Category Archives: London Fashion Week
Galliano and ELLE graffiti London!
On the eve of London Fashion Week, while the fashion industry were catching some beauty sleep, Team Galliano were dashing around London at the witching hour to cover the city with ‘fashion graffiti’ in celebration of ELLE’s 25th anniversary. Galliano’s … Continue reading
Blue Logan party @ SWAROVSKI CRYSTALLIZED
After a hectic first day of charging up and down Kingsway (my new Urban Outfitters power wedges didn’t let me down) there was no better way to finish up than gazing at Blue Logan’s exquisite fashion illustrations over a glass … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Designers, Exhibitions, Fashion, London, London Fashion Week, Stores
Tagged Alexander McQueen illustration, Andre Saraiva, Andrew Logan, Azzedine Alaïa, Becka Diamond, Blue Logan, fashion illustrator, front row fashion illustration, Grace Jones, Great Marlborough Street London, Karl Lagerfeld illustrations, london fashion week, London Fashion Week party, olivier zahm, pencil paparazzi, quick sketch, Regent Street London, SS11, swarovski crystallized, swarovski elements, Zandra Rhodes
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LFW SS11, Day 1: Bora Aksu
In a surprise departure from the powdered pastel palette of last season, Turkish designer Bora Aksu has gone dark and dramatic for Spring/Summer 11, dedicating his collection to ants. For his ‘Ants and Corsets’ show, models were adorned with oversized, … Continue reading
Posted in Designers, Fashion, London, London Fashion Week
Tagged Ants and Corsets, Bloomsbury House, Bora Aksu, Dancing With Myself, fashion show soundtrack, Garbage Paranoid, gothic fashion collection, jutted out hips, knitted creepy crawlies, knitted spiders, London Fashion Week SS11, Marilyn Manson Tourniquette, ON/OFF London Fashion Week, pastel palette, Pierrot-style ruffle shirt, powdered colours, Rasputina, slim-fit tailoring, Turkish designer, web tights
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LFW SS11, Day 1: Paul Costelloe
The first day of London Fashion Week was a full-on fashion mission with a jam-packed schedule, much dashing up and down Holborn’s Kingsway and frantic photography. But oh, how fun it was! This year the BFC Tent has gone all … Continue reading
Posted in Designers, Fashion, London, London Fashion Week
Tagged BFC Tent, British Fashion Council, brocade, girly dresses, London fashion designer, London Fashion Week Day One, London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 11, Luella prom dresses, Miu Miu dresses, pastel shades, Paul Costelloe Spring/Summer 11, petal-shape dress, PPQ dresses, somerset house, sorbet shades, tulip skirt
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Chérie Interview: Maria Lau
I first discovered Maria Lau’s exquisite jewellery at the Fashion & Textiles Museum and was astonished at how pairs of tights could be manipulated into something so beautiful. Maria launches an extremely covetable and bold, nu-tribal, warrior-inspired collection for Autumn/Winter … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, Designers, Fashion, London, London Fashion Week, Shopping, Stores
Tagged Amazonian 'Matis', American tan tights, Bat for Lashes, Bjork, Bless, designer jewellery, Eclectic Minimalism, Ethiopian 'Nyangatom', Fashion & Textiles Museum, hosiery jewellery, Kabiri Marylebone, LABB Emerge, lava, lava stone bracelet, London jewellery designer, Maria Lau, nu-tribal, pyrite, Roisin Murphy, Sonja Bischur, tights jewellery, Tribal Clish-Clash, underground club cultures, warrior jewellery, Yazbukey
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Blue Logan exhibition at SWAROVSKI CRYSTALLIZED
London, you are really spoiling us with fabulous fashion exhibitions this season! To coincide with London Fashion Week, renowned British fashion illustrator Blue Logan will be exhibiting a selection of his exquisite work for the very first time at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Logan, Anna Piaggi, Blue Logan, Brian Eno, David Hockney, diane pernet, fashion illustration, fashion shows, fashion sketching, Great Marlborough Street London, Kinky Gerlinky, London fashion illustrator, Mark Ronson, Q-Tip, quick sketching, Roberto Cavalli, Suzy Menkes, swarovski crystallized, swarovski elements, The Cazals, Zandra Rhodes
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Michael Van Der Ham’s A/W 10-11 Liberty loveliness!
Michael Van Der Ham has been one of the most talked-about designers at London Fashion Week this season (apart from the unanticipated kerfuffle over Hakaan), with almost every editor or blogger worth their salt, gushing over his super feminine, jigsaw … Continue reading
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Tagged A/W 10-11, Alexander McQueen, As Four, Central Saint Martins, Erdem, Fashion East, floral, Hakaan, Harriet Quick, Italian silk, jigsaw dresses, Kate Moss, knitwear, Liberty art prints, Liberty fabric, liberty of london, London Fashion Week 2010, marc jacobs, Michael Van Der Ham, mohair, Morgan Oliver, panel dress, patchwork dresses, satin organza, sheer jacquard, somerset house, Sophia Kokosalaki, Swarovski crystals, Ugly Betty, Vogue, Yasmin Sewell
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LFW Day 3: Doii Paris at Vauxhall Fashion Scout
It’s the third day into London Fashion Week and the majority of the fashion industy has swapped vertiginous heels and blazers for flat military boots and wool coats. Perhaps the sartorial shift had something to do with swapping Sunday morning … Continue reading
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Tagged A Shaded View On Fashion, Autumn/Winter 10-11, Babushka, Blumarine, catwalk show, central London, chiffon-tie shoes, curly hair, daisy lowe, diane pernet, digital printing, Doii, Doii Lee, Doii Paris, faux fur, feathers, Freemasons Hall, front row, John Galliano, KENZO, Korean designer, London Fashion Week 2010, Moschino, Paris fashion week, romantic clothes, Romeo Pires, rose print, Russian fairytale, The Fashion Scout Daily Blog, Vauxhall Fashion Scout
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