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News
By admin on August 19th, 2008
Rare are the occasions when I disagree with Hadley Freeman, there was a bit of fuss about bright opaque tights when her book came out but on the whole she’s a good ‘un.
Today in Guardian though Hadders was less than enthusiastic about the Comme des Garçons collection for H&M saying: “while Comme’s granddad styles might look like the apogee of chic when done with the highest quality of fabrics and sold in the snootiest of department stores, the budget versions, one suspects, will have a different look.”
Ok so the hammer pants may not become one of the bestsellers but the menswear is actually pretty good. We featured pictures yesterday and I think this will be one designer collection the men can actually get their teeth into, for once.
Tags: Comme Des Garcons, guardian, H&M, hadley freeman, hennes and mauritz
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Heroes and Celebrities, News
By admin on August 19th, 2008
Maxïmo Park frontman Paul Smith strikes a characteristically kooky pose onstage at Edge Fest in Edinburgh. Smith is looking dapper as always with his trademark hat, an eccentric button-down shirt and cracking chequered suit.
The gig took place at the Corn Exchange slap bang in the middle of awful line-up which included Scouting for Girls and Newton Faulkner, *shudder*.
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News, Trends
By admin on August 18th, 2008
The Independent are talking about global hipsters and the dissolution of traditional trends, name-dropping the usual suspects like Ryan McGinley and Nathan Barley. They call the Truman Brewery “a microcosm of an international phenomenon” which is kind of depressing but overall it’s an interesting article, describing the change in trend adoption from a vertical or trickle down movement to a lateral one largely thanks to the internet.
It’s a mostly upbeat article but it does slag off Uniqlo‘s pre-trendification era saying it was thought of as “a cheap and nasty Asian C&A equivalent” in 2004. Err, by whom?! Certainly not yours truly. Anyway if that’s all a little too fluffy read this Adbusters article on Hipsterism where Douglas Haddow calls it the ‘Dead End of Western Civilization’.
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Tags: adbusters, american apparel, blog, douglas haddow, global, hipster, independant, internet, isabelle o'carroll, nathan barley, ryan mcginley, scenester, trend
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Designer Spotlight, News, Trends
By admin on August 18th, 2008
Pictures of the forthcoming Comme des Garçons collection for H&M have been leaked to Fashionista and my intial verdict is thumbs up for the menswear. The women’s collection might be a little overly quirky (I’m reserving final opinion for when the range hits the shops) but the menswear is spot on, no pun intended. Rei Kawakubo has obviously retained CDG’s spirit in a surprisingly mainstream collection. From what I can see it’s a mix of quality tailoring with some well-placed, original flourishes like bias-cut fabrics and contrasting buttonholes.
Can I put in a request for polka dots to take the crown from stripes? We just need to find a successor to plaid for next spring. Answers on a postcard please.
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Tags: cdg, Collection, Comme Des Garcons, H&M, hennes and mauritz, isabelle o'carroll, menswear, rei kawakubo
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Entertainment, News
By admin on August 15th, 2008
After the success of Gok Wan’s fashion fix, other networks have realised that people will watch shows about fashion. ITV look to be second off the mark with a new fashion based show that due to air soon.
According to the fountain of knowledge that is The Automatic’s NME blog, we know that George Lamb will be hosting the show and that it plans to be “Kinda like the ‘Friday Night Project’, just with clothes instead of jokes”.
Lets just hope that they don’t rope in Justin Lee Collins to dole out fashion tips!
Tags: fashion fix, fashion show, Friday Night Project, george lamb, gok wan, ITV, The Automatic
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Heroes and Celebrities, News
By admin on August 15th, 2008
We’ve already featured one of the Gap adverts with Scott Schuman and now we’ve got our hands on the image of Vogue intern cum hockey player Sean Avery for the US retailer.
WWWD calls Avery a ‘self-confessed workhorse’ and the sports star has expressed a wish to become a fashion editor when he retires from hockey. He started his internship with Vogue this summer and guest-edited mensvogue.com.
Other fabulous faces featuring in the Gap adverts include photographer Ryan McGinley and Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman.
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Tags: advert, gap, hockey, intern, isabelle o'carroll, Men's Vogue, scott schuman, Sean Avery, vogue
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Heroes and Celebrities, News
By admin on August 13th, 2008
Justin Timberlake is going to be busy this New York Fashion Week, as well a putting on a William Rast show the singer is performing at Fashion Rocks and at the Roseland Ballroom as models strut the catwalk for his A/W collection.
Timberlake has been running WIlliam Rast along with childhood friend and business partner Trace Ayala for two years in October. J Lindeberg founder Johan Lindeberg and his wife Marcella were called in as creative directors to the brand last year and this Autumn’s show will be the second under their directorship.
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News
By admin on August 13th, 2008
You may have noticed comments have disappeared from Brandish but it doesn’t mean we don’t care.
Our techie guys are trying to fix the problem but in the meantime if you have any comments, suggestions or questions drop me an email at: isabelle [at] shinymedia.com. We want to hear from you!
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Heroes and Celebrities, News
By admin on August 11th, 2008
Along with sisters Samantha and Charlotte, Mark Ronson took part in a photoshoot for Harper’s Bazaar which saw them dress up as the various characters from Wes Anderson’s Royal Tenenbaums.
Mark dressed as the tracksuited Chas, Samantha took the part of suicidal Margot and Charlotte was tennis genius Richie. It’s a great idea ,I’m just disappointed they didn’t set up a shot of Charlotte as Richie in his orange tent pitched up in the Tenenbaum’s front room. More images after the jump.
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Tags: charlotte, family, harpers bazaar, Mark Ronson, royal tenenbaums, samantha, shoot, wes anderson
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News
By admin on August 7th, 2008
Calvin Klein have decided to move their menswear catwalk collection to New York this season instead of Milan. The company will still present their collection to retailers in Milan this coming January but the show itself will take place on the ground floor of the company’s headquarters.
“As this is the year we have brought the Collection business back in house and will celebrate the company’s 40th anniversary, we thought this was an appropriate time to change things up a bit,” said Tom Murry, President & COO, Calvin Klein, Inc. He went on to add: “We see this as a great opportunity to support our U.S. business and retail partners and acknowledge our heritage in New York City.”
The move isn’t permanent but could be a sign that designers are getting a little concerned about retailers’ spending during the economic downturn.
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Tags: Calvin Klein, fashion week, isabelle o'carroll, menswear, milan, new york
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Heroes and Celebrities, News
By admin on August 6th, 2008
Pharrell Williams recently let his stylish side loose in the pages of Vogue Russia for a Terry Richardson. The N.E.R.D frontman and producer to the stars teamed up with Natasha Poly in a series of images showcasing items from Pharrell’s own Billionaire Boy’s Club range.
Pharrell has also designed jewellery and accessories for Louis Vuitton, and fronted campaigns for the luxe brand.
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Tags: billionaire boys club, Louis Vuitton, natasha poly, nerd, pharrell williams, terry richardson, vogue russia
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Entertainment, Heroes and Celebrities, News
By admin on August 5th, 2008
Since everyone from Scott Baio to DMX has a reality show these days, why not Kanye West? That’s what HBO have been thinking but apparently they need a writer to “capture Kanye in the right way”. This isn’t the first time West has featured on HBO, with an Entourage cameo to his name.
Traditionally, reality shows with stars in the prime tend to be tame affairs (seeing as they actually have some dignity to lose, unlike Scott Baio) but seeing as Kanye has had most of his outrageous moments captured on tape, it might just be no holds barred. After the jump, I’ve included a clip of Being Bobby Brown – a reality show all the others wish they could be.
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Tags: Bobby Brown, DMX, Entourage, HBO, kanye west, reality tv, Scott Baio
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