David Nieper in the News

UK companies adapting working practises for an older workforce

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British companies are being forced to adapt their working practices in response to the rapid ageing of the country’s workforce. In an October 16th 2014 article in the Financial Times, Christopher Nieper, managing director of the upmarket women’s fashion group David Nieper, is quoted: “You cannot create skills overnight. You may think that as people age, energy levels wane. But this is more than compensated by experience and the fact they get it right first time.”

Read the full article in the Financial Times here (Registration required)

Fashion Students Compete for £1,000 Scholarship Prize

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Fashion and textiles students at the University of Derby are ready to battle it out for a £1,000 prize thanks to a new partnership with luxury fashion designer and manufacturer David Nieper.

The Alfreton-based fashion house, which specialises in collections of women’s clothing, nightwear and knitwear, has teamed up with the University to offer students a challenge as part of a scholarship.

The aim of the fashion design scholarship is to provide students with real-life industry experience to help them secure employment once they graduate, and showcase the benefits of designing and manufacturing in the UK.

Students have to design a four-outfit collection for the company that could be sold as a limited edition collection aimed at the working woman, aged 40 and over, for a business trip abroad.

Derbyshire fashion house David Nieper recruits new employees

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Alfreton-based David Nieper is on the lookout for dressmakers, pattern cutters, knitwear linkers and other skilled people in an attempt to take on at least 40 fresh employees this year.

As part of the recruitment drive, David Nieper is urging people with experience in textiles, as well as those looking to break into the fashion manufacturing industry, to get in touch.

Read full article at the Derby Telegraph

Tips for choosing figure-flattering swimwear

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style-1760Fashion Bust, the online magazine that delivers the latest news, collections and trends in lingerie and swimwear, ran a topical article on choosing flattering swimwear that gives you confidence on the beach. The design team at womenswear fashion house David Nieper offered their tops tips.

Read the full article at Fashion Bust

British manufacturing firms must grow their own skills says Christopher Nieper

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British manufacturing firms should take action to create a skilled workforce instead of hoping that the government will do it for them, says Christopher Nieper, managing director of David Nieper, a firm which designs and manufactures womenswear in Derbyshire and is one of very few to still manufacture in Britain.

The comments were made in an article published in the Telegraph. The full article can be read here.

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Lifetime Achievement honour for David Nieper Founders

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Founders of British fashion brand, David Nieper, and his son, Christopher Nieper, have been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2014 ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards, for their outstanding contribution to “British fashion and the home shopping industry”.

The father and son team, were recognised for their 50-year commitment to British-designed and British-made fashion, as well as the success of the David Nieper brand, which is sold direct-to-consumers in the UK and overseas.

Read the full article at Fashion United

Lifetime award for David & Christopher Nieper

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David Nieper and Christopher Nieper were presented with an ECMOD Direct Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony in London.

Nigel Swabey, president of the CatEx Direct Commerce Association and chairman of direct retailer Scotts and Co., who presented the award, said: “Ever since the launch of the first David Nieper colour catalogue in 1984, I have been tracking the remarkable progress and achievements of this dynamic father and son team and I’m full of admiration for what they have done to build their business and establish David Nieper as a quintessentially British brand.

“While the vast majority of UK clothing brands have abandoned UK garment manufacturing, David and Christopher have stuck to their guns and persevered with UK design and manufacture across their range.

“They have succeeded with this strategy by making a virtue of the very ‘Britishness’ of their designs and the quality of their manufacturing process.”

Read more: http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Lifetime-award-dynamic-dad-son/story-21315858-detail/story.html#ixzz38xtsA4zc

David & Christopher Nieper recognised for commitment to Made in Britain fashion

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Founder of the British-made fashion brand, David Nieper, and his son, Christopher Nieper, have been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2014 ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards, for their outstanding contribution to British fashion and the home shopping industry.

The father and son team, which recently invested in a plant of Shima Seiki machines to manufacture its own knitwear, was recognised at a gala awards ceremony at the Hurlingham Club, London, for their 50 year commitment to British-designed and British-made fashion and building of the successful David Nieper brand.

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Lifetime Achievement Award For David and Christopher Nieper

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David Nieper and Christopher Nieper receive the ECMOD Direct Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution to British fashion and home shopping

Founder of the British-made fashion brand, David Nieper, and his son, Christopher Nieper, have been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2014 ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards, for their outstanding contribution to British fashion and the home shopping industry.

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David Nieper offers scholarships to students with best designs for older women

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DERBYSHIRE fashion house David Nieper has launched a £5,000 scholarship for students in an attempt to encourage young designers to generate greater choice for older women.

The Alfreton firm is challenging more than 200 second-year fashion students at Nottingham Trent University to design and promote clothes for women over 50, a group often overlooked by the industry.

Read the full article on the Derby Telegraph website.