Archive for July, 2011

Graduate Fashion Week 2010

Here at Earls Court, fashion graduates from all over the UK and also a few international college graduates were able to showcase their collections to the press, public and most importantly to the fashion buyers and designers. Now in its 19th year, Graduate Fashion Week ended with a spectacular Gala Show enabling the nominated graduates for the coveted Gala Awards to show their collection on the catwalk.

Hosted by Caryn Franklin, the show opened with “Britain’s Got Talent” winners Diversity doing what they do best- wowing us with their acrobatic dance performance.

Fashion Promotion and Media Awards were presented by supermodel Erin O’Connor, fashion director Hilary Alexander, Biba Barbara Hulanicki, Sugarbabes’ Amelle and Nicola Roberts from Girls Aloud to name a few. Jessica Dance of Arts University College Bournemouth received an added bonus of a trip to the Maldives when she won the Per Aquum Creative Marketing Award.

Italian designer Alberta Ferretti presented the top prize of the River Island Gold award (plus £20,000) which was won by Rebecca Thomson from Manchester University School of Art.

Rebecca’s inspiration for her nostalgic future collection came from photographer Roman Vishniac’s work documenting Jewish children in Eastern Europe and Arthur Rackham’s 1930′s book illustrations. Here we see comfort and construction together as Rebecca experiments with both historical and modern techniques and textures. Colours are neutral in white, soft greys, pale blues and nudes. Crisp wide collars on classic white shirts and a volumous ankle length shirt dress were accessorised with long floppy bows in navy or greys. Pants were a cross between joggings and harem pants. Loved the white sleeveless top with the embroidered grey lace yolk and polo neck. A romantic feminine collection that was definitely wearable.

 

Thomas Crisp of Ravensbourne College won the River Island Menswear Award presented by Dylan Jones of GQ magazine. Crisp’s collection of bright metallic jackets and tops brought life and colour to tailored suits and pants. Titled “Gilded Youth”, metallic colours included green and silver. Here the inspiration came from 18th Century French rebels and layering is the key. A plain black kilt was worn over skin tight pants, whilst a black satin suit was paired with a green metallic top. Accessorised with loose neck scarves. A collection making menswear much more interesting.

Lorraine Candy of Elle presented Rhea Fields of Northbrooke College the Best Womenswear Award. Titled “About a Boy”, Fields collection’s take on men’s tailoring was feminised with the use of light fabrics and soft nudes teamed with black. Here we saw a latex black and nude striped jacket; latex striped bibbed tuxedo blouses with large latex bow ties and a muted orange large polka dot blouse in chiffon. All teamed with masculine tailored trousers or black leatherette leggings.

Presented by Zandra Rhodes, the Zandra Rhodes Textile Award went to Anna Lee of DeMontfort University. Brightly coloured with oranges, blues and golds the bold prints were of mythical Chinese tigers and dragons. Not a plain fabric in sight even down to the tights and shoes. To complete the look, gigantuous golden necklaces of dragon and tigers heads were worn.

Singer Rachel Stevens presented the BHM Knitwear Visionary Knitwear Award to Ledina Zhang of Northumbria University. Zhang’s quirky sportswear-inspired designs were a mix of wide and narrow horizontal stripes in greys, pinks, yellows and reds. Swatches of knitted squares hanging loosely and extra pair of sleeves knotted together created the detailing.

 

Graduate Fashion Week has been sponsored by the high street chain, River Island, for the last six years – and we’d like to say thank you for sponsoring such a great event..

For details on personal shopping check out website www.frumpytofunky.com or contact Karen direct on 07787800930

 

 

 

Online Fashion Store

Show-rooms with well-known fashion brands on the gentle prices – to New York no longer news. Moreover, sometimes it seems that the progressive mankind is only there and get dressed. It’s time to add to the online fashion store storeping route the new address – flanmark

The owners of this showroom extensive experience in creating similar institutions in New York, and so they are well aware that in our city loves: how to wear big names and open new ones.

Top fashion FLANMARK. – A cozy interiors in Art Deco style and relaxed atmosphere: a sofa, Fashion TV on a plasma screen in order to maintain power even poured tea, even though the wine. In general, you can choose infinitely multi-colored dress or hooligan jeans. The choice is tricky: in the flanmark presents the most striking things of the collections, as the new season and the previous ones.

Girls – knitted tunics and sweaters Missoni, laconic cotton dress BCBG Max Azria, Vivienne Westwood handbags and Jimmy Choo, Emilio Pucci things with bright geometric prints, strong brand Iceberg and its more hooligan second line of Ice by Iceberg, Just Cavalli dress with a bright and sometimes a bit provocative, fashionable clothes from Anna Sui, with its eternal romantic mood, as well as Max Mara, Moschino and others. Of the more unusual brands – Italian Pianura Studio: things with amusing prints, such as silhouettes and human faces. In addition, FLANMARK. is touching dresses and blouses Bebe – and in New York there is no longer anybody. Find a clothing online fashion store in New York is not difficult, but stylish clothes online fashion store are not on every corner, even in the capital.

In the men’s department also many interesting things: for example, jeans from Japanese designer Takeshi Kurosawa or stylish clothing brand of English the80thebuilding. From the well-known: gucci, prada, d & g, burberry, dolce gabbana, moschino, richmond, chloe, dsquared, max mara, iceberg, paul smith, roberto cavalli, ed hardy, Burberry Black Label, Emporio Armani, C’N'C, Frankie Morello + Things in flanmark – From the same factories where otshivayutsya known brands, so quality is pretty decent. Latest happen 3-4 times a week – you can always watch something new. There are discounts, as regular customers, and from a certain amount (usually between 10 tys.r.). Since July, as expected, are satisfied Sale with discounts ranging from 20 to 50%.

Here, a wardrobe update, many representatives of show business. However, the “paradise” honors available to ordinary people, they say, from the street.

Young, hot, stylish Schoper – a target for the seller. Ckromnoe desire to buy shoes or a belt Bape Ed hardy, likely to be seen by the seller as a gust at one time to change the entire wardrobe. In the online fashion store can come to try on shirts, Ed hardy, and go from there with an empty purse and a complete set of things where there is not only a hoody Bape, Bape jeans, but also even the sweater and Paul Smith, bought the seller presented the honor. Our online fashion online fashion store preclude occurrence of similar situations. Even if your pulse beating in anticipation of new things is very uneven, orderly catalog will facilitate the optimal choice and will sensibly buy clothes. online fashion store properly direct your emotions, which significantly reduce costs. Wardrobe with this will be recharged only favorite things.

online fashion store Men’s Wear

online fashion store men’s clothing – the subject of a separate discussion. Metrosexuals yet found one, the other men continue to spare the time to walk to the online fashion stores. Excellent alternative for those instances – fashionable clothes, buy you can quickly and cheaply. online fashion store men’s clothing will become a true philosopher’s stone and for companions of men. Women will now be much easier to persuade their husbands to look at “these wonderful jeans” (online online fashion store updated collection) or on the jacket (online online fashion store opened project “Sale”).

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