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London Fashion Week: Giles AW09
Is there nothing that Giles Deacon can’t do? He has produced yet another stellar catwalk collection. The inspiration behind the show was Giles’ days at Art School, which is why he treated us to creative, punky finishes and expressive outfits. Fabulous hats by Stephen Jones just added to the drama, […]
Read MoreIs Dasha Zhukova the new editor-in-chief at Pop?
After founding Pop in 2000 and staying on as editor-in-chief, Katie Grand said goodbye to her baby and jumped ship to run Love magazine last year. Her old position at Pop is still up for grabs and rumour has it that Dasha Zhukova – one half of label Source]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: House of Holland AW09
Henry Holland is a bit of an anomaly, a fashion journalist who made some t-shirts and happened to be best friends with the ‘It’ model of the moment, who then ended up with his own fashion line.
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: PPQ AW09
You can always rely on PPQ to bring colour to Fashion Week. Their Autumn/Winter 09 palette is full of pistachios, oranges, royal blue and very bright reds. I think the best way to describe the collection is Park Lane Princess meets 60s style. The PPQ show is always a star-studded […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: House of BlueEyes AW09
Speechless, I was left speechless after this show. I’m still not entirely sure what to say. Firstly I will say that I do think Johnny Blue Eyes is a great stylist, and his work is creative and exciting. But as a designer, I just don’t get it.
Read MoreLady GaGa takes nudity a step too far in Paris
Whoever let Lady GaGa out of the hotel in this needs to be fired. Is this even legal? While out sightseeing in Paris, the pop songstress thought it appropriate to walk the streets in a nude leotard and a blazer. Style icon or attention seeker? Me thinks it’s the latter. […]
Read MoreGet up to 70% off Zac Posen!
Head on over to Gilt.com tomorrow for huge discounts off Zac Posen! We have it on good authority that there will be some fabulous dresses on offer. Other brands also on sale tomorrow include Badgley Mischka Platinum handbags and Tibi! Gilt.com is a members only site. Membership is free but […]
Read MoreDiamonds are a girl’s best friend! Just ask the Oscar ladies
If we’re not covering London Fashion Week, we’re busy dealing with the Oscars. To those of you who have emailed in asking our thoughts on the many celebs we didn’t cover, worry not! We still have lots more to say about the Oscars. We’re wrapping up with LFW today and […]
Read MoreWhite Socks and Black Dress Shoes…Finally Acceptable?
In comparison to our female counterparts, menswear can be viewed as rigid. To some, the stoic tradition that defines men’s fashion is what keeps things on an even keel. For others, these rigours serve as creative license to unsettle what seems to be the norm. I say all this because […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Victim AW09
Referencing Italian horror director Dario Argento’s ‘Phenomena’ (1985) in the pre text to ‘Victim Wonder’ designer Mei Hui Lei immediately gave us the impression that this was going to be a powerful runway of dread and seduction. ‘Did you ever wonder why there are so few beautiful villains?’ she questioned. In […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Olanic AW09
Expectations rose as a packed-out audience sipped their Bacardi’s, looking on at the lengthy preparation for Olanic’s AW09 presentation at London Fashion Week. Designer Nicola Taylor was tipped by Vogue as “one to watch” back in SS08 and returned to Vauxhall Fashion Scout after receiving rave reviews last season.
Read MoreLimited Edition: People Tree charm bracelet
Established in 1991, People Tree is the leading brand in fair-trade fashion and has recently expanded with the launch of People Tree Foundation – an independent charity. Creating training and work opportunities in developing countries, promoting organic cotton farming and raising awareness for environmental issues by working alongside NGO’s, Trade Unions and the media, People Tree Foundation […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Ana Sekularac AW09
Being late may be fashionable. But there’s nothing chic about opening your fashion installation 45 minutes late or for that matter still having a lady sweeping the floor, a man dousing models in hair spray and several men up ladders positioning lights, as guests wander in. Using a palette of […]
Read MoreOn|Off Exhibition: AW09
The On|Off exhibition made a new home for itself this year in London’s Science Museum, showcasing a selection of off schedule designers at London Fashion Week. The theme for the space was ‘White on White’, featuring a huge white catwalk a white press lounge and a giant, inflatable wall that enclosed the design […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Avsh Alom Gur AW09
Avsh Alom Gur is a man with a sense of humour. Strutting to a soundtrack of songs about money, his models wore dresses, catsuits and jackets with the words “Credit Crunch” in big sequin letters splashed across them. When the first dress came out, a muted pink corseted dress that […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: William Tempest AW09
First of all, let’s just take a moment to appreciate what a great name William Tempest is. I mean, if ever there was a name to create a mystique around a person, surely Tempest would be it. And mystique there was. The sequin encrusted and ironically vintage NHS bespectacled rugby […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Twenty8Twelve AW09
Twenty8Twelve was always going to be a wearable collection. Anyone who hoped otherwise must be sorely disappointed. But those who knew what to expect should be happy indeed. For their debut at London Fashion Week, Sienna and Savannah Miller delivered a collection of skinny jeans, tiny leather biker jackets, loose […]
Read MoreFashion gets political
Perhaps it’s the Michelle Obama effect, perhaps it is a fabulously well-played campaign or maybe it is a love of fashion, that has pushed the Prime Minister’s wife Sarah Brown to stand up for UK fashion. The PM’s wife paid a visit to our fabulous London Fashion Week; she even […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Luella AW09
Luella is one of those brands that are loved by all. With her wearable designs, that make everyone look stylish she is a fashion lover’s dream. She was therefore going to face a tough crowd. Her past few seasons have been so good, so inspiring that she was likely to […]
Read MoreFuture uncertain for Just Cavalli
First there was the breakdown of Baugur and then Ittierre announced that it had filed for bankruptcy. Now Just Cavalli has pulled out of Milan Fashion Week. Ittierre is a production and licensing company that works with numerous luxury labels including Galliano and Versace Sport as well as Just Cavalli. […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Christopher Kane AW09
For the Spring/Summer 09 shows, I appeared to be one of the only people who wasn’t in awe of Kane’s offering. Yes I love those acid brights, and I am rather partial to a bit of leopard print. But I really didn’t take to the scalloped almost stegosaurus like edging […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Louise Amstrup AW09
Danish born Louise Amstrup, showcased her third London Fashion Week show at Vauxhall Fashion Scout on Sunday, and having recently been selected to open the season’s Copenhagen Fashion Week with her AW09 collection, expectations were high. A series of strong silhouettes, including sharp shoulders and jutting hips created powerful shapes down the runway, emulating the hard-edged tailoring […]
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Charitable fashion: Paul Smith and War Child
Remember when Paul Smith showed us he had a sense of humour with the release of his Credit Crunch tote? Well now it seems Smith is showing us a softer side, turning his attention to a worthier cause than say, somewhere safe to stash our cash. War Child is the children’s […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Bora Aksu AW09
Naughty but nice is the best way to describe Bora Aksu’s show. With a Marilyn Manson soundtrack and Jodie Harsh perched in the front row, it seemed Aksu was determined to misbehave. The audience at the On|Off show at the Science Museum certainly seemed to enjoy it, giving Aksu one […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Ashley Isham AW09
There was much to love about Ashley Isham’s collection. Models with quiff’s that Prince would be proud of strutted their way down the catwalk in a selection of gowns influenced by 40s and 80s glamour. Goddess gowns , Isham’s signature style , reigned supreme, with Grecian style frocks in wispy […]
Read MoreAll eyes are on Victoria at post Oscar bash
At Elton John’s post Oscar party, you expect a whole host of stars. You expect all those who don’t get an invite to the awards to pull out all the stops for the parties. But there was only one person, we all wanted to look at: Victoria Beckham. She looked […]
Read MoreChloe’s Sevigny’s new line for Opening Ceremony is revealed
In the UK Opening Ceremony is seen as one of those legendary stores. I guess in much the same way that Dover Street Market is for non-Londoners. With the launch of the e-commerce site, we thought it couldn’t get any more exciting. Now we could get a piece of the […]
Read MoreForget comfort food and indulge in comfort clothing
The experts say that January is the most depressing month of the year, but we beg to differ – this February is cold, grey and seems like it will never end. But there is one good thing about February. We can still wear all our cashmere. A friend recently returned […]
Read MoreTopshop gets the Biba treatment
Topshop and Biba have been compared over and over again. Both huge successes, both aimed at young women, synonymous with British fashion and both broke/break the mould of high street fashion. It therefore seems only fitting that Biba founder/designer Barbara Hulanicki should collaborate with the high street brand. We can […]
Read MoreFashion whispers: Pugh to move to Dior Homme
Fashion week is on so let the front row gossip begin. Now we heard from someone who knows someone who heard from someone that Grazia is saying that Gareth Pugh is definitely moving to Dior Homme. There have been numerous rumours surrounding this possible move. Ever since big fashion boss’ […]
Read MoreTodd Lynn celebrates with party at Bureau club!
What: Todd Lynn after-party Where: Bureau Club, Soho Why: Fashionista’s flocked to celebrate Lynn’s AW09 collection at London Fashion Week with Moutard Champagne and DQ Vodka! Guests included The Howling Bells, Nick Moran, Roland Mouret and Carl Barrett from the Dirty Pretty Things. Pictures after the jump.
Read MoreThe Qasimi After-Party: Nothing to report!
What: Qasimi after-party Where: The Cuckoo Club Why: Sadly I can’t tell you why you should have been at the Qasimi after-party because despite having an invitation, my friends and I were still denied entry. “The venue must have been packed you’re thinking. No, it was hardly even full. The […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Maria Grachvogel AW09
With a jazz inspired soundtrack and each model sporting a grey silk skull cap, there was more than a whiff of the 1940s at the Maria Grachvogel show. The collection was staggeringly elegant. Halter dresses, flared catsuits and trousers, pussy bow blouses, in tweeds, silks and organzas, adorned with feathers, […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Sado AW09
With some of the prettiest colour combinations I’ve seen, Carlotta Gherzi’s AW09 Sado collection featured simple silk pieces in grey, raspberry, orange and peach. Prim puff sleeve blouses, boxy cropped jackets, and mini capes in yummy sherbet dip hues were worn with grey knee socks and raspberry platform ankle boots. With a vaguely 70s […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Bernard Chandran AW09
Bernard Chandran’s AW09 collection was inspired by the ‘romance of the Far East’ which apparently translates as metallics, voluminous shapes, and graphic prints. Lame, glitter and studs in silver, gunmetal and gold reflected the stark white walls of the On|Off venue at The Science Museum.
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Modernist AW09
Aptly named ‘Exotic’, Modernist’s new collection incorporates natural and man-made materials ranging from Crocodile to goat and silk to cashmere, contrasting in a way that produces sumptuous texture, whilst not detracting from the structured shapes and clean lines that point to one half of the design duo’s (Abdul Koroma) previous education in […]
Read MoreVauxhall Fashion Scout: Julia Smith, Alexandra Groover & Ones to Watch AW09
While the majority of London’s fashion elite battled for a seat in the main tent outside the natural history museum, a cutting-edge crowd was gathering at the Vauxhall fashion scout tent to watch shows from up and coming London designers. The day kicked off 45 minutes late with a lacklustre […]
Read MoreVictoria Beckham coming to an online store near you
Victoria’s latest collection caused quite a stir once again at New York Fashion Week. Still journalists are shocked that she can actually design, that she is actually good at it, and that she knows what she’s talking about. Her last line sold out in only a matter of moments, and […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: It can’t be…it is, it’s Kanye!
This London Fashion Week has been a strange one, nothing happening quite as you expect. Usually mundane designers are creating kooky collections, whilst the ‘ones to watch’ are falling flat on their faces. Then there was the whole Lily Cole supermodel army at an off schedule show (Qasimi), it has […]
Read MoreThe Oscars 2009: Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet showed up to the Oscars in a steel grey Atelier Yves Saint Laurent by Stefano Pilati asymmetric evening gown with embroidered black silk tulle and a black satin evening pochette. She glistened in a multi-cut diamond bracelet, diamond pear shaped cluster earrings and a diamond ring all courtesy […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week is on the move
At the first show of London Fashion Week, which is always Paul Costello. It is customary for the chairman of the British Fashion Council to make a speech and declare Fashion Week open. And so, on Friday morning, we sat in our seats and waited for Harold Tillman to take […]
Read MoreThe Oscars 2009: Amanda Seyfried
After staying up all night to try and review all the outfits, I passed out at 4am just as I got to Amanda Seyfried. Well what can I say? I don’t know why, but I do like this dress. I shouldn’t…she’s practically drowning in Valentino couture, and I’m tired of […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Eley Kishimoto AW09
“Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away this was the Eley Kishimoto theme. After handing over my invite which looked like a boarding pass, I was swept to my seat all to the sound of airport lounge chatter which came over the speakers. The show then began, and […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Nicole Farhi AW09
This was a shockingly good show. Nicole Farhi is one of those designers who is famous for being classic. She can be relied on for the fail safe fashion, constantly churning out the same cuts, fabrics and colours. But for Autumn/Winter 09 it would seem the French-born designer has had […]
Read MoreYoung entrepreneurs are rewarded at LFW
On Saturday morning I enjoyed a champagne breakfast. Well, actually I lie, I was crammed into a champagne bar early in the morning clutching orange juice (as there were no croissants thanks to the credit crunch to soak up champagne). But it was all for a good cause, it was […]
Read MoreJustin Timberlake and Anna Wintour, best friends forever?
In more NY fashion week news, last week, Justin Timberlake was spotted backstage in the Mercedes-Benz Star Lounge, after the
Read MoreDaisy and Peaches are arrested for W magazine
Controversy. Daisy and Peaches are notorious for being controversial. Dressing up as juvenile delinquents, the pair poked fun at their reputation for the latest issue of W magazine. Shot by Steven Meisel and styled by Alex White, Daisy and Peaches are joined by Eliza Cummings, Portia Freeman, Eden Clark and […]
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