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Designers, dresses, Events, Fashion News
By emilyborrett on August 30th, 2011
Matthew Williamson has been given the opportunity to showcase his new collection specially inside the Tate Modern during London Fashion Week (yes, it’s nearly here again, guys!)
This has never been done before, so it’s going to be a bit of a unique fashion happening. A member of Williamson’s team told Vogue: “For our spring/summer 2012 collection we have chosen to show in the turbine hall inside the Tate modern gallery on the Southbank. It’s the first time a designer has been able to show in this iconic London landmark building and we are thrilled to have this opportunity.”
Matthew said about his Tate plans: It’s an amazing space which I feel will contrast really well with the collection. I’m looking forward to creating an intimate space within the hall and seeing the intricately detailed clothes work against the stark, minimalist structure.”
Whether you have the time of day for modern art or not (I don’t at all) we think you’ll all be able to find the time for some beautiful Matthew Williamson dresses, no?
Tags: dresses, exhibition, gowns, LFW, London fashion week, Matthew Williamson, s/s collection 2012, spring/summer
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Celebrity gossip, Designers, Fashion News, London fashion week, Paris Fashion Week
By emilyborrett on August 25th, 2011
The British designer Gareth Pugh has revealed that he doesn’t intend to return to showing his collections at London Fashion Week for the forseeable future, as he prefers the respect that he gets in Paris.
Gareth has been showing his collections at Paris Fashion Weeks since 2008 and has absolutely no intention to return to showing at the UK – well, we can’t say we blame his defection to one of the haute couture capitals of the world.
Gareth said his move to gay Paris: “London’s changed a lot since I moved to Paris – Giles, Burberry and Matthew Williamson have all started showing here again – but when I left, people weren’t taking me seriously. The last show I did in London featured lots of safety pins and one journalist made a comment ‘I feel sorry for the intern who had to put that together.’ I think Galliano did that in one of his shows, and no one in Paris would ever have made the same comment about his work.”
The designer continued: “The work that goes into these pieces is secondary, people shouldn’t be so raw about it. In Paris it’s like a badge of honour to put that sort of work into it, but no one talks about it – it would take out the magic. In Paris, you talk about the beauty of a look, not the hours that went into it – that’s not something to flaunt. It’s about something being an object of beauty.”
That’s totally fair enough and all that. But Gareth, if you ever get a pining feeling for LFW, just come back. We miss you!
Tags: celebrity gossip, Designers, Fashion News, Gareth Pugh, Haute Couture, London fashion week, Paris Fashion Week
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Ad campaigns, Celebrity gossip, Designer collaborations, Fashion News, Gossip
By emilyborrett on August 25th, 2011
Get ready for the fashion world to be filled with all things Gaga, as the mad-as-a-box-of-frogs singer is teaming up with her younger sister Natali Germanotta for a new fashion line.
Natali has been studying fashion design at the esteemed Parsons The New School of Design in New York, so she’s got all the right style credentials to help her sister with a new clothing range. But if you’re expecting lobster hats, coke cans in the hair and dresses made of meat then think again, as apparently the collection will be “relatively normal and wearable” in comparison to Gaga’s regular taste in attire.
A source spoke out about the planned project: “Gaga came up with the idea of remodelling the styles of classic icons from the past, for example Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly and Katharine Hepburn. Natali loved the idea and she’s coming up with a slew of design options but, of course, everything will have their own iconic twist on it.”
It looks like the collection will be released through the singer’s own Haus of Gaga label, but who knows? Watch this space.
Tags: celebrity gossip, fashion collaboration, Fashion News, haus of gaga, lady gaga, meat dress, parsons new school of design, sister
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Celebrity gossip, Designers, Fashion News, New York Fashion Week - Gossip
By emilyborrett on August 24th, 2011
I literally never thought I’d have to write this, but apparently Avril Lavigne is set to show her latest collection for her clothing line, Abbey Dawn, at New York Fashion Week next month. … Seriously, guys? Really?
The show, which will happen on September 12th at the Style 360-Metropolitan Pavilion, will show her new collection which includes dresses, denim, sunglasses and handbags. The press release promises the event to be a “high-energy runway show”, but if her past designs, which have a majorly unappealing Ed Hardy vibe, are anything to go by then I think I’ll give this one a miss, thanks.
The “Girlfriend” singer recently spoke out about her new-found interest in fashion. “When I was younger, I dressed skater and had that whole thing going on. But as I grew up, I eventually started wearing heels and dresses. Over time, fashion choices change. Now that I’m older and have a fashion line, I’m more into fashion. I like to dress with rock ‘n’ roll elements and be casual. I like jeans with rips and skulls, but now I wear more flattering pieces. I would never have worn heels or tight trousers before, or dresses. Today, though, I enjoy it. I’ve grown up.”
Tags: abbey dawn, Avril Lavigne, celebrity gossip, denim, Designers, dresses, New York Fashion Week, Rock and Roll
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Celebrity gossip, Fashion News, Gossip, Project Runway
By emilyborrett on August 24th, 2011
Anyone who’s seen every episode of Project Runway and is now having major fashion-TV withdrawals will be so, sooooo excited about this news – the Lifetime network that Project Runway is a part of have got a new show in the pipeline – and it’s going to be fronted by our very own Alexa Chung.
The show, which is rumoured to be called “24-Hour Catwalk”, will show designers competing against each other in runway challenges, with the iconic designer Cynthia Rowley apparently taking part in the show. No doubt Alexa will pull out all the fashion stops when it comes to her outfits for the show. She’ll also need to get a cute little phrase she says at the end of each show, like when Heidi Klum says “Auf Wiedersehen!”.
We hope that this project goes ahead SO MUCH. Nothing beats sitting in your PJs on a Sunday night eating ice-cream and watching tearful designers screaming at each other while they huddle over their sewing machines like prisoners of war.
Tags: 24 hour catwalk, alex turner, Alexa Chung, celebrity gossip, fashion project, Heidi Klum, Lifetime, Project Runway, reality TV
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Celebrity Style, Designer collaborations, Fashion News, Features, Gallery, News
By Elisabeth on August 24th, 2011
50s Tie Neck Shirt and High Waisted Houndstooth Pencil Skirt
After careful deliberation it was confirmed not long ago that the final collections Amy Winehouse designed for Fred Perry were to go on sale. And today the autumn winter 2011 range has hit the online shop.
The collection is accompanied by a statement that says: “After much consideration and with the blessing of Amy’s family, we have decided to release the AW11 Amy Winehouse for Fred Perry Collection.”
Fred Perry goes on to note how the collection shows Amy’s passion and dedication to the collaboration and that her ‘signature style’ is evident throughout. They certainly aren’t lying.
The 30-piece collection looks like taken out of Amy’s wardrobe. It’s packed with her retro style: a 60’s inspired houndstooth miniskirt, a black bodycon dress, a cropped cardigan and classic polo shirts, one of Amy’s trademark garments which she was often spotted in around Camden. The accessories include penny loafers, a black belt and a glossy patent bowling bag.
The exceptionally talented singer had also completed a spring/summer 2012 collection before her tragic death which is to be released next year. All royalties and fees from the two collaborations will be donated to the Amy Winehouse Foundation.
See the full Amy Winehouse for Fred Perry Collection.
Tags: Amy Winehouse, AW11, Fred Perry
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Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Designer Fashions, Fashion News
By emilyborrett on August 23rd, 2011
The Olsen girls have revealed that they didn’t initially want anyone to know that they were the creative force behind their most famous fashion line, “The Row”.
Apparently, Ashley and Mary-Kate were reluctant to let anyone know that they were the designers behind The Row when the project was just starting out and were almost tempted to hire someone to front the brand for them – they were having “far more fun” knowing that potential clients didn’t know who they were.
Ashley said: “We didn’t want people to know that we were behind it. We’d learnt so much about building brands and talking to a specific customer. We did it with our faces at the beginning, and we knew we didn’t want to do that any more. It’s far more fun this way.”
But we think the Olsen girls are far from just pretty, famous faces to sell a product. For starters they’re actually good designers with impeccable taste, and their various sartorial ventures such as Elizabeth & James and The Row have won them a whole ton of respect from the industry. Forget about being a famous face, girls – just be proud of what you’ve done!
Tags: Ashley Olsen, celebrity gossip, designer gossip, elizabeth & james, fashion gossip, Mary-Kate Olsen, Olsen twins, the Row, twins
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Celebrity gossip, Designers, Fashion News, Gossip, Project Runway
By emilyborrett on August 19th, 2011
A huge congratulations to our favourite American designer Michael Kors, who has just tied the knot! Ooh, we love a wedding (even if we weren’t invited or anything).
Kors and his long-term partner Lance LePere had a romantic ceremony on the beach this Tuesday in the fancy Hamptons, the favoured mini-break town for rich Manhattan holidaygoers. Michael said about the wedding: “To marry someone as wonderful and special to me as Lance barefoot on a glorious beach is more than I could have dreamed of.” Aw, it’s making us a bit soppy actually.
The couple have been dating since 1990, but have only finally been able to tie the knot since a recent law allowing same-sex marriage in New York came in. When asked about how the couple fell in love, Michael replied: “We share a certain level of taste, an American point of view, and I think we like to play with Americana. Over the years and the day-to-day process of dreaming together, things just naturally fell into place.” We have to say, that’s a very fashion response.
Congratulations, fellas! This news has made our day.
Tags: beach, Designers, Gossip, Hamptons, Heidi Klum, michael kors, New York, Project Runway, same-sex, wedding
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campaign, Celebrity gossip, charity, Fashion News, Gossip
By emilyborrett on August 18th, 2011
The actress Sienna Miller has donated her favourite pairs of shoes to the charity “Small Steps Project”, which raises awareness of children in Cambodia working on landfill sites.
Along with other celebrities such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Colin Firth and Eva Green, Sienna will be auctioning off her very favourite shoes, with the profit going to the Small Steps Project, at the Royal Society of Medicine on the 12th of October.
The charity was started by celebrity journalist Amy Hanson, who was shocked by the poverty and living conditions in Cambodia when she visited in 2008. She said about her time there: “When I went to Cambodia, I witnessed huge landfills filled with our waste and excess packaging where the local children would look for scraps to sell in order to support their families. Ideally we want to raise enough money to get the children away from the rubbish dumps and into schools, but for now we’re focusing on providing durable boots to prevent the children from harming themselves with the shards of glass and sharp objects on the ground.”
A very worthy cause. If you happen to be the same shoe size as Sienna, and you’ve got money to burn then get down to that auction in October!
Tags: auction, charity, donation, Eva Green, Footwear, high heels, shoes, sienna miller, SJP, small steps project
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Designer Fashions, Fashion News, Features
By Elisabeth on August 17th, 2011
Singer Beyoncé Knowles has revealed a sneak preview of pieces from her new fashion collection which will hit UK stores next month.
In the photos Beyoncé – who has revealed she could soon be ready to start a family with husband and rap star Jay-Z – is sporting French knickers and lace-high socks. It comes as no surprise that B is modelling the range herself, just look at those legs!
The new House of Dereon range will be launched at Selfridges, London, in September – coinciding nicely with London Fashion Week – and Beyoncé is set to fly in for the occasion. Her second collection, which by the looks of it will include tribal-prints, will start at £80 and be exclusively available in Selfridges for six week before going into other stores in October.
Tags: Beyonce, Celebrity designers, house of dereon, London fashion week, UK fashion range
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Designers, Fashion News, Gallery
By Elisabeth on August 17th, 2011
Kat Von D, the celebrity tattooist and star of ‘L.A. Ink’, might have been the reason for Sandra Bullock and Jesse James marriage ending and have since see her own relationship with J.J. end – but only after she had had his name tattooed onto her body. It probably was a good idea at the time… Kat, who has rarely been seen in public since announcing her split from Jesse, has certainly not been idle in her time away from the paparazzi lenses.
Very.co.uk has just brought out a capsule Kat Von D collection comprising of six items that include a military coat, a Beethoven inspired jacket and some lace leggings. Say what you like of her personal life, but we quite like Kat’s fashion range, which ranges from £78 to £290. Now which shoes to go with it…
Kat Von D Structured Beethoven Jacket
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Fashion News, worst dressed
By shinychris on August 17th, 2011
Is Bradford - pictured above - the least fashionable place in the UK
Women in Bradford – followed by those living in Wakefield and Sunderland – have been voted the least fashionable in the UK, according to research from Beauty Town.
The 1,000 Brits polled really do think it’s ‘grim up north’ when it comes to female residents, with northern lasses being voted the least beautiful too. Unsurprisingly, the fashionistas of London were voted top in the fashion stakes (63%) as well as being crowned the most beautiful (50%).
However, bucking the north-south divide, those from Edinburgh and Manchester were voted second and third respectively (see league table below).
The survey found that although Londoners are well dressed, Brighton residents are the most confident when it comes to picking an outfit, with 30% saying they had a good eye for fashion compared to just 23% from the capital.
Beauty Town, a new Facebook game where people can open and manage their own virtual fashion boutique, could come to the rescue as it allows players to learn more about fashion and looking good while having fun with their friends. Beauty Town is available to play on Facebook and can be accessed by visiting http://apps.facebook.com/beautytown.
The survey found Brits aren’t convinced that women pay much attention to looking good before they walk out the door with 52% saying they don’t take enough care over their appearance, particularly when compared to their European counterparts with 44% saying British women didn’t match up. Only 3% of female respondents said they are a trendsetter amongst their peer group and half said they hardly ever got a truthful opinion on what they wear from their other half.
Beauty Town has been created by Dynamo Games and funded by Channel 4. It allows players to select clothes and accessories to sell in their shop and enables them to encourage their friends on the social network to visit and make purchases. Beauty Town is available to play at http://apps.facebook.com/beautytown
Beauty Town July 2011 Fashionable Cities League Table
| 1st |
London |
| 2nd |
Manchester |
| 3rd |
Edinburgh |
| 4th |
Brighton |
| 5th |
Liverpool |
| 6th |
Birmingham |
| 7th |
Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| 8th |
Nottingham |
| 9th |
Glasgow |
| 10th |
Leeds |
| 11th |
Cardiff |
| 12th |
Bristol |
| 13th |
Belfast |
| 14th |
Leicester |
| 15th |
Coventry |
| 16th |
Sheffield |
| 17th |
Hull |
| 18th |
Sunderland |
| 19th |
Wakefield |
| 20th |
Bradford |
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Designers, Fashion News, Gossip
By emilyborrett on August 11th, 2011
BREAKING FASHION GOSSIP! The Brazilian website Glamurama claims to have spoken to sources close to Bernard Arnault, the chairman of LVMH, and gleaned the gossip that super-designer Marc Jacobs is hotly tipped to leave his position at Louis Vuitton to become creative director of Christian Dior
There’s been an awful lot of speculation over who would take over Christian Dior following John Galliano’s disgracing – Azzedine Alaia and Riccardo Tisci have both been considered – but we have to say the idea of Arnault encouraging Marc to take over Dior is an incredibly exciting thought.
The site claims: “The two have met often in recent weeks to discuss the matter. Jacobs, the current creative director of Louis Vuitton, renewed his contract with LVMH in January – and it is possible for him to continue in his current position even if he takes over Dior. More likely, however, is that he’ll end up choosing between one of two. Arnault would prefer him to go to Dior – as the billionaire sees it; Jacobs‘ image will only be good for the fashion house, which was considerably shaken by the Galliano scandal.”
As we all know, the position of creative director at Christian Dior has been standing empty ever since John Galliano made an unfortunate racist slur in Paris. We’ve been absolutely dying to find out which direction the iconic fashion house will be taken in, and who will take it there. Hopefully it won’t be long now until we find out.
Marc Jacobs for Dior? Who knows. Watch this space..
Tags: Christian Dior, creative director, disgrace, Fashion News, Gossip, John Galliano, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Paris Fashion Week, racist
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Beauty, Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Fashion News, Gossip
By emilyborrett on August 11th, 2011
The supermodel Lara Stone has confessed that modelling was never her ambition when she was growing up.
Lara said that as a child she never thought that modelling could be an “actual job”, planning instead as a little girl to become a stay-at-home mother. We bet if Lara’s younger self could see her now, fronting campaigns for Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss and Givenchy, she’d be staggered.
She said: “Modelling wasn’t on my radar at all. I remember looking at all those amazing photos of Kate Moss but at first I didn’t realise it was an actual job. I came from a standard family – my mum was a stay-at-home mum and my dad worked. So you think that’s what your life is going to be; meet a nice man, get married and have some babies. I know when I was younger I wanted to do tonnes of different jobs. I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said you can be anything you want. I was like, ‘I want to be a garbage man’ and they were like, ‘That’s OK, we still love you!’”
We’re so glad Lara realised her ambition – she’s one of our favourite models.
Tags: Calvin Klein, career, David Walliams, fashion industry, Lara Stone, model, supermodel
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Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Fashion News, Gossip
By emilyborrett on August 3rd, 2011
The Virgin Suicides actress Kirsten Dunst has admitted to considering more a more grown-up wardrobe.
Kirsten, who is now 29, has always been admired for her vintage-feel, girlish sense of style – she’s often papped in pretty sundresses and ballerina flats. However, she’s been wondering lately whether or not she’s too old for her wardrobe anymore, and if it’s time for a change.
She said: “I’m 29, I keep thinking, ‘Stop with the cutesy dresses.’ I’m trying to, I honestly am. I have thing in my wardrobe that are too girlie for my age. But I like simple, feminine, casual. I don’t like overdone.”
Personally we absolutely love Kirsten’s style, and considering she still looks about fifteen we think she can still get away with it. Don’t change please, Dunst!
Tags: actress, grown-up, Hollywood, Kirsten Dunst, Los Angeles, makeover, mature, Red Carpet
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