Shipley Lates 

a fabulous fix of culture on a Friday night

Shipley Lates: Fashion Fix

 

Friday 29 October, 6-10pm

This year, Design Event North East (22-31 October) focuses on the theme of Conversation. The Shipley is joining in with an evening celebrating the language of fashion. Clothes speak louder than words, so make sure you dress to impress…

Talk
Kim Howells is a multimedia stylist and fashion consultant, based in East London. Her clients are the rising stars of the fashion world and include David Koma, Hannah Marshall and Fred Butler and she was also assistant to Nicola Formichetti.  Kim Howells is a regular contributor to Dazed and Confused, V and V Man.
 
She will be discussing recent and upcoming projects as well as giving an insight into how she entered into the fashion industry at 7pm. Click here to visit Kim's website.

Shout Out!
Make your own piece of statement jewellery, guaranteed to get people talking.

Fashion Show
Following a successful outing in 2009 the Shipley Catwalk returns to the Gallery with a Goth vs Snow Queen theme at 8pm.

Fashion Bingo
Get to know each other with this unique game of conversational bingo.

NewcastleGateshead Street Style
Over the coming months we’ll be hitting the streets of Gateshead and Newcastle photographing the best and most stylishly dressed. Vote for your favourite on the night. See the blog here.

Paper Dresses
Make your own paper dress creation entirely from newspaper and sellotape! Work with designers to make your creation and (if finished by 9pm!) enter it into the catwalk show for all to admire. Click here or here for inspiration! 

Heaton Hot Shop – Hey Baby Chief Panda will be on standby all evening to help style you for the evening and the night ahead.  You will also be able to buy their unique vintage finds in a very special pop up shop at the event. Click here to see their blog!

The Sound of the Catwalk
DJs will play a soundtrack of music from the catwalks of Paris, Milan, London and New York.