MEET THE JUDGES
Rory Duffy studied at the London College of Fashion, trained with the founders of Savile Row, Henry Poole, WON the highest accolade the tailoring trade has to offer The Golden Shears Award, emigrated to America and dressed the Elite of New York city with finely tailored suits. Rory also taught at prestigious Parsons and produced a video series viewed by over 2 million people to date. Rory was invited to The White House by The First Lady Michelle Obama and personally thanked for his contribution to education.
"Sharing skills and shaping careers"
Dugdale Bros & Co are cloth merchants based in the very centre of Yorkshire's worsted industry despatching fine cloth from an imposing historic headquarters building in Huddersfield.
The company offers an impressive collection of high quality cloth to the finest tailors, designers, couturiers and retailers throughout the world. Dugdale Bros remains an independent, family owned Huddersfield firm founded in 1896, currently under the helm of Robert Charnock. In a world of globalisation, they are proud to have used these rare skills here in the heart of Yorkshire to design and manufacture a range of exceptional cloth.
"Taking pride in our heritage"
The ASBCI is a unique association in that its members represent connections with and knowledge of all the key sectors of the industry.
From fibre manufacture to garment manufacture, retail and aftercare, ASBCI truly is a centre of technical and commercial excellence where companies at the forefront of the specific sectors can discuss, share, and develop practices, processes and initiatives that will benefit their organisations and the UK clothing supply chain as a whole. The student membership programme aims to provide students easy and direct access to a greater practical and commercial understanding of the fashion industry.
"Bringing industry and education together"
The mission of The Textile Institute is to promote professionalism in all areas associated with the textile industries worldwide. It is an association of men and women throughout the world which unites those with an interest in textiles. The individual professional expertise of members is diverse: it includes management, art, design, economics, education, engineering, fashion, marketing, production, research, retailing, science, selling, sustainability, technical and training.
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To bring together professionals from all countries in an association that is simultaneously a body setting professional standards, a learned society advancing knowledge and industrial practice, an interactive network for the exchange of ideas and a social community promoting friendship among members
"Defining quality in textile education and training"
