Young designer Eppie gets work with international fashion house

A fashionista from Tavistock has won a prestigious internship at international fashion company Pentland, where she will work for top brands such as Ted Baker and Red or Dead.
Eppie Greenhalgh, 18, from Lifton, was presented with the award at the Plymouth College of Art end of year fashion show.
Eppie, who studied on the National Diploma in Fashion and Textiles, will spend her internship at the company’s head office in London. She said: “I’m so excited about the opportunity to work with this company; making contacts, gaining invaluable experience and having the chance to work alongside top designers.”
Her collection, ‘Undertones’ which was chosen by the judges for the ‘exciting use of materials and surface pattern’. She added: “My work is very visual and vibrant and inspired by music of 70s and 80s new wave punk; it’s busy and a lot to take in, but exciting because of the use of colour. I also used plastic as a design feature.”
Eppie went to school at Launceston College and excelled in Art-based subjects. She said: “I chose Plymouth College of Art because I wanted a new experience and it offered me a more direct route into my chosen profession.
“The facilities are brilliant and the many projects on the course gave me access to the whole College, the whole atmosphere is wonderful and has given me independence and new experiences.”
The Pentland Group works with brands such as Berghaus, Ellesse, Lacoste, Red or Dead and Speedo and was founded in the early 1930s in Liverpool, England.
There are still places available to study at Fashion and other subjects at Plymouth College of Art this September. Apply online now or register for the Further Education Open Day on 18 September 10am – 1pm, visit www.plymouthart.ac.uk or telephone 01752 203434.

For more information visit http://www.plymouthart.ac.uk/prospectus/Further-Education/BTEC-ND-Fashion-and-Textiles--/FAFN1A1011