Emile
Fashion Startup Business Adviser.
127. Emile has been an invaluable associate of The London Pattern Cutter since 2016. As our Senior Fashion Business Adviser, he is the most visible member of the team, providing immense help and support to all our fashion startup and small business clients.
Through The London Pattern Cutter Emile has helped hundreds of fashion startups get off the ground successfully, with his wide ranging knowledge of the fashion industry, his helpful advice, and his one-stop-shop service for startups.
Experience.
Emile has been in the fashion industry for twenty years – As a successful fashion business consultant, designer and entrepreneur. He is involved in every stage of the garment making process, and knows the clothing business inside out.
Just like many of our clients, Emile has had to build his businesses up from scratch with limited finances. So, he understands the problems that small businesses face, and he has experienced at first hand how difficult it is to achieve success in the UK fashion industry.
Fashion Startup Workshops.
Emile runs our very popular one-to-one fashion startup workshops – Both from our London Greenwich studios, and online via Skype. The workshop covers all aspects of starting and running a clothing business in the UK.
As each workshop is tailored to the individual client, there is no set time or date. We can work round your own schedule, and build a workshop to suit your needs.
British Fashion Council.
Most recently Emile Vidal Carr has been announced by British Fashion Council and DHL as one of the finalists to receive this years Fashion Potential Award. The finalists have gone on to receive intense mentoring from senior experts from BFC, DHL, Matches Fashion, and Gymshark, to name a few. Emile received personal mentoring under Steve Hewitt , CEO of Gymshark.
Starting A Fashion Brand ?
You may have arrived at this page because you are thinking of starting a new fashion brand. You have no experience, dont know where to start, who to trust, where to get information, or how to spend your hard earned money cost-effectively.
Well, you need to be aware that the clothing business is a minefield of potential pitfalls for any new fashion business. It is virtually impossible to succeed without expert advice and high quality fashion industry services.
This is particularly relevant if you are considering offshore manufacture, where the difficulties are magnified tenfold, although the rewards may be greater. This is only really a viable option if you want to produce large quantities.
Professional advice and guidance are absolutely vital, both in order to maximise your chances of success, and to save money.
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Fashion Designer.
Emile Vidal Carr has been a tenacious designer and art director, creating highly engineered, vivid and indulgent premium womenswear.
“I love architecture, so I use my fascination for structure and translate that into my designs, which adds to our very distinctive style”.
The head designer and graduate from the very prestigious London College of Fashion, set up his first clothing brand in 2003, selling in Topshop , ASOS and Allders. Then he rebranded and set up as Emile Vidal Carr.
Sample Room.
Emile has worked for some of the largest designer labels in the world – Such as Alexander McQueen, Victoria Beckham, Erdem, Peter Pilotto, Kanye West, Roland Mouret and Ralph & Russo.
He was one of twenty designers chosen to take part in New York fashion Week, and was part of the UK technical team that provided the 2012 Australia Olympic team uniforms.
He believes that every garment has been engineered and has achieved a strong identity for his products by manufacturing everything in his very own London based factory.
Emile started his career in the fashion business courtesy of is mother who was a part time dressmaker. She showed him the basics of how to sew and also gave him his very first sewing machine.
Fashion Degree.
By the time Emile graduated he had officially set up the brand and called it Bellanina. Through lots of hard work and a bit of luck Jenny Holloway ( CEO of Fashion Capital ) took on the brand, along with a few others, and took on the role as sales agent and maxed to broker deals that got Bellanina stocked in Topshop, ASOS and Allders.
Lecturer.
Emile got into teaching and founded the stitch to pitch project, which is an initiative that encourages young people to get into the fashion industry, and equipping them with both business and practical skills.
Not only has a specific course been designed as a stepping stone to a BTEC , but we have also published interviews online from some young leading fashion experts.
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