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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Honesty and trust. Those are the two ingredients to a successful relationship. That is all you need to know, honestly. Get those two sorted and everything will follow like clockwork. Meet Susanne Ostwald and Ingvar Helgason, the designers in tandem behind the indubitably chic label, Ostwald Helgason. Susan Ostwald was born and bred in Leipzig, Germany...
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There is an elephant in the room. Following the dismissal of the disgraced John Galliano from Dior, two men have been the subject of intense Chinese whispers. One of them being Galliano, of course, the other is a certain Haider Ackermann. Not a household name in terms of designers, but a culmination of Karl Lagerfeld pretty...
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Less is more. I usually feel short changed when someone uses that phrase, as though they are using some sleight of hand to pull the wool over my eyes. Minimalism is an incredibly difficult aesthetic to master, most have tried and failed miserably, only the great and good survive and thrive. Basically, you really...
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Autumn/Winter, the time of year sales of knitwear sky rocket. There is nothing more pleasing than being enveloped in a lovely piece of knitwear on a cold mid winter day, unless ofcourse it’s a garish Christmas jumper that your gran knitted. Meet the knitwear maestros behind Alice Lee, making all the right impressions...
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If you possess even but a mote of interest in fashion, it is almost certain you would’ve heard the name of Mary Katrantzou. She has managed to exhaust all known superlatives, drowned in a sea of plaudits and accolaides with the release of only five ready to wear collections, and she isn’t even thirty...
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Within fashion, the decision to marry two polarising ideas as the inspiration for a collection can either have you hailed as an exciting talent or be your downfall. May I present Teatum Jones, purveyors of chic and champions of contemporary elegance that will have you swooning. The London based label was founded by Catherine...
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