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Clothing, Lifestyle & Gadgets, Polls
By Will Reid on July 30th, 2008
Fashionista has been sent a pic of one reader’s wardrobe (above)- her shoeboxes are transparent, her clothes are colour-coordinated, everything is obsessively neat and you can only imagine she has an itsy-bit too much time on her hands. Brandish Editor Isabelle has opened up her wardrobe for a new Catwalk Queen feature and it’s certainly isn’t that meticulous!
So, while my wardrobe is most definitely not as organised as the Fashionista reader (I keep all my clothes in drawers and after too long away from home have a habit of living out of a suitcase,) we at Brandish want to know how tidy your wardrobe/closet/clothes space is?
Tell us in the poll below!
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Accessories, Clothing, Designer Spotlight, sunglasses
By Will Reid on July 29th, 2008
I’m currently down in London, lapping up the (dubious) sunshine and attempting to dress in a way befitting of the cramped, and quite frankly torturous, morning tube journey. Turns out they’re not too pleased about being next to someone wearing a blazer with Margiela-esque shoulderpads. Basically, the heat is ridiculous and so yesterday I wondered into Convent Garden and bought some vintage sunglasses at Rokit.
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Tags: Agyness Deyn, Anna Ter Haar's Sunglasses, catwalk, fashion, Glasses, Klavers van Engelen, london, rokit, runway, second-hand, shoot, shop, shopping, sun, sunglasses, thrift, thrift store, vintage, vintage store, weather
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Entertainment, Heroes and Celebrities, News, Trends
By Will Reid on July 29th, 2008
Ewan McGregor, Brandish fave and actor extraordinaire, has made it as this week’s ‘Love The Look’ style icon. While not actually a look he created himself, McGregor’s get-ups in the film ‘Down With Love’ were unbelievable. Mod suits, a Rat Pack-slick haircut, patent shoes and exotic skins; the look was one of excitement and interesting times. As the love story blossomed, each event was painted with the brilliant sartorial brush of McGregor’s dapper-dandy. Who cares if the actual film was rubbish?
(Image: 20thC.Fox/Everett/Rex Features)
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Tags: 2003, 20th Century Fox, 60s, celeb, celebrity, down with love, ewan mcgregor, fashion, film, film industry, Hollywood, industry, mod, movie, movies, musicals, renee zellweger, the sixties, Trends, vintage
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Clothing, News, T-shirts, Polos & Shirts
By Will Reid on July 28th, 2008
Knife crime has reached an unbelievable height in Britain and with the murder of Ben Kinsella, the seventeenth teenager to die as a result of knife crime in London this year, Grazia has launched their ‘Lives for Knives’ campaign. As part of the campaign, the magazine has got Henry Holland, Katharine Hamnett and Sophia Kokosalaki on board to design t-shirts as well as laying a set of Five Government Demands.
On my WISHLIST is Henry Holland’s design, an electric-blue t-shirt with striking design and bold lettering. One size fits all and all proceeds go to the Ben Kinsella Foundation, a charity set up for the prevention of future knife-crime. I couldn’t think of a more worthy summer buy.
T-shirt, Exclusively at Matches, £36
Tags: ben kinsella, brooke kinsella, Celebs, charity, Clothing, design, Eastenders, exclusive, fashion, grazia, Henry Holland, katharine hamnett, knife crime, knives, lives not knives, matches, Matches fashion, News, Sophia Kokosalaki, t-shirts
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Designer Spotlight, News, Suits & Tailoring
By Will Reid on July 23rd, 2008
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VMAN has just released a preview of their next issue (VMAN 11) and by the looks of this preview editorial, ‘Suit Yourself,’ it is going to be incredible. Reflecting V Magazine’s ‘The Women’ editorial, which took rich photography and a classic country manor to project an image of high-society living, this editorial tells a nostalgic story of traditional tailoring with almost grainy photography used to stunning effects.
The photographic wizard at hand is none other than David Sherry and the story is styled by Jay Massacret. VMAN introduces the editorial with “this year’s fall suits combine elegant fine tailoring, clean lines, and a whiff of smoky nostalgia.” A perfect introduction to a perfect editorial.
See after the jump for the entire editorial with product listings.
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Tags: brandish, david sherry, editorial, Entertainment, fashion, fashionista, jay massacret, News, photo, photographer, shoot, suit, suit yourself, suits, tailoring, the women, V Magazine, VMAN, vman 11
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Clothing, Entertainment, News
By Will Reid on July 23rd, 2008
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Just two weeks ago, Brandish reviewed the first edition of the Sunday Times Style Magazine’s ‘Mr Mills’ menswear and style column. I decided that Mills needed to brighten up a bit and make the column a little more cheery and summer-inclined if he was to hold the attention of readers. Well, call me egotistical, but is it pure coincidence that the latest edition of the column featured pieces on swim trunks, sunglasses, lime green hair oil and bright-coloured ties?
Jason also picked up on the possible influence of Brandish yesterday with a post on Taz of Sa-Ra. We’re not serious of course, but Mr Mills does look set to be a great read.
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Tags: brandish, Clothing, columns, david mills, Entertainment, fashion, jude law, magazine, Magazines, mr mills, newspapers, style, summer, Sunday Times, sunglasses, swim trunks, taz, taz of sa-ra, the sunday times, the times, ties, Trends
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Clothing, Entertainment, Trends
By Will Reid on July 18th, 2008
I was recently watching Bruce Almighty and during the infamous Monkey-Butt scene (I try to be a serious journalist,) I was struck with the cold slap of sartorial envy.
Okay, maybe not envy but definite recognition. The Gangsta friend was wearing a torn denim waistcoat and high-waisted trousers similar to not only Christopher Kane’s show of last season but to the Gisele editorial of V54.
Check the image and appreciate how unbelievably on trend this man is!
(Image: Youtube/ Marcio Madeira for Style.com)
Tags: bruce almighty, chris kane, christopher kane, denim, fashion, film, gang, gangsta, gangster, gisele, Gisele Bundchen, high-waisted, Jim carrey, journalist, movie, sartorial, trend, trousers, v, V Magazine, v54, waistcoats
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Heroes and Celebrities, News
By admin on July 18th, 2008
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Rumours abound that Henry Holland and Alexa Chung are going to present a T4 fashion show and the latest is that it will be called ‘Frock Me’… geddit?
Alexa Chung doesn’t have any formal fashion credentials but thanks to her quirky style she’s become a bit of a fashion icon for the indie crowd and topped the Guardian’s Summer Cool list. It’ll be interesting to see her pair up with Henners, hopefully they’ll hit it off and have us chuckling through our hangovers.
Can’t be any worse than watching 20-something barmen/models/whatever bicker on Shipwrecked that’s for sure.
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Entertainment, Heroes and Celebrities, News
By Will Reid on July 17th, 2008
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The new Batman film, Dark Knight, has been causing quite a stir throughout the film industry. Heath Ledger’s stellar acting, the new and improved Batmobile, the expectations thrust upon Christian Bale- all these things are no doubt exciting but how did the creative edge of this film translate onto the red carpet?
Read on for full details of this thriller evening.
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Tags: aaron eckhart, acting, Batman, blake lively, Celebs, Christian Bale, christopher nolan, comics, ed westwick, Entertainment, fashion, film, heath ledger, Heroes, maggie gyllenhaal, michael caine, movie, new york, oscar, premiere, spiderman, super, Superman
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Entertainment, Heroes and Celebrities, News
By Will Reid on July 15th, 2008
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“Before Breakfast, I Am No Style Icon.”
It was revealed yesterday afternoon that the latest issue of Vogue Germany has a multiple cover. One goes to Toni Garrn and the other to Brandish fave, Daniel Craig.
Daniel is shot by Rankin in a relatively boring editorial, and the cover headline is “Mr. Style & Mrs. Chic.” I like the colour palette of hot red with the white-light background and cool colours of Craig’s outfit, but the pout is a bit off and the turn of this good-looker’s head makes it look as if he has an odd and inflamed left-ear.
Read on for some shocking German translations and more details of this issue.
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Tags: action, Celebrities, Celebs, daniel craig, editorial, famous, fashion, films, germany, James Bond, magazine, Magazines, photo, PR, publicity, Rankin, toni garrn, vogue, vogue germany
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Clothing, Entertainment, Heroes and Celebrities
By Will Reid on July 14th, 2008
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The Farlex Free Dictionary decrees that Monday is “the second day of the week, and the first day of the working week.” That latter part means that for most of us, it is a ridiculously depressing day of hellish tasks and grumpy peers.
So why not add a dash of excitement with these pictures from the August 2008 issue of Dazed & Confused. From the title editorial, itself entitled ‘Dark Magic,’ I present to you Luke Worrall in high heels and other pieces of women’s clothing.
Read on for all the pics.
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Tags: celebrity, clothes, dark magic, dazed, dazed & confused, editorial, fashion, fetish, Heroes, Luke Worrall, magazine, model, models, nicola formichetti, photo, shoots
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Clothing, Entertainment, Top Five
By Will Reid on July 11th, 2008
Shiny Media’s Christmas Dress-Up
After my latest embarrassing fashion incident, I asked different Shinies “What Is The Most Outrageous Thing You’ve Ever Done In The Name of Fashion?” The answers were varied but pretty hilarious all-round.
It’s all wild stuff here on Brandish; a feast of dress-driven adventures and sartorial sacrifice! Continue reading for answers from some of British blogging’s biggest stars.
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Tags: brandish, catwalk queen, clothes, embarrassing moments, Entertainment, fashion, kimberley foster, my chemical toilet, richard gilzene, shiny media, shiny shiny, style, susi weaser, will reid
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Clothing, News
By Will Reid on July 10th, 2008
The Sunday Times Style Magazine has, for me, always been a source of great fashion advice but on Sunday, it was the magazine’s new menswear columnist David Mills who I had my eye on.
In his first post (blogger-vocab just fills such a niche in the English language,) Mills talked of great British traditions and this ranged from an observation on cricket attire and classic socks to Huw Edward’s ties.
While entertaining, Mills is too negative and with lines like “Cricket kit used to be…” and “not for the office,please: nobody likes characters,” you are left feeling reprimanded by a headmaster and not advised by a fashion-conscious metrosexual.
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Tags: advice, brandish, clothes, columnists, columns, cricket, david mills, fashion, magazine, Magazines, men, mr mills, online, sunday times style, the times
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Accessories, Designer Spotlight
By Will Reid on July 10th, 2008
Now, I’m not really a jewellery kind of guy and apart from my vintage Omega watch and ragged friendship bracelets I really don’t indulge in the decoration of my exterior.
However, I do quite like this signet ring from Topman and the mixture of edgy ‘blue metal’ and classic signet ring is undoubtedly cool. It would require little other jewellery but would work perfectly with silver pieces such as necklaces and mangles (that’s bangles for those less acquainted with strange fashion-lingo.)
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Tags: Accessories, blue, brandish, colour, fashion, Jewellery, online, ring, Seasons, shop, shopping, signet ring, tattoo, topman, trend
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Clothing, Designer Spotlight
By Will Reid on July 8th, 2008
For this season, the genius designer Stefano Pilati has decided to preview the label’s menswear collection in the form of seven incredibly arty mini-films. The first, called ‘Figures Entwining’, has an undeniable beauty and fragility, but I have to admit that I was a little freaked out by the androgynous and almost child-like models.
See after the jump for a look at all the preview films.
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Tags: collections, designer, designers, fashion, fashion week, labels, luxury, preview, SS 2009, stefano pilati, style, YSL, Yves Saint Laurent
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