New shopper style occasion The Good Garments Present, which is going down at Birmingham’s NEC on 20-22 September 2024, is partnering with Choose Mannequin Administration on a nationwide mannequin search competitors to seek out the ‘Face of 2025’.
4 successful fashions will characteristic within the present’s marketing campaign and two will win a year-long contract with Choose.
There might be two open name castings, the primary going down on 16 August on the NEC, and a second in London on 26 August at Mills Fabrica, a “hub for planet saving innovation”, in King’s Cross.
A few of the faces scouted by Choose on the former Garments Present Stay over time embody Pixie Lott, Oliver Cheshire, Luly Reynolds and Sam Webb. Brett Staniland, a former Love Island contestant who’s now a passionate advocate for sustainability in style and might be showing on the panel, was one other face initially scouted at Garments Present Stay.
The Good Garments Present “goals to create a bridge between the worlds of quick style and sustainability”, showcasing all ranges of sustainability whereas offering totally different entry factors for individuals beginning somewhere else.
Circularity might be a constant theme, from swaps to donations, reworked clothes by means of to new supplies created from outdated.
The three-day programme options Silent Cinema screenings, a Massive Swap, restyle lounge, e-book signings and catwalk reveals.
Hosts embody presenter Annaliese Dayes, former Vogue Australia Editor and Wardrobe Crises podcast creator Clare Press, in addition to Tiffanie Darke – author, model strategist and former editor of Sunday Instances Model. Different names participating in workshops and panels over the weekend embody Nice British Stitching Bee choose Patrick Grant, local weather activist Tori Tsui and author Aja Barber.
The centre piece would be the ‘round machine’ – dropped at life originally of the present the place guests are invited to usher in garments they now not need, drop them at a central level and from there they are going to be diverted in considered one of three instructions – to Good Works donation house, World Trend Exchanges’ Swap, or to White Rose’s customisation station.
The Good Garments Present is a completely new occasion that attracts inevitable comparisons to the previous Garments Present Stay, which ran for 20 years – till 2014 – and impressed many British kids to pursue a profession within the trade.
Anybody wishing to attend a mannequin casting might want to pre-register by way of The Good Garments Present web site to allow them to be allotted a time slot.
