Courtesy of t5m.com, we’ve got some footage reviewing London Fashion Week. The week featured Newgen designers like Peter Pilotto, legendary old faithful brands like Aquascutum, Paul Smith and Vivienne Westwood showing why London Fashion Week has now lasted 25 years. With re-invention in the form of Ossie Clarke, catwalk debuts for the likes of Carolyn Massey and even a day dedicated to Mesnwear fashion. More videos like this on www.t5m.com
Established in 1996, Henleys started out designing men’s shirts this then developed into a full casual menswear range. Six years later it made the leap into women’s clothing and now has a denim range and sells accessories as well. It is recognised as a true lifestyle brand. T-shirts come with the company logo but others are distinguished by the intricate detailing and quite elaborate designs. The v-neck jumper is one of its many simple silhouettes that are seen as staples of Henley’s range. Sporty stripes are always popular and colours often bright and fun. The jeans designed by the brand are identified as a great fitting pair to have in the wardrobe. There are usually at least half a dozen to choose from all with great design elements and the height of fashion. A Henleys jacket combines warmth and practicality, Read More ...
Street fashion goes from strength to strength among the youth in the UK. There are so many street fashion brands available which means more choice when it comes to inventing and reinventing yourself and your image. There are several reasons why street fashion does so well. Clothing is more accessible, with extremely reasonable prices and incredible sales occurring almost perpetually in some cases. In addition, kids are more fashion savvy from an earlier age, and are more eager than ever to move into the fashion realms of the street wise teenager sooner than the kids of previous generations. Probably the most determining factor is that young people are prepared to spend more money on their image, and this includes buying street fashion on a regular basis. The general ethos of street fashion is provision of easy to wear clothes. The Read More ...
A mum of three working from a back bedroom in Glasgow has rocked London’s fashion world by selling exclusive designer handbags at credit-crunch friendly discount prices. Gerry Campbell, 41, ships designer and fashion handbags from overseas and sells them through her online store www.bagnificent.co.uk at a fraction of High Street prices. Former accountant Gerry launched the business last year and has just added LOVED – a range of pre-owned designer bags to meet growing demand from customers. She quit her career as a high flying management accountant when her first son was born in 1996 but decided it was time to return to work last year with her youngest safely in school. But after 12 years away from the office environment she decided she would rather spend her time balancing her own books than someone else’s. Gerry said: “I love Read More ...
The UK’s leading independent celebrity fashion website issued its quarterly index of the most popular celebrity fashion searches and Cheryl Cole has taken the lead from Kate Moss, who drops from 1st to outside of the top 20. Celebrities go out of fashion as quickly as clothes apparently, according to the most recent report on the ‘most searched for female celebrities’ by the UK’s leading independent celebrity fashion website. www.MyCelebrityFashion.co.uk, a female celebrity style-stealing site that attracts more than 1 million unique visits per month has revealed that Cheryl Cole is the most searched for celebrity of the current quarter and that many celebrities that were often searched for towards the end of last year do not even make the top 20 searches just 3 months on. Amongst the notable absentees from the top 20 most searched for celebrities are Read More ...
Alex Nall-Cain, son of ‘celebrity get me out of here’ Lord Brocket, has joined forces with Ammunition Magazine to launch a new brand of clothing targeting Britain’s most affluent, stylish and chic young crowd. AMMUNITION, Named ‘Britain’s Coolest Student Magazine’ By Tatler Magazine, has been gathering steady support since it was launched by 21 year old Storm model, Richard Dinan in 2006. The clothing range will include quality sports gear, stylish casual wear and just about everything you need to hit Boujis. Ammunition team spokesman, Alex Edwards announced; ‘We aim to provide another route for our clientele to buy into the Ammunition lifestyle’ The garments will all proudly display the Ammunition logo – the image of a lion chewing on a polo stick. The Ammunition team includes massively influential society figures and trade professionals and is set to launch in Read More ...
Not content with an Oscar nomination each this year, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have also topped a poll of the most kissable lips in the world. To mark the achievement online cosmetic site feelunique.com has teamed up with top micro sculptor Willard Wigan to create the world’s first lipstick sculpture – immortalising Brad and Angelina in lipstick. Willard Wigan, who slows his heartbeat to produce the smallest man-made works of art in the world, took over 50 hours to create the sculptures and measure 9mm tall and 4mm wide. Willard was awarded an MBE for services to art in July 2007, shortly before he sold his replica of the Lloyd’s of London Building on a pinhead for £94,000 at Bonham’s. Having created art in everything from pins to matches, this is his first work in lipstick. The two lipsticks Read More ...
Most of us are far too busy to be a true yummy mummy but Darling & Darling’s (www.darlinganddarling.co.uk) new Yummy Mummy Parties could be the perfect answer. Launched as a series of ‘Memory Days’ in association with the Jemma Kidd Make Up School the materclasses teach quick, simple ways to look amazing whilst sharing a fun experience with a friend or daughter. “Today’s mummy is often juggling multiple kids, work & family leaving little time for themselves” says Coral Garlick founder of Darling & Darling “The yummy mummy myth is something most of us can’t live up to, but with a few time saving tips from Jemma Kidd Make Up we can all look more yummy in a hurry; leaving more time for the important things in life”. The Yummy Mummy Parties are held at a venue of your choice. Read More ...
More women than ever before are juggling careers, looking after a family, managing the home and enjoying a hectic social life. As such we often neglect our beauty routine, opting instead for fast-fixes that will save us precious minutes and still keep us looking super gorgeous. This summer, Nair has the answer for all of us time-conscious women with the launch of a new range of super products that promise smooth, hair free legs for only a few pounds in less time! Brilliant! Nair Ultra Hair Removal Cream for Dry & Sensitive Skin 200ml (RRP £5.49 at Boots) is suitable for dry and sensitive skin. Clinically and dermatologically tested, the formula is gentle enough to use on legs, bikini and underarms. Enriched with moisturising Camellia Oil and a protecting Ylang Ylang extract to gently but effectively remove hair as well Read More ...
