Archive for the ‘Clothing’ Category

Caught in a Tale

Inspired by the Victorian illustrator Arthur Rackham, Caught in a Tale picks up the wonders and absurdities of fairytales and puts them into pretty dresses, t-shirts, jackets and skirts. Victorian frills and baby clothes are blown up, cut up, and collaged.

‘The constant disregard for logic and the delightfully strange characters[.....]

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Ayten Gasson

What is it about good lingerie? For the most part, nobody will see it apart from you. Except for those occaisions. . . . well, you know. It’s more than feeling comfortable in something that is well-made and fits well. It gives you confidence. You also have the pleasure[.....]

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LABEL SS’10

I’m fascinated by the use of story telling in marketing. Don’t tell me what I want or what I need. Tell me a story. Give me a context and the germ of an idea and my imagination will do the rest.

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Origin 68

I’m not that bothered about clothes. Not that I’m not bothered about wearing them (that stuff’s frowned upon!), I’m just not too fussed about designer, label, type clothes. If it fits and looks ok, I’ll wear it. Unlike some people, who spend 4 hours and £100 buying one pair of jeans.

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Covet Pop Up Shop

Currently running in a pretty shop behind Saddlers Wells is the Covet Pop Up Shop. The collections have been skilfully curated to bring together a unique selection of handmade clothes, jewellery, gifts and accessories.
With the emphasis being a mix of beautifully crafted, handmade, environmentally conscious, recycled and vintage pieces the shop has a[.....]

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WHT Shirtmakers

My previous article was about cufflinks. But there’s one thing you need before you can wear cufflinks, besides hands and fingers and so on.
A nice, crisp shirt. Any bloke will tell you that a good shirt makes a suit.
So why bother wasting your time looking around the supermarkets’ shirt section when you can just log[.....]

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Bad Santa

All set for Christmas? Made your lists yet? Last year Locher launched a competition called Bad Santa. It was so successful that they’re running it for a second year. Here’s how it works. Instead of writing about how good you were this year, Evil Santa (aka Locher) wants to[.....]

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A Day in the Life of a Milliner

Time for a another ‘Day in the Life of’. This time we follow Chrissie King – milliner, mother, wife, shop owner and champion juggler.
Getting Up
My day starts when my 3 year old shouts, “Mummy I want you”. Normally this is around 7am. Breakfast is sat at the kitchen table with Daddy. [.....]

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