Sew much more to fashion: Plans to help budding designers at Orchard's The Cocoon Space

The Cocoon Space aims to help budding designers network with industry players and grow through talks and an incubator programme

The Cave, or theatre, at The Cocoon Space. Members can work from personal pods (far left) or the communal workspace (left). A workshop being conducted in The Makers Studio of The Cocoon Space in Design Orchard.
A workshop being conducted in The Makers Studio of The Cocoon Space in Design Orchard. ST PHOTOS: GAVIN FOO
The Cave, or theatre, at The Cocoon Space. Members can work from personal pods (far left) or the communal workspace (left). A workshop being conducted in The Makers Studio of The Cocoon Space in Design Orchard.
The Cave, or theatre, at The Cocoon Space. ST PHOTOS: GAVIN FOO
The Cave, or theatre, at The Cocoon Space. Members can work from personal pods (far left) or the communal workspace (left). A workshop being conducted in The Makers Studio of The Cocoon Space in Design Orchard.
Members can work from personal pods (above) or the communal workspace. ST PHOTOS: GAVIN FOO
The Cave, or theatre, at The Cocoon Space. Members can work from personal pods (far left) or the communal workspace (left). A workshop being conducted in The Makers Studio of The Cocoon Space in Design Orchard.
Members can work from personal pods or the communal workspace (above). ST PHOTOS: GAVIN FOO
The Cave, or theatre, at The Cocoon Space. Members can work from personal pods (far left) or the communal workspace (left). A workshop being conducted in The Makers Studio of The Cocoon Space in Design Orchard.
MS SEMUN HO, chief executive of the Textile and Fashion Federation, which runs The Cocoon Space. ST PHOTOS: GAVIN FOO
Melissa Heng
Updated
May 24, 2019, 07:39 AM
Published
May 24, 2019, 05:00 AM
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At The Cocoon Space in Orchard, there are industrial-grade sewing machines and a fabric library, as well as a theatre and meeting rooms.

This is where plans are being woven to help aspiring Singapore fashion entrepreneurs, including an incubation programme now accepting applications.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 24, 2019, with the headline Sew much more to fashion: Plans to help budding designers at Orchard's The Cocoon Space. Subscribe

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