Not many people would consider taking an eel to a lunch date. But not many people are successful British handbag and purse designer, Heidi Mottram. Instead of travelling alongside the conventional route of crocodile, snake and the now ancient laughing cow, the Cheshire-born lass explored the exotics from across the globe (and her own...
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Let’s face it, with a name like Kizzy Holliday-Morgan, you’re never going to have a regular 9-5 office job. Chances are you’re either going to end up being an actress, country singer or fashion designer. Luckily, this punk loving Manchester girl chose the latter and is currently creating DIY style pieces under her new...
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Many designers start up small and then spread their wings into other areas of fashion but for Farah Angsana, this had the opposite effect. Farah Angsana was raised in Singapore, Los Angeles and London and loved fashion from an early age. She would go through fashion magazines for inspiration and then use it to design...
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As a child living behind the Iron Curtain, designer Irina Bragin marvelled at the magical world of eccentric English nanny Mary Poppins. So it comes as no surprise that it was Poppins’ infamous bottomless carpet bag that was perhaps one of the biggest inspirations behind Bragin’s label Made of Carpet. The bags that make up...
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There is no doubt about it. Fashion is an art and an instrument of expression, but designer Aitor Throup has began to turn it into a science with his precise and scrupulous designs. Aitor Throup, born and bred in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1980. He relocated to the not so tropical Burnley in Lancashire in 1992...
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When people come together it can produce great results. It can help to clear up a community after a riot, or it can produce stunning garments. Commuun is the label set up by Iku Furudate and Kaito Hori. Iku and Kaito are both graduates of Bunka Fashion College and Central Saint Martins. The...
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Swedish designer Sebastian Löjdkvist, creator of Ess-Elle, is a self-pronounced rule-breaker, going against “everything that Sweden traditionally stands for” when it comes to his design aesthetic. The home of H&M, Sweden is a country that has produced a succession of designers who love the popular minimalist look, but minimalist Löjdkvist is not. “Less...
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Couture for the masses. Okay, not the masses, but imagine if all the intricate and meticulous techniques that are used to create couture became available to the financially fortunate that purchase ready-to-wear pieces; that’s Anne Sofie Madsen’s ideology. Commercial couture, if you will. Born and raised in Denmark, Anne Sofie Madsen studied fashion design at the Danish School of Design,...
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Age is an issue of mind over matter; if you don’t mind then it doesnt matter. Meet the self-assured and self-taught 21 year old designer making considerable strides within fashion. Simon Porte Jacquemus was born in a miniscule and seemingly insignificant town between Avignon and Marseille in the South of France. The town had a population...
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Moving from a small town in Northern England to the, ‘Big Smoke’ could be a daunting experience for some. Sweaty red double decker (burning)buses, 24 hour all-you-can-eat Chinese buffets, ridiculously high rent for ludicrously small bedsits, Friday night rush hour on the North Circular and severe hunger strike to afford those latest Prada lace-ups....
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Not many Fashion designers can say their career started after winning a reality TV show. However, that is precisely what happened to Christian Siriano. Christian was born in Annapolis in 1985 by both Italian and German parents. He said that his parents supported the Arts and encouraged Christian and his sister to pursue them...
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Most people could alter their clothing by adding a piece of ribbon here or trimming the bottom off a garment to make it shorter. However, not many people could take a collection of recycled clothing and transform them into something new and innovative. That is precisely what Christopher Raeburn has done with his...
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