The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show actually took place back on November 11. A taped version was aired on television, but it was still thrilling to see the new wings sprout. The wings are actually individually created by designers. There are 21 sets of wings in all, so not every girl gets to where them. Part of the fun is in seeing who got wings (and who did not) and which wings they wore. The wings are worn as a brace with a strap around the waist and arms. They can be quite a bit to carry down the runway. By example, watch Chanel Iman doing a great job with her bubble wings. She looks light enough to take off, even though those wings way a little more than 25 lbs. With 21 pairs of wings and 34 girls, there’s room Read More ...
On 30th October fashion’s finest will open up their wardrobes to the public at London’s premier fashion recycling event – Buy My Wardrobe. Style-conscious women will be able to choose from thousands of pieces from the wardrobes of stylists, designers and industry insiders, collectively known as the ‘wardrobe mistresses’. Each mistress will have their very own boutique-style space at Private members club Adam Street to display between 50 and 100 pieces from their cupboards. Confirmed Wardrobe Mistresses include Francesca Salih, Stylist for Net-a-Porter; Lou Hay, Designer at Matthew Willamson; and Sammi Brown, Great Grand-Daughter to the Marks & Spencer Empire; all boasting collections that would turn the most seasoned fashion followers green with envy. Shoppers can expect to find treasures such as; Wool & Alpaca special edition Burberry Double Breasted Trench; originally £975 for £450 Diane Von Furstenberg Chocolate Brown Wool Read More ...
Kerry Katona is returning home to the north in order to open the Liverpool Fashion Week on Tuesday 19 October. Also performing will be Liverpool girl band, Estralla, who are currently storming through boot camp in this year’s X Factor and BGT finalists, Nemesis who will perform their debut single during the week long fashion festival. This is Liverpool’s biggest ever Fashion Week with high street brands such as John Lewis, Next, Matalan, New Look, Wallis, Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge and Evans showcasing their A/W 10/11 collections alongside independent design boutiques and online stores. We have catwalk shows using models size 6 to 16 ensuring that all women’s shapes are celebrated on the runway. Liverpool Fashion Week is sponsored by Thornton Hall Hotel & Spa who will be offering spa treatments during the week, alongside the Moroccan themed boutique fair. Read More ...
From Monday 20th September through to Saturday 25th September, The Bentall Centre, in Kingston in South West London will be hosting its very own fashion Week. There will be FREE style and fashion advice on hand, Fashion Shows, Models 1 will be scouting for new faces, make-up demonstrations, not to mention a search for the most stylish shopper! MONDAY 20th SEPT A one stop beauty make-over with Bentalls concessions, Nails Inc, Glow and True Skin, including mini manicures as well as hair extension and eyebrow threading demonstrations. TUESDAY 21st SEPT Chantelle, the Centre’s personal stylist is giving away FREE style consultations all day. She will be creating looks using clothes and accessories that can be purchased in the Centre. She will also be giving away FREE £30 vouchers for her online personal stylist service. WEDNESDAY 22nd SEPT Ultra cool kids Read More ...
French luxury brand Pyrenex Premium are set to make their UK debut this September with a fifteen day pop-up store opening from the first day of London Fashion Week. The scene will be in Dover Street’s Air Gallery which will be transformed into a ‘boutique éphémère’ for France’s number one feather manufacturers to showcase their exquisite collection of down-filled jackets. Conjured up by couturier Alexis Mabille, who was given creative carte blanche to fuse the impeccable quality and traditional techniques of Pyrenex with his unique, imaginative brand of haute couture, the Pyrenex Premium collection marries an urban sensibility with an altogether more frivolous, whimsical brand of luxury. Described as “a breath of fresh air in the realm of puffy-styles often associated with off-mountain lounging”, Pyrenex Premium is the perfect fusion of performance and luxury.
Last week’s London Gatwick Fashion Week was launched by international supermodel Lily Cole and world renowned celebrity stylist Kirsty Drury. We’ve got our hands on some behind the scenes video footage and images from the Gatwick Fashion Week, which includes an interview with Lily Cole and also some fashion style tips from Kirsty Drury.
High fashion got a prelude during last week as designers displayed their spring-summer 2011 collections for second lines with lower prices on the eve of haute couture displays about to debut in Paris. Vivienne Westwood the British madcap, AF Vadencorst the Belgian design duo, and Anne Valerie Hash the French designer all offered up their most accessible, commercial lines. For the most part the lines were composed of light knits in layered styles that resembled outfits that most people would wear. Referred to as Paris Fashion Days the event was designed with the aim of offering second lines a chance to get seen on the glamour scene. Exhibitions director at Pret a Porter Paris, Muriel Piaser, stated that before this week designers were embarrassed to show or promote their second lines. The Pret a Porter Paris organized the weekend event Read More ...
Sophie Anderton is said to be popping out on the catwalk this week as part of the Contour Fashion Show in London held by the Leicester De Montfort University in their first annual event. The show will feature nineteen bodywear and lingerie designers from the future at both the DMU Fashion and Contour Design and Contour Fashion courses. The catwalk event will take place in Covent Garden at Freemason’s Hall. The students are all third year and will watch their garments come to life on the runway during shows scheduled at 4pm and 7pm with Anderton due to model an outfit that is part of the evening show. She will also be in attendance at a special VIP reception after the fashion show ends. The DMU contour instruction started almost 64 years ago and its specific offer of a Contour Read More ...
London shopping centre, Westfield London, is bringing the excitement of one of its fashion shows to life for the online community, with the use of new video technology- ‘hotspotting’. The interactive technology has been applied by Westfield London to footage of the recent ‘Greatest Fashion Show on Earth’ catwalk show, featuring clothes from designers and brands including Twenty8Twelve, Ted Baker, Karen Millen and Hobbs. The creation of this digital catwalk means that anyone who could not attend the event can now watch the show from a virtual front row , while the ’hotspot’ element allows viewers to click on any piece of clothing that catches their eye and instantly find out more information about the item. A landing page, which is unique for each item, gives the viewer all the information they could want: how much the item costs, who Read More ...
Last month London was set for its Fashion Week to begin – the celebrity front row was in place, the famous models at the ready and the beautiful clothes ready to make their debut down the catwalk, just a couple of things missing – the eye-watering price tags and the designer labels. That was the end of the show then, you might think, but you’d be wrong – it was only the beginning. Model Erin O’Connor strutted down the catwalk at the Saatchi Gallery, wearing an outfit from the high street store Reiss. Other retailers on the runway included French Connection and New Look. The off-schedule show launched O’Connor’s campaign with the fashion magazine Look which was to make the high street part of the “elitist” London Fashion Week. O’Connor, who was once the vice-chair of London Fashion Week, said: Read More ...
The new autumn/winter fashion trends shown at Milan Fashion Week seem to indicate optimism and audacity. After a serious decline of 15 percent last year, Italy’s fashion industry is coming back strong. The emphasis at the January showing was on ‘new’ to the point of avant-garde in many cases. A lot of fur, touches and splashes of bright colors, and big time creativity made for a spectacular presentation. Designers and directors are looking at the economy in general and to some extent they are thinking of who can afford to buy their creations and what will appeal the most. Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing mentioned the idea that women love new additions; they aren’t likely to buy something they already have. If this is true, the options are certainly out there. The collections presented striking contrasts and mixing of Read More ...
Layering was one of the top trends during the New York Fashion week last week on its sixth day using fabrics that when compiled together created a textured look. Designers Alexander Wang and Peter Som both used it on models that looked as if they emerged from closets wearing their entire wardrobe. Another popular trend was sleeves that contrasted with the rest of the outfit either separated by colour or by fabric which was seen on designs by Derek Lam and Chris Benz. In order to get these fashions right, you will need a long sleeve t-shirt to slide under these designs and a nice roomy coat to go over top of it. Another notable titbit from last week’s fashion week was the Roderte runway drama, which showed insiders how Laura and Kate Mulleavy have become big names in fashion Read More ...
