One of Fashionizer’s latest and most exciting hospitality projects has included the grand opening of the newly refurbished St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, London. Having designed staff uniforms for a large number of roles at the hotel, including front of house, the porters and the doormen, we were extremely delighted to see that a fashion shoot in Grazia, which took place at the luxury hotel, has featured our doormen uniforms! (as seen in Grazia). The uniforms themselves were inspired by the railway, which they have historical reference to.
Fashionizer Spa is launching a new pair of bootleg trousers in its proprietary Cotton Performance Fabric (CPF), in brown for its expanding spa uniform collection, to co-ordinate with its brown Opeia tunic, or as an alternative to its wide-leg white or cream Lyra trousers. Fashionizer Spa’s CPF uniform collection is interchangeable and offers a great choice of cool and comfortable uniforms for male and female spa staff, to clients throughout the UK and Europe.
by fashionizer on 5th July 2011
Fashionizer’s sister company Fashionizer Spa Uniforms is expanding its luxury spa uniform collection in the US with new men’s and women’s tunics. By popular demand, it’s introducing its Aquarii wrap tunic in black! Its made in Fashionizer’s exclusive Cotton Performance Fabric (CPF) for flexibility of movement and extreme comfort. Therapists may complete the look with any of the co-ordinating CPF trousers or shorts. The Aquarii Black tunic is now available from our US spa uniform shop. continue reading
by fashionizer on 20th May 2011
Read our diary blog about a special uniform project with The Royal Shakespeare Company…
Read the entire RSC/Fashionizer blog going back to October 2009.
The blog is written by Liz Wainwright from the RSC and Debbie Leon from Fashionizer, and details the highs and lows of the uniform project from design inception through the various manufacturing and sizing challenges… enjoy reading!
by fashionizer on 14th April 2011
March 2011 – Debbie Leon, Managing Director, Fashionizer
‘Brevity is the soul of wit’ – Hamlet
The Made to Measure uniform patterns are now being produced at the Fashionizer studio in London. From the original pattern, a ‘toile’ is made. (A toile is a version of a garment made to test and perfect a particular design). March sees the production team visiting Stratford again to ensure that these toiles fit the Made to Measure employees before any necessary amendments are made back in London. The pattern grading is then finalised and sent off to the manufacturers. (Grading is where a pattern cutter adds or takes away centimetres from each area of the sample garment in order to size up or down).
by fashionizer on 25th March 2011
March 2011 – Liz Wainwright, RSC
Due to the number of made to measure items, and the knock on effect on production times, Debbie advises us that the delivery dates will be later than we expected a few months ago. We agree to push this later again, to mid May.
Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh visit us on the 3rd March to officially open the building. Their visit is a long one, including a full tour of the building and a meal in our new Rooftop Restaurant. It is preceded by three weeks of exceptionally hard work preparing and working with the Police and Royal Household to ensure that everything goes smoothly on the day. The sun shines all day, crash barriers hold back the large crowds in Stratford and Her Majesty and The Duke have a wonderful visit. Things couldn’t have gone more smoothly.
by fashionizer on 20th March 2011
February 2011 – Debbie Leon, Managing Director, Fashionizer
‘One touch of nature makes the whole world kin’ – Troilus and Cressida
How long should a quality uniform last?
Fashionizer has prepared the RSC uniforms order for receipt by our manufacturers: Based on information received from Holly at the RSC, Fashionizer’s Account Manager ensures that each employee receives the appropriate uniform allocation for their role and department – eg full-timers receive more uniforms than those working part-time, and that those requiring skirts or trousers are listed. This is really important because not only does it help us to put together the uniform order for production, but it also allows us to eventually prepare personalised ‘uniform kits’ for each staff member with the exact uniform pieces they need.
Elsewhere in the Fashionizer studio, our Fabric Buyer, Richard is now busy sending out all of the final trims and fabrics to the relevant manufacturers.
by fashionizer on 20th February 2011
Following the success of the Sanctuary Covent Garden’s bespoke spa uniforms, Fashionizer Spa was approached once again to create a brand new uniform for the Sanctuary’s next major project – its boutique spas. We designed a fashionable, asymmetric spa wrap-style top with matching cotton trousers for the Sanctuary’s Guest Services staff, using their branded colours of cool grey and turquoise. The Sanctuary again selected our Cotton Performance Fabric for increased wearer comfort. For their spa therapists and managers, they chose to utilise the original styles which were already designed for The Sanctuary Covent Garden. The Sanctuary’s new concept boutique spas can be found in Cambridge, Bristol and Richmond.
Find out what The Sanctuary thought of their new uniforms and of working with Fashionizer…
by fashionizer on 17th February 2011
January 2011 – Liz Wainwright, RSC
We are now getting used to our new building. We are getting some really great feedback about the building and the staff welcome, and its very satisfying to know that hard work has paid off.
We have organised several days of sessions for all staff to be measured and try on size set items to order the correct sizes they require. Fashionizer kindly assist with this. It’s quite a task, organising over 175 people, working in five different departments working long hours. It takes us a few weeks, but we finally send in our order.
by fashionizer on 24th January 2011
January 2011 - Debbie Leon, Managing Director, Fashionizer
‘When shall we three meet again…?’ – Macbeth
So everyone’s back and rested after the Christmas break. The production team have completed the final few uniform samples, incorporating the relevant tweaks for the waistcoats, jackets and trousers, as highlighted in the uniform wearer trial.
by fashionizer on 10th January 2011
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