26th May - 3rd June
Newcastle Fashion Weesk 2012 brought many events to the city including catwalk shows, shopping events, and so much more. There were many free events and most were held in the very heart of Newcastle city centre; making the fashion showcase accessible to everyone.
All of the events were listed and described in the official Newcastle Fashion Week programme; this made it easy to see what events were on where and at what time. The short descirptions were good for people to decide what event would best suit them and ultimately helped with deciding what events to attend.
Newcastle College Showcase
Newcastle Fashion week opened on Saturday 26th May with a catwalk show featuring some of the best work from Newcastle College fashion students. The showcase was held at 12:00 at Grey's Monument. One of the collections seen was the Little Black Dress which I found particularly interesting as like many others 'The Little Black Dress' is a reliable favourite in my wardrobe. I also found the showcase exciting as hopefully, being a 1st year Fashion student at Newcastle College; my work could be showcased here sometime in the years to come.
Work It
The fashion catwalks continued at Grey's Monument with a showcase of workwear availbale from some of Newcastle's top retailers. The show began at 1pm and showed the public 'How to Dress for Success' with clothing from John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Primark and Warehouse. Shoes were also on display from Moda in Pelle.
John Lewis
Marks & Spencer
Primark
Warehouse
Warehouse also celebrated Newcastle Fashion Week with an exclusive in-store shopping event hosted right after the Work It catwalk showcase; 20% discount was on offer as well as a complimentary drink whilst you shopped.
Moda in Pelle shoes also hosted a shopping even offering 20% off full price products to privilege card holders (also available to those who signed fo privilege cards on the day). There was also a prize draw to win a pair of shoes and matching bag each season for a year.
Barbour Spring/Summer 2012
Sunday 27th May saw TV fashion star Brix Smith-Start present a catwalk showing highlights from the Barbour Spring/Summer 2012 collection. The South Shields based international fashion brand also designed the official Newcastle Fashion Week T-shirt this year which were sold exclusively in Fenwicks with all profits donated to the Cash for Kids charity.
All of the the Summer/Spring 2012 collection shown is available to purchase in Fenwick.
Fashion Front Row
As You Like It played host to Newcastle Fashion Week's Fashion Front Row event on Tuesday 29th May. Presented by Jayne Middlemiss the catwalk show featured some of the best emerging and established fashion talent in the North East. Some well known brands were on show including; luxury lingerie brand Tallulah Love, vintage inspired accessories brand Rock n Rose, and bespoke milliner The Libertarian. 
Funnella
Al's Musique Boutique
Rock n Rose
Christopher Niari
Jennifer Lilly
Boulevard Rouge
Suzanne Porter Boutique
Shonagh Marie
Emma Bell
Bad Kitty Corsets
The Libertarian
Tallulah Love
Barbour Official Newcastle Fashion Week 2012 T-Shirt
Hair by Toni & Guy
Make-Up by ND Make Up Artists
Supported by Metro Radio; once again money was raised for Cash fo Kids by selling raffle tickets and with donations on the door.
Fashion's Day Out
Thursday 31st May saw Eldon Square put together a combination of catwalk shows, fashion displays and demonstrations. Showcasing this seasons key trends in both in-store and mall events; all of the items were available to purchase right there and then from the participating stores. Fashion shows took place within Marks & Spencer, Dorothy Perkins and Bonmarche, with the main fashion displays taking place between Boots and John Lewis alongside product demonstrations.
Fenwick's Champagne & Afternoon Tea
Fenwick also hosted a catwalk show featuring the latest trends available in-store. Showcased within Cafe 21; while people enjoyed champagne and afternoon tea.
Frock & Roll
Held at Event Northumbria on Friday 1st June; the fashion and music event showcased catwalks from French Connection, Reiss, Warehouse and Urban Outfitters, all combined with live music from Frankie and the Heartstrings, Lulu James, Polarsets and Karima Francis. Presented by MTV presenter Adam Childs.
French Connection with Frankie and the Heartstrings DJ Set
Warehouse wiith Lulu James
Urban Outfitters with Polarsets
Reiss with Karima Francis
Newcastle Fashion Week Official Closing Party
Sunday 3rd June was the final day of Newcastle Fashion Week 2012 and to finish what better way to end with an Offical closing party at Tup Tup palace. Fashion TV were there on the night filming at Tup Tup Palace, with their own exclusive catwalk show. There was also an appearance from Dizzee Rascal after his performance at the local Evolution Festival that night.
Dizzee Rascal
So overall Newcastle Fashion Week 2012 has been an absolute success and hopefully the event will continue to grow over the years to come. Its a great way to showcase and acknowledge the design talent from the North East of England and to confirm that Newcastle is the Fashion capital of the North.
NE1 Newcastle: Get into Newcastle (in partnership with MetroRadio) delivered a great schedule of events for Newcastle Fashion Week 2012 and lets not forget the sponsors Mercedes-Benz of Newcastle and Chamilia; for helping this all to happen. Many others made it possible for the events to run; including Eldon Square, Fenwick, Barbour, John Lewis, Northumbria University, and Newwcastle College.
Hopefully you all enjoyed this years Newcastle Fashion Week and continue to support it next year.
What will Newcastle Fashion Week 2013 bring?
You'll have to wait & see!
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