So going along the lines of retailers teaming up with fashion students and coming up with something wonderful, I have a suggestion for any retailer out there (well, Topshop would be the natural bet…) to rope in Pia Stanchina, a student at Central Saint. Martins and get her to do an overly fashion forward line… Continue reading Pia Please?
Category: Designers
Professionally Painted
It’s a day of unique pieces today but this time round, I ain’t missing the beat again. When I heard that Guy from Fashion156 had invited a selection of young designers to contribute a toile of a garment and then asking them to customise it with various methods of paint application, I was dying to… Continue reading Professionally Painted
Exo-skeletal Elegance
The exo-skeletal idea isn’t a new one. McQueen, Chalayan, Marios Schwab have all dabbled with it a bit. However, I do believe I haven’t seen an exo-skeletal inspired collection that hasn’t played up on the sinister side of the body’s anatomy or the clothes have looked laboured and overly-conceptual. So Ronald Abdala, who has just… Continue reading Exo-skeletal Elegance
Dahlia Darling!
I quite like it when boutiques leave trails of cute communication behind. Dahlia, an uber-girly label that makes sweet and inoffensive dresses, again making a name for itself by being stocked in the ‘Bazaar’ section of Topshop Oxford Circus was residing in a store in Kingly Court but will be moving to 8 Fouberts Place… Continue reading Dahlia Darling!