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Designers, Fashion News
By Andrea Petrou on March 3rd, 2010
It’s had a range of designers from Christopher Kane right through to Kate Moss, and it doesn’t seem Topshop will be slowing down anytime soon.
The highstreet store has just announced it will be teaming up with London Fashion Week designer Danielle Scutt who will produce a capsule collection of dresses, tops and accessories.
Danielle says: “I want the wearer to feel confident and inspired by wearing my clothes as I believe this collection will comfortably enable the Topshop customer to be elegantly and comfortably dressed from daybreak to nightfall.”
This isn’t the first time the two have collaborated, Danielle also designed a range for the store back in 2008, which as you can imagine was highly successful.
We say get yourselves down to Topshop as soon as the collection hits shelves on 7th March 2010.
Tags: Danielle Scutt SS2010, LFW, TopShop
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Designers
By Andrea Petrou on February 25th, 2010
Although a few weeks have passed we’re still very much saddened by Alexander McQueen’s death, and we know we’re not alone, with a huge majority of the fashion world still in mourning.
According to WWD, the funeral service for the designer will be taking place today. However it’s “for family only”.
And although a spokesperson said a memorial service for friends and fans will take place later this year, no details have been confirmed.
“We are focusing right now on the Paris show, which takes place on March 9th,” she said.
Until then, we want to make a small tribute to the great designer here at ShinyStyle, so we ask all our readers to join us in a minutes silence at 3pm today.
And of course, our thoughts will be with Mr McQueen’s family.
Tags: Alexander McQueen, funeral, one minute silence, WWD
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Designers, Fashion News
By Andrea Petrou on February 25th, 2010
Armani has revealed that its created several of Lady Gaga’s looks for her Monster Ball tour that kicked off in the UK last week.
The designer who first dressed Lady Gaga for the Grammys last month said the looks included a floor-length black patent trench, sparkly structured body suit with enhanced curved shoulders, another body suit with a lobster effect on one sleeve, and a geometric mini-dress with a dramatic mirror effect.
Armani also said each look was finished off with matching shoes and sunglasses. .
Georgio Armani said: “We hear Lady Gaga’s music everywhere we go, it is like a soundtrack of our times.
“In addition to her formidable songwriting skills, she is a modern fashion phenomenon.”
We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.
[via Vogue.com]
Tags: Armani, lady gaga, Monsters Ball, tour, UK
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Designers, Fashion News, London fashion week
By Andrea Petrou on February 18th, 2010
Following on from the announcement that PPR will be keeping the Alexander McQueen label, On|Off and Catwalking.com, have announced they will be hosting a tribute to the designer who died last week.
Starting tomorrow at London Fashion Week (we’ll be there reporting on the shows) the tribute by LFW’s leading independent showcase, will consist of a display wall embedded with forty iPod touches, each holding fifty images from McQueen’s collections.
These will include McQueen’s entire catwalk archive, holding a total of two thousand pictures from the designer’s career, including his time at Givenchy.
Lee Lapthorne, Director of On|Off, said: ‘I just wanted to do something – something to show that we respect him and his inspiration to so many many of our designers…and the wall will give people an opportunity to reflect and remember.’
Tags: Alexander McQueen, Catwalking, London Fashion Week tribure, On|Off, PPR
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Designers, Fashion News
By Andrea Petrou on February 18th, 2010
Following the sad news about Alexander McQueen last week, PPR, the parent company of Gucci Group, has confirmed it will continue to trade the Alexander McQueen label, .
In the past hour the company released a statement from PPR chairman and chief executive Francois Henri-Pinault, who said: “You understand, the Alexander McQueen trademark will live on”.
However people hoping to watch Alexander’s AW10 show at Paris Fashion week will have to wait to see if it will proceed as the collection wasn’t finished before the designer’s death.
Tags: Alexander McQueen, label, PPR
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Designers, New York Fashion Week - Runway
By Andrea Petrou on February 16th, 2010
Marc Jacob’s show has been one of the most talked about in the lead up to New York Fashion Week, especially following his decision not to invite A-listers to the event this year.
However, being one of our favourite designers, it was also his collection we were excited about and he didn’t disappoint.
The show began in typical Marc Jacob’s style, presenting the audience with a giant box, with a smaller box positioned in front of it. To start the show Marc along with Robert Duffy came into the room and ripped away the brown paper sides to reveal a range of models wearing the AW2010 trends.
The collection included a range of fitted tailored workwear with slight 80s undertones alongside femine fitted evening wear, which consisted of empire line long dresses in metallic fabric and 80s sequined numbers.
Hems stayed no shorter than knee length and paved the way for some stunning dresses and skirts, which although kept the tailored look, were transformed into something that little bit girly through the beige colours and accessories including cute ankle socks and t-bar shoes.
However it’s bad news for PETA because it seems fur is definitely walking into the new season if Marc’s designs have anything to do with it.
Tags: Marc Jacobs AW2010, New York Fashion Week
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Designers, Fashion News
By Andrea Petrou on February 15th, 2010
Purses at the ready ladies, especially those of you who like a designer bargain.
Today Narciso Rodriguez has launched an exclusive collection on eBay for those of us mourning the loss of designer creations in our wardrobe due to the credit crunch.
The collection priced from £40 – £225 includes fitted dresses, simple, sleek tailoring and contemporary classics, which will fill the designer wardrobe gap for a good few months.
Rodriguez said, “I am extremely excited by the possibilities that this new online sales channel brings to my business long term.
“For me it’s always been about dressing many women of all ages, all types, all sizes, and this special collection on eBay is a unique opportunity to reach a broad global audience.”
The range is available in sizes 4 to 18, but you better get those fingers on your keyboards now as we don’t think this collection will stay around for long.
Tags: designer clothing, ebay, Narciso Rodriguez
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Designers, Gossip
By Andrea Petrou on February 12th, 2010
It seems Lady Gaga will have something to smile about this Valentine’s Day if rumours that she’s back with her ex, designer Matthew Williamson are to believed.
According to InStyle magazine the the kooky singer and her style collaborator and “best friend” have grown increasingly close in the last few months and rekindled their relationship.
The pair previously dated for over a year, but called it off when mixing business and pleasure became too tricky. After they went their separate ways, GaGa dated an entrepreneur named Speedy whilst Matthew became a father in a new relationship. However, neither romance lasted and the pair are now said to be ‘reminiscing’ during GaGa’s Monster Ball tour.
A source told the magazine: “They spend all their time together, and travel everywhere, so it was bound to happen. Speedy dumped her, and Matthew left his girlfriend for Gaga.”
And it’s not just love, it also seems Matthew has been a huge style inspiration to Miss G, coming up with her infamous ‘hair bow’ hair style.
Perhaps Lady G has finally found her style mate.
Tags: dating, lady gaga, Matthew Williamson, Valentine's Day
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Designers, Fashion News
By Andrea Petrou on February 12th, 2010
Nothing can take away from the sad news that’s broken over the past 24 hours but we know we have to soldier on, and what better way to start than with Christian Louboutin’s new Barbie.
The designer has created a second limited edition doll, which has been inspired by spring summer ’10′s military trends.
Barbie showcases her fashion flair in a khaki tunic dress and the lucky girl even has her own miniature version of Mr Louboutin’s much coveted knee-high fringed boots, plus three additional miniature pairs of signature red-soled shoes.
Dolly Forever Barbie will be available from Net-A-Porter from 3 March.
Tags: barbie, Christian Louboutin, Dolly Forever Barbie, Net-a-Porter, Safari Barbie
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Designers, Fashion News
By Andrea Petrou on February 11th, 2010
It’s been an afternoon of shock and sorrow as the news that Alexander McQueen has been found dead filters through the grapevine.
The British fashion designer, known for his outrageous and extraordinary designs including his high high shoes, and who won the British Designer of the Year four times between 1996 and 2003 was just 40 years old.
His family said in a statement: ‘On behalf of Lee McQueen’s family, Alexander McQueen today announces the tragic news that Lee McQueen, the founder and designer of the Alexander McQueen brand has been found dead at his home. At this stage it is inappropriate to comment on this tragic news beyond saying that we are devastated and are sharing a sense of shock and grief with Lee’s family.’
Our sympathy goes out to his family.
Tags: Alexander McQueen, Dead, fashion week
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Designers, Fashion News
By Andrea Petrou on February 10th, 2010
Are some designers getting sick of celebrities taking up the attention in fashion week catwalk seats? If rumours that Marc Jacobs is not hosting a star studded row of seats at his New York show this week are to believed, then the answer could be yes.
The designer, who always manages to wow us more with his creations, than celebrity bums on seats, told NYMag: ‘I’m not into the celebrity thing . . . like we used to. That’s boring’.
In the past Marc has invited a range of celebs including Posh and Madonna and last year he even turned his attention to Lady Gaga, who was invited because she was performing at the after-party. However, it seems she was the final nail on the celebrity invite coffin as she famously missed his show because she arrived late.
After all the news about how much celebrities are paid to attend these shows, if this trend carries on to other designers there could be hole in their paychecks.
Tags: catwalk shows, celebrities, lady gaga, Madonna, Marc Jacobs, Posh
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Designer Fashions, Designers, Fashion News
By Andrea Petrou on February 4th, 2010
With the cold weather continuing to bite and the rain not looking like its going to pass anytime soon, heading out the the highstreet isn’t looking too appealing.
In the past many of us have coped by buying the latest fashions from one of the huge range of online stores.
However, for those who like the designer delights of Bond Street, choices have been limited, until now that is.
Armani has just relaunched its website, bringing all it’s collections together and offering the chance to buy some beauty and fashion items as well as watches and branded mobile phones online.
Log onto the site and you’ll find Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Armani Jeans, Armani Exchange, Armani Junior and Armani Casa.
And you’ll also be able to view and comment on the collections through a dedicated Facebook page and YouTube channel.
We think this is a genius idea, but we think we may have to find an equally clever place to hide our purses and credit cards.
Tags: Armani, bags, buy Armani online, clothing, shoes, sunglasses, Watches, website
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Ad campaigns, Designers
By Andrea Petrou on February 2nd, 2010
We’ve known for a while that Stella McCartney was a genius (you only have to look at her designs to see it). However, just when we thought she couldn’t get anymore creative, she’s wowed us all over again.
For her new spring/summer 2010 campaign the designer has incorporated a picture of her old pet dalmatian, which was taken by her mother in 1976, with the clothes from her latest collection modelled by Natalia Vodianova.
Stella said the new campaign was: “Fashion meets reportage, mixing color, and black-and-white. A family animal with an outside atmosphere meets studio lights, camera, action!”
Tags: Dalmatian, Natalia Vodianova, SS2010, Stella McCartney
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Designers, Gossip
By Andrea Petrou on January 28th, 2010
We thought we wouldn’t have to be bearers of bad news again today (we thought Ugly Betty being axed was enough) but it seems the fashion world has other ideas with news that Balmain won’t be launching a diffusion line.
We were really excited last week when the fashion grapevine went into full swing (we didn’t report on it because we didn’t want to get your hopes up) claiming that the brand was going to launch a lower priced collection. However, it seems as though this is not the case.
A Balmain representative told Vogue: “There is no Balmain lower priced line. What I think you might be referring to is a capsule collection that was prepared for some Parisian retailers.”
If we were texting this story we’d finish it with a ” 
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Tags: Balmain, diffusion line, Paris Fashion Week, rumours, Vogue
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