UK Designers

One on One with Carolina Herrera in Singapore

Ingrid Chua | Posted 22.05.2013 | UK Style
Ingrid Chua

"For Singapore's Audi Fashion Festival, I am showing a bit of the Carolina Herrera collection from New York. The show is something new because the collection from New York was inspired by music. I collaborated with an English composer called Tom Hodge."

Somerset House Presents - Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!

Kate Lawson | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK Style
Kate Lawson

The exhibition of all exhibitions (in my humble opinion) is coming to Somerset House this autumn, in a celebration of the work of the late great Isabella Blow - the enigmatic fashion editor, consultant, muse, nurturer of young fashion talent and style icon.

Designing a Hot Brand

Richard Brownlie-Marshall | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Style
Richard Brownlie-Marshall

I was in high school when I first decided that design would be my destination, but my GPS must have been on the blink, because the exact area of design was undetermined. Today, I'm no closer to finding the exact location I fit into, but I have discovered that it's something that doesn't need to be found.

Models Are Dying to Be Thin and Teens Follow

Jan Shure | Posted 05.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Jan Shure

Clothes generally photograph better on slim women, but the notion of "slim women" has been subverted by digital technology. The ability to elongate, remove cellulite and remove flesh and curves with clever tools like Photoshop has led to images of women that are unattainable.

Interior Trends 2013 and How to Incorporate Them Into Your Home

Richard Brownlie-Marshall | Posted 18.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Richard Brownlie-Marshall

Your home is a great chance to express your personal style, but like fashions we see on the runway, each season there are key themes that retailers and interiors magazines will be focusing on. The big change this year is that colour is back.

Fresh Design for Pasta Lovers

Richard Brownlie-Marshall | Posted 23.02.2013 | UK Style
Richard Brownlie-Marshall

Recently an opportunity arose with Zizzi to design the new plate that would be used across their 120 stores nationwide, and when opportunity knocks, I...

Is it Too Late to Become a Style Blogger?

Ingrid Chua | Posted 19.12.2012 | UK Style
Ingrid Chua

So you can all sigh with relief-- you won't have to endure seeing my photographs daily on my blog.

My Day at London Fashion Weekend 2012

Aimee Wood | Posted 24.11.2012 | UK Style
Aimee Wood

What's the one thing Fashion Week leaves behind when taking its flight to Milan? Somerset House. Even when the designers have packed down their collections and the super models stepped down from their high heels, the beautiful venue along the Thames stays put and doesn't even get a full week's rest.

Selling Creative Design in a Recession

Harry Freedman | Posted 24.11.2012 | UK Style
Harry Freedman

Art and design colleges these days encourage their students to research and understand their markets. They don't just teach design theory and technique; they do train their students to go out into the real world. But in current trading conditions, understanding a market is not necessarily enough.

London Fashion Week SS13: Round Up

Kate Lawson | Posted 20.11.2012 | UK Style
Kate Lawson

So London Fashion Week is over for another season, and as we all adjust to walking at an average pace on the pavement as opposed to hurtling along on those Somerset House cobbles, here is my retrospective of the week where all normal life stops, and fashion begins.

Luxury Made in China- Proudly?

Ingrid Chua | Posted 31.10.2012 | UK Style
Ingrid Chua

And while we are more open to purchasing electronic products that are China- made, many of us are still resistant to paying top dollars for a designer bag or a dress that's manufactured there (as opposed to home countries of these fashion houses). Admit it, there is hesitation. So, why the prejudice?

Check out Chic - the Rise of Supermarket Fashion

Rachel Montague-Ebbs | Posted 07.10.2012 | UK Style
Rachel Montague-Ebbs

I'm the first to admit that style is not always about high fashion. As a lover of sourcing outfits from around the world, one of the most untapped sources is actually the supermarket.

New Designers 2012: Top Picks

Richard Brownlie-Marshall | Posted 31.08.2012 | UK Style
Richard Brownlie-Marshall

When it's scorching outside, a part of me knows there's a group of very overheated design graduates setting up for yet another year of the New Designers exhibition. Whether it's purely down to the weather or just the 3,500 excited students in one building, the heat is cooled by the refreshing perspective on design that awaits inside.

Rockabilly SS12 Style Paves the Way for McQ by Alexander McQueen's New Direction

Sarah McGiven | Posted 10.06.2012 | UK Style
Sarah McGiven

Last season I fell for Alexander McQueen's playful, younger line, McQ, all over again when Rihanna put a rockabilly spin on their sleeveless tartan puffball dress for her appearance on UK X Factor back in November.

Weekend Shopping: New Shoes!

Sarah McGiven | Posted 09.05.2012 | UK Style
Sarah McGiven

I've had a bad run of it recently with shoes. First my gorgeous new heels inexplicably went from a wonderful, glove-like fit to cutting off the circulation in my toes, then the triple height crepe soles of my beloved vintage pony hair creepers split in two.

Christopher Kane Talks Inspiration

Posted 21.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle

See Dannii Minogue chat to Christopher Kane about mixing family and business, and the sartorial importance of Kylie's school uniform in Neighbours and...

Weekend Shopping: Fairytale Florals

Sarah McGiven | Posted 18.04.2012 | UK Style
Sarah McGiven

This season's fashion florals seem to split into two categories - the exotic, tropical prints seen in collections for Stella McCartney resort, Alberta Ferretti, Altuzarra and Givenchy resort, versus the more modest, English Country Garden style blooms featured at Erdem, Dolce & Gabbana and at Louis Vuitton through Marc Jacobs' Broderie Anglaise daisy patterns.

Fashion File: MyDaily's Ones To Watch

www.mydaily.co.uk | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK Style

As another season of fashion weeks rolls around, we thought it was high-time that we forgot the big names for a minute, and passed the spotlight over ...

Fabulous Wear-it-Once Frocks From Girl Meets Dress

Sarah McGiven | Posted 02.04.2012 | UK Style
Sarah McGiven

So it's February already and Valentines, summer parties and wedding season are approaching rapidly, bringing with them the inevitable sartorial dilemmas. Opt for an old favourite and a little voice goes "but I wore that last time" (sulk), or opt for something new and I find it hard to quash those "but what if someone else is wearing it" fears.

Crane.tv Curates: One Room, Three Global Names at The Front Room (VIDEO)

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 27.03.2012 | Home
Constantin Bjerke

Behind a clouded glass facade on St Martins Lane lies The Front Room. This small, clean space has been the site of Crane.tv's recent project, Crane.tv...

The 'It' Item and Why It Earns the Prestigious 'It'

Rebecca Stevens | Posted 25.03.2012 | UK Style
Rebecca Stevens

Every season without fail there is an 'it' something. Be it a handbag, a pair of shoes, a colour, a print or a cut, the fashion industry sifts through...

Weekend Shopping: Nu Neon for Spring/Summer 2012

Sarah McGiven | Posted 14.03.2012 | UK Style
Sarah McGiven

I'm delighted this trend is so prevalent this season, as, ever since I got my first fluoro-based outfit - a black boilersuit (as rompers were called back in the mid 1980s) from Mothercare with a day glo pink belt, pocket lining and matching towelling ankle socks - I have had a huge thing for neon.

Poster Designer Sam Ashby on Pencils, Poster Quotes and Weekend

Susannah Straughan | Posted 19.02.2012 | Home
Susannah Straughan

You probably haven't heard of London-based graphic designer Sam Ashby, but the chances are you've seen his work. He designed the film posters for art-...

Q&A with Lela Rose

Lorelei Marfil | Posted 04.12.2011 | UK Style
Lorelei Marfil

Lela Rose's celeb clientele includes Eva Mendes, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. We caught up with the designer at Fashion Week to talk about inspiration, her first fashion memory and her dream of owning an ice cream shop.

Galliano Faces Paris Verdict Over Racist Rant

BBC | Posted 07.11.2011 | UK

A verdict is expected on Thursday in the case of British fashion designer John Galliano who has been on trial accused of racially abusing a couple in ...