Michelle Baxter, Stow College, NQ Care

Above: A selection of the evening wear collection from Monsoon

Below left: Accessorize

Below right: Monsoon Men
Text Box: Monsoon is a design-led retailer operating two highly successful chains– Monsoon and Accessorize. Monsoon sells a wide range of women’s clothing from day to evening wear. This range also consists of Monsoon Kids, Monsoon Boy, Monsoon Baby and Monsoon Home. Monsoon has now added another addition to its clothing range by adding Monsoon Men. Accessorize is a specialist fashion accessories retail chain, has everything from jewellary to hats, scarves even dogs wear but accessorize is well known for its range of bags, they do a range of evening bags to everyday bags. The Monsoon range is influenced by Ethnic countries such as India and the Far East. Combining modern designs by traditional materials and techniques to create a colourful hand- made clothing range. The new session Evening wear was inspired by 70’s glamour look. Monsoon Men has a worn vintage feel with a r4ange of jeans, polo shirts and jumpers men have a wide variety of clothes to choose from. Monsoon clothing is aimed at the wealthier shopper. The range of age varies, we have teenage girls in buying their prom dresses or ball gowns, mothers or grandmothers in buying there children lovely wee dresses for parties or weddings. We have our own range of bridal wear which is a big hit aswel. Monsoon