The David Nieper scholarship, which is now in its second year, has been extended to include over 200 second year fashion students at NTU to help promote the expanding over fifty fashion divisions, a group that David Nieper feels is often overlooked in the fashion industry.
Read the full article in Fashion United here: David Nieper’s scholarship highlights fashion for women 50 plus
After Business secretary Vince Cable attacked energy giants for not using enough home-grown and local suppliers, which could signal an end to long-haul transportation in supply chains, Business Reporter asked the question whether it’s time for supply chains to go local.
Christopher Nieper, managing director of David Nieper luxury womenswear who employs over 230 people in Derbyshire, was quoted in the article: “Sourcing as much as possible locally makes good business sense.”
“Sustainability, fast and flexible production, attention to detail and quality control – all of which are better managed locally. It creates jobs, adds value to the economy and means that you can build up a really strong skills base.”
The momentum for ‘Made in the UK’ products might be growing in popularity – both with retailers and consumers – but a lack of skilled labour and an ageing workforce are weighing on its progress. One company working to reverse this is women’s wear and nightwear fashion brand, David Nieper. Managing director Christopher Nieper tells Katie Smith why.
“Given a choice I believe consumers prefer British-made goods and the will exists amongst retailers to ‘re-shore’ – but the UK skills base is so depleted that it’s just not going to happen very quickly,” Nieper tells just-style.
Derbyshire Magazine’s Lynne Dixon visited David Nieper’s design studios and factory in Alfreton recently and talked to the fashion house’s founder David Nieper and managing director Christopher Nieper about the company’s 50-year history, reputation for quality workmanship and commitment to UK manufacturing – and why the company is so popular with stylish continentals.
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Christopher Nieper, MD of British fashion house David Nieper, explains in Real Business why customers from Paris, the style capital of Europe, are buying British.
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Drapers website for the fashion profession reports on last month’s ASBCI ‘Making it in the UK – Ready or Not?’ industry Conference in Hinckley. The speakers were hopeful of a revival in UK manufacturing, driven by collaboration between retailers, brands, their manufacturing partners and suppliers.
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Christopher Nieper, managing director, of UK-based nightwear and womenswear fashion brand David Nieper, a family business that has been designing and manufacturing exclusively in Britain for 50 years, was one of the key speakers at the ASBCI ‘Making it in the UK – Ready or Not?’ industry Conference held on the 25th February.
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ASBCI, the Association of Suppliers to the British Clothing Industry, is hosting a ‘Making it in the UK- Ready or not?’ event on 25th February 2014 to look at the reality of manufacturing fashion in Britain.
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Alfreton fashion house David Nieper has awarded its first fashion scholarship. The business is working with Nottingham Trent University’s School of Art and Design to develop a new generation of designers, pattern-cutters and dressmakers with the industry skills and experience employers seek.
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In a video interview with The Times SME Hub Christopher Nieper explains how his family business in the former textile heartlands of Derbyshire has adapted to survive in an age when many British fashion houses have moved production offshore.
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