Chic 2 Chic: ....a little less conversation

It certainly has been a while. No venting of my fashion perspective for your entertaining pleasure in almost two months. Surely my commitment isn't waning?

Of course it isn't. What i'm just getting to grips with now is what is know as the 'life/work balance' or 'bleisure' if I want to be smart about it. But there's nothing smart or indeed fun about trying to juggle a pro-active approach to my future career plans(you know work experience, making contacts, trying to find suitable outfits that progress me from student to creative marketeer...), as well as uni work/life, planning a LIVE event hosted in Nottingham, shopping (optional extra I've heard), making time for the folks and the old boy at home, and a whole host of other activities and pursuits that it would seem I am less than capable of maintaining all at the same time.

(The old adage 'there aren't enough hours in the day' is NOT a saying, but FACT.)

This sort of thing was never a problem back at school was it? 25 hours of lessons a week, 10 subjects and revision for all of them which culminated in exams that all seemed to happen on the same day. But now, for some reason being in uni for a seemingly stressful THREE hours a week seems more than an effort. But that’s not the half of it...

Introducing the implementation of my final year work....

The last three months have been a barrage of emails, constant flyering, badgering of companies for sponsorship and endless late nights updating social networking profiles, recuiting exhibitors and generally perspiring quite abit with Liz about our Event 'Slash/Slash Notts.

‘Slash/Slash’ is a term which describes how today youth (15-25) no longer see themselves doing or being just one thing. Instead it is important that they must be ‘good at everything – do all, have multiple roles, be your own brand’. This is done by promoting their talents and building micro communities around their personalities. No longer does a person just have a name, but instead a list of subsequent ‘slashed’ titles that display these multiple roles. “Why just be a DJ when you can be a DJ with your own fashion line, DJ school, agency and styling career?” says The Future Laboratory who coined the term ‘Slash/Slash generation’ in 2008.

Thanks to our event , the youth of Nottingham can now become a part of one the most exciting, innovative and supportive business environment for young aspiring and creative entrepreneurs at ‘Slash/Slash’ Notts at The Rescue Rooms, Saturday 2^nd May 2009.

Today’s youth are fast becoming a generation of on and offline business entrepreneurs, making vast sums of cash before they even hit 25. These fledgling brands need exposure from their peers to survive and a platform to showcase their talents. The ‘Slash/Slash’ generation are the “stars of tomorrow. They are the new generation of do-it-allers and excel in a multitude of disciplines woven together by their instinctive adoption of the ‘brand-me’ phenomenon”

With this in mind, ‘Slash/Slash Notts’ (based in the heart of Nottingham’s city centre) brings the very best of young creative talent in the region together to display their multi-faceted business ventures from Fashion design, t-shirt printing , works of art , canvases to illustration, graphic design, accessories and music and have the opportunity to advertise and sell themselves and their product to like-minded young people, creating genuine peer endorsement. The event highlights the talents of those between the ages of 15 – 25, an age group often forgotten by the fashion (events) industry. Those selected represent the cream of the crop of talent in the East Midlands.

Our vision is that the event will eventually become a road-show; travelling the UK to promote young creative talent in several major cities and regions without it being restricted to London (as many events of this type are). By keeping the events regional it will allow cities and communities to nurture and acknowledge local talents. The event will also support and run alongside the Department for Culture Media and Sports guidelines to drive and promote Britain’s creative industries and show its importance for the future of the economy.

Phew. Hopefully that offers some sort of explanation as to my recent business. However there is still much more to come. But we are ever the optimists and are enjoying the visual aspect of promoting our event.

Take a sneaky peak at some promo posters I whipped up today.