Central St Martin’s grads create Alfa Romeo concept bags
Central St Martin’s College graduates William Hendry and Tamara Elliot have created two concept designer bags for the Alfa Romeo MiTo—Lucire’s Car to Be Seen in 2009—to help celebrate the company’s centenary. Fifteen graduates submitted sketches for the project, which a panel of experts judged. Alfa Romeo is considering producing a limited run of […]
Worldwide round-up: a styling app for your Iphone, macaroons, and a cherry toothpaste
A New Zealand company has released an Iphone app called Colour with Style, which helps users find clothes that enhance their features and provides more confident shopping. Using the app, you can choose colours that will suit you. According to Colour with Style, one of New Zealand’s premier colour and wardrobe consultants, people belong […]
Gok Wan returns to TV with new show on January 18
Gok’s Roadshow will première on Channel 4 on January 18, with a six-part series. Stylist and author Gok Wan (whose autobiography, Through Thick and Thin [left], recently hit bookshelves) will ‘take over an entire town with his pop-up catwalk,’ says the production company, Remarkable Television, part of Endemol. ‘He’ll be treating the local community […]
Victoria Beckham, Thandie Newton, Claudia Schiffer, Lily Cole, at British Fashion Awards
Rightster Above A highlight reel from the 2010 British Fashion Awards. Although the below videos can be found in our main story from the 2010 British Fashion Awards, they were added through the small hours of the morning as they became available, and some readers may have missed them. For those readers, below are […]
Céline’s Phoebe Philo wins Designer of the Year at 2010 British Fashion Awards
Rightster Above, from top Designer of the Year Phoebe Philo. Supermodel Naomi Campbell wearing Alexander McQueen, receiving an award commemorating 25 years of her career. Céline designer Phoebe Philo has won the prestigious Designer of the Year accolade at the 2010 British Fashion Awards, beating off Erdem and Christopher Kane, held at the Savoy Theatre […]
Ssangyong revives Korando nameplate for small SUV
It takes a lot of guts to use one of your company’s old nameplates and to apply it to a new type of car altogether. Ssangyong, which had been on the brink for years, has been given a new lease of life by Chinese automaker SAIC, which took over the firm six years ago. […]
Gemma Cairney restyles at Britain’s Next Top Model Live, keeping the heat down
Our friends at Global Cool have videos from Britain’s Next Top Model Live at Excel Centre in Docklands, with BBC Radio 1’s Gemma Cairney holding Style Icon Workshops over Days 1 and 2, and other highlights. Global Cool is encouraging people to turn down their heating at home this winter, in a campaign called […]
Hair at Stolen Girlfriends’ Club and Huffer: behind the scenes
Our friend, Greg Murrell of Ryder Salon, for KMS California, directed the hairstyling at the Stolen Girlfriends’ Club autumn–winter 2011 show, entitled Last Night’s Party. We’ve got our hands on the notes for the show that were issued to the media, which gives a bit more of the behind-the-scenes thinking to the collection. The […]
Gok’s Fashion Fix returns on May 25
Gok’s Fashion Fix returns to Channel 4 on May 25, with host Gok Wan revealing how to shop for less by choosing just 24 key pieces to make one feel fabulous. Going around Britain, Gok will perform mini-makeovers on as many people as possible, with one person from each town he visits getting a […]
Gok’s Fashion Fix returns this summer
Gok’s Fashion Fix will return for its third series this summer as the stylish survival guide to looking great on a budget, production company Remarkable Television has announced. The new series will again feature celebrity stylist Gok Wan and fashion buyer Brix Smith-Start of Start Boutique. The pair will continue going head to head, […]
