Topshop's latest collaboration is with Scottish designer Louise Gray, who is creating a capsule fashion and makeup collection for the high street giant to launch in late August. Louise, who always brings bright colour to London Fashion Week, has revealed her new range of cosmetics will include glitter pots and fluorescent eye colours in creamy textures, while her fashion collection will contain Read more
I'm so excited that Alice Temperley is designing her first ever high street range this Autumn. The British designer announced this week she is teaming up with John Lewis to release a 60-piece collection called Somerset by Alice Temperley. Launching on September 4 online and in 29 stores, prices start at a very reasonable £29 for a scarf and £99 for a day dress, and go up to £1,000 for a Read more
Now this is what I'm talking about! Instead of celebrities who aren't really designers, perfumiers, or beauty experts, two amazing, on-trend and exciting brands have decided to join forces for next season to bring us the DVF Hearts Current/Elliott Collection. When you combine the incredible prints and impeccable fit from Diane von Furstenberg with the hip denim from Current/Elliott what you wind Read more
Last night, Olivia Rubin launched her collaboration with Dune. I went along to the event to take a closer look at the shoes and to catch up with the designer. The shoes come in a range of prints, styles and heel heights from flat ballet pumps to killer platform sandals. Olivia told me about her inspiration explaining, "I looked back and chose two key prints from my old collection because I knew I Read more
British designers are included in the latest line up of names creating affordable pieces for Target. This includes a return to fashion by Luella Bartley who's brand went in to administration in 2009. The collection doesn't launch until mid March and marks the store's 5th anniversary. The pieces are all favourites from previous collaboration. Other Brit designers involved include Alice Temperley Read more
Just days after announcing a lust worthy collaboration with David Koma, Topshop are back and this time the focus is on lingerie. Upcoming London based designers Richard Nicoll and Danielle Scutt have designed lingerie for the store in their own unique style. Danielle commented on her designs explaining, "Through fresh fabrications, exclusive prints and subtle detailing, classic lingerie has been Read more
I have always been a fan of Jil Sander's collaboration with Uniqlo, but this season I'm a little bit more excited as her mainline is one of my favourites for Spring. The +J collection is just about to launch in New York, but we must wait a little bit longer to get our hands on some pieces. It's set to go on sale here online at 1am on Thursday 3 February. Alternatively, if you don't want to shop Read more
H&M seems to be focusing on homegrown Swedish talent for 2011 as it unveils plans for its next collaboration. H&M have just announced that they are working with cult shoe brand Swedish Hasbeens on a collection for Spring 2011. The label are famous for chunky heeled wooden clogs. They are produced using environmentally friendly materials in a traditional Swedish style from the '70s. Read more
Every year is packed with collaborations better than the last and 2010 is no exception. The year was dominated, as always, by a large scale H&M collaboration which in 2010 was with Lanvin, but plenty of other stores and brands were getting in on the act too. From Valentino for Gap (nobody saw that one coming!) to Barbara Hulanicki for Asda, and from Jean Paul Gaultier for La Perla to Lanvin Read more
Iconic textiles designer Celia Birtwell first rose to fame when she created prints for her ex husband Ossie Clark. The pair designed some of the most iconic pieces of the '70s. She has recently experienced a bit of a revival as she has created capsule ranges for Topshop and John Lewis. Most recently, she has teamed up with Hotpoint to design some rather chic kitchenware. In this short video below Read more
