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17/10/12

CORRIE NIELSEN SS13: The Perks of Being a Flower

To keep reading the review of the LFW show Blonde Hair, Blue Jeans attended click here.

16/8/12

From Bowie to the Concorde: 60 Years of British Design

Check the last article in LoveScene Mag azine by Blonde Hair, Blue Jeans editor.

KEEP READING HERE !

16/6/12

How To Take a Backstage Nap by Daphne Guinnes

Eccentric fashion icon Daphne Guinnes is, apparently, human and gets very tired like all of us.

She was serving as a judge at the 21st Annual Fashion Graduate Gala and aparently fatigue took over her. But don't you think she's a common mortal. The first thing I would have done would have been taking off those tricky heel less Alexander McQueen shoes. Daphne didn't. She took a very stylish nap curled up in a corner, looking much more like a modern art exhibition installation than a common tired girl.

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4/6/12

God Save Britannia

Keeping with the British mood from some previous posts - mainly due to all the Jubilee celebrations-,

I wanted to share this editorial from L'Officiel Paris. Though this photoshoot by Alexander Neumann

might find its inspiration in the recent wave of Britishness the Coronation has caused, it surprinsingly doesn't fall into the same easy stereotypes other features fall into and works out some intriguing stylisms. The right amount of Union Jacks, boyish chic, clash of fabrics and inner Brit coolness on a very enjoyable display.

1/6/12

The Rodnik Band: London Clothing

Telephone booth coat, OVS Collection

Philip Colbert is the Scottish designer behind playful The Rodnik Band fashion label.

His latest AW13 collection "It's Corgi Time" - full of doubledecker and black taxi bags, teacups and

other British motifs- has benefited from all the Jubilee hype we are going through these days. Looking through his other collections, it is easy to compare him with French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and American designer Jeremy Scott for the strong sense of fun his clothing possesses.

But this designer doesn't only make fashion, he is also involved in song writing and video making, he is a perfect mix of fashion, music and art. You know you have to love him when you read in the label's website that in the studio they listen to "The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Public Image Ltd and Marcel Duchamp lectures" and the Rodnik band woman "has the spirit of a young Peggy Guggenheim".

16/4/12

Is East London Dead?

Dazed & Confused May Issue tries to find where the creative area of the capital goes to.

"With the arrival of the Olympics in east London, the world's attention has turned to the creative

heartland of the capital. What does this mean for the artists, designers, musicians and publishers

making their mark here, who face rising rents and an endlessly increasing variety of artisanal coffee?

Dazed & Confused surveys those living and working in its own back yard, and asks 'Is East London Dead?' Inside, photographer Jamie Hawkesworth documents over 20 emerging talents from the worlds of

music, fashion, art, photography and literature, while we talk to artists, writers and venue owners

for their insights into how the area has evolved, and the challenges it faces"

About who's involved in this masterly cover: artist Theo-Mass Lexileictous is photographed

by Walter Pfeiffer. Robbie Spencer, Dazed senior fashion editor, is in charge for the styling.

16/3/12

Under The Weather

I saw this picture on The Sartorialist a few weeks ago, and I thought it posed an interesting point.

Do you choose your clothes always according to the weather ?

Is it just illogical to wear a fur coat without tights ?

Or are we too influenced by rigid rules based on concepts that tie

down our intention to experiment with new mixes and sets ?

customer surveys

As for Scott Schuman himself, he speaks his mind in the post and says:

"Dressing for the weather is a very inaccurate science, and quoting tired concepts

or rules only shows a lack of understanding for the variety in our lives".

2/3/12

Get the look: Teddy Girl of the 50's

The British Teddy Boys are a subculture formed by 50s rock ‘n roll dandies in long jackets and creepers. They were the first youth group in England to differentiate themselves as teenagers, helping create a youth market.

But parallel to this, there was a whole subculture of Teddy Girls (also knows as Judies).

They dressed much like their male counterparts, sporting short hair, pants, sharply cut suit jackets and flat shoes. Their choice of clothes wasn’t only for aesthetic effect: these girls were collectively rejecting post-war austerity.

They were young working-class women, often from Irish immigrant families who had settled in the poorer districts of London - Walthamstow, Poplar and North Kensington.

They would typically leave school at the age of 14 or 15, and work in factories or offices. Teddy Girls spent much of their free time buying or making their trademark clothes.

It was a head-turning, fastidious style from the fashion houses, which had launched haute-couture clothing lines recalling the Edwardian era.

Get some inspiration with these Ken Russell's pictures. In 1955, this photographer created a series called The Last of the Teddy Girls, which featured photographs taken against the war-torn backdrop of London’s East End.

These quiet portraits -a direct contrast to Russell’s later bombastic directorial style (Women in Love, The Devils, The Boyfriend and The Who’s rock opera Tommy)- are an unexpected and exceptional historical record of cool.

"They document both the attitude and innocence of 1950′s youth and are an embodiment of the rebellious nature that Russell possessed throughout his life."