Dreams of creating a Brighton based fashion event materialised for Lizzy when her production company Brighton Frocks expanded her vision of a singular catwalk event to a week long event: Brighton Fashion Week. With over eight years experience in the events industry Lizzy has worked on major events including London and New York Fashion Weeks.  Her relentless enthusiasm complements her work ethos of dedication and perseverance and has resulted in highly successful and unique shows. Lizzy’s vision of Brighton Fashion Week has remained a journey of pure creative freedom and she is delighted to present to you Brighton Fashion Week 2012.

 "...he enjoys nothing more than to make the most beautiful of things."
- Thomas Sargeant.

Beginning her dance training at an early age, Jodie studied a diverse range of dance including, Classical Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Contemporary Dance, Tap and Hip-Hop.
Jodie trained at the Royal Ballet School and later accepted a place at the Bird College of Performing Arts where she continued her studies in all aspects of Dance, Drama and Singing.
Jodie's experience has seen her travel the UK and overseas performing and choreographing for musical theatre and television alongside respected directors and producers. Her portfolio includes creative director and choreographer on music videos, fashion shows and cabaret.
Born and bred in Brighton, Jodie is very proud to be chosen as choreographer for Brighton Fashion Week 2012.

Ben has been creating visuals, promotional videos and motion graphics on behalf of Tresdigital, at a variety of interesting events in Brighton and London since 2003. In his time as a VJ, Ben has worked with the likes of Fatboy Slim, Scissor Sisters, Basement Jaxx and the Plump DJ's. and has always aimed for the visuals at his shows to be as integral to the event as the music, or in this case, the models. 
Working as the visuals co-ordinator for Brighton Fashion Week for six years, Ben has relished the new challenge of designing the stage and visuals set up for Brighton Fashion Week. Ben would like to thank his team in helping him create the visuals and film work: Visuals Assistants: Lawrence Nicholas & Cecilia Bartolome

Donna’s love for fashion began at a very early age when her eye for what to wear caught the attention of many, later on in her teenage years Donna realised she had a natural talent for knowing what “works” and decided to share this knowledge with others. She carried out her studies at the world famous London College of Fashion where half way through her term she was headhunted by Maverick TV to work alongside Nicky Hambleton-Jones in the Channel 4 hit series “10 Years younger”.
Along with her hard work and a plethora of contacts she then approached by the hugely popular “Absolute Brighton” Magazine where she was asked to do a styling slot in a local radio station and her very own style advice fashion column. Donna then went to be involved in many other well known events such as the Specsavers “spectacle wearer of the year awards” where she worked alongside Gok Wan, Britain’s Next Top Model Live and Brighton Fashion Week where she has now been awarded the Head Stylist Role.
Donna also has a good celebrity clientele and is currently the sole personal stylist of “The Only Way is Essex” star Lauren Goodger. She also does many interviews for weekly celebrity magazines such as “Star” and “Closer”.
Donna has taken the fashion and personal styling concept to a whole new level and is always looking for ways to expand her business and is on course to producing her own fashion shows, style advice evenings and opening her very own style academy.

Will is the Producer for the Ready-to-Wear show and Fashion Emporium at the Corn Exchange. He is passionate about the talent and creativity in Brighton, and wants to showcase Brighton as a premier fashion capital.
 
Will has worked extensively in events management, PR and project management and loves the dramas that the fashion world throws. Will has editorial modelling experience and has worked on events for Mulberry, GQ Magazine menswear show and also has experience at Vivienne Westwood.
 
"I love a new challenge and look forward to producing the show alongside our hugely talented team. Brighton is going to rock-it!"

Jennifer Rohini is a conceptual Make-Up Artist and Stylist, dedicated to producing high definition fashion and beauty art. She is a regular at Berlin Fashion Week and has worked on countless shoots with talented photographers across Europe. She leads a double-life as a fashion photographer and is currently working on producing her own online magazine focusing on the art of fashion, make-up, styling and photography.

Ellie has been part of the Brighton Fashion Week team since 2009 but is still scared of Facebook. She uses the word ‘darling’ far too much (which can get her into trouble at times), and currently harbours an unhealthy obsession with Marie Antoinette.  Alongside her work in the fashion field, Ellie works freelance in event production and education projects at a variety of museums, galleries and heritage sites – meaning she gets to pretend she lives in the past quite a bit.  She loves exercising her bossy side as fashion week’s Executive Producer (forget the ‘Executive’ part at your peril), and is longing for the day when having white cat hairs all over your black coat becomes a fashion statement. With Ellie at the production helm for 2012, expect the unexpected from the shows.

Jim Mitchell, founder of White Hart Productions has a background in festival management, event production and live entertainment, having fallen into the role of production managerin 2009 after years of working with Brighton Frocks as a model for the annual sell-out catwalk show.

Jim  is looking forward to working with the team again on Brighton Fashion Week 2012 and to helping ensure the continued success of the event.

Samantha Moyo studied Business and Marketing at Brighton University. She fell in love with the world of events management following her introduction to Liz Bishop in 2009. She threw herself into the world of Brighton Frocks and found her calling - making things happen! She has since moved to London where she has gained experience in production, backstage management, event co-ordinating, and hospitality. 

Ziz has worked on Brighton fashion week since its creation 8 years ago (way back when it was called Brighton Frocks). Ziz is part of the core production team - anything audio is his remit.
Working closely with the designers, choreographer and producers, Ziz helps to identify the most suitable audio for each designer's collection. Throughout the rehearsal process he then moulds the audio to best compliment and enhance each designer's collection.
Having been producing and editing music for the last 10 years, Ziz has fine tuned his skills, delivering professional and world class audio for Brighton Fashion Week.

As the matriarch of her own little Benetton family, this reformed luddite cut her editorial, marketing, and PR teeth in an era when “DIY” was a necessary tool for the impoverished underground art, film, and music scenes. “Copy/paste” was a xerox machine and cello tape. The “market” was where you purchsed packets of instant ramen noodles. "PR" was talking your way out of being arrested for posting your show flyer on the wrong wall. She's now heading up our team of bloggers for BFW 2012 in preparation for an exciting new web-launch as well as working on the marketing and PR team.