By Clari Farkash We’ve followed the runway shows. We’ve read vogue. We’ve sample sale-d. Yet somehow, it’s hard for most of us to find a healthy balance between incredibly chic and powerfully professional at the office. The black pencil skirt and suit jacket combo is tired, while slacks seem lackluster. Why not indulge in some office wear that makes you shine? If you want to look fabulous even in the office, rethink your current wardrobe and go business glam. Dresses are great for virtually any office environment, especially tailored, 50s-inspired cuts. Skinny, patent leather belts worn at your waist can accentuate the smallest part of your body. You can also find dresses with a pencil skirt and shirt dress combo, which would accentuate your hips without looking too sexy. Make sure the dress is long enough, preferably right at the Read More ...
The BFC, British Fashion Council have announced the names of the 17 designers who have been designated as London’s brightest emerging fashion design talents, and will receive the BFC NEWGEN sponsorship, which is supported by Topshop, meaning they can show at the London Fashion Week in September. NEWGEN, which was established in 1993, is internationally recognised as an indication of emerging new talents in fashion. The recipients of the NEWGEN sponsorship for the spring/summer 2012, which is again sponsored by Topshop, are in several different categories. The catwalk sponsorship goes to Holly Fulton, David Koma, Michael van der Ham and David Koma. The Presentation sponshorship was awarded to Craig Lawrence, Christopher Raeburn, J.W. Anderson, Nasir Mazhar and Dominic Jones. The Installation Sponsorship was given to SISTER by SIBLING and Jordan Askill, while the exhibition sponsorship went to J.JS Lee, Palmer/Harding, Read More ...
Pierre Cardin, the venerable and legendary French couturier, had a few comments to make on the current state of clothing design. At a show in Tokyo this week, the 88-year old designer told interviewers at a press conference that he thinks bringing out new collections two times a year is much too fast. Cardin feels that with the multitude of designers competing in the fashion industry, a lot of what is produced is just a fad, not really expected to last for more than a season. When Pierre Cardin first launched his designer clothing line back in 1950, everyone told him he was attempting the impossible. Clearly he has proved them wrong; his label is a touchstone throughout the world of high fashion, not only for clothing but also for many other elegantly designed products. He was the first Western Read More ...
30 year old London designer Erdem Moralioglu who has had designed clothes for notable figureheads Samantha Cameron, Sarah Brown, and Michelle Obama was announced this week as the recipient of the British Fashion Council/ Vogue Designer Fashion Fund. The award includes a unique mentoring program to help the new designer achieve his or her business goals over the coming year, access to top notch mentors, an open network of career contacts, and a £200,000 prize which should help Moralioglu turn his creative business into a premier fashion brand. The award is a part of the BFC ‘legacy programme’ to celebrate their 25th anniversary and help enhance the success of the rising stars within London while aiding in their business development. Moralioglu was originally from Montreal and raised by an English mother and Turkish father. He studied fashion in both England Read More ...
Coming in September 2010 a new fashion and film website will launch entitled Imagine Fashion (IF) which will offer a collection of inspired film editorials that are straight from some of the most prominent creative minds in the industries of photography, fashion, film, art, and music. The contributors to the website will be some of the pioneers and respected figureheads of their industries, offering unique views of fashion set in motion through the visual arts viewpoint. The aim of IF is to provide a unique platform for a luxury and fashion publication to consciously collaborate around the barriers that usually exsiting in the fashion world, instead opening viewers up to the world of digitally viewed fashion. Due to the fact that culture and our surroundings often offer new parameters to judge fashion by, IF will be the first website/publication to Read More ...
Former Spice Girl and current designer Victoria Beckham just launched a new collection inspired by Dick Tracey from the comics and Martha Graham the dance pioneer. The collection will her fourth since founding her label in September of 2008 and will be revealed at the New York Fashion week. Highlights of the line feature fluid draping of intense colours such as violet and emerald and resemble the trench coat often worn by Tracey. Beckham stated that she now believes the fashion industry is taking her seriously and that she is overjoyed to see celebrities from Madonna to Elle MacPherson to Jennifer Hudson wearing her designs. At the same time Beckham also stated that she is still seeking to prove herself and is still completing the learning process. However, she said that she has had to prove herself from a young Read More ...
British Vogue magazine and the British Fashion Council have teamed up to support the upcoming global stars of fashion, in a new project called the BFC Vogue Designer Fashion Fund. The fund will give a chosen new British designer £200,000 to work with, along with mentoring support to help get their work seen on an international scale. The new project fund is similar to awards given by the Council of Fashion designers of America and US Vogue, which has helped to boost the careers of Roderte, Alexander Wang, and Jason Wu. Adding significance to the new BFC Vogue Designer Fashion Fund is the fact that it has been launched to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the London Fashion week. Applicants who want to be placed in the hat for the BFC Vogue Designer Fashion Fund must already have an Read More ...
Before job sites advertised creative jobs in Arts and Media, the fashion industry was a difficult industry to crack without knowing the right people. However, applying for jobs in this area is now at your digital disposal.It is, understandably, an appealing market - the haute-glamour and gloss that glow from Vogue’s editorial spreads are enough to kick-start interest in sartorial success. Few other worlds boast such a colourful and mysterious cast of characters – from Dame Vivienne Westwood and her corseted-punk collections, to Karl Lagerfeld and his suits of solemn black – it’s a world of big personalities and pretty people. An initial intrigue may be perked by the high-end charm of the industry, but those who want an in would do well to acknowledge the hub of activity buzzing beneath and beside the Big Shots. On a more ordinary scale, Read More ...
Although Paris, Italy, and Milan are all known respectively as fashion capitals as the world, to forget the talented designs that come out of the United States would be a crime against fashion. There are many talented designers that live come from the shores of the New World; consider the following as a highlight of the possible top five. Oscar de la Rente is perhaps one of the most recognisable names in American Fashion, and the most established, with famous fashion design work that ironically was created mostly in Europe. However, given the fact that he was actually born in the Dominican Republic, and has contributed to fashion from various locations all over the world, his American birthright has to be paid notice considerable respect. Vera Wang is probably the number one designer when women are thinking that they are Read More ...
Many fields have become defined by the presence of major chains and corporate entities. Whether it is the huge high street banks (which have failed so spectacularly in recent months!), sprawling dining brands or household fashion names, it has become increasingly difficult for people to differentiate themselves from one another as the as independent chains are driven out by big brands. Of course, the eternally hip fashioner will always stay one step ahead of the game – these days frequenting vintage and retro clothing outlets as likely from the major chains. For the likes of you and me, however, getting reasonably fashionable clothes has become {much easier when leading-edge trends are available from supermarket chains alongside the weekly grocery shop. Despite the accessibility of quite decent fashion, the basic human need to be different influences our taste and choice. More Read More ...
