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Category: Fashion

  • Couture correspondence – Giles Deacon note cards for Smythson

      Thanks to a tip off from their Web Editor Stephanie, word has it that Giles Deacon will collaborate with luxury leather retailer Smythson.  Deacon will launch a set of limited edition note cards this January.  And when they say limited edition, they mean it.  Only three hundred boxes have been produced.  Each box promises…

  • Matthew Williamson to debut menswear at H & M

    First there was Stella, then Viktor & Rolf, Roberto Cavalli and Madonna in 2007, Karl Lagerfeld, Kylie and most recently, Comme des Garçons. Phew.   Spring 2009, sees Matthew Williamson become the successor in the line of designer ranges at H & M.  The big news is that come mid-May, you’ll be able to own…

  • Beyoncé gets fierce with fashion

        Beyoncé?  Sorry who? Beyoncé Knowles’s alter ego Sasha Fierce has taken centre stage complete with medieval, robot inspired get up reminiscent of Madonna’s Jean Paul Gaultier number.    Fashion mogul Thierry Mugler, (known more so for his fragrance Angel these days than his 80s power dressing), has been commissioned to design Beyoncé’s (rather,…

  • Styleshake; affordable bespoke fashion at the click of a button

      Put one new media expert and one very talented Central St Martins graduate together and what do you get?  Styleshake.com.   A funky little idea, Style Shake is a bespoke fashion eBrand that allows you to follow a set of simple instructions to become a fashion designer…and responsible for loosing a couple of hours…

  • Get your vintage fix at Nastygal.com

    From oversized lumber jack shirts (just add wet look leggings) to 80s sequinned dresses and signature eco cotton totes; Nasty Gal ‘for the discerning fashionista’ is currently my virtual second home.   A relatively new company, Sophia Amoruso founded Nasty Gal in 2006 and is lucky enough to be based in the vintage goldmine that…

  • ASOS Magazine Goes Digital

    I’m very pleased to share the news that ASOS have launched a digital version of their hugely successful magazine and for extra brownie points; they’ve even made it clickable. A fun, fashionable and clued-up read it’s one the few brands that have successfully delivered the ‘magalogue’ concept combining editorial and mail order.  As a regular…

  • Tough, tailored and to die for – Todd Lynn for Topshop

    Rock and roll’s best-kept secret is out –Todd Lynn has arrived at Topshop.   In an exclusive collaboration, Lynn has designed seven limited edition pieces for Topshop combining this season’s monochrome palette, feathers and fur with structural cutting edge tailoring.  The result: the epitome of rock and roll cool right at your finger tips at Topshop.com.…

  • Crocs and socks; anyone got fashion police on speed dial?

    It’s 8.17am and I’m on my usual walk to the station en route to the office. Happily plugged in listening to Tom Middleton in a world of my own, I’m rudely snapped back to the fact I was running a bit late (worth it after shunning the heels for my new amazing, favourite boots) by…

  • ASOS; The New Topshop

    Move over Philip Green (and please do take Kate with you) – ASOS is in town and is cleaning up the virtual fashion forefront. Formerly known as As Seen On Screen, ASOS rose to popularity by doing something similar to Primark but instead of just ripping off every other high street store (and a few couture…