Yorkshire Fashion Diary: Style & beauty events across the county

June 5, 2018: Fashion Business Meet-up: Are you involved in the fashion business in Yorkshire and interested in chatting to others? This is a meet-up for designers, makers, pattern cutters, knitwear specialists, accessories and textile designers, models, hair & MUA, photographers etc. An informal meeting to network with a view to collaborations, increasing skills and business knowledge, shows and more. Hosted by our CEO and fashion designer/costume maker Dawn of Ages Of Elegance, this event is at the new Fabrication2 venue in Leeds city centre, Hereford House, 6 Edward St, Leeds - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fashion-industry-meet-up-tickets-45333681261?aff=es2

June 3-6, 2018: Graduate Fashion Week, Truman Brewery, Shoreditch. Admittedly not in Yorkshire but there are plenty of Yorkshire students taking part, including Mary Rodwell, from Yeadon, studying Fashion Design at the University for the Creative arts, Rochester. http://www.graduatefashionweek.com/

June 6, 2018: Ladies’ Day at Wetherby Racecourse (other Ladies’ Days of the Yorkshire racing season are as follows: Thursday, June 21 – Ripon; Saturday, June – Redcar; Wednesday, August 8 – Pontefract; Wednesday, August 15 – Beverley; Friday, August 17 – Catterick; Thursday, August 23 – York; Saturday, September 8 – Thirsk; Thursday, September 13 – Doncaster; Saturday, October 27 – Go Racing in Yorkshire Best Dressed Lady Racegoer Grand Final – Doncaster. The prize for the overall winner includes a luxury two-night break in a spa suite with treatments at the Best Western Premier Mount Pleasant Hotel, Doncaster, a piece of vintage jewellery with a value of over £2,500 by loveVintagediamonds.com and a £500 voucher for designer boutique Yasmine of Bawtry & Epworth. The winning lady also becomes the face of Go Racing in Yorkshire for 2018. See www.goracing.co.uk).

June 7, 2018: Charity fashion show presented by Fiona Martin (Best Kept Secret) at The Stables Bar and Restaurant, Maustin Caravan Park, Wetherby. From 7:30pm. Tickets are £10 including a glass of prosecco, nibbles and entrance fee. These are available from the restaurant prior to the event or you can also pay on the door. There is also a raffle on the night. All in aid of Emma’s Mito Mission. For more information please contact Teresa Wolfenden on 07788 717 878.

June 12, 2018: Harrogate College End of Year Show for Art & Design, Fashion, Photography and Fine Art, from 6pm, Hornbeam Park, Harrogate.

June 13, 2018: Huddersfield University Graduate Fashion Show, Lawrence Batley Theatre: Main Stage, 7.00pm & 9.00pm, Tickets: £10 - http://www.thelbt.org/Huddersfield-University-Graduate-Fashion-Show

June 9-14: Leeds Arts University Show (Blenheim Walk & Vernon Street) - BA (Hons) degree courses – Blenheim Walk; Extended Diploma in Art & Design – Vernon Street; Access to HE Diploma (Art & Design) – Vernon Street; Level 2 Diploma in Visual Arts – Vernon Street

Opening Hours: Saturday 9 June, 10-4pm; Monday 11 June, 9-8pm; Tuesday 12 June, 9-8pm; Wednesday 13 June, 9-8pm;Thursday 14 June, 9-5pm

If you’re a school group and would like a guided tour of the show by one of our student ambassadors, please email [email protected]. See http://www.leeds-art.ac.uk/news-events/events-exhibitions/leeds-arts-university-show-2018/

June 14, 2018: University of Leeds Fashion Show, Clothworkers Building Central - Leeds University BA (Hons) Fashion Design students are hosting their degree show featuring their innovative design creations for both Menswear and Womenswear. All proceeds will go to Mind Charity. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/university-of-leeds-ba-fashion-design-show-tickets-45715137206

June 18, 2018: Leeds Arts University Graduate Fashion Show, Leeds Town Hall from 6pm. As part of the Leeds Arts University Show 2018, come and see the work of graduating BA (Hons) Fashion students from the Design Pathway. Booking required: http://www.leeds-art.ac.uk/news-events/events-exhibitions/leeds-arts-university-show-2018/

June 22, 2018: Bawtry Hall Fashion Show, Bawtry, £35 pp, see https://bawtryhall.co.uk/fashion-event/

June 23-24, 2018: Saltaire Vintage Home & Fashion Fair hosted by Rose & Brown Vintage, Victoria Hall, Saltaire, West Yorkshire BD18 3JS. With 40+ stalls of genuine vintage loveliness for you and your home, all from the 1920s to the 1980s, and wonderful teas from Interlude Tea Room & Emporium. See http://www.roseandbrownvintage.co.uk/default.asp?textpage=fair

July 13, 2018-April, 2019: York Castle Museum: A Personal Collection of Vivienne Westwood Shoes, a touring exhibition from The Civic, Barnsley. https://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/

Now-Oct 26, 2018: Himalayan Fashion - at Lotherton Hall, near Leeds. Discover sumptuous silk brocades, geometric dhaka cotton weaves, fine Kashmir wool shawls and rainbows of printed prayer flags. Entrance to hall and grounds, £7.50 (adults), see https://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries/lothertonhall/himalayan-fashion