As if the world of fashion isn’t colourful enough, this new & upcoming designer has shed a new ray of sunshine on the industry. Meet Maarten Van Der Horst the designer with the ‘party beach fun’ aesthetic. Maarten was born to an Indonesian mother, and a Dutch father, and was brought up in the Netherlands....
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Emma Cook – the born and bred British designer whose bold and innovative prints have been making their mark on the fashion industry since her line launched back in 2001. So while her designs may have grabbed the fashion headlines, what is there to know about the designer herself? Here are 5 things you probably didn’t know...
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Having worked for Louis Vuitton, Bottega Veneta and Gucci it would be fair to say that designer Giles Deacon has been round the proverbial fashion block. But it wasn’t until 2004 when he released his solo collection that things really started to get interesting. Quickly becoming a household name – famed for his prints and...
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Dean Quinn is one a few successful designers to have the opportunity to showcase their work at London Fashion Week. He has always had a strong interest in fashion but whilst growing up in a market town in Northern Ireland, the fashion world seemed like a world away. Dean Quinn decided then that he...
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You may have heard about the power houses COS and Prada, seen how their catwalk fashion filters down into our high street stores but do you know about one of the brains behind them? Having graduated from Central Saint Martins (CSM) in 1996 this French born, English designing success Phoebe Philo has gone from...
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London born, Canadian raised, Jean-Pierre Braganza began his creative career studying Fine Arts at York University, Toronto. Whilst studying fine arts he specialized in Painting, however upon being selected for a solo show in the university he began to realize on the night of the opening that his heart lay in fashion, not painting....
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If you stepped out into the rain and your newly purchased dress changed colour, it’s true to say, you would not exactly be happy. You then pull your printed coat over and stride onwards, when the sun peaks out from behind the indecisive cloud and changes panels of your overcoat to a different tone...
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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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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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It’s not often you see pieces of jewellery that make a statement but that is precisely what you see when you look at Kirsty Ward’s collection. The singer, Diana Vickers, is a fan and recently posted a tweet about designer Kirsty Ward, whose pieces are more like works of art than pieces of jewellery. Kirsty Ward...
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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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