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Gossard hosts competition for Fashion Contour students

Third-year BA Contour Fashion students from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) were given the chance to participate in a competition for lingerie design. Elise Recour, general manager of lingerie brand Gossard Berlei, asked the students to come up with designs that were based on the concept of “glamourzonian”: a phrase which the designer...

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DMU alumna wins grant to establish her sustainable backpack business

The new year could not have possibly started off in a better way for Charlie Evans. The Graphic Design and Illustration graduate from De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester was named one of the winners of The Crucible Project: a funding programme which provides students with financial as well as practical aid to turn their business idea into...

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De Montfort University alumna launches brand for rowing gear

When your two passions are fashion and rowing, it might seem as if finding a way to combine both close to impossible. Yet, BA Retail Buying (which is now called BA Fashion Buying) alumna Demi Johnson did exactly with the launch of Blue Heron: a brand for luxury sportswear, which focuses on rowers. As a former president of the De Montfort...

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Shoes by royal approval

Yesterday, the Duchess of Cambridge commissioned a pair of shoes from De Montfort University student Becka Hunt, who created the winning design in a footwear competition held at the University as part of the Royal Visit. The institution, which played host to Her Majesty The Queen, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duchess on the...