Archive for September, 2011
Affordable Fashions, Celebrity gossip, Designers, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 21st, 2011
Victoria Beckham has revealed that her new collection for her affordable diffusion line, Victoria by Victoria Beckham, was inspired by her “inner girl”. Um, Victoria, you know you actually are a girl, right? Maybe you’ve been around all-boys for too long..
Victoria has turned out to actually be a very accomplished fashion designer – so we’re all for her keeping up the good work with a new collection for her diffusion range, which is cheaper than her main ready-to-wear line. The singer-turned-designer said: “It’s definitely channelling my inner girl. I started this collection before I was pregnant and the doctors told me at first I was having a boy. So mainly I wanted to do dresses that I wanted, that weren’t ‘out there’ – and at the same time show that, contrary to what most people think, I do have a sense of humour.” Yeah, you tell ‘em!
If you’re wondering why it’s taken Madam Beckham so long to create this second diffusion collection after her first one, it’s because she’s a perfectionist and was waiting for the best. She told Britain’s Grazia magazine: “It has taken ages to get this together because it took a long time to find a factory that could deliver the right quality at the right price. Otherwise we’d have done it sooner.”
Tags: baby harper, celebrity gossip, diffusion line, fashion gossip, feminine, New York Fashion Week, NYFW, Victoria Beckham, victoria by victoria beckham
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Affordable Fashions, Celebrity gossip, Fashion News, Gossip, Gossip Girl
By emilyborrett on September 21st, 2011
For anyone who’s obsessively followed the fabulous lives of Serena, Blair and co in Gossip Girl should be excited to know, there’s a new outlet for your fandom! Because a clothing line inspired by the hit television show is going on sale this weekend in the States.
The new clothing range, which is being created by Romeo and Juliet Couture with a little help from Warner Bros, is apparently going to be all designs that the characters would definitely wear, including girlish chiffon dresses, playful novelty knitwear and embellished tops. With prices spanning from $80 to $200, it’s actually all very reasonable – now all we need to do is fly out to NYC, as the collection’s going on sale in swanky department stores such as Kitson and Saks Fifth Avenue.
We’ve always secretly dreamed of dressing like Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf, so this is going to be an exciting launch to see what Romeo and Juliet Couture come up with. If you want to check out the label’s current collection to get a feel for what the new Gossip Girls designs could be like, check out their new Fall 2011 Collection here.
Tags: Blake Lively, clothing line, Department Stores, embellishment, fashion launch, Gossip Girl, Knitwear, New York, novelty, romeo and juliet couture, tv
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Beauty, Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 21st, 2011
The Harry Potter actress Emma Watson has admitted that in the past she’s worn far too much makeup – so now, it’s all about the natural look for her. (Though it’s extremely easy to say you prefer natural beauty when you yourself have one of the most perfect faces in Hollywood, eh Emma?)
Emma said: “The funny thing about me is that I do have a lot of products – I’ve always loved make-up and its ability to transform you. But I don’t actually wear a lot of it, so there is an irony that I own so much of it but wear so little. But I do love beauty products. But wearing too much make-up has been my biggest beauty faux-pas. I truly, truly believe that beauty is something that comes from within. You can only really look beautiful if you feel beautiful on the inside. It shows through your face, the way you move and the way you hold yourself.”
Aww, all together girls – YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
And Emma’s best tip for outer beauty (the inner bit we’ll have to figure out ourselves)? “Don’t over-pluck your eyebrows and always take your make-up off before you got to bed.” Sound advice indeed.
Tags: Beauty, Cosmetics, Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, makeup, natural beauty, natural look, Skincare
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award show fashion, Fashion News, Gallery
By Elisabeth on September 20th, 2011
For some one integral part of London Fashion Week is the parties, for others it is a bonus. Yesterday the first Moët & Chandon Etoile Awards took place at London Park Lane for a Thirties-themed party.
On a night of vintage glamour renowned photographer Mario Testino was honoured for his contribution to culture. Other high profile guests included Kate Moss, her hubby Jamie Hince, a sultry looking Sienna Miller, a stunning Rosie Huntington-Whiteley – who stole the spotlight in a 1930’s style dress with bright red lips, Georgia May Jagger and Peaches Geldof.
Kate Moss and Jamie Hince
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Cara Delevingne
Georgia May Jagger
Mario Testino and Sienna Miller
Matthew Williamson
Peaches Geldof and Thomas Cohen
Tags: Georgia May Jagger, Jamie Hince, Kate Moss, Mario Testino, Moët & Chandon Etoile Awards, Peaches Geldof, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, sienna miller, Thirties-party
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Gallery, London fashion week
By Elisabeth on September 20th, 2011
Having gone from the signature of chavs, Burberry’s reputation has blossomed over the recent years and has grown to become the hottest ticket of the London Fashion Week. Burberry’s catwalk shows normally attracts the who’s who of fashion, music and celeb land; set in beautiful surroundings in the middle of Hyde Park the spring/summer 2012 Burberry Catwalk was no exception: Mario Testino, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Anna Wintour, Kanye West, Gemma Arterton, Andy Murray, Rachel Zoe, Poppy Delevigne, Jaquetta Wheeler.
Below is a selection of the celebrities – dressed in Burberry of course – as they were photographed on their way in to the venue. Oh yeah, and you can check out the spring/summer 2012 collection here!
Photo credit: Press Association
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley arriving for the Burberry Catwalk show, during London Fashion Week, at Kensington Gardens, Kensington
Tags: Burberry SS12, Gemma Arterton, London fashion week, Rachel Zoe, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, sienna miller
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Gallery, London fashion week
By Elisabeth on September 20th, 2011
Nicole Farhi Spring/Summer 2012
Credit: Press Association
Nicole Farhi welcomed fashionistas to a garden party at the rather aptly venue: the Royal Horticultural Society. Her spring/summer 2012 collection showed a designer who has come into full bloom after 30 years in the industry, offering a bouquet of tulip-shaped dresses and skirts in hues of sunflower yellow, clementine orange and candy pink and rose-prints.
Farhi’s love for experimenting with the fabrics was noticeable, showing tunics in exaggerated mesh and leather laser-cut flowers and plastic sequins on shirts.
And those retro orange sunglasses were amazing. We’re so adding it to next year’s summer shopping list!
Tags: "Nicole Farhi", London fashion week, SS12
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Gallery, London fashion week
By Elisabeth on September 20th, 2011
Monday brought with it Erdem, the lovely Erdem, Pringle of Scotland, Giles and… Burberry but more about that later.
Anna Wintour took a front row place at Erdem along with Harry Potter star Clemence Posy and British model Erin O’Connor. Another Potter graduate, Bonnie Wright was spotted at Pringle along with Rosario Dawson and actress Tilda Swinton, who was aptly dressed in a Pringle sweater with is signature Argyle pattern.
Meanwhile the young and fabulous flocked to Giles’ catwalk show, with the likes of Jessie J, Kelly Brook, Pixie Geldof, Nick Grimshaw and Dannii Minogue placing their bums on the front row seats.
Anna Wintour at Erdem
Anna Wintour attends the Erdem spring/summer 12 show. London Fashion Week
Tags: Anna Wintour, Bonnie Wright, celebrity spotted, Clemence Posy, Dannii Minogue, Erin O'Connor, Jessie J, Kelly Brook, London fashion week, Nick Grimshaw, Pixie Geldof
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London fashion week
By AlexLoves on September 20th, 2011
Going to Waterloo station on a Monday morning during the worst of the London rush hour is not my idea of fun, but for Peter Pilotto I chose to endure it. Held in the old Eurostar terminal, next to the unused railtracks, a bunch of tired-looking fashionista’s gathered, much to the bemusement of the early-morning commuters. The label is sponsored by the New Gen scheme, which meant a yummy pre-show breakfast and much-needed cup of coffee courtesy of Topshop. The boys of Peter Pilotto (which consists of Austrian-Italian Peter Pilotto and Belgian-Peruvian Christopher de Vos), have definitely assembled a little bit of a cult-following over the past few years. A large number of guests are always proudly wearing some of their designs at the show, as if to confirm their status as real fans.
The collection, this time inspired by a trip to Indonesia, featured lots of their signature mismatched colourful prints, this time added with a three-dimensional effect by using embroidery and beading, all painstakingly applied by hand. Their trademark wrap dresses were less present, this time choosing to play more with volume, never seen at Pilotto before. Beautiful full pleated skirts were accentuated by the tight fitted tops, whilst other looks featured body-con silhouettes layered with neoprene jackets, which, with their oversized zippers were reminiscent of wetsuits. The perspex-heeled beaded shoes by Nicholas Kirkwood sent a slight shiver of happiness down my spine. Peter Pilotto’s fans will have a great summer to look forward to, as this had to be one of their best and most cohesive collection so far. I absolutely adored every moment of it, well worth the early morning start.
Alex is the author of popular fashion blog www.alexloves.com
Images: London Fashion Week
Tags: "peter pilotto", London fashion week, SS12
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Features, Gallery, London fashion week
By AlexLoves on September 20th, 2011
Burberry Prosum Spring/Summer 2012
Models on the catwalk during the Burberry Prosum Spring/Summer 2012 Show in Kensington, London, as part of London Fashion Week.
With a front row always packed with celebs, a spectacular location and all the world’s top models walking in one show, the Burberry shows have fast become the hottest ticket of the London Fashion Week. This time, it was no different: Sienna Miller, Kanye West, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Ellie Goulding, Andy Murray, Anna Wintour, Rachel Zoe, Mario Testino,… the list of Burberry-clad celebs goes on and on and it makes for a fun half hour of celebspotting before the show begins.
But let’s not forget the clothes, which is why we’re there after all. There was a slight Oriental theme to the summer collection, with trenchcoats and calf-length dresses adorned with colourful beading, crochet collars and geometric patterns. There were tribal prints – something not often seen at Burberry, and the bags, too, got a flash of colour, whilst the models’ straw bobble hats added a bit of fun to the mix. A great, upbeat collection featuring some fresh ideas, as the last winter collection had been a little bit of a repeat from previous years. For the finale, the models were showered in a rain of gold confetti, which had a breathtaking effect to those in the tent.
Spectators at home got a little treat as well. Christopher Bailey is a tech-savvy genius, who, only a few seasons ago pioneered the livestreaming movement, opening his shows up to a global audience. He also did the first show in 3D, one of the first to incorporate Twitter and allowed people to buy the clothes online straight after the show. So, it came as no surprise that he had another trick up his sleeve: this time you would not only be able to buy the clothes during the live show (until September 26th), but Burberry would be the first to have a Tweetwalk, where Twitter users would be able to see the full look of each model right before she hit the catwalk, thus allowing people at home to have the real exclusive. This means of course the going to the show is actually now completely unnecessary, and yet, I wouldn’t trade the real thing for the world.
Tags: Burberry, London fashion week
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Designers, Events, Features, Gallery, London fashion week, Uncategorized
By emilyborrett on September 19th, 2011
House of Holland Spring/Summer 2012
Love him or hate him, it’s pretty much impossible to dispute that when it comes to London Fashion Week, Henry Holland rules this town with his cheeky, anarchic attitude towards fashion that you get the feeling is largely influenced by his cool brat-pack of high-profile friends. The designer everyone wants to be best friends with in the hope that he’ll honour you on one of his T-shirts, his show is always going to be one of the hottest tickets in town when Fashion Week rolls around again.
The new House of Holland Spring/Summer collection that he showed on Saturday was typically Hollandesque in that there were all the bratty, cartoonish elements in his design that always remind us of old poppy coming-of-age Nickelodeon shows from the 90s and much-loved teen movies- Holland always keeps things sassy with some eye-popping prints and clunky little-girl styles that take the “Kinderwhore” look to a whole new level.
This time round the theme for his new designs was “Pastel Punks”, was immediately obvious when the first model came down the runway in a pastel colour-blocked shirt and high-waisted acid wash jeans with snakeskin heels. We bet he’s already made copies of everything in the collection for his bezzies. We loved the clever playing off of ultra-sugary pastel tones and childlike-colour blocking against the snarling aggression of sleek snakeskin boots and fishnet ankle socks.
Anyone who was hoping for some more of Holland’s patented sugary plaids won’t be let down as there are plenty of his trademark checks in bold mint and lilac colours – now all we’ve got to do is bust out our purple clogs, find some old school knee socks and we’ve got one look that Cher from Clueless would die for.
For his Spring/Summer 2012 collection, Holland has basically taken the archetypal Bad Girl, sat her down in front of some cartoons and given her a new cheeky bubblegum spin – and we have to say, trashy as the designs are, they are gloriously trashy and we can’t help loving him a little bit for just bringing some fun to the stuffiness and seriousness of one of fashion’s most prestigious events – because, really, isn’t that pretty punk and therefore pretty British of him?
Tags: acid wash, Henry Holland, House of Holland, LFW, London fashion week, pastel colours, Pixie Geldof, punk, spring/summer 2012, SS12
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campaign, Celebrity Style, charity, Fashion News
By Elisabeth on September 19th, 2011
Vintage loving singer-songwriter Paloma Faith is collaborating with lingerie brand La Senza to design an exclusive range of vintage inspired lingerie and nightwear to help raise funds for Breast Cancer Care.
The designs include an emerald green playsuit (£30) and a halter-neck bra and French knickers set for £16. Paloma who is currently showing off her wonderfully playful sartorial flair at London Fashion Week has a distinct 1940’s style and is a style icon in the making.
The range hits stores from 1 October and will be available throughout Breast Cancer Awareness month with a donation from every sale will go to Breast Cancer Care.
We love!
Tags: Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Care, La Senza, Paloma Faith
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Designers, dresses, Events, Gallery, London fashion week
By emilyborrett on September 19th, 2011
Jaeger Spring/Summer 2012
Jaeger is one of Britain’s most well-loved brands and in fact part of our country’s fashion heritage, so naturally their new Spring/Summer 2012 collection, which was shown on Saturday afternoon amidst a typical London downpour, deserved a bit of a scrum to get in. Which of course there was.
Jaeger’s design aesthetic normally leans towards the darker, sharper end of the spectrum with angular shapes and plenty of cool greys and blacks, so we were pleasantly surprised when on the weekend, instead of their classic and sometimes austere silhouttes and colours, we were treated to an unusually girlish array from the brand that blasted away any preconceptions that Jaeger cannot be playful with their designs. Because this collection shows that they certainly can.
Tunic dresses and tops were a big staple on Jaeger London’s catwalk for this season, artfully skimming over the models’ figures for a shape that wasn’t overtly sexy but still remained to be girlish with a lot of thanks to some very sweet scalloping and soft sorbet colours as well as virginal whites – blush pink, icy blue and pale yellow all featured in the collection, while the brand also incorporated some more sizzling colours into their smart-casualwear. We were particularly taken by a pair of hot orange tapered trousers, which was effortlessly teamed with a light raincoat with matching orange piping.
For us, though, the show had to be all about the dresses, for as we watched the collection progress we began to see a theme of light, airy sun-dresses that fluttered around the models’ legs as they walked, teaming the stark simplicity which Jaeger is known for with other elegant, delicate touches such as chiffon hems and sweet bows at the neckline.
As Fashion Week goes, this collection may have not been earth-moving – we’ll leave that to the likes of Erdem and Westwood – but it was a gentle, pleasant surprise and a reminder that one of the UK’s oldest fashion labels shouldn’t be underestimated. We can’t wait to see what they do next.
Tags: day dress, Jaeger London, LFW, London fashion week, pastel colours, scalloping, spring/summer, SS12
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Designers, Events, Gallery, London fashion week
By emilyborrett on September 19th, 2011
Felder Felder Spring/Summer 2012
All of the media’s coolest kids, including Peaches Geldof and Zara Martin, were out in full force last Friday at the beginning of LFW to watch Felder Felder’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection and add some hip gravitas to the proceedings.
Naturally the whole collection was just so London Fashion Week – if you ask me, LFW is the coolest of the runway seasons, even if Paris and Milan are a little more prestigious – with the Felder twins cleverly combining floaty chiffon-silks and pale digital prints with leather choker collars for a clean, tough and sexy approach to summer dressing. There were knowing hints at bondage and punk influences amongst the swirling, girly prints as leather straps in mint green and black criss-crossing across the bust of the dresses – these are designs for the girl next door with a dark secret.
The Felder girls listed their influences for the collection as “one part beach goddess, one part punk princess: otherwise known as Kate Moss on holiday”, and we can see that the supermodel has had an influence on these new Felder Felder pieces. The mystical, swirling digital prints of the floaty gowns combined with tough, glossy accessories and studs are pure Kate Moss all the way – we can predict these pieces being worn by A-listers next year at Coachella festival, for sure.
As for colour this season, FF seem to have had the same thought as many other designers and opted for ice-cream soft, warm colours for their Spring/Summer designs – but naturally even the sunniest of colours, such as mint green and coral, were given a dark edge with flashes of black leather and studs.
All in all, a beautifully executed collection from the Felder Felder girls that might just be one of the best shows this LFW. Sign us up for one of each piece, please.
Tags: digital prints, Felder Felder, leather, LFW, London fashion week, Peaches Geldof, Somerset House, SS12, studs
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Gallery, London fashion week, Spotted, Spotted in London
By Elisabeth on September 19th, 2011
Day 3 of London Fashion Week certainly brought out the big names in celebsville and fashion as Mulberry and Matthew Williamson were on the schedule.
Supermodels Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell were seen at Mulberry and Topshop Unique respectively, showing their support for the labels. Actress Sienna Miller was also to be seen at her friend Matthew Williamson’s show. An Erdem-clad Vogue US editor Anna Wintour had also jetted into town and was spotted frow (that’s fashion speak for front row) at Matthew Williamson, Nicole Farhi and the Topshop Unique show. The latter certainly shows the power Topshop holds on both sides of the Atlantic these days. Singer Kelis was also at Waterloo for the Unique show to see what Topshop has planned for spring/summer 2012
But where was Paloma Faith and her wonderful outfits??
Anna Wintour at Matthew Williamson
Editor of US Vogue Anna Wintour during the Matthew Williamson spring/summer 2012 show at the Turbine Hall in the Tate Modern in London.
Tags: Anna Wintour, celebrity spotted, Kate Moss, kelis, London fashion week, Naomi Campbell, Nicola Roberts, sienna miller
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Gallery, London fashion week
By Elisabeth on September 19th, 2011
Marios Schwab is one of those designers who seems to be world-famous in the fashion industry, but completely unknown to anyone else. His shows tend to cause a bit of a stampede, and yesterday was no different. Held up by the late arrival of many editors, the show ran almost 45 mins late, but it was definitely worth the wait.
As opposed to all cheerful and bright collections we’ve seen this week, Schwab went to the dark side for his Spring/Summer show. Inspired by the heroines of Film Noir cinema, the girls came down the catwalk to the tune of an old horror movie soundtrack.
Marios Schwab SS12
A model on the catwalk during the Marios Schwab show at the BFC Show Space, Somerset House, London, as part of London Fashion Week.
Tags: LFW, London fashion week, Marios Schwab SS12
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