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STYLEist: The Rising Designer Interviews – Andrew Majtenyi

Andrew Majtenyi is an award winning fashion designer with a strong creative instinct and edgy sense of style that sets him apart from the conventional. He has a shop on St John’s Street, EC1.

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London Fashion Week S/S11: Presentations & People

London Fashion Week came to a close yesterday with Menswear day. As well as catwalks, there are numerous presentations and exhibitions dotted around the place, displaying work of up-and-coming designers. Take at look at some of our favourites, interspersed with more fabulous natty dressers from …

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London Fashion Week S/S11: D-Gnak & Orschel-Read

Korean born designer Dong Jun Kang launched D-Gnak in 2006 and specialises in tailored men’s clothing with twisted detail. Oversized shirt sleeves, wonky ties, mismatched lengths: it sounds disastrous, but works so well! Sharp, smart and sexy, these quirky little numbers give a refreshing perspective …

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New Bond Street ‘Europe’s Most Expensive’

Everything we know about life we learnt from the Monopoly board. And so it is that a new report cites Mayfair as the most expensive area in Europe to rent a shop. New Bond Street (or ‘NBS’ as some PR wonk will one day rebrand …

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London Fashion Week S/S11 Is Here!

Birmingham based designer Jacob Kimmie wowed us last year with his very wearable, monchromatic creations, so we were happy to grab ourselves a cocktail and check out his latest collection. Inspired by William Blakes’s plate – Energy is Eternal Delight, Jacob opted to present the …

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Come To The Party! FLOW@LFW 21/9

Okay, so you didn’t exactly leap at the opportunity to share your thoughts on partywear yesterday so we’re throwing this wide open. You lot are way too cool for school and don’t need gimmicks or contests to qualify you for fashion land. If you fancy …

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Party With Londonist & Hub Culture: FLOW@LFW

The Hub Culture fashion community and Londonist are celebrating London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2011 with an invitation only event for fashion influencers and their friends. FLOW@LFW will take place on Tuesday, 21 September – the closing night of London Fashion Week. Drinks, music and mingling …

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Preview: Fashion Fete @ Covent Garden

The buzz of London Fashion Week is once again humming round the capital. Covent Garden, home of Fashion Fringe, plays host to the tongue-in-cheek extravaganza that is Fashion FĂȘte – basically, a village fete with a fashion theme. Last year’s favourites will make a reappearance …

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STYLEist: The Rising Designer Interviews – Gurdeep Lall

London’s taste for the eclectic and avant-garde keeps it firmly at the frontiers of fashion – creating the perfect, fertile environment from which an abundance of new designers can emerge. The energy and diversity of the city has been a constant source of inspiration for …

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STYLEist: The Rising Designer Interviews – Georgia Nash

London’s taste for the eclectic and avant-garde keeps it firmly at the frontiers of fashion – creating the perfect, fertile environment from which an abundance of new designers can emerge. The energy and diversity of the city has been a constant source of inspiration for …

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Sustainable Fashion Store Opens In Shoreditch

“Sustainable” and “fashion” may appear to be two terms set at odds with each other, but Bethnal Green Road’s latest addidtion seeks to marry these wayward bedfellows with a cutting edge love-in at the 123 store, opening this week. Stocking a whole host of clobber, …