ALEXANDER MCQUEEN: SAVAGE BEAUTY MARCH 14 – AUGUST 2 Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL From his couture collections to his personal life, Alexander McQueen loved to break boundaries. Known for his outlandish runway shows and darkly surreal creations, the late designer transformed British fashion during a time when it desperately needed…
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Riviera Style – Resort and Swimwear since 1900 Fashion and Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street, London May 22 – August 30, 2015 From the English Riviera to the Côte d’Azur, ‘Riviera Style’ celebrates fashion at its most fun. With swimsuits and sarongs, brightly patterned cover-ups, boat neck Bretons and beach pyjamas, playsuits, bikinis and burkinis,…
The BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund shortlist 2015 has been announced. Emilia Wickstead, Holly Fulton, Mary Katrantzou, Michael van der Ham, Mother of Pearl, Osman, and Sophia Webster have been selected. Shortlisted by the Fund Judging Committee, each of the nominated designers was selected as they are in a strong position to develop into a global…
Heartless Harvey Nichols may sound like a nursery rhyme character, but it is in fact an animal rights group founded in response to the UK based clothing store, Harvey Nichols, repealing its no-fur policy in 2013. Heartless Harvey Nichols is arranging a mass protest in front of Harvey Nichols stores on December 13th. Previously, Harvey…
The British Fashion Council (BFC) announced on December 8th that ten of London’s brightest emerging talents will receive sponsorships to showcase their A/W15 collections at London Fashion Week (20th – 24th February 2015) from NEWGEN, sponsored by TOPSHOP. Previous NEWGEN recipients include Alexander McQueen, Christopher Kane, Erdem, Jonathan Saunders, JW Anderson, and Simone Rocha.The 2015 selected designers are listed…
Amidst the electric spirit of 1980s punk rebellion, British fashion designer Pam Hogg emerged as a self-taught, quirky powerhouse who quickly became a fixture of the fashion scene. “I went to art school to be a fine artist, until I discovered print design and its process. With no rules to follow, I just made it…
On September 16th, 2014, coinciding with London Fashion Week Summer/Spring 2015, The Untitled Magazine and Big Machine Agency will be celebrating a night of fashion and music at the Soho House London. Starting at 7:30 pm and going until 10:00 pm, the event will include performances by Olivia Somerlyn, Jess and the Bandits, and DJ Mandy Jiroux. About the…
When it comes to fashion legends, to omit the Queen of anti-establishment fashion, Dame Vivienne Westwood, would be a serious crime. Westwood has been an inspiration for generations of designers, artists and musicians. Along with her former boyfriend Malcolm McLaren, she orchestrated a revolution felt far beyond the fashion industry, and has been leading it…
MADE IN MEXICO: THE REBOZO IN ART, CULTURE, AND FASHION June 6 – August 30 2014 Fashion and Textile Museum 83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF Opening June 6, The Fashion and Textile Museum London will present the first-ever exhibition on the rebozo – the classic Mexican shawl made famous in 20th century culture…
Photo courtesy of Topshop Who doesn’t love a good comeback story? Kate Moss will be making hers this May when she releases her second collection with Topshop. This is the first line that Moss has designed with the brand since 2010, which is a surprise since all of her work with Topshop has been highly…
Art and fashion are taken to the next level by St Piece, a new London based design studio, specialising in luxury scarves. Headed by Sandy Chang, St Piece fuses together contemporary art and design aesthetics with age old luxury, thus making them a unique addition to London’s diverse set of sartorial adventurers. The genesis of…
The British Fashion Council has announced Peter Pilotto as the winner of this year’s BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund. The Fund was established in 2008 and provides one designer with a bespoke, high level mentoring support program over a twelve month period, as well as a £200,000 grant to provide necessary infrastructure to take them to…
Alexander Singh: “The Humans” Sprüeth Magers London 7A Grafton Street January 29th – March 24th, 2014 “A small island of reality … sometime before the creation of the universe.” Sprüeth Magers London presents Alexandre Singh’s The Humans, representing the culmination of years of study, writing, drawing and sculpting by the artist for the creation of a three act…
Cara Delevingne has had quite the successful year – she walked the runways for Chanel, Valentino, Fendi, Stella McCartney, Burberry, Oscar de la Renta, Jason Wu and Victoria’s Secret, as well as fronting campaigns for DKNY and La Perla Ladies. The twenty-one year old “it-girl” was both the most-Googled fashion figure of 2013 and the most-blogged-about…
Sarah Burton’s autumn/winter 2014 Alexander McQueen menswear collection showed today in London and was staged in an unused church – paying ode to the iconic McQueen image. Models donned platform shoes – referencing Goth subculture and UK street-style while screen-print tees, slick jackets, and the signature McQueen tartan kilt made appearances on the runway. The…
The twenty-one-year old model is starring in Tamara Mellon’s noir-inspired campaign debut film titled ‘High Heels and Sharp Knives’. Tamara Mellon, the co-founder and creative director of Jimmy Choo has Karlie model various shoes from the collection paired with black stockings and blood red nails while portraying a menacing ‘killer’. With the launch of her…
As commemoration of their ten-year anniversary of its skull scarf, Alexander McQueen has collaborated with artist Damien Hirst. The exclusive line of scarves is composed of thirty one-of-a-kind designs featuring uncanny motifs of insects, skulls, butterflies, and other creepy-crawlers. The union allowed for the two to render upon the shared aesthetic vision of McQueen and Hirst’s…
Relinquishing her second season with Jimmy Choo, Nicole Kidman is the face and feet for the Cruise 2014 Campaign. The Oscar-winning Australian actress is famed for her titan mane and this term around, she channels a blonde siren. Kidman portrays Brigitte Bardot, with a beehive reminiscent of the ‘60s star. Bardot was such a presence…
Zandra Rhodes Unseen is a rare opportunity to explore the creativity of one of the fashion world’s most dynamic personalities. For over 50 years, Zandra has experimented with colour, print and fabric, as well as with her own image. Through sketches, designs and garments, only seen before in her spectacular 1980s fashion shows, this July…
In the age of visual communication, the fashion and music industries have become more intertwined than ever. Iconic musicians have been influential to fashion since the ’60s, when old-world Hollywood glamour stopped being the ultimate reference and a new generation of bold musicians were made fashion icons by the masses. As society shifted into a…