LFW schedule

the schedule is up for LFW and new gen winners as well:
www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/schedule

free evening drinks

Tonight:
WAR! Magazine launch (although its really a relaunch) SKIN is DJing
Arches, 481-482 Reliance Square, New Inn Yard, EC2

Tomorrow:
Cocktail party at the New
Maison Martin Margiela, 22 Bruton Place

both events in London.

new dazed covers, out 18th Dec. by hedi slimane

hmmm which one to go for?

xmas party season kicks off

let them eat cake party is sponsored by john galliano, yeah i know, couldnt believe it either.

glam.com launches tonight

Tonight is the glam.com launch at the brand new 43 south molton street venue. Maybe it is just me but I haven’t quit figured out the way glam.com is run and the whole point behind it, isn’t it just another website really? Im looking forward to go back to 43 SM, its been too long and I used to love it there, like 2 or 3 years ago it was amazing, every one knew everyone, being with like minded people, models (yes, models aren’t people, especially female ones) scene kids, designers, and great dj’s. thinking that a certain Freddie was just like 16 or 17 at the time.
Anyway, enjoy tonight, lets hope it lives up to the expectations.

designer shopping today, filmed by bbc

(i know its a bit sad, but its for charity after all, so have a heart)
Mary Portas, “Queen of Shops”, is running an exciting one-off event on Monday 1st December

If you're after a fashionable bargain then head down to The Bishopsgate Institute between 3pm-4.00pm on Monday.
The Institute will be transformed into a fashionista's dream with cut down prices on a range of
men's and women’s fashion labels from high street to designer.

Labels include Lipsy, Jaeger, Urban Outfitters, Tommy Hilfiger, Joseph and many many more!
Whether you fancy a Jaeger winter coat or a Hilfiger Christmas party dress bring your cash and pick up some half price deals.
Prices will range from a few pounds up to £150 for the premium items.

I’m afraid credit cards and cheques will not be accepted.

All proceeds will go to the charities involved: Save the Children, Barnardo’s, MIND & The North London Hospice.

The event will be filmed as part of the BBC2 series Mary Queen of Charity Shops that will air later next year.

We look forward to seeing you there.

WHERE: The Grand Hall at The Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4QH
(opposite Liverpool Street Station)
WHEN: 3pm- 4.00pm on MONDAY 1st DECEMBER
WHY: Fantastic deals on high street & designer products with all the money going to charity.

lady gaga

just wanted to write this to promote lady gaga a bit more over on this site on the pond. i reckon she will be the hot new thing in the coming months, she signed to dr dre so i hope she wont turn to ghetto as she is already a bit of a chav. but look yourself, i think she is rather good. also check her website if you have a minute or two, the first page that comes up is really worth looking at!

is it me or do the boots above remind you of gareth pugh a bit?

www.ladygaga.com

Fashion Awards tonight

BRITISH FASHION AWARDS 2008 supported by Swarovski
TONIGHT AT LAWRENCE HALL
Tonight, the RHS Lawrence Hall will be transformed into a glittering, gilt ballroom - a fitting backdrop to the fashion industry's ultimate night of celebration: The British Fashion Awards 2008, compèred by Mariella Frostrup. Following an exclusive champagne reception and dinner, more than 500 guests will toast the recipients of the ultimate accolades of the British fashion industry, presented by VIPs from fashion, film and music. With Stephen Jones unveiled as the winner of the BFC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Design, and the nominees for the other 10 awards now announced, everyone's talking about who'll take home the Swarovski crystal gong in each of the categories.
The British Fashion Awards recognise designers at every stage of their careers, from newcomers to the established, as well as creatives and models.
This year introduces two new Emerging Talent Awards, supported by Swarovski.
Watch the night unfold at http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/admin/e_go.asp?TransmissionID=629&URIEnc=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5icml0aXNoZmFzaGlvbmF3YXJkcy5jb20&User=X9C7%2FlFz

voucher for you

i know its gap, but still. xmas present for mother and father

be fashionable tonight

Tonigh worth going to:
OnOff 10 seasons book launch at Bungalow 8 with jonnie woo and goldierocks. 7-10pm
Dazed as mentioned below.
The double club launch with PRADA, 7 Torrens Street, London, EC1

Be there or be square

and dont forget the British Fashion Awards next Tuesday with Swarovski!

rankin private view tonight

rankin is having a private view at the Dazed gallery on Old Street, the exhibition is called selfish?

from 7 till 9

hugo boss sample sale (london)

if anyone of you is interested, there is a hugo boss sample sale on the 2nd and 3rd dec.
HB, London, 39 Plender Street - NW1 0DT - Nearest tube station Mornington Crescent

swedish fashion

carin wester

please find above some scanned pages from carin westers ss09 lookbook 'le jardin d'emmanuelle' shown at stockholm fashion week.
I love her clean lines and believe that her mens range is one of strongest coming out of sweden if not even nothern europe. her mens range is called wester whereas the womens range is named carin wester in full. she is stocked in behave london and wood wood berlin

for more info please go to www.carinwester.com she deserves support!!!

Martin Margiela sample sale

Maison Martin Margiela will hold a rare ventes privées at its Paris location from now until the 15th. below is the invite with details on the labeling.

Walter Van Beirendonck

Just wanted to quickly show some respect to Walter van Beirendonck who people tend to forget about on a regular basis, as he was part of the antwerp famous six it is quite hard to beat dries van noten at the moment, but im sure his time will still come to get the international recognition he deserves. you might have seen his strange head pieces he designed for ss 08 which were all over uk mags a couple of months ago, and worn on the cover on a recent arena homme plus

latest collection:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr3wYsMkOa0

new dazed and confused out today

love the cover, so not winter but oh so spring already

freedome of speech

Shingai Shoniwa of the noisettes is a total idiot!

last night in london...

last night was a bit mad in london, it all started of with the comme de garcon launch at h&m, which was fun with oysters and champagne. if you are into comme de garcons classic dotted way overdone and so last seasons design then head there to get it for cheap (although cheap is relative) overall im quite fond of the collection, well done you!

after that we went to the Tank 10th anniversary party at fucking vendome, quite possibly the worst venue in the whole of london, you'd think people would learn after the ppq disaster there. it was very laim, shit music and shit drinks. good goody bag though (i stole 2, up yours tank) which included a £15 voucher for Liberty, Obsession by calvin klein fragrance, fake eye lashes, tea, make up and chocolate, ce parfait.

a friend of ours hosted a night there which was fun, kicked off after midnight, with percy from ppq hanging around surrounded by about a million underage ppq muses, funny to look at in his worn out adidas trainers.

voucher- bit last minute

click on the link below to get a buy one get one free vouvher for wagamama in islington till sunday: http://www.wagamama.com/showvoucher/ODQ2/

deutsch: love this new cover

got this sent on monday, love this cover. so simple and beautiful: simply stunning

DEUTSCH

and another magazine...

today i got the first issue of Buck in the post and i dont know what to say. i thought it would be amazing, but.. erm its not! the front cover is of ritchie foster (the for no reason oversuscribed model at select who has a mouth like a horse) i mean the concept 'new fashion furniture & food for men' i quite like, and some of the editorials are rather good but then the photoshoots are probably some of the worst ive seen in a long time. the mag tries to bring a very british vibe across which it does in one way or another but the bad layout and overall design of the zine doesnt implement that at all i find. below is an image from one of the editorials which is alright, but i found the front cover too bad to be posted here (or anywhere for that matter), take examples from mags like Exit, Deutsch or even Distill who are innovative and different. anyway, see for yourself...

erin vs kate

did you know that erin o'connor has never been on the cover of vogue alone??!!! i think this really quite funny since there has been such a recent obsession with her here in the uk, kate moss has been on 26!! the most anyone has ever had. above is the may 2003 cover shot by nick knight, one of my all time favourite covers

Nick Knight live stream

in case you all missed it today, nick knight had a live stream of his Let there be light project, today was lilly donaldsons turn to get shot for there 2009 v magazine editorial.

check the vids out, quite interesting for you who arent so familiar with what goes on at a shoot

http://www.showstudio.com/project/lettherebelight

Men's Vogue: bad news

conde nast will fold the standalone title Men's Vogue and add a section to Vogue itself.
now men won't have any excuses buying VOGUE

agent provocateur

... is hosting a party this thursday at koko in camden with a runway show.

since its koko, it might be a little cheesy especially if the public will be allowed in.

kill those f#cking UGG boots

Girls- Why?

since this australian chavtastic boot got popular over here in the uk i couldnt stand the sight of them. just look at them, they look like shit, are manufactured to the lowest standards and are worn by every 'wannabe it girl' (including the real ones) this planet has ever seen.

so please, i beg you girls and (some) boys, dont wear them, you look like dickheads in them- they might be mega comfortable.

YACK

as an alternative I suggest the very classic and stylish miu miu flats for you as below.

buy similar ones here: http://www.net-a-porter.com/Shop/Designers/Miu_Miu/Shoes

or the actual ones at a miu miu store. go on, do it, buy yourself some taste girls.

tartan overkill- and henry holland is copying others AGAIN

as you probably have seen for yourself, tartan is back and certainly will be worn everywhere fw 09. look at dolce gabbanas designs below as much as i love the design, i am not so sure. living in the uk i love everything british but seeing from an italian label left me curious, id much rather buy garments like that from vivienne westwood, who uses tartan in almost every collection.

shortly after we the dolce ads were published, aggys muse henry holland came out with almost the exact collection- only difference was the colour, everything was blue. (i have to admit that i dont actually mind it) the whole fashion industry is one vicious circle, decade after decade people will be copying in each other, which is cool, at the end of the day this is how trends a are created but for the love of god be a bit more subtle HENRY.

Comme De Garçon for H&M

last week on the 8th of november, the new CdG collection launched for h&m in tokyo, the collection will officially launch and be in stores in the uk as of the 13th. it looks really good, after the rather shitty collection of kate moss lets hope itll be as succefull and internationally respected as viktor and rolfs and karl lagerfelds collections.

soho house berlin

i guess you probably know this already but soho house is coming to berlin at the end of next year. the building is amazing, its an old jewish department store, then turned hitler youth "playground"on torstrasse in mitte/prenzlauer berg. it will have a cinema and of course a roof top pool as in london and new york and soon in miami, chicago etc

tonight..

PPQ- down the drain

Right, PPQ has finally done it. peaches geldorf designing her own capsule collection for them is by far the saddest thing the fashion world has seen this year, well in the uk at least, fair nough ppq has this whole it-girl following and uber cool, but COME ON!!
if you wanna go to the launch party, its this thursday at movida, even that says it all.

purple, this is rather embarrassing for you.......

the new bistrotheque: FLASH

After the REINDEERN and BISTROTHEQUE Pablo Flack and David Waddington are set to open their latest gallery-like eatery FLASH at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.Open for only 80 days beginning November 1, Flash is described, rather cryptically, as a room-within-a-room. Meaning—unlike the flashy decor of The Reindeer, with its forty snow-covered fir trees—the interior design will consist of crates used to ship works of art. On display will be specially commissioned pieces by artists Alexis Teplin and Simon Popper, a coat of armor by Gareth Pugh, a Swarovski chandelier by Giles Deacon. The official photo shoot happened yesterday morning so as soon as I get the pics I’ll upload them here.
Cant wait for the opening.

if anyones fancies getting their future told.... nice illustration

just as a comment, men should wear more fur this winter. its so alegant and i think the whole 20's and 30's style works well not just on women. above is an old shoot from mario testino for vogue homme in 07, this isnt really the way i meant by wearing fur, but feel free to wear it like that.

American Apparel PARTY

American Apparel Party Tonight, Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London
fancy dress theme: wear nothing by american apparel for a change (im sure thats hard enough for you hoxton whores)

katie grands new mag

KATIE GRAND LAUNCHES NEW STYLE BIANNUAL WITH CONDÉ NAST
Katie Grand, the creator and Editor-in-Chief of Pop magazine, is to launch a new style title. It will be published twice a year by Condé Nast, with the first issue arriving on newsstands in March 2009.Produced in a bespoke size, slightly larger than most monthlies, the magazine will be edgy and experimental, an exciting new entry into the style sector. It will be produced to the highest editorial and production standards. Nicholas Coleridge, Managing Director of Condé Nast, comments: "It is a new departure for Condé Nast UK to publish an edgy, high-end style title in this sector, and in Katie Grand we have the perfect Editor who brings the perfect team. This promises to be a very exciting launch."Katie Grand recently stood down from her post as Editor-in-Chief at Pop, the magazine she founded in 2000, and which set the standard for the slew of glossy fashion biannuals that followed. A hugely personal project that allowed her to experiment with new ideas in fashion and art, Pop was fun, edgy and influential in equal measure, becoming the magazine that the creative industry would turn to for inspiration. It allowed her to draw on her experience and influence as a highly sought-after fashion stylist – she has worked on the collections and advertising campaigns for many luxury brands, including Prada and Louis Vuitton.The new title is the fourth magazine to be set up by Katie Grand, who has a proven track record in successful launches. She set up the style magazine Dazed & Confused with friends Jefferson Hack and Rankin in 1993; a year later she became the launch editor of an experimental, fashion-led Dazed off-shoot, Another, which is now a fashion biannual. Pop was originally launched as a sister title to The Face, where Grand was Fashion Director from 2000 to 2003, and quickly grew to eclipse the famous Eighties style bible. The new launch will be an exciting, compelling mixture of experimentation and enthusiasm in the ever-changing fields of fashion and art. As work begins on the first issue, Katie Grand says: “I can’t wait to get started. I feel the time is ready for a new magazine, a new arena for new ideas. This time we’ll have a larger format, bigger budgets and broader horizons than ever before. With the wholehearted support of Condé Nast, there will be nothing to limit our imagination.”Jonathan Newhouse, Chairman of Condé Nast International adds: "I've admired Katie Grand and her work for many years. It's terrific that she's creating a new magazine for Condé Nast."There will be a further announcement revealing the name of the new magazine at a later date.

courtesy of mandi lennard

exhibition opening, 2agenten galerie fuer illustration, gartenstrasse1, berlin. private view is on november 14th at 7pm

london fashion week going berlin

february dates confirmed since yesterday:
LONDON FASHION WEEK DATES FOR 2009 Friday 20th - Tuesday 24th February London Fashion Week: Autumn/Winter 2009/10 collections
so its official then i guess, they have shortened the days, but i was quite disappointed with london this september anyway.

as a little tip, this july i went to berlin fashion week for the first time and i would almost say that it is much better then london, certainly better then the small ones like amsterdam or copenhagen, but with the likes of VIVIENNE WESTOOD showing her anglomania stuff and, although a bit shitty, BASSO & BROOKE showing, it pulls in a great international crowd. berlin also hosted an amazing elle style awards show.

the way I see it, soon, berlin will kick london out of the way, over take us, and be up there with paris and new york.

christopher kane

right, so i went to the CHRISTOPHER KANE party last night and i must say, it was truly shit!! even worse then the nokia party last week- people shit, music shit, alcohol shit, just really really bad. so christopher and bombay sapphire, you suck!!!!!!!!! the venue was amazing though, so at the end i just found myself staring at the ceiling.

tonight is an AMERICAN APPAREL PARTY IN SHOREDITCH, which i will tell you about tomorrow.

by the way, if you want to have a nice fireworks night, go to victoria park in east london on sunday night. it is londons biggest fire work display and usually fucking amazing.

levis campaign

thought you might want to know who shot this campaign which is causing such a stir.

Photographer: David Vasiljevic, Model: Josh Beech, Hair: Ed Moelands, Make Up: Tatsu Yamanaka and the Stylist: Nicola Formichetti

if i like campaigns and i know who did what on them ill post them here.

hedi slimane

big news. my favourite photographer hedi slimane is now with art and commerce. thank you!

below is a picture by hedi of ash stymest (models1) who is also on the cover of the new vogue hommes japan. which is amazing by the way, amazing investment. you can buy it at rd franks.

www.hedislimane.com/diary http://www.models1.co.uk/

designer sale this week,-end

never been, but apparently worth going to especially in these economically tough times.

invite below, (they actually have some good and high end brands)

berlin

check out this city guide: http://berlin.unlike.net/
sice Im going to berlin next month again, i was looking at some guides with reviews on my hotel and i found the guide above. it is brilliant, i love it. even though i go once a month this guide still has something new. the london one is bit crap, i mean why review vivienne westwood's shop? thats like pointing out that it rains a lot in london...

a little guide to free parties this week

tuesday 28th oct:

nobody was thirsty event in Punk by Calvin Harris, by invitation only.

wednesday 29th oct:

buck magazine launch party, the house of st barnabas, soho, 1 greek street. BIO

harper's bazaar & moet the beautiful and the glammed party, vendome, 85 picadilly. BIO

christopher kane & bombay saaphire launch, the undercroft, banqueting house, sw1 BIO

more to be posted. I will be reviewing the events above next week.

little reminder of the LFW ghost

GREY GOOSE/ Elton John party

so, wednesday I got this email for the aids awareness charity event by elton and grey goose. to be fair I got their quite late as I was at bureau before, still, I must say, amazing venue, matt irwin, jefferson hack, cocknbulkid, grimmy, mathew stone, trevor jackson and lovefoxxx were djing. endless amounts of free alcohol very good bar staff who made fantastic cocktails. the whole tent was decked out like a circus. 

and at 2am we got a sponsored audi to take us home, the only nag is that it was set on gravel so not catwalk/high heel friendly. above is the invite

BUREAU launch with New Order 22nd Oct.

new members bar Bureau opened its doors this wednesday night with a small and exclusive opening. The sponsors included Laurent Perrier (of which I didnt see much), Courvoisier (which was mixed into a punch that wasnt exactly mind blowing) and Kettel One vodka. the bar staff made some great cocktails which were amazingly strong. the crowd was very mixed with some city slickers (you know the poor bastards who all look the same from the city) and the usual fashion scenees. Bureau is super small inside but very nicely designed and well thought through.

the theme they are trying to aim for is called the "anti club", what the hell is an anti club? apparently this: gone are silly door policies, velvet ropes and burly bouncers:instead the gates to its sumptuous surroundings open with the swipe of your membership card on a discret hidden door. (its opposite Red Bar in Kingly Court, sorry to spoil the surprise)

oh forgot to mention asahi beer also sponsored, which didnt see. so if will ever go, do not drink the punch, but the vodka cocktails.

I dont know what the music will be like as New Order and Jerry Bouthier played.

the beginning

this is an anonymous post for anyone and everyone who enjoys a free drink and a free party on someone else's expense, based one the creative and media industry.

dont get me wrong, I will only post events which I think are worth going to including gallery openings, club opening (good clubs not crap like movida or so), catwalk shows, fashion parties etc etc. 

basically the ultimate "blag" guide for Londons cool, but in the end how you get in is your business. 

enjoy