LFW Day 1: Exhibition Una Burke

This collection really stood out to us in the exhibition, we loved the armour type body piece, especially the shoulders, its got a great edge and is just an extremely striking collection.


Bastet is Una Burke's SS12 Collection. The inspiration behind the collection comes from Ancient Egyptians, Una studied procedures used in mummification and looking at the reasons behind them to creating almost a modern armour collection out of leathers.

The idea of mummification was to protect and aid the soul in the passing through the afterlife and be reborn. The bodice piece is to protect the heart for example.

"Bastet" the name of this collection was an Egyptian Goddess who was regarded as the protector of Lower Egypt making it a great title for the collection.

Candice Swanepoel, Saskia de Brauw, Anais Pouliot & Others by Mert & Marcus for Interview September 2011

Bebaroque Collaborates With PPQ

Bebaroque has designed a collection of hosiery and body suits for PPQ for Spring/Summer 2012. The collection will be shown at London Fashion Week at the PPQ show.
Inspiration for the collection came from vintage imagery, PPQ branded lettering and the Bebaroque Priscilla print, which have been carefully blended together as well as subtle hints of animal prints and embellishment  creating a colour popping unique range.

We cant wait to see this collaboration at LFW it sounds so exciting, Bebaroque is an amazing brand as well as PPQ so we are really excited to see the collection. We don't have any images of the collection yet, as that would spoil the surprise, but we've got some images of AW11 Bebaroque images to give you a taster of the brand.

Vanessa G Launches SS12 Collection

Vanessa Gounden, designer of label Vanessa G launches her ss12 collection this coming thursday through a unique installation and form of presentation.
Vanessa draws her inspiration from two different mediums and whereby combining the two she creates a unique fashion experience. 

Each piece from her collection is a wearable emulation of art that features original artwork and photography.

Vanessa's autumn/winter collection displays sophisticated and elegant pieces. There are several references to both flowers and scenery through the use of an eclectic palette.

The two images above are taken from her AW11 collection to give an idea of her amazing work, more images of the SS12 collection will be released after the launch.

The SS12 collection is a compilation of 3 capsule collections: Renewal, Framed Vintage and Ethic Dazzle. Each exhibit the signatures of Vanessa G. The ss12 collection also uses model Amber Le Bon as the face of the label. After featuring in the SS12 editorial shot in Richmond Park, Amber says 
"I have really enjoyed working with vanessa on her ss12 photoshoot. Her use of prints and tailoring are very unique and I am a big fan of her work, especially the way she fuses art with fashion"

Image taken from SS12 Lookbook

We have been lucky to enough to be invited to the launch of the Vanessa G SS12 collection exhibition this thursday. Art'Outure: The Enchanted Forest, we a re super excited, it sound amazing. There will be an installation to serve as an art piece and a space to curate the collection, which reinvents the concept of a pop up store allowing individuals to walk into the magical wonderland of Vanessa G.

Of course we will do a blog post and share our time at the event with you all!

Adriana Lima by Vincent Peters for Vogue Italia February 2011

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Charlotte Olympia: To Die For

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