Opening Ceremony x Magritte
Opening Ceremony presented its capsule limited-edition ready-to-wear collection during London Fashion Week in February, a collaboration with the René Magritte Foundation. It is the first time the Magritte Foundation collaborated with a brand and you can see the results for yourself below. Twelve reproductions of famous paintings from Magritte are included in the collection, such […]
on Wednesdays we wear pink (and lots of it)
While I’m longing for spring (and summer) time I managed to score a pretty nice and sunny day for my first ever proper outfit pictures for Breakeven. A beautiful little street near Finchley Road Station with a blossoming almond tree was the perfect backdrop for this outfit, which I aptly named “On Wednesdays we wear […]
My Flash Trash relaunch!
Amber Atherton’s online store, My Flash Trash, my go-to place for new jewellery by up-and-coming designers has just relaunched. The new look resembles a Tumblr page a bit, with its big and refined pictures, which make all the products even more appealing. Not only do the pages load faster but their categories have slightly changed; the […]
Meadham Kirchhoff AW14
Magical, pretty, sparkly and pastel are a few words that can characterise Meadham Kirchhoff‘s collection for AW14/15. The scent of the season sprayed around the Topshop Showspace is the upcoming collaboration between Meadham Kirchhoff and British perfume house Penhaligon’s. The surreal perfume, Tralala, is a powdery sweet smell, that instantly transferred us to the world of the […]
Tata Naka AW14 presentation @ The Royal Academy of Art
The focus behind the AW14/15 collection for Tata Naka was prints and appliqué. Designers Tamara and Natasha Surguladze found inpiration in interior design and decorative items in the home such as Persian rugs, Chinoiserie wallpapers, ceramic tiles and porcelain china. The colour palette of blue, white and yellow was played up with the red and pink flower […]
Marques’Almeida AW14 / LFW Day 5
Utopian, free-spirited and struggling were the lives of artists like Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe; and that’s were Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida found inspiration for the Marques’Almeida AW14/15 collection. Through the book ‘Just Kids’, (it has been on my to-read list for a long time) and the Hotel Chelsea which has been home to many suffering, artistic […]
Tom Ford AW14
Tom Ford‘s AW14/15 collection could be characterised simple and minimalistic almost. He started off with monochrome outfits; black dresses with hoodies and black skirts and tops with leather details. Then he showed several animal-print pieces; skirts and bomber jackets paired with leather cow-boy style boots and fishnet tights that transmit a very sexy and effortless vibe. […]
Mother of Pearl AW14 / LFW Day 4
With its debut at London Fashion Week, Maia Norman’s Mother of Pearl introduces Richard Saja. With a different artist collaboration every season, works of art are infused in the relaxed, luxe sportswear aesthetic of the brand. This time around, creative director Amy Powney finds inspiration in William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement, combining […]
palmer//harding AW14 presentation
The CSM-taught duo behind palmer//harding, Levi Palmer and Matthew Harding were inspired by paper for their AW14/15 collection. Using the simplicity and cleanness of paper as a starting point they created a collection that imitate the properties of paper; either smooth and white or crumbled up and marked with yellow highlighting pen. Because of its […]
Ryan Lo AW14
Hong-Kong designer Ryan Lo presented modern cowgirls from the wild wild west for his AW14/15 collection. Cow boy hats are paired with long jumpers with fringes and short shorts, skirts with frills and sparkly prints, pom pom capes with bejewelled colourful trainers introduce us to a fashion rodeo. Ryan Lo with his models Posing for i-D magazine’s photographer […]