Showing posts with label Edinburgh Fringe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Edinburgh Fringe. Show all posts
Saturday, 27 August 2011
Festival Frenzy at NKD Towers
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Gill Eastgate
Well our favourite month is almost at a close here at NKD Towers...and with that I suspect some earlier nights and fuller wallets! All the team here have had a great month during the world famous Edinburgh Festival - Zander has been writing reviews for a local magazine, Sarah rocked with the Blues Brothers, Fiona missed a show due to the 24hr clock causing confusion (yes we believe you when you blamed your boyfriend made the mistake), Ciaran should have had a show herself due to her outstanding singing voice and I've been to too many shows my bank manager is happy with!!
But it was our Ray who hit the big time, playing a prime part in the Patrick Monahan show last Saturday night! We've been fans of Pat for the past few years and always go to see his show. But it was Ray's dapper dress sense that caught Pat's eye - not surprising as Ray is King of the NKD Warehouse and knows a good shirt when he sees one. Pat called it Ray's 'pulling shirt' - a phrase that confused the hell out of our lovely friend Lori who was over visiting Edinburgh from my favourite US city Chicago!Big congrats also go out to Pat for winning the recent ITV show 'Show Me the Funny' - mark my words this time next year he will be a household name! Not only do NKD spot forward fashion trends we also spot forward funny men!
It's not been all play and no work in August I might add! We've been busy designing for lots of new lovely clients and rolled out new staff outfits for Norwich & Peterborough Building Society!
Bank Holiday Monday means our last show with the pun man Tim Vine - Ray will be stealing some of his one liners no doubt. Thank you Edinburgh for being such an amazing city - NKD Towers is proud to have it's HQ in this most vibrant of cities!
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Monday, 16 August 2010
Where has the last fortnight gone...?
Well there's not been much time to take a break in the last fortnight or so at NKD Clothing! Seems like ages since I've been on here so tonight I thought I would bring you up to date with all the latest goings on in the action packed world of corporate clothing! August kicked off with a meeting at Dakota who are interested in some new designs for their reception and food areas so the design team have been heads down creating some exciting new looks which will be unveiled to our client tomorrow.
Steph and I took part in some filming with our lovely friends at Fatbuzz (watch this space for the end results!). Lisa and I had a fantastic day down in London on 5th Aug - with meeting after meeting including a holiday company who want us to design their new staff uniforms, upmarket shirt company Hawes & Curtis, retail giants Marks & Spencer (who were SO lovely), a factory who want to produce OUR designs and a great meeting to end the day with Learn Purple, a great business who think like we do!
That week finished off with a lunch date with an old client of mine who I'd not seen for about 12 years! We certainly had lots to talk about!
To add to my already action packed week the Edinburgh Fringe was now in full swing so I managed to fit in 2 shows over the weekend (one of which was giving me great inspiration for 1930's style uniforms!) Do I ever stop thinking about work? No, not really!
Last week was a repetition of the previous week in terms of the speed it whizzed by! Planning for our presentation with Malmaison & Hotel du Vin was a priority for me (we are presenting some new design ideas down in London this week) Our very lovely Claire is going to be modelling and the garments are looking fabulous even if I do say so myself!
New Media Breakfast at the Tower on Thursday - very interesting talk on social media and hosted by Belinda Roberts who was looking stunning in her new bespoke NKD Suit
Lisa headed down to see a new client in the financial services world on Thursday and spent Friday visiting some new fabric suppliers to source exciting new fabrics (we're currently getting very excited about PRINTS).
Thursday night I was very lucky to get tickets to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo which Ray and I went to (highly recommended) and 2 more shows over the weekend! I even managed to squeeze a drink in at Edinburgh Hotel du Vin (and yes I do go to check the uniforms are looking lovely but they do have a very nice courtyard and very nice wine!) I love Edinburgh but love it even more in August where the fast paced feel of the city really strikes a chord!
Phew, it's Monday night already, my 'to do' list is over 2 pages - would I swap my life for peace, tranquility and no deadlines? Like hell I would!
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