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AI Symposium at London College of Fashion: Unlocking the Future of Fashion with Artificial Intelligence

Posted on June 27, 2025 by BuyersEye

Julia Redman, Lecturer, London College of Fashion and Responsible Fashion Consultant London, June 24, 2025 — The London College of Fashion’s Fashion Business School (FBS) hosted a groundbreaking AI Symposium that brought together industry leaders, innovators, creatives, academics and students … Continue reading →

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Reimagining Fashion’s Future: Insights from fashion trade fair Leicester Made May 2025

Posted on June 9, 2025 by BuyersEye

By Julia Redman, Lecturer at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, and Founder/Owner of Responsible Buying and Sourcing Consultancy, Buyers Eye. A couple of weeks ago I visited Leicester Made, a trade fair focused on the … Continue reading →

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Eat, sleep, work, repeat……..

Posted on May 25, 2015 by BuyersEye

Arriving in the murky, wet greyness of a hot and steamy Sunday evening in Dhaka, my senses are as usual, assaulted by the sights, sounds and smells of a very different culture from the London I left behind. Having negotiated … Continue reading →

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Creating awareness………

Posted on March 28, 2015 by BuyersEye

The past few weeks have seen a great many changes, and some real ups and downs, from the excitement of appearing in the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies, to significant changes in senior management and a rollercoaster of emotion, a … Continue reading →

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New experiences!

Posted on July 10, 2014 by BuyersEye

Well, that was one hell of a trip! It started with an early morning departure from Heathrow, travelling with three of my colleagues, first destination Bangalore, India, where none of them had ever been before. This was going to be something … Continue reading →

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Time out!

Posted on April 21, 2014 by BuyersEye

What I really needed was some time out to recharge my very lacklustre batteries, so a few days off in the run up to Easter was a very welcome antidote to the trials of the last few weeks! Why is it that … Continue reading →

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A difficult summer………..

Posted on November 7, 2013 by BuyersEye

It’s been a while since my last post (this sounds like I am about to confess my sins, which I am not!), and a great deal has happened over the last few months, not all of it easy to write … Continue reading →

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Feeling hot, hot, hot………….

Posted on June 4, 2013 by BuyersEye

Arriving in Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday morning, we bunch of weary travellers were greeted by the stifling heat and a missing bag! Cue lots of arm waving and pigeon English as we tried to locate said bag – … Continue reading →

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Standing out from the crowd……….

Posted on April 21, 2013 by BuyersEye

As is always the case in a modern buying environment, it has been a very busy few weeks, and our ever changing business has presented numerous seemingly unsolvable problems. Every problem usually has a solution, but it does not always immediately present … Continue reading →

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Wacky races, camels and kebabs……….

Posted on March 3, 2013 by BuyersEye

Leaving home on Sunday afternoon, I had a very odd feeling that this was going to be an eventful trip; if only I’d known just how eventful! It was destined to be a very busy few days! Having made it … Continue reading →

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