Earlier this week the UK won the Gold Medal in Visual Merchandising. How incredibly exciting is this? The rigorously selected best of under 25 year olds from around the world competed at Excel last week during a 4 day grueling competition with competitors from all corners of the globe.
During the past 10 months we've been working with the wonderfully bubbly Kirsty Hoadley on a weekly basis to build up her skills for the competition. Together we visited all kinds of events (including the Truvia experience on the roof of Selfridges) and worked through a rigorous training/educational and selection programme in order to get to this stage. Kirsty worked extremely hard, putting in the long hours of work that this industry demands, taking the media circus surrounding her completely in her stride, included radio and newspaper interviews and various film crews capturing the journey. It has been a wonderful privilege to work with someone who shares our passion for the Visual Merchandising industry and a particular thanks to
www.dzd.co.uk and
www.millingtonassociates.com who helped and supported us in achieving the Gold medal. Kirsty now joins the Fashion Retail Branding and Visual Merchandising course at the
London College of Fashion. In the meantime, watch this space - Kirsty Hoadley is a star in the making and you heard it here first.
More information about the event can be found on the link below.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldskills/team-uk-wins-five-golds-at-worldskills-london-2011?newsfeed=true
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