Weather is something of a British obsession. Who can blame us? When our team headed off to represent Fashionizer at the Hotel Show Dubai, it was on the back of one of the UK’s wettest ever weeks. They then spent the following week in 40-degree heat and high humidity in the Middle East, but came […]

At this time of the year there is a decision to be made – London or Paris? Whilst most fashion designers would be fixed on London Fashion Week, for Fashionizer there was a more future-focused choice. Always with the next step in mind, our team headed for Paris to The Premiere Vision fair, where new […]

When you have been doing something for a long time, it’s easy to lose sight of the big picture. So much of our time is spent doing things that need to be done urgently – deadlines, new openings, shipping dates to meet… But how often do we get the opportunity to stop and reflect on […]

A large construction company down the road from the Fashionizer offices in Power Road, London have been working on a new hotel extension. Normally that would inspire a spark of interest for us – as hotel uniform designers we love new hotel openings, refurbs and rebranding. It’s all good for business. But when the aforementioned […]

The new government’s first budget 2015 has been delivered and it looks as though there is a little more belt-tightening on the horizon for the great British public. That, of course, won’t be a problem for the Chancellor George Osborne who a while ago led the way for us all by steering clear of the […]

How time flies. It’s now exactly a year since we delivered the first batch of spa uniforms for spas belonging to the prestigious Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas– our first global contract. Hurrah! But while we might have tidied away the celebratory champagne glasses, we’re have not been in the position of being able to […]

We’ve talked about the link between costume design and uniforms before, so it wasn’t a complete surprise when our Product Development Manager Richard burst through the door one morning, declaring, “We were on TV last night!” Great British Menu again? Well, no, apparently not. This time we have gone global. The programme is the brand […]

Fakery is everywhere nowadays, to the extent that it has almost become a badge of pride. “Fake Chanel!”  is the smiling, cheery response to an admiring glance at a new handbag – bought in Thailand/Turkey/Oxford Street. The fact that it’s probably not real leather and might come unstitched at some point in the very near […]

In a couple of months we will be celebrating two years of Fashionizer blogging. It’s not been uniforms all the way; we’ve covered everything from film and TV, politics and ethics to football and the Norwegian curling team’s fabulous trousers. We’ve celebrated International Day of Happiness and commiserated when one of our clients’ businesses was […]

Many years ago, our MD Debbie Leon made a bold move: after a successful career in costume design for film and TV, she decided to apply those skills to creating hotel uniforms – and as a result Fashionizer came into being. So it’s fascinating for us to see that the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC […]