Manchester Evening News
Fighting to be crowned Queen of the Catwalk on a TV talent show, Fatz Kassim is out to prove Manchester is the new Milan. Helen Tither meets her.
KATZ Kassim knows just how cut-throat the world of fashion can be.
One of the final contestants in Sky One’s Project Catwalk 2, she has already had to fight in a beachside brawl just to keep a place in the TV talent show.
‘It really is dog eat dog, it’s quite scary,’ laughs the feisty Manchester mother-of-one….
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BBC.co.uk
Manchester’s Zu Zu Couture come close to stealing the show with a feathered dress. The gala takes place at Urbis on Saturday 25 March, followed by an exhibition of dresses from Saturday 8 April to Sunday 21 May….
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TV.com
Fatz was aged 33 when she was a contestant on the second season of the reality show Project Catwalk . She is from Ardwick in Manchester and has her own fashion label Zu Zu Couture Denim , which is patronized by local celebrities and footballers. Her appearance on Project Catwalk isn’t her first fashion competition- she was one of 30 designers chosen for the “Little Black Dress Event of….
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BBC.co.uk
Little Manc Dress
It’s 80 years since Chanel changed fashion forever with his little black dress and Urbis is celebrating in the shape of the world-reknowned charity event, Little Black Dress. Organiser Emmy Cortes told us about the show and why she chose Manchester.
“What is the Little Black Dress event?”
Little Black Dress event I started in 2002 out of the desire to have fashion designers use their creativity towards a good cause, and what better piece to challenge them than with creating their perfect little black dress, because it is such a staple in a woman’s wardrobe…
