Archive for: Designers

Role Models: Naomi Campbell and Gavin Douglas praised by Prime Minister

Supermodel, Naomi Campbell and designer, Gavin Douglas (winner of Fashion Fringe 2006) were among 50 black indviduals praised by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday night, at the launch of the Black Britannia photgraphic exhibition...

 

Smash and Grab: Anya Hindmarch sends warning to thieves

Anya Hindmarch (handbag designer, famous for the “

 

Donatella Versace: Out and About in N.Y

Donatella Versace took her dog along for the ride, as she made her way to appear on the Today show yesterday. We are lost for words. The designer is in N.Y to promote the Versace Menswear launch at Barneys which also took place yesterday.

 

Sonia Rykiel tells us how to be chic!

“It’s very difficult to explain en anglais, but for me, chic is really a question of attitude. And because of that, chic is an expression of the individual. She might be sensuous or mysterious, boyish or feminine. It’s the...

 

Get All Dressed Up!

Call me crazy, but I periodically like to go onto the net-a-porter/Barneys/shopbop etc designer lists and click on unfamiliar names. I am forever getting emails declaiming the latest DVF, Louboutin, Balenciaga etc must-have, so I like to have...

 

Henry Holland’s Fashion Easter Egg

Designer Henry Holland took time out from designing clothes to stamp his signature on a special Easter Egg for the chocolate heaven that is, Thorntons. Holland decorated the 1kg milk chocolate egg with his motto “Passion Factionis (passion...

 

Thank you, Marc Jacobs!

I am a longtime fan of Marc Jacobs, and I usually don’t make any effort to hide it. If the man ever needed a kidney transplant, I’d probably offer him one of mine. However I have become just a little bit bitter toward him lately,...