Back to Plan your Day The Business of Fashion GSAL Futures Conference, 2024 Session choice #4 Panelist Richard Watts (OL93) The Business of Fashion Fashion has always been an important part of how people define themselves and others. The business of fashion is a big one, with the UK fashion industry worth £26 billion and brining 800,000 jobs to the economy. Fashion is the UK’s largest creative industry, and has potential for a huge variety of exciting and varied careers. Who is it for For students interested in: Fashion Textiles Design Fine Art Product design Visual merchandising DT Profile of panelists Richard Watts Richard is the Managing Director of Dishang, the manufacturing powerhouse which makes the clothing for a range of brands including: everyone from Primark to Armani, as well as a number of names you may be familiar with such as Nicce, Siksilk, Gymshark, Under Armour, ASOS, Adidas. If you can wear it, one of Dishang’s factories can make it. Richard runs the UK arm of the global business which has a turnover of $2.7bn. LI profile
