For Summer 2009, the label Romance Was Born have looked to the seashore- and particuarly shells for their inspiration. Luke Sales and Anna Plunkett, the Australian brains behind this label both met while studying at East Sydney Tech then after both entering a European fashion contest together as competitors they decided to launch Romance Was [...]
It’s really cool to see a designer bridge the gap between streetwear and high fashion, It’s even cooler to see it presented on the catwalk at a fashion week - It’s just not something you see very often.
Currently theirs a huge saturation in the streetwear market with everyone producing T-shirt lines and very rarely making [...]
Katie Eary is a 25 year old Royal College of Art MA graduate currently based in London. She had an installation at Fashion East last month along with Jaiden rVa James and Sibling.
Her graduate collection last year had the same military feel, this time around it’s more about British royal wear. Being a big fan [...]
This has to be one of my favourite Fall 2009 collections. It’s by the label, Pete Versus Toby.
This season really reminds me of Rockers NYC, like a Streetwear/club/dirty not giving a shit but still looking good feel.
Designer Marco Zirov has collaborated with Byron Bay artists Lex Williams and Raina Hede to develop an in house [...]
Belle Sauvage is a cool independent label founded in 2006 from East London, by the designers Virginia Ferreira and Christian Neuman.
Throughout the collections they’ve managed to pull off a really great mix between classic streetwear and a choice indie boho look. With the modern garment cut and the eye popping colour palette, they really are [...]
I first heard of David David last year at London Fashion Weeks ‘Fashion East’ show, which has always been the cool cutting edge one that shows 3 top young designers.
David Saunders, the ‘David’ behind David David (How many David’s is that in one sentence?) Initially started off in the world of fashion by printing his [...]
Jaiden rVa James are a young duo from London, who go by names of Jaiden James and Rasharn De Vera Agyemang.
I really love how they’ve brought traditional african culture into a contempory collection through the prints. I recently did a very similar collection project on african tribes so it’s really cool to see how [...]
One new label who I’ve only recently got on to is Sibling. They’re a small knitwear label based out of London, ran by Joe Bates, Sid Bryan and Cozette McCreery who have all worked at top designers such as Alexander McQueen, Lanvin and Giles Deacon.
I don’t know if I’m not looking far enough, but I never [...]
