Fashion 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.
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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.
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.
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.”
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Christopher Nieper was interviewed on BBC Radio Derby’s Rob Watts show about his recent lifetime achievement award for commitment To ‘Made In Britain’ manufacturing and how David Nieper have been supporting and promoting the use of local skills for over 50 years.
You can listen to the interview in two parts:
BBC Radio Derby interview with Christopher Nieper, Part 1 (MP3)
Lifetime achievement award for services to British fashion and home shopping
Why manufacture in Britain and not offshore
How to skill the next generation for the future
BBC Radio Derby interview with Christopher Nieper, Part 2 (MP3)
Starting a new knitwear and printing business – creating new jobs
Britain’s European membership and its impact on jobs.
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.
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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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.
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.”
