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Students collaborate with local tattoo studio on live industry project
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (266+ words) Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) Level 3 Year 1 Contemporary Art and Illustration students have completed an exciting work experience project in partnership with local tattoo studio Outsider Art, giving them the opportunity to work on a live creative brief and…...
Birmingham fashion designer awarded exclusive mentorship with Olympic champion
1+ week, 6+ day ago (424+ words) A Birmingham fashion designer and social entrepreneur has been awarded an exclusive one-to-one mentorship with an Olympic champion. Natell Williams entered a competition at the UK Black Business Forum networking event which offered one entrepreneur attending the event the opportunity…...
The rise of the smart salon: How technology is transforming UK beauty businesses
1+ week, 6+ day ago (736+ words) Some of the data collected by this provider is for the purposes of personalization and measuring advertising effectiveness. The provider may use the IP Addresses for ads measurement and ads personalization. The UK beauty industry has always been driven by…...
Annual fashion event to take over Brindleyplace
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (574+ words) Birmingham City University is hosting their annual 1,000 Threads fashion event. The event will feature 11 industry panel selected collections from Fashion and Jewellery graduates with themes of international connectivity, heritage and archiving. Taking place on Thursday 18 June, the fashion event will…...
Budding barbers gain real-world skills
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (337+ words) Budding barbers from Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) are approaching the end of their training and are now seeking models for free haircuts to help them develop their experience and complete their assessments. Students on the Level 2 Barbering course…...
Brum women’s charity teams up with LA clothing brand to mark International Women’s Day
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (390+ words) Birmingham women’s charity Smart Works has joined forces with Los Angeles boutique clothing brand cabi for a special event to mark International Women’s Day. Birmingham and cabi, sponsored by Fico, are presenting an IWD fashion show, panel discussion, and fashion…...
People urged to report sales of illegal skin lightening products to Trading Standards
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (301+ words) The warning follows an investigation by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI), which found items being sold in specialist food shops, small grocery stores, butchers and online. Many of these products are illegal in the UK and have been found…...