Event: Fashion's Microchic Shake up

A Future Human event from Bad Idea magazine; a group of people get together every first Wednesday of the month to discuss a topic over cocktails held at Shoreditch's cocktail cafe, The Book Club.
The second topic of discussion is how the digital age is changing the way we dress, titled Fashion's Microchic Shake up. There will be experts from all areas of the industry on the panel to discuss this topic, one of them being the content director of WGSN, Juliet Warkentin.

Tickets are £8, get them quick as the first event was a sell out!

Fun with Animal Fashion

See by Chloe is one of the brands out there that does not take fashion too seriously.  Fashion is supposed to be fun and these key rings do just that by using animal motifs other than the typical horses and owls that are repeatedly trendy. I love these cute stylish leather crustacean and hedgehog keyrings that also double as a coin purse. Perfect for a Valentine's gift perhaps?

Leather crab: £70 at Liberty
Studded hedgehog: £95 at Feathers

A Dark Day in Fashion

16 March 1969 – 11 February 2010

I could not post about this yesterday because I was truly at a loss for words. Alexander McQueen was one of the most innovative and exciting designers of our time. He was an artist, not just a designer, he always pushed the boundaries to create pieces that were out of this world.

The photos above are examples are from his SS10 collection which in my opinion was one of his best.

The Future Fashion Tent?

Showstudio will be streaming the Alexander Wang (Feb 13) and Rodarte (Feb 16) shows from New York Fashion Week live on their site. I didn't manage to catch the live stream of the Alexander McQueen show last season and so am looking forward to finally seeing one. Hopefully it doesn't crash.
What do you think of this live streaming fashion shows trend? Along with bloggers reporting literally as the models walk past them, will fashion become even faster?

That's RAD

Designer Rad Hourani's unisex diffusion line RAD hit the e-shop this week. I love the scarf vests and the slim trousers, but my favourite piece is this black denim jacket at $390.
Rad shows his main collection in New York (you can see the SS10 collection on NYmag here) but lived in Montreal and Paris before moving.

photo: radhourani.com

Hermes gives us a DIY project!

I take it back when I said that luxury brands have boring campaigns. I love Hermes for their amazing website which gets you browsing their quirky site for hours.
They even let you dowload a pattern of this studded cuff  "collier de chien" in many different patterns and all you need to do is cut it up and glue it together!

Thanks Sadie!

Sonia and Elber Rock!

Next time I am in Paris I will have to make it a priority to visit the fashion related Brachfeld Gallery because they are showing these "Designer" concert tees! They are brilliant! They are created by duo Sandberg&Timonen, which explains the coolness of the t-shirts, these guys are Swedish.

Thank you DazedDigital.com for writing about these!

Victor and Rolf and Dazed

I swept up the Feb copy of Dazed and Confused as soon as I saw the cover with that deformed Victor and Rolf dress from their SS10 show. I loved this collection they decided to call "Credit Crunch Couture" and I am delighted to see that a magazine has done a feature on the duo. They have created the ultimate fantasy ball gown by successfully making cut up, chopped up constructed tulle look light and airy.