Photography Lea ColomboFashion / NewsWant to know how to start your own fashion brand?A new event – hosted by the consultancy who’s lent a helping hand to the likes of Claire Barrow, Ashley Williams and Ryan Lo – is your 101 crash courseShareLink copied ✔️August 5, 2015FashionNewsTextTed StansfieldClaire Barrow AW15 Starting your own fashion label is no easy task. You might have flown out of the corridors of CSM with a killer graduate collection, but how do you learn the ropes when it comes to building a business? How do you tackle a tax return? Or billing sheets? Or perhaps you've just been reading Alexander Wang’s tips on making it in the industry and want some further advice. Enter FYI Starting Your Own Fashion Brand – a one-day event hosted by The Bridge Co., a company which acts as brand consultants for emerging talents and Dazed favourites Claire Barrow, Ashley Williams and Ryan Lo. Taking place in London’s Holborn on Saturday 8th August, this event – billed as a must for new graduates and fashion students – includes a series of informal talks from industry experts including PR guru and founder of Mandi’s Basement Mandi Lennard and Dazed alumnus Dean Mayo Davies. These talks will cover a range of topics that aren’t usually covered on fashion design courses including branding, business, finance, pricing, publicity and sales. For tickets head here, and for enquiries email info@thebridgeco.uk. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREFashion’s Italian ‘Emperor’ Valentino Garavani has died Miuccia and Raf flipped the familiar at Prada AW26 men’s Dsquared2Dsquared2 turns up the Heated Rivalry at Milan Fashion WeekRick Owens and Juergen Teller make out for MonclerOoh Be Gah! Your fave Coach fits just landed in The Sims 4Golden Globes 2026: A best dressed blackout for Hollywood’s biggest starsDemna drops his first Gucci campaign, plus more fashion news you missedBella Hadid resurrects Saint Laurent’s iconic 00s It-bagThe coolest girls you know are still wearing vintage to the gymYour AW26 menswear and Haute Couture cheat sheet is hereJeremy Allen White and Pusha T hit the road in new Louis Vuitton campaignNasty with a Pucci outfit: Which historical baddie had the nastiest Pucci?