Get out your diaries as NE1’s Newcastle Fashion Week, sponsored by Chamilia and Mercedes Benz of Newcastle, is back - this year for 9 fashion fuelled days from Saturday 26 May – Sunday 3 June 2012.

NE1 has announced a newly extended programme for NE1’s Newcastle Fashion Week 2012 which promises to be the biggest fashion and shopping event of the year in Newcastle, the fashion capital of the North.

NE1 is promising that NFW 2012 will be bigger and better than last year and promises to put NE1's NFW on the world map and cement Newcastle's reputation as the fashion capital of the North. A packed programme of events and activities is currently being formulated including premier catwalk shows, VIP shopping events, industry talks from fashion's finest and exclusive after show parties hosted at venues across the city.

Liz Walker

"I am really excited about coming up to Newcastle for Fashion Week. As I used to live in Edinburgh, I have passed over that most spectacular bridge and longed to visit the city itself. All that I have heard about it is that it’s an increasingly dynamic place, both at the University and in all the art galleries and museums – a personal passion"