The College Shop is back – by LCF
London College of Fashion presents its College Shop, a pop-up store showcasing designers from LCF, for the third year in a row. It opened yesterday and will remain open for a week only. Iis situated just off Carnaby street, on 19 Fouberts Place. The window is designed and produced by Nova Dando Each item on […]
Fashion in Motion: Kansai Yamamoto
On the occasion of the upcoming Fashion in Motion show of Meadham Kirchhoff at the V&A, I decided to talk about the first Fashion in Motion show I went to. The Victoria & Albert Museum hosts live fashion shows of various designers to make fashion couture accessible to a wider public against the beautiful backdrop […]
“Hello, My name is Paul Smith” @The Design Museum
The colourful mixed up stripes that are instantly recognisable only bring to mind one person: Paul Smith. If you think he makes plain, dark blue blazers, just look at their lining and think again. The “Hello my Name is Paul Smith” exhibition at the Design Museum in London opened to the public last week, to […]
Opening Ceremony SS14 Preview
At the Opening Ceremony SS14 Preview we saw many lust-worthy items for next season. The collection was shown on the first fashion show Opening Ceremony did. It is inspired by Korea but modernised, which is evident in the prints as well as certain details in the accessories section. It will hit stores around January. Neoprene+Korean […]
Leutton Postle Sample Sale @ The Hackney Shop
The pair behind luxury knitwear brand Leutton Postle met during their BA in Central Saint martins in 2005. Sam Leutton from Stockport did knitwear innovation in Shangai and then returned to London to work independently. Jenny Postle moved from Wolverhampton, her hometown to London to study at Central Saint Martins. Her MA collection was bought […]
Mulberry SS14 preview
The Mulberry preview for SS14 was held at their headquarters; a lovely and spacious building just around High Street Kensington. Cute setting at the entrance More of the entrance, beautiful set-up Clothing-wise the new collection has a lot of re-invented florals. Grey and silver embroidered skirts, white high-waisted palazzo pants with a 60s vibe (because […]
In conversation: Henry Holland at The Fashion festival
During the 2013 annual Fashion Festival at the Victoria and Albert museum I had the chance to be in the audience of the talk between Henry Holland and Scarlett Kilcooley, Junior Editor at British Vogue. Henry revealed all about the beginning of his company House of Holland, the collaborations he has done as well as […]
Juan Francisco Casas – Photorealism
Creating great photorealism portraits is great, but what is even more amazing is creations like these with a ballpoint pen. Spanish artist Juan Francisco Casas creates 3 meter tall portraits of his friends in nights out, and crazy parties, making the end result as lively as possible (and sometimes even NSFW!). The girls and guys pictured almost […]
Lichtenstein: A Retrospective @ Tate Modern
I have always been a fan of the Pop Art movement, and I don’t know many people that haven’t heard of, or admire the work of Andy Warhol with his colourful representations of Marilyn Monroe and modern celebrities. What I mostly enjoy about Pop Art is the vibrant colours that transfer you to a different […]
Young Patrons event @ The British Library
Friday night found me in the beautiful British Library staying still for a couple of hours while showing off an amazing wedding gown. Definitely not your typical Friday night. The Young Patrons event on the 1st of March was part of the Spring Festival of the British Library. It takes place to attract young entrepreneurs that want to […]