Fashion

Victoria Beckham Starts Oxfam Trend

Fashion Queen Victoria Beckham’s visit to the Oxfam shop in Notting Hill has resulted in a rush of aspiring fashionistas visiting the Notting Hill shop and other Oxfam stores around the country, in search of the next fashion find.

Safilo Calloborate With Banana Republic

Safilo Group, the world leader in high-end and luxury eyewear, and Banana Republic, the accessible luxury brand of Gap Inc today announced a license agreement to introduce Banana Republic-branded prescription frames and sunglasses. The agreement includes the design, development, production and distribution of a collection to be launched by the end of 2007 in the United States and Canada.

Gap And Roland Mouret Collaboration

This week Gap announces their collaboration with renowned designer Roland Mouret. Beginning on December 1, an exclusive collection of five dresses designed by Roland Mouret, will be sold in seven select Gap stores in New York City.

Shimmer Like Schiffer With Accessorize

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer shimmers as the new face for the Accessorize Autumn Winter 2006 Campaign. Claudia is the latest face to front a campaign for the global accessories retailer. The 5ft 11in German born supermodel, who has previously modeled for design houses such as Yves Saint Laurent and Chanel appears in an eight shot campaign which has been rolled out across all Accessorize stores.

Monsoon Launches Fairtrade Cotton Range

Monsoon has announced it will be extending its ethical trading commitment by launching a range of t-shirts made from Fairtrade certified cotton. This builds on Monsoon’s heritage, as a company that started trading with small producer groups in the Indian sub-continent. Monsoon is committed to expanding its Fairtrade range to other products over the next few years.

Cool New Menswear Labels At Harvey Nichols

It's only right that we stop being chatty and up beat when we write about the venerable Mr Amies. For years the master couturier and his house were home to royalty and socialites galore. This season the House of Amies created some of the most beautiful and elegant tailoring around.

Nicole Richie Is Latest Fan of Celebrity Jeweller

Kenneth Fron jewellery has been making quite a splash in the past year or two. Each beautiful necklace is a one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted, personally named masterpiece and no two designs are ever alike. Necklaces are made with quality materials such as Swarovski crystals and semi-precious stones including silver, turquoise, quartz, coral and pearls. Kenneth Fron searches the world for unique pendants, beads and vintage findings.

Autore Gives Bond Girl License To Thrill

London played host to the biggest world premiere ever last night when the long awaited next installment of the Bond movie phenomenon – Casino Royale – screened in four Leicester Square cinemas simultaneously. Eva Green, the celebrated lead actress of Casino Royale, also unveiled her own secret weapon last night when she chose to wear AUTORE for the most high profile red carpet appearance of her career so far.

Accessorise Like A Bond Girl

The latest 007 film, ‘Casino Royale’, premieres on November 17th and stars Daniel Craig as Bond, with cool, dark-haired beauty Eva Green as the new Bond Girl. The action movie, centering on terrorist cells and high stakes gambling, has a sentimental sub-plot involving Miss Green (character Vesper Lynd) and the ‘Algerian Love Knot’. This specially commissioned necklace by jewellery designer Sophie Harley is worn by Vesper Lynd throughout the movie.

Style is forever at H&M

The much awaited Viktor & Rolf for H&M collection, out in H&M shops on last week, is built around the idea of a love story, a fashion love story. Viktor & Rolf and H&M are joined together in an ephemeral fashion marriage as witnessed by classic Viktor & Rolf styles at an accessible price point for women and men.

Music and Fashion Come Together

Nordstrom has announced plans to expand its merchandise offering to include music. In select Northwest and Southern California stores and online, Nordstrom will be the exclusive seller of the previously out-of-print and highly acclaimed Marvin Gaye "Anthology" compilation (1995 version). "Anthology" will feature repackaged artwork and 47 tracks spanning the career of this gifted and visionary artist, including the hits "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing," "What's Going On" and "Mercy Mercy Me."

Vivienne Westwood Interviewed For ICA Event

“The Death of Taste” event, organised by the Institute of Contemporary Arts, is a weekend of talks & films examining the work of making, styling and fashioning taste within the context of increasingly speeded-up fashion trends and the constant plundering of the recent past. Speakers range from fashion designers, trend predictors, stylists, fashion theorists, editors and retouchers who will discuss the ways in which they help create, develop and kill off tastes both old and new.