Posts Tagged ‘fur’
Accessories, Affordable Fashions, Fashion Tips, Features, Gallery, Trend Alert
By emilyborrett on September 19th, 2011
Blackheart Epic Coloured Faux Fur Coat
Fashion-lovers, there’s an incredibly soft and snuggly winter ahead of us as this season it’s going to be all about making like a wild beast and swathing yourself in layers of the softest, shaggiest fur you can find.
Plenty of designers took inspiration from animals this season, from confusing yet pretty fur strips among round iridescent sequins at Prada, while the Olsen girls used The Fantastic Mr Fox as a source of inspiration for their wild-looking draped furs which were teamed with crisp autumnal colours and stark make-up. Fur (faux, of course) always has and always will be an impossibly glamorous way to keep warm during the winter, but this season fur has a darker, moodier edge – think of coats that look like musky old animal skins and mythical creatures for this season.
Long distressed fur is one of our absolute favourite textures for this season, so if you find the perfect shaggy coat or bag, don’t walk past it. These heavy, animalistic textures are all about making a big statement, so just one piece will give your stark winter wardrobe an automatic update. We’re a huge fan of Blackheart’s coats, which you can find at Asos and in the gallery above – especially their deep plum-coloured fur coat that would look amazing with a simple black dress and dark makeup for a dramatic winter look.
If you’re keen on making a bold statement you should consider spurning realistic faux furs for something a little brighter for a dramatic, unusual look – we are absolutely in love with Ana Konda’s designs for Asos, which include some amazing bright scarlet furs. Check them out – they’d look incredible with bright lipstick.
If you’re hesitant to go all-out and deck yourself out like a wild animal, however, you can still channel the trend with a furry accessory or a piece with a simple fur trim without needing to go the whole hog. River Island is brilliant for fur collars, bags and shoes – we seriously recommend that you stop by their site to see what they’ve got.
To see our favourite fur pieces on the high street, check out the gallery above.
Tags: autumn/winter, coats, features, fur, outerwear, Prada, tactility, textures, the Row, Trend Alert, wild animal, winter
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Designer Fashions, Designers, dresses, Gallery, Paris Fashion Week
By Andrea Petrou on March 7th, 2011
By Emily Borrett.
It was a return to cool, slouchy bohemian style yesterday at Kenzo’s A/W 2011 show. Famed for their explosively vibrant florals and bold colours, this season saw the label working in more muted tones of dark blues, browns and creams that we think will work perfectly come winter.
Behind a huge lit-up display of what seemed like half folk art, half electric doilies, models came down the runway in long floaty hemlines that fluttered around leather studded ankle boots. Maxi-dresses in trademark Kenzo florals were worn with slouchy wax gilets and fur hoods. Combining the heritage trend with a hard, studded edge, we think we can spy a boho revival just around the corner.
This season’s collection was a lot more subtle than the last, with the label opting for more understated palettes in the fabric – olive green and black were favourites – and surprisingly pretty peekaboo hints of lace, which skirted along hemlines and necklines, showing a feminine side to the fashion house’s approach to design that we haven’t seen before. The maxi dress trend looks like it’s going to be here to stay for a fair while longer, if Kenzo’s collection is anything to go by – we predict that come Autumn we’ll all be teaming delicate floor-length dresses with casual boots and wax Barbour-style jackets.
Tags: 2011, aw, basics, bohemian trend, boots, florals, fur, Kenzo, maxi dress, Paris Fashion Week, ready to wear
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Tags: 60s, Alexa Chung, AW 2011, Burberry Prorsum, Christopher Bailey, flat caps, fur, military, retro fashion, trends, vintage
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Gallery, Trend Alert
By Andrea Petrou on November 16th, 2010
Lily Allen went for fur at a fashion event in October
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Tags: Antonio Berardi, chanel, coats, faux fur, fur, fur coats, PETA, Pixie Lott, Victoria Beckham, winter trends
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Gallery, Trend Alert
By Andrea Petrou on September 9th, 2010
Love them or loathe them gilets have flown right into the 21st century from the 80s, thanks to the emergence of the fur and leather trends that have been showcased by a range of designers .
Burberry vouldbe to blame for the reintroduction of the aviator look, while we could also point the finger at Marc Jacobs for all his fur festishes.
Those who love these little items of clothing however, will rejoice in the fact that this year these come in a range of different fabrics symbolising different trends. The highstreet is packed full of leather gilet’s symbolising the biker trend, while denim gilets are still lurking around from the summer season.
The key way to wear this trend is to layer up. Wear over a tee for the not so cold days and team up over cute dresses to create the 40s boho look. We’ve picked out our top five.
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Tags: aviator, Burberry, Christopher Kane, denim, fur, Gilet
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Gallery, Trend Alert
By Andrea Petrou on August 31st, 2010
With the days turning and the wind picking up, plus tomorrow officially becoming autumn, it’s time to start packing away those bikinis, shorts and dresses and getting into the autumn fashion.
There’s a great deal to be excited about this season. The 80s trend is sticking around, puff sleeves will be making a comeback (as demonstrated by Paul Costelloe) and of course there’s the camel colours we can look forward to.
However, one trend that we’re really pleased is here to stay from the summer is the leather biker jacket. Worn by celebs such as Rihanna and Taylor Momsen, this jacket will form a staple part of any girls wardrobe for the first few months and thanks to Burberry’s fur and aviation trend, into the winter too.
We’ve picked out our favourite five.
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Tags: 2010, 80s, aviation, aw trends, biker jackets, Burberry, fur, Rihanna
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Celebrity Style, Events, Red Carpet
By Andrea Petrou on February 9th, 2010
While Eva Green donned a safe black frock for the London Evening Standard British Film Awards 2010, Jamie Winstone decided to be daring and it wasn’t just her frock.
The actress stepped onto the red carpet in an on-trend red strapless frock, which we think looks very similar to the pink one worn by Sarah Jessica Parker at the Did you hear about the Morgans? premier last year.
She teamed this up with a matching clutch bag, shoes and lips.
However, far more daring than her racy red dress was her fur jacket. We hope we’re wrong about it being real, but if it’s not it does a very good job of looking it.
Tags: fur, Jamie Winstone, London Evening standard film awards, red dress
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Ethical Fashions, Features, Gallery
By Andrea Petrou on November 24th, 2009
Leopard print and fur is once again making it’s style debut this season with a range of celebrities sporting the love it or hate it trend, which manages to worm its way in nearly every other season.
Last week we reported that Pixie Geldof turned up to the Twlilight: New Moon New York premiere wearing a leopard print fake-fur gilet, while Alexa Chung and Lily Donaldson were also spotted in this trend at a fashion awards ceremony last week.
However, there will always be some designers and stars who take this trend that one step further opting for the real thing. This has caused a myriad of controversy over the years, with campaigners strongly protesting against it.
Many moons ago supermodels including Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford leant their support to a PETA campaign stating they would rather go nude than wear fur. However, Naomi Campbell went back on this a few years ago posing in a real fur jacket on the catwalk. Donna Karen has also been criticised for using the real thing in her collections.
And it seems the rage continues with PETA creating a Fur-Free Friday, after Thanksgiving where animal activists are going out of their way to remind holiday sale shoppers not to include fur on their shopping lists. One celebrity backing this campaign is actress Eva Mendes who said: “I didn’t always know how animals were killed for their fur, and I even wore fur once myself.”
However after she learnt that millions of animals are killed every year in the fur industry, she “swore that [she'd] never wear it again.”
She’s therefore advised us to fake it this season. We’ve taken heed and put together a gallery of the best fake fur coats and jackets out there.
However we want to hear from you. Do you agree that real fur is wrong or are protesters making too much of a big deal about it.
Click on the picture below to begin the gallery.
Tags: fake fur, fur, fur coats, PETA
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Gallery, New York Fashion Week - Runway
By Kimberley Foster on February 17th, 2009
Blogged by our sister site, Catwalk Queen…
Many were thanking Matthew Williamson today who, besides Marc Jacobs, gave us a break from the safeness of black and clumpy clothes with a burst of multi-color print and texture. As part of Team British Invasion, Williamson dazzled crowds with a mixture of shimmery beads, zigzag knits, ruffled cocktail dresses, skinny leather trousers, fur-trimmed shaped coats and sequinned gowns. A nod to his Pucci days came in the form of geometric-shaped prints, which featured in everything from column dresses to shiny suits, and worn with zebra cut-out ankle sandals. Although he did get a little carried away at times, overall I can see how many (especially New Yorkers) might flock to this collection for a touch of uptown society style.
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[Photos via Coutorture]
Tags: autumn / winter 2009-10, british, collection, colour, designer, fur, knit, Matthew Williamson, New York Fashion Week, print, review, runway, show, zigzag
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Ethical Fashions, Fashion News, shoes
By Andrea Kiliany Thatcher on October 22nd, 2008
Just one month after Peta asked Zappos to stop selling fur, the online retailer has bowed to consumer pressure and will no longer be selling items that use fur.
It looks like they must have pulled their stock of fur items immediately since a search for fur on their site turns up on faux items.
“Zappos.com joins Target, QVC, Home Shopping Network, Nike, Polo Ralph Lauren, Gap, Forever 21, Wet Seal and dozens of other companies and designers that have gone fur-free,” said Pulin Modi, the street team supervisor for peta2.
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Tags: "fur accessories", "fur shoes", "Tod's boots", "Zappos fur", anti-fur, fur, PETA, Peta2, Zappos
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Designer Fashions, Fashion News
By Andrea Kiliany Thatcher on March 28th, 2008
From our U.K. fashion blog, Catwalk Queen:
PETA protesters crashed the special New York runway show of Alexander McQueen’s fall collection on Wednesday.
The edited fashion show of 38 looks was disrupted by two PETA members who ambushed the runway with signs with blood-red paint which read: “Fur on your back, blood on your hands,” before being tackled by security guards and taken away.
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Tags: Alexander McQueen, Alexander McQueen fur, anti-fur, fur, PETA
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Designer Fashions, New York Fashion Week - Gossip, Shiny Video
By Kimberley Foster on January 10th, 2008
With exactly four weeks to go until London Fashion Week (LFW) begins, our UK sister blog Catwalk Queen caught up with the very charming Paul Costelloe for an exclusive interview.
The Irish designer’s show officially opens LFW on February 10. At his London studio, Paul discusses what inspired him to create his forthcoming autumn/winter ’08-’09 collection and what we can expect to see on the catwalk.
“I don’t use real fur. I’d get shot… killed in the underground at Bond Street or something,” he joked with CQ’s Kimberley Foster. Click the image to play video.
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Tags: "autumn winter 2008 2009 collection", Catwalk Queen, designer, designs, exlusive, fitting, fur, interview, irish, London fashion week, Models, moodboards, opening, Paul Costelloe, show, sketches, studio
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