YouTube sensation Danny Malin and Stephanie Hirst to take to the stage Local stars from stage, screen and on air have been announced in the line-up for South Yorkshire’s first Barnsley Fashion Week by Barnsley Rockley Rotary Club.
Hosts of Barnsley Fashion Week will be Rate My Takeaway’s Danny Malin and his wife Sophie Mei Lan who reached the live finals of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent, together the pair are known online as Mr and Mrs Yorkshire.
Danny, 43, said: “I’m looking forward to being back on the road and returning to my hometown Barnsley to present the show with t’old wife. “I’m all about supporting local independents and I’ll even be modelling.”
Danny Malin and his wife Sophie Mei Lan
Danny and Sheffield-born Sophie will be joined by DJ, TV and Radio Star Stephanie Hirst, who still lives in Barnsley and Capital FM Radio Host and Fashionista JoJo Kelly, who will be modelling local designers on the catwalk.
from Left: Stephanie Hirst, JoJo Kelly and Janine Dyer
Performing on the night will be Barnsley’s own Holly Tandy who rose to stardom in the 2017 series of ITV’s The X Factor and Janine Dyer of Penistone who appeared on The Voice and who is noted as one of the UK’s finest Gospel Vocalists
The Barnsley Rockley Rotary Club and the Fashion Week’s Creative Director Victoria, 39, originally from Darfield who now lives in Wakefield, is organising the show to support local talent, to give fashion designers and boutiques in Barnsley a boost, to help Barnsley College students real life industry experiences, as well as raising money for charity.
Victoria who runs Sociability Group said: “My Dad and his wife are part of Barnsley Rockley Rotary Club and I run Sociability Group. Along with our sponsors Clobber Swap and Burrows Motor Company, we wanted to raise money for BIADS (Barnsley Dementia Support) and Marie Curie.”
Clobber Swap was set up by Yorkshire Entrepreneur Camille Johnson. Her Facebook group has gone from 30 friends swapping to now nearly 7000 members in two years. “At the turn of 2020, I felt like I’d lost a bit of sparkle. I decided to take charge and give my work wardrobe a shake up and de-clutter, arranging two piles: one for me and one for my three sisters. I couldn’t believe how many unworn, quality items I had in my wardrobe and thought ‘why do I have so many clothes?’” Now women all over the region are swapping their garments as well as making sustainable friendships and shwopping circles.
They’ll be models from the Clobber Swap Facebook group on the night showcasing preloved womenswear alongside designs from a range of independent designers and students from Barnsley College.
Barnsley Fashion Week’s headline catwalk show takes place at Metrodome Arena on Friday 27 October.
Designers and Brands featured include Frank Bird, River Island, Angel Couture, Katie Newsam and New Look.
To buy tickets, go to: https://www.barnsleyfashionweek.com/
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