Premier Inn City Center Royal Mile

33 E Market St, Edinburgh EH8 8FR, United Kingdom

Personalized Google Map with Attractions, Shops, and Restaurants: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/3/edit?mid=1fWYFI3zNrBYBGpl3RdZlLkvZ3EFWp-s&usp=sharing

Day 1: Monday May 12th

Arrive at Edinburgh Airport between 10:30am and 12:30pm. 

1:15PM Transport to hotel (private bus service)
2:15PM Check-in.

Hotel: Premier Inn City Center Royal Mile
https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/scotland/lothian/edinburgh/edinburgh-city-centre-royal-mile.html?cid=GLBC_EDIOLD

Before Dinner: recommend walking up the Royal Mill to the
Tartan Weaving Mill and Exhibition
https://maps.app.goo.gl/3a6fv3ySuiAvSstz8

5:30PM Early Welcome Dinner at Tolbooth Tavern
https://www.tolboothtavern.co.uk/

Day 2: Tuesday May 13th

Meet in the hotel lobby at 8:30AM.
Private bus transport.  

10AM to NOON
Tour is small groups to meet the various departments of Holland and Sherry including textile design, sample weaving, marketing, order, supply, and distribution.
https://apparel.hollandandsherry.com/en/ourstory

12:30PM
Buffet sandwich lunch at the Park Hotel (5 minutes walk from H&S)
Mixed sandwiches, water, and one drink included 

1:15PM Drive to Selkirk 

2:30PM
Guided tour in small groups of Lochcarron Tartan Mill
https://www.lochcarron.co.uk/visit-us/lochcarron-visitor-centre

4:00PM Back on the bus, return to the hotel.

Day 3: Wednesday May 14th

All day visit to Heriot Watt Galashiels

DEPART BY PRIVATE BUS AT 8:45AM
10:00AM arrive in Galashiels
Group 1 – tour of Aero leather
Group 2 – tour of Schofield

11:00AM
Each group walks to the Scottish Borders Campus (15 min walk)

11:20AM
Tour around the High Mill Building to see facilities and see a preview of the Degree Show

12:45/13:00 – Leave campus.

1:00PM - Lunch Stitchers café ? (Checking to see if they can accommodate us)

2:00PM - Great Tapestry Optional (There is an entry fee for this exhibit)

3:00PM - Travel back to Edinburgh (by private bus)

Day 4: Thursday May 15th

8:30AM Meet in the hotel lobby to take public transport

9:30AM Visit Kinloch Anderson Kilt Makers for the King with CEO John Kinloch Anderson. Presentation in their client showroom.
https://www.kinlochanderson.com/

Leave at latest 11:30AM to take bus number 35 to our second visit. Free time for lunch. 

Two Groups 1PM and 1:30PM Georgina Ripley Curator of the Fashion Exhibition at the National Scotland Museum. Before and after - free time to visit other exhibitions in the museum.
https://www.nms.ac.uk/profile/georgina-ripley

Afternoon free to explore Edinburgh and get ready for departure.

London

Friday May 16th to Tuesday May 20th

Premier Inn London Kings Cross

26-30 York Wy, London N1 9AA, United Kingdom

Day 5: Friday May 16th

Train from Edinburgh to London.

Check-out at 8:30am and walk to the train station (10 minutes). The train should be available for boarding 30 minutes prior to departure.

Train 9:30AM to 2PM (10 minutes walk to the hotel)

Check-in Premier Inn London King’s Cross
https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/england/greater-london/london/london-kings-cross.html?cid=GLBC_KINPTI
Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/2Ez51YkjupgJUQ4UA

Afternoon: meet in the hotel lobby at 3:45PM. Collect your transport cards and take the Tube*.
https://tfl.gov.uk/maps/track/tube

5:00PM to 6:30PM
Welcome to London Afternoon Tea Bus.

Take the Tube to the V&A.

7:30PM Evening visit to the V&A Museum with entry tickets to the Cartier Exhibition at 7:30pm. The museum will be open until 10pm. https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/cartier/

The transport cards have more than enough credit for your four days in London. They must be returned to your tour director on departure from London and if lost replaced at your own cost or you will be charged for their full amount - 40 pounds. Note: taking boat rides on the Thames is not included in your daily allowance on your oyster card. You can either tap on and tap off with your credit card or use your Oyster card and then recharge it if you run out of credit.

How to navigate London transport options: bus, boat, tube with Jess Dante from Love & London.

Check out Love & London on YouTube for more tips and hints about things to do, eat, see, and buy. Jess is American but after 12 years living and working in London has recently acquired British citizenship. She is an ‘almost’ local who has created her own, successful media company.

Day 6: Saturday May 17th

Meet in the hotel lobby at 9AM.

Fashion Walking Tour: Visit iconic Bond Street, international brands like Louis Vuitton and Chanel, visit and understand the history of the world’s first shopping mall, mini tour of Fortnum and Mason – see the Queen’s handbags and lots and lots of tea!, finish up in Spitafields vintage shopping district.

Tour finishes at 1PM. Free time for lunch at Spitafields until 2PM.
Walk or bus to next appointment.

Entry time | Two groups | 3:00PM and 3:30PM
London Fashion and Textiles Museum.
https://fashiontextilemuseum.org/exhibitionsdisplays/textiles-the-art-of-mankind/?date_from=20250328&date_to=20250907

Day 7: Sunday May 18th ~ Free Day

Day 8: Monday May 19th

Meet in the hotel lobby at 8:15AM. Take the tube all together to Savile Row.

9AM meet with Tom James Company (owners of the Holland and Sherry Brand) on Savile Row. Tour of Savile Row and H&S.
https://apparel.hollandandsherry.com/en/ourstory
https://www.tomjameseurope.com/heritage/default.aspx

Afternoon: Regent’s University

Tomorrow we will be taking the train to Paris - make sure you are packed and ready to go!

Paris

Tuesday May 20th to Saturday May 24th

Hotel Aida Opera

11 Rue Richer, 75009 Paris, France

Personalized Google Map with Attractions, Textiles and Fashion Shops, and Restaurants: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/3/edit?mid=1mCj8sGcGBHGEUVMHIhVMmK1bn-ta7KQ&usp=sharing

Day 9: Tuesday May 20th

Meeting time in hotel reception 8:45AM
Checked out, keys handed in, with bags ready to go.
Walk to the St Pancras International train station (about 10 minutes).

Recommended arrival time at St Pancras, 90 minutes prior to train departure at 10:24. Make sure you have your passports in a handy place.

Afternoon: Arrive in Paris at 2PM. Load bags onto the bus
Take the bus to The Brand Collective (3pm to 5pm).

The bus will then take us to the hotel. Check-in.

Hotel: Hotel Aida Opera
https://aida-opera.com/en/home/

Free evening in Paris.

Day 10: Wednesday May 21st

Meet in the hotel lobby at 8:30AM

9:15AM Guided tour of the Fragonard Perfume Museum
https://musee-parfum-paris.fragonard.com/en/

Take the metro number 9.

11:30AM Palais Galliera - Fashion on the Move Part3
Timed entry, skip the line.
https://www.palaisgalliera.paris.fr/en/exhibitions/fashion-move-3

 Free Afternoon

6:45PM at the hotel conference room
Presentation by Rebecca Devaney, Irish textile artist, about her experiences working for the fashion houses in Paris.
https://www.rebeccadevaney.ie/curriculumvitae

Day 11: Thursday May 22nd

Meet in the hotel lobby at 9:15AM
Walk to our first appointment (approx. 30 minutes)

10AM to 11:30AM
https://benmoyal.com/pages/about

Meeting in a ready-to-wear workshop for a brand that participates twice yearly in the official, Paris fashion weeks. The tour is given by the designer himself, who also works for MUGGLER CELINE NINA RICCI ALL LUXURY BRANDS in addition to his own brand.

Content: Introduction to the various crafts related to ready-to-wear workshops. The designer’s team will introduce you to the brand’s artistic universe, its history, the different positions and professions that collaborate with the fashion designer.

After our first appointment we will walk all together to Cafe del Est so you know where to meet for the afternoon appointment.

Then you will have free time for lunch and shopping.

Afternoon Two Groups
2PM to 3:30PM & 3:30PM to 5PM

Group 1: meet at 1:20PM at Cafe del Est to take the train together.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/MBTmX3Bf6GurX2nF6

Group 2: Take the Orange Line metro no. 5 from Gare del Est to Hoche (7 stops - direction Bobigny - Pablo Picasso).
Meet at Hoche Station at 3:15PM

https://invenioflory.fr/
Luxury know-how and excellence in craftsmanship

Specialists in textile creation for the biggest fashion houses (Martin Margiela, Jean Paul Gaultier, Christian Dior, Stéphane Rolland, Céline. . . ) , the workshop offers you an exceptional moment in a rarely penetrable setting.

The works of the workshop are the result of rare know-how from the field of luxury and Haute Couture (embroidery, design and 3D printing, laser cutting, design and digital printing on textile, gilding, featherwork, flower work, leather work).

It is a subtle marriage of old, innovative techniques and creative design. He combines craftsmanship, technical inventiveness and digital innovations, designing and developing processes for the manufacture or processing of unexpected materials.

Day 12: Friday May 23rd

Meet in the hotel reception at 7:45AM (approx.. walking time 30 minutes).

LOUVRE ENTRANCE TIME 9AM
There will be a line and we may not get in at 9am.
Arrive 8:15AM, free time to take photos.
Get in line at 8:30AM

Special Fashion Exhibition: https://www.louvre.fr/en/exhibitions-and-events/exhibitions/louvre-couture

Everyone has individual tickets so once you have finished visiting the exhibitions with your professors you can move freely through the other galleries/exhibitions.

Afternoon: Galerie LaFayette Fashion Show at 3pm (30 minutes). Meet at 2:30pm in front of the department store.

Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
40 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7rXjiaJxoFCvKPkWA

Evening: Farewell dinner on the Seine passing by famous sights such as the Notre Dame and Eiffel Tower.

Board the boat at 6pm. Cruise finishes at 8pm. Three course meal with water and wine.

Boat Meeting Point
Bistro Alexandre III, Port des Invalides rive gauche, 75007 Paris
https://maps.app.goo.gl/y27xLtmPEBhRGajs9
-          45 minutes walk from hotel
-          30 minutes by metro from hotel
-          30 minutes walk from Galeries Lafayette

Day 13: Saturday May 24th

Check-out, hand in keys, bags downstairs and ready to board the bus at 8AM.

Private bus transfer to CDG. AA 45 from CDG at 12:15PM

BON VOYAGE!

Emergency Contacts

Anna
Local Representative
+39 328-729-0848