spotlight on fashion</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>If ever there was a case of damned if you do and damned if you don?t, it?s that of Primark and the child labour story uncovered this week.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/photo_shoots_are_missing_the_target.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Photo shoots are missing the target When I recently received the July issue of Vogue which had an ?Ageless Style? theme, I opened it with enthusiasm, as last July?s version was unusually pertinent to my business. Again I was glad for the initiative, but rather less impressed with the styling. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/photo_shoots_are_missing_the_target.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/photo_shoots_are_missing_the_target.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E Lalage Beaumont 21 June 2008 12:39 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Lalage%20Beaumont_resized_70_tcm12-905526.jpg Photo shoots are missing the target </a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>When I recently received the July issue of Vogue which had an ?Ageless Style? theme, I opened it with enthusiasm, as last July?s version was unusually pertinent to my business. Again I was glad for the initiative, but rather less impressed with the styling.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/indies_must_go_back_to_basics.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Indies must go back to basics Two episodes of Mary Queen of Shops in and I have already started shouting at the telly ? sometimes at the shop owners and sometimes at Mary Portas. At the moment, it?s mainly at the shop owners ? about an 80/20 split ? but what the first two episodes have rammed home is the potential for complacency among independent boutiques. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/indies_must_go_back_to_basics.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/indies_must_go_back_to_basics.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E Lorna Hall 21 June 2008 12:14 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/LornaHall02%20copy_resized_70_tcm12-904147.jpg Indies must go back to basics </a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>Two episodes of Mary Queen of Shops in and I have already started shouting at the telly ? sometimes at the shop owners and sometimes at Mary Portas. At the moment, it?s mainly at the shop owners ? about an 80/20 split ? but what the first two episodes have rammed home is the potential for complacency among independent boutiques. </font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_business_a_multichannel_route_to_suit_you.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Talking Business: A multi-channel route to suit you Of the top 130 UK fashion and footwear retailers, 55% now have transactional websites, and are faced with the challenge of multi-channel fulfilment. The majority of these retailers use separate physical operations and processes to fulfil non-store orders. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_business_a_multichannel_route_to_suit_you.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_business_a_multichannel_route_to_suit_you.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E Ray Fowler 21 June 2008 12:08 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Ray-Fowler_resized_70_tcm12-1620927.jpg Talking Business: A multi-channel route to suit you </a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>Of the top 130 UK fashion and footwear retailers, 55% now have transactional websites, and are faced with the challenge of multi-channel fulfilment. The majority of these retailers use separate physical operations and processes to fulfil non-store orders.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_shop_retailers_will_find__strength_in_numbers.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Talking Shop: Retailers will find strength in numbers My first Drapers column might have been about falling consumer spending and the current economic woes, but a daily diet of this makes for depressing reading. I make no apologies for talking about the British Shops and Stores Association and the mutual need and benefits that we have for one another. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_shop_retailers_will_find__strength_in_numbers.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_shop_retailers_will_find__strength_in_numbers.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E John Dean 14 June 2008 12:06 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/john%20dean_resized_70_tcm12-541581.jpg Talking Shop: Retailers will find strength in numbers</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>My first Drapers column might have been about falling consumer spending and the current economic woes, but a daily diet of this makes for depressing reading. I make no apologies for talking about the British Shops and Stores Association and the mutual need and benefits that we have for one another.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_fashion_same_old_brands_are_a_real_bore.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Talking Fashion: Same old brands are a real bore In the UK we have our strongest ever portfolio of menswear brands and designers. From high street stores to graduates and from heritage brands to contemporary designers, talent is widely available. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_fashion_same_old_brands_are_a_real_bore.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_fashion_same_old_brands_are_a_real_bore.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E Bruce Montgomery 14 June 2008 12:03 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Bruce%20Montgomery_resized_70_tcm12-1310338.jpg Talking Fashion: Same old brands are a real bore </a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>In the UK we have our strongest ever portfolio of menswear brands and designers. From high street stores to graduates and from heritage brands to contemporary designers, talent is widely available.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_business_light_at_the_end_of_the_financial_tunnel.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Talking Business: Light at the end of the financial tunnel At Global Refund we deal with more than 12 million international travellers in 40 countries around the world annually with our tax-free shopping service and dynamic currency conversion service, First Currency Choice. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_business_light_at_the_end_of_the_financial_tunnel.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_business_light_at_the_end_of_the_financial_tunnel.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E Nigel Dasler 14 June 2008 12:01 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Nigel%20Dasler_resized_70_tcm12-1596896.jpg Talking Business: Light at the end of the financial tunnel </a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>At Global Refund we deal with more than 12 million international travellers in 40 countries around the world annually with our tax-free shopping service and dynamic currency conversion service, First Currency Choice.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_confidence_laid_low_by_us_credit_virus.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Comment: Confidence laid low by US credit virus ?It?s much worse here than in the US,? one business analyst from across the pond told me this week when we were discussing consumer confidence. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_confidence_laid_low_by_us_credit_virus.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/comment_confidence_laid_low_by_us_credit_virus.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E Lauretta Roberts 14 June 2008 10:57 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Lauretta_resized_70_tcm12-905473.jpg Comment: Confidence laid low by US credit virus</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>?It?s much worse here than in the US,? one business analyst from across the pond told me this week when we were discussing consumer confidence.</font><BR><font style='font-size: 12px;'><a target=_blank href ='http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_shop_im_off_to_sao_paulo_for_some_shopping.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E'\>Talking Shop: I?m off to Sao Paulo for some shopping The buying season is almost upon us again, so I?d like to ask any independent retailer reading this column a few questions. http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_shop_im_off_to_sao_paulo_for_some_shopping.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E http://www.drapersonline.com:80/opinion/2008/06/talking_shop_im_off_to_sao_paulo_for_some_shopping.html;jsessionid=EA6413B757D98C6BCAADB13EA4AC492E Pamela Shiffer 07 June 2008 08:48 http://www.drapersonline.com:80/images/Pamela%20Shiffer%201_resized_70_tcm12-1529568.jpg Talking Shop: I?m off to Sao Paulo for some shopping</a></font><br><font style='font-size: 10px;'>The buying season is almost upon us again, so I?d like to ask any independent retailer reading this column a few questions.</font><BR></p> <p>shops where you are given the opportunity of becoming your own designer and creating clothes you would like to wear and also give others the chance to be unique through your clothes and ideas. <br><br>Original <script type="text/javascript"> document.write("<A href='http://www.amazon.com/Years-Fashion-Illustration-Cally-Blackman/dp/1856694623/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204933748&/upbecom-20' target =_blank onMouseOver=\"uarxtip(this,event,'','<font size=1 face=Verdana color=#000000>100 Years of Fashion Illustration</font>')\" onMouseOut=\"hideuarxtip()\"> fashion</A>"); </script> and original apparel is not yet dead and buried, on the contrary it is going to come back again in a little while. 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