Lulu Guinness is joining The Fashion Trust

Martin is CEO & Managing Director at Lulu Guinness Ltd., with an extensive background in developing premium fashion brands and licensing across Asia and Japan, is providing additional key help and advice for fashion designers registered with The Fashion Trust. Developing the brand Lulu Guinness successfully in Japan recently, Martin has also included the signing, opening and commercial management of stores located in Hong Kong, China, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. …“Our growing list of professionals, joining us and providing their time free for this project is awesome”… “the interest in The Fashion Trust and its regional fashion aims are simply growing daily”… states Michaela Walker, Trustee. The main aims of the Trust are to raise the profile of fashion throughout Sussex, encourage additional manufacturing and exporting from Sussex including Brighton & Hove. “Clearly Martins huge background with successes in Japan and Asia can only help The Fashion Trust designers to develop their brands globally” … The Fashion Trust recently developed the concept of The Sussex Fashion Awards, which had a staggering 700 public nominations made, for all parts of the fashion industry across Sussex; winners being be announced during September, 2011. The Fashion Trustees include Jake Leith, President Elect of the Chartered Society of Designers, Past Chair of the CSD Fashion & Textiles Group and Head of Fashion & Business development at Brighton University; Mike Weatherley MP, for Hove & Portslade, with interests in Creative Industries and Intellectual Property Rights and Michaela Walker, Director, Star Communications.org.uk.