ICONIC NW CIC
Our Projects and Fashion Shows
We have loads of fabulous Fashion, Beauty and charity projects each year.
Breaking The Stigma
Iconic (NW) CIC was established in Feb 2017 as an orginisation
RASA WALK FOR WOMAN
CHARITY FASHION SHOW
We had so much fun raising money for RASA Merseyside. We created a warrior theme for this event and Big Condo Records provided an awesome band - Strum Tap - who performed live whilst our models strutted their stuff on the catwalk. This charity is amazing! They do a fantastic job helping men, women and children of all ages who have suffered from abusive relationships by offering counselling sessions, support lines and much more. RASA also have a GoFundMe page if you would like to donate to them. We have had lots of support from local businesses, enabling us to put this fantastic event on. Thanks to Ink Bar for letting us use their venue!
A big thank you also to all the fabulous designers - Condo Wear, Groove On Toast, SD UK, Heather Seen This and Kitamay Designs - for showcasing their designs on the catwalk; to all the MUA and hairstylists who absolutely smashed the warrior look we were going for; Global Hills, Sua Nicola, Julia Rose Make Up and all the stunning models who rocked the runway like professionals; Charlotte Tait, Kayleigh Miles, Fern Thompson, Sua Nicola, Kelly, Erica, Fatima Sheru Gulati; big thanks to the photographers and everyone else who helped out. Thank you, we loved every minute of it.
SEW SKILLFUL IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
The sew skillful project in partnership with the National Lottery community fund was amazing. We run multiple work shops with our learners for just over a year, developing sewing skills and techniques upskilling and working on employability.
The learners participated in workshops to create their own outfits of clothing, up cycling their old clothes and creating a new fashion for themselves. The learners worked in small groups building self esteem and confidence working together as a team.
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We run multiple photoshoots at Mihi studios to showcase the spectacular collections the learners produced and we ran photoshoots with trainee models and learners from the community.
The learners worked with professional photographers to create the best professional photos and to get an understanding of how photography works and how to get the best images. The learners then had the opportunity to show case there designs on the catwalk at the festival of fashion in space Liverpool, walking Infront of hundreds of people.
We created a safe space for people to tell there personal stories and how sew skilful had helped them. The learners went on to explain how sew skilful had added life skills an knowledge, but more important they had grown in confidence.
Iconic NW CIC
Sew Skillful With the National Lottery
THE ICONIC FASHION SHOW 2020
The Iconic fashion show was epic. The energy was amazing! We had the models dancing their way down the catwalk to keep things fun and fresh, as we like to innovate when doing our fashion shows. This is what makes us so unique. This fashion show focused on being kind and inclusive and promoting diversity. We had lots of designers from all over the country - from Liverpool, London, Birmingham and Manchester - to showcase their amazing designs.
The show was hosted by the fabulous Leanne Campbell from Radio City 96.7 FM.
Designers that graced the catwalk were Just Your Outfit, Julie Corion, Hlu Clothing, Bohemiannova Couture, Je Moda, Condo Wear and House of Charles. Big thanks to our stunning models - Grace Lovesss, Sheru Gulati, Erica Bixby, Chloe C, Nicola Washington, Laura Wenton, Joanna Leigh Hewitt, Ammar Burno, Fern Thompson, Emma Harvey and Steph Macauley who were all amazing. Big thanks also to Doll Face Makeup, Laura Anthony Makeup and Gemma Rothschild for the hair and makeup. Thanks to all the artists who performed - Tiffany Riddell, Livvy K and DJ Jade Jaxon on the music.
Diversity at Heart
Iconic (NW) CIC has been nominated for a National Diversity Award.
Festival of Fashion & Beauty 2024
The Festival of Fashion and Beauty is our yearly celebration for all people within the industries who have done amazing and inspiring work throughout the year. We host a 3 day celebration, every year.
We kicked off this year's with an epic make up master class from Liverpool's famous brand Peaches and Cream. I Am Art also delivered a workshop on photography and lighting designed to elevate your photoshoot.
Our Sew Skilful students showcased their collections on the runway.
We partnered up with the Big Condo Academy to showcase their 100 years of fashion collection, showcasing the 1920s to the 2020s - a whole 100 years.
We had industry professionals from fashion brands Joe & Jo Bridal and Sellers, bloggers & content creators, Fiona Burgers. Skin Care by YNNY with an inspirational speech from founder Georgina Tang.
Plenty of Q&A with the audience happened over the 3 days.
The main event was with fashion designers from across the world - Tunde Design and Real Designs, Pinc Tiger, Shameless Originals who showcased their collections which were very popular with our audience.
We also ran a wellness day; we had Catherine from Johan and Lilly give us her inspirational speech of self healing from cancer through mind, body and soul using holistic therapy techniques. Catherine demonstrated a live Reiki demonstration to one of our audience members. This was truly amazing and the audience were blown away. Beverley Mediumship delivered an impressive live mediumship session with the audience with her spiritual guides passing messages. We also saw Sarah Jane from Aesthetica by Sarah Jane deliver a workshop in safe practices within the Aesthetics community.
We partnered up with Big Condo Records who showcased the amazing talents of Royzy Rothschild, Kiera Marsland, Charliee and Mike Ryan who all performed amazing acoustic sets for live entertainment.
We were very lucky to have Billy Hui from BBC Radio Merseyside host the whole weekend. We partnered up with Riverside College who brought their students on work experience where they did all the hair and make up for the fashion show. This was an amazingly diverse and inclusive festival which was hailed a success. If you would like to be a part of our next festival of fashion send us an email.
Iconic Networking
We host regular networking opportunities and events, our last networking event was at the historical Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool.
We had industry content creation workshops which were very popular with speakers who are at the top of their profession bringing many years of expertise, and the audience cant get enough.
We have aesthetics industry professionals doing live UV facials and discussing industry secrets. We have mediums doing 1-1 readings. We have live reiki with an audience and members take part in the experience. We do a selfie swaps and market each other. We work with colleges, designers and students helping to showcase their fashion collections and work with all uk models and people who want to get into the Fashion, Make up and Beauty industry. Make sure you get your tickets to the next networking event with Iconic NW CIC.
Our networking events take place every 8-10 weeks, to get involved email : Iconic.cic.management@gmail.com
Festival of Fashion and Beauty
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HAF AND CHILDRENS ACTIVITIES
We love working with children and young people during the half term and breaks on multiple projects with our affiliates and partners, including Mpac and Liverpool City and Sefton Council.
We work with children from ages 5 years to 16 years old, running development workshops in sewing, dye and up cycling, specials effects make up, beauty, modelling, photography, drama and online safety workshops.The children and young people grow in confidence and we love watching them develop and grow as they find themselves in creativity.
We run multiple workshops and we are available to work with new partners. Email : iconic.cic.management@
CHILDRENS ACTIVITIES
