New consumer fashion event The Good Clothes Show is proud to announce its partnership with Select Model Management for a national model search competition.
The Fashion Swap at GCS
There will be two open call castings – the first will take place on 16th August at the NEC, Birmingham – which will play host to the inaugural event itself over the weekend of 20th to 22nd September. A second casting will take place in London on 26th August at Mills Fabrica, a hub for planet saving innovation, in King’s Cross. Anyone wishing to attend a casting will need to pre- register via the website on this link so they can be allocated a time slot.
Some of the faces scouted by Select at the former Clothes Show Live over the years include Pixie Lott, Oliver Cheshire, Luly Reynolds and Sam Webb. Brett Staniland, a former Love Island contestant who is now a passionate advocate for sustainability in fashion and will be appearing on the panel, was another face originally scouted at Clothes Show Live.
This is a new event, taking place at Birmingham’s NEC – Friday 20th-22nd September, aiming to create a bridge between the worlds of fast fashion and sustainability, and the first demographic platform for showcasing all levels of sustainability, providing different access points for people starting in different places. Circularity is a consistent theme from swaps to donations, reworked garments through to new materials created from old.
The three-day programme features Silent Cinema screenings, a Big Swap, restyle lounge, book signings – and of course, the catwalk shows. Hosts include presenter Annaliese Dayes, former Vogue Australia editor and Wardrobe Crises podcast creator, Clare Press, as well as Tiffanie Darke – writer, brand strategist and former editor of Sunday Times Style. Other names taking part in workshops and panels over the weekend include Great British Sewing Bee judge Patrick Grant, climate activist Tori Tsui and writer Aja Barber.
The centre piece is the real life ‘circular machine’ brought to life at the beginning of the show where visitors to the show are invited to bring in clothes they no longer want, drop them at a central point and from there they will be diverted in one of three directions – to Smart Works donation space – to Global Fashion Exchanges ‘Swap – or to White Rose’s ‘customisation station.
Fans of The Great British Sewing Bee can enjoy workshops lead by Jen Hogg and Mercedes Ferrari Plumridge; Patrick
Grant will also be speaking on the main stage alongside sustainability campaigner and model Brett Staniland. Visitors will
then have the opportunity to have their books signed by the panellists including Patrick Grant at the show’s bookshop, in
partnership with local independent book seller, The Heath.
