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Menswear Fashion Designer of the Year 2011 [The SN View]
So it’s just three days before the British Fashion Awards 2011 ceremony takes place, and with the media circus that surrounded the Royal Wedding earlier this year, it would not be surprising to see Sarah Burton take the overall Best Designer of the Year award; obviously she has more than enough credentials being the successor
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Decisions, Decisions – Roll ups or Cuffed Jeans?
Let’s make this clear from the beginning, that the roll ups we are talking about are nothing to do with smoking as we Stylenerds would never endorse smoking (would we guys?!). Obviously, we are talking about roll up jeans and they are now an ever-more common site when you roam the streets. Last year ,we
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Gareth Pugh Fall/Winter 2010
Gareth Pugh has made a full impact in influencing the fashion world over the last couple of years, since graduating from Saint Martins in 2003. His collections have gained popularity over time and with each season, his designs have got stronger and more refined. I would describe his style as Edward Scissorhands gone on a
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Menswear, London Fashion Week Feb 2010.
Menswear day closes the end of fashion week and showing was Orschel-Read, as worn by Lady Ga Ga; even though he is a menswear designer, she still favoured his black winged trousers from last season. The show was held at The Vauxhall Fashion Scout and began with a model sporting a samurai ponytail, in a
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R.I.P. Alexander McQueen
The news has been spreading throughout the day that Lee McQueen, founder of the Alexander McQueen brand, was found dead at his home in Green Street, West London at 10am this morning. It’s especially tragic since there are rumours that he may have taken his own life. McQueen was just weeks away from displaying his
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Knowingly Understated – Joe Casely Hayford for John Lewis
I, for one, would not have believed you if you told me this collaboration was in the pipeline a couple of months ago. Now, I’m a believer and Stylenerds attended the breakfast preview event to see the collection before our very eyes. The preview event was a great way to start the day and the
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From Fragrances to Watches – The Issey Miyake Watch Collection
Issey Miyake watches are another thing I have had my eye on for well over a year now. Since then, their watch collection has got a lot bigger with a wide variety of watches that are now available. However, there are 3 watches from the collection that I particularly lurve! The Trapezoid was the first
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Easy on the Eyes and the Ears – AiAiAi Headphones
This is one of the 256 items sitting on my Christmas list right now (not that fussy am I?!). Ok, so it’s strictly not fashion but what the hell, these headphones look AWESOME. I first saw these headphones (Y model/Swirl 2.0) about a year ago when I last visited Hong Kong. I loved them but
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Uniqlo X +J – Best High Street Collaboration Yet?
Japanese high street retailer, Uni Qlo have teamed up with Jil Sander to create the +J range. On my lunch break, I decided pop over to see what all the fuss has been about. I was greated by a big queue and it took about 20 minutes to be granted access to the Uni Qlo
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22 Design Studio – Lord of the Rings?
The people behind 22 design studio are Taiwanese Design Graduates, Sean Yu & Yi-Ting Cheng. Why the number 22? Simple. They have kept their passion and ideals for fashion design since they were 22 years old. Their most popular product out at the moment is the Concrete Ring series. They chose to use concrete as
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