We Create* - Blog - Articles from August 2009

We Create* Opens Shop

7th August 2009

We Create* opened its first shop, on August 1st, based in The Oasis on Corporation Street in Birmingham. The shop incubates 10 local young fashion designer's and the labels they have developed. The unit also retails designs developed by participants on We Create*'s Fashion Design and its Commercial Development pilot courses.

The We Create* shop was set-up with a £480 grant from the Prince's Trust.

We Create* had a great response in its first week with 17 sales. The organisation received 20+ enquires off other young designers to assist in the set-up of labels under development and retail space upon completion. The shop also attracted interest from another 4/5 labels wanting incubating - unfortunately no space is available in the unit as it's at full capacity. We Create* is taking contact details from interested labels as it plans on developing operations to accommodate other young designers.

We Create* has been in talks with City Councils across the West Midlands the last few months to develop additional retail spaces across the region to incubate other local young fashion designers. The organisation also aims to develop additional retail spaces around Birmingham in locations with high levels of footfall such as market stalls around the city centre on New Street, near the Bullring.

We Create*'s goal is to open a Flagship Incubation Unit in Birmingham city centre that all local young designers can retail their designs and run their business from, with access to commercial equipment and facilities, and a small network of other shops across the Midlands to allow them to retail designs regionally.

We Create* Shop