High Street Fashion
Degrees of Freedom
Luxury cashmere brand, Degrees Of Freedom have swept buyers away with international stores from London to Latvia clamouring for the uber-glam Autumn/Winter collection. In fact, the company has defied their competitors and the credit crunch by returning a massive growth of 820% on the past seasons inaugural sales.
Fine art meets fashion
Coming off the heels of London Fashion Week, Laurance Rassin’s silk wovens, cotton, fine wool; cashmere and intarsia knitwear collection of wearable art jet off to Palm Beach Fashion Week. There his collection commands a strikingly bold, unmistakably original colour palette showing next to Escada.
Help for damsels in denim distress
Your first port of call for the perfect pair of jeans, ilovejeans.com, continue their campaign for denim perfection with a selection of jeans, always on trend but also always making you feel great about your shape! This season sees the introduction of Del Forte Denim from LA. Designed for the eco-chic woman, the line is produced with 100 percent organic cotton. The brand is committed to using green products and services whenever possible and cater for women whom appreciate fashion-with-a-conscience, who care about what they wear and how it is made.
Oh I do love to be beside the seaside
Red Hot Ruby is a new online boutique and clothing label selling its own ethically produced t-shirt designs for boys and girls. Based in Brighton, East Sussex, the designs encapsulate the fun, kitsch appeal of the good old British seaside with a little bit of 1950s Americana thrown in for good measure.
Jessica Alba does glam maternity
Jessica Alba showed us how to do glamorous maternity by wearing an Isabella Oliver Audrey Dress in Caviar Black to her babyshower on Sunday at the Ever After Teahouse in Studio City, California. Initially launched in London in 2003 and in the US in 2005, Isabella Oliver designer maternity wear provides chic maternity clothing for pregnant women who won’t compromise their sense of style.
Be beach buff this summer
Not every man can look like Daniel Craig on the beach, and so called budgie-smugglers are definitely not recommended for most ‘average Joes’. However, thanks to StarBlu, men’s swimwear no longer has to be a fashion faux-pas.
Tonic recharged
Tonic, the independent, ethical fashion label are re-launching their website, introducing new colourways and fresh designs. They are showcasing their brand new hero product, the ‘BRUCIE’ t-shirt, following the nation’s efforts to get the UK’s ‘national institution’ knighted.
Old school glamour
Georgina Harley-Smith’s amazing new Spring/Summer 2008 collection was a hit during September’s London Fashion Week, in which a crowd of fashionistas were treated to a show of bold and beautiful clothes that truly accentuate the body. In this collection Georgina has combined influences from the old school late 80s and early 90s ‘soul’ zeitgeist with her glamorous signature style.
One icon inspired by another
A 50th birthday is one worth celebrating and legendary shoe brand Hush Puppies is doing so in style this year by partnering with two distinguished celebrity stylists to create its first ever Guest Designer Series; a collection of men’s and women’s shoes that reflect fashions of the past and embrace styles of the future.
Step on it for summer
With summer fast approaching, now is the time to invest in some quality shoes that will walk you through the season beginning to end, that don’t forfeit on fashion. This summer you don’t have to spend a small fortune to get quality shoes that are in keeping with the latest fashion trends as Hush Puppies has designed a fantastic spring/ summer range that has something for everyone.
Vans release Johnny Ramone collaboration
Vans are paying homage to the roots of punk with their Johnny Ramone Collection for Spring 08. As the legendary Ramones guitar player, Johnny’s fast and furious guitar work laid down the foundation of all punk to come and influenced many of today’s top artists. It was a natural progression for Vans to pay homage to Johnny Ramone with a collection which includes a t-shirt with a classic concert shot and The Ramone’s presidential seal on the back, and a Johnny Ramone stone washed grey super skinny jean.
Zenggi – Where bohemian chic meets Italian elegance
Fashion designer Marian Wigger was inspired by the ‘comfort culture’ of the Italian Riviera for the Spring Summer ’08 collection. Femininity and comfort are the two all over key elements for the Zenggi line.
Jessica Alba wears ParkVogel
Sure, adding an array of maternity wear to the haute couture mix now means tent dresses with big pink bows are, thankfully, a thing of the past. But, Hollywood’s hottest pregnant ladies aren’t boxing themselves in to strictly bump-specific attire — and when it comes to soft cashmere, there’s no need.
Kate Moss launches new collection for Topshop
Kate Moss first released her own designs for Topshop in May 2007, and the much anticipated Spring/Summer collection by Kate Moss for Topshop has been launched in stores.
ParkVogel – Wardrobe essentials
This very feminine and unique label from Los Angeles has conquered its space in every fashionista’s wardrobe. ParkVogel’s Spring/Summer 2008 collection has a reason and a purpose and the design team of Vanessa Vogel and Julie Park stick to their motto of creating “wardrobe essentials.”