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The Tribes Of Vivienne Westwood, Ann Demeulemeester And Rick Owens


One of the fundamental effects that clothing has is to identify and categorise people in the minds of everyone else around them. It serves as one of our basic ways of aligning ourselves with others, a way of belonging to a certain tribe. While some designers tend to beat to the drum of being on-trend,…

The History Of Contemporary Art Fashion Vol. 2 In Paris


The museum Les Arts Decoratifs in Paris is exhibiting “The History of Contemporary Art Fashion vol. 2 1990 & 2000 until May 2011. One hundred and fifty designs were selected from the most emblematic collections of the decade 1990-2000 which includes: Azzedine Alaïa, Chanel par Karl Laggerfeld, Hussein Chalayan, Junya Watanabe, Lanvin par Alber Elbaz,…

The Love Machine By Selfridges At St Martins Lane, London


Luxury goods consumers found a high-end fashion fix in one of London’s fashionable hotel lobbies following the installation of The Love Machine by Selfridges. In a collaboration for London Fashion Week just gone between Love magazine and the Saint Martins Lane Hotel, the 32-slot luxury vending machine was installed in the lobby of the hotel…

Fashion Designers’ Sketchbooks By Hywal Davies


Well known fashion writer Hywal Davies explores in his new book how designers design, how they initiate their ideas and what the journey to the finished product looks like. Sketchbooks are the books where designers chart their journey. Designers included in this book are 4 stocked, Boudicca, Lagerfeld for Chanel, Dries Van Noten, John Galliano,…

Fashion in Motion:Osman Yousefzada, London


British designer and 4 favourite Osman Yousefzada has been chosen as the latest focus of the V&A’s Fashion In Motion exhibition. The Fashion In Motion series has previously featured designers including Giles Deacon, Jean Paul Gaultier, Roksanda Ilincic, Christian Lacroix, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Gareth Pugh and Vivienne Westwood – and Osman admits he’s excited…

Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair, Autumn/Winter 2010


We’ve had a relatively sanguine eye on Swedish label ‘Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair’ for quite some time now but compliments where they due, they pulled a recent interesting look book from their bag of tricks… The collection is a Burton-esque hybrid of traditional British and Japanese dress, with a little sportswear mixed in. A leather corset is distorted into…

Malcolm McLaren’s Funeral Cortege, London


The ‘Godfather of Punk’ was buried in London last week, drawing crowds of fans to line the streets as his funeral procession passed through London’s Camden Town. There wasn’t exactly anarchy on the streets as the Sex Pistols creator might once have commanded, but when his fans said farewell to Malcolm McLaren last week, at least they did it with a snarl.…

Fashion Reigns at Kensington Palace, London


Great Britain’s having a style moment. 4 favourites Boudicca are just one of the six British designers that have been unleashed on Kensington Palace in London as part of the ‘Enchanted Palace’ exhibition that opened last month. In association with Wildworks, the Palace features Boudicca, Vivienne Westwood, William Tempest, Stephen Jones, Aminaka Wilmont and Echo Morgan…