tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85261461948227116462012-02-26T03:30:13.267ZLONDON FASHION BLOGHapsicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824897510618056719noreply@blogger.comBlogger543125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526146194822711646.post-46786501373331588612012-02-10T12:10:00.012Z2012-02-10T12:55:33.635Z2012-02-10T12:55:33.635Z

Issue 2 of the brilliant DUST magazine is out now. Although the first issue was slightly more powerful, probably by virtue of being the first, the second is just as hard-edged and provoking, with an equally strong focus on youth subculture. It's still beautifully printed on matte paper, and although it's not cheap at £15 it's the kind of magazine you will keep forever, because it's full of

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Raf Simons autumn/winter 2012 show (Paris, 22 Jan 2012) and showroom (Paris, 25 Jan 2012).I seem to have a block on writing at the moment (nothing to do with the show, which was as brilliant as ever), so I will share my thoughts in note form. If you don't want to read anything at all, scroll down for the photos I took in the showroom.In a season when most of the men's collections were very

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I bought these Prada shoes (from the resort 2012 collection) a few weeks ago. I love the slightly dorky shape of the toe, the formal/sporty hybrid, the height-boosting sole which brings to mind the runway pairs I have acquired over the last few seasons, but in a lighter, easier-to-wear way… however, I did not see the “made in Vietnam” label when I was in the shop. I disapprove of designer brands

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This is a total late pass because it’s now spring in crazy old fashion land, meaning fall/winter clothes are all but gone from the shops, but the Undercover FW11 collection was so perfect I am literally GASPING FOR AIR. It’s a shame Jun Takahashi hasn’t been doing super-conceptual Undercover / Undercoverism shows for a while, but I'm not really complaining, because this collection was almost the

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Raf Simons fall/winter 2006 sweater with zips and PVC accordion hood, a recent acquisition. There are about 10 different ways to configure the collars and hood.Wearing with Raf Simons SS00 MA-1 jacket, Lanvin glasses and bag, H&M trousers (with awful/amazing pleather inner leg inserts...) and b Store desert boots.The Lanvin bag is a recent purchase too. I never thought Lanvin would come up

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As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, Dazed & Confused created a ‘time capsule’ of objects donated by the magazine’s collaborators from the last twenty years, intended to be representative of the past two decades of the title. The 34 submissions, which were auctioned on eBay with the proceeds going to Oxfam, included a crystal-encrusted cigarette lighter from Donatella Versace and a

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First off, this isn’t really a Christmas wish list. I can’t bear the orgy of consumerism which has come to define this time of year, and I find the whole gifting rigmarole rather distasteful, but I do like making lists of nice things. And since everyone else is at it, for seasonal purposes, I thought I would get involved too – in a strictly anti-festive, misanthropic way of course.Above: Givenchy

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Karl Lagerfeld in the Chanel atelierIn Part 1 of ‘How Fashion Works’ I covered the oddities of pricing. What happens in-between a designer having an initial idea and a final product ending up on the rails of a shop is, in many more respects, even more mysterious. Let’s examine this journey chronologically.Fashion is all about combining creativity with commerce, so designers who want to be

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I ordered this pair of Prada shoes in August, and they *finally* arrived... but they were well worth waiting for:They're closely related to the other pair I bought. I think I actually prefer the new variant without the raffia/rope, at least for winter...I can't tell you how much I love them. I'm pretty joyless really, but these shoes make me very happy. As does this quilted nylon T-shirt by Jil

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Thanks to a blog commenter alerting me to an eBay auction, I finally managed to get my hands on the COS varsity jacket, which I'm really happy about. Funnily enough, I actually prefer this jacket to the Balenciaga one which inspired it. It has cleaner lines and it's more minimalist, although in an ideal world the zip would be better quality (if I had Luxirare skills I would replace it with a

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image source: unknownIn last weekend’s Sunday Times Style magazine, the restaurant critic A.A. Gill described the prices at London’s infamously expensive bread shop, Baker & Spice, as having been reached by “a happy necromancy of chutzpah and dares.” On the face of it, the same observation could be made of designer fashion prices – £900 for a pair of trousers? Are they having a laugh? – except

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Raf Simons spring/summer 2003 sweater. A.P.C. trainers. SIMPLE.See also Raf Simons SS03 shirt

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Acid house techno cyborg disco geisha bears. Clashing colours, ethnic prints, straight-out-of-a-video-game shapes, sci-fi obsession, holographic finish, high-tech synthetics. “KISS THE FUTURE! FUCK THE PAST!” The wild world of Walter Van Beirendonck is an exuberant place, where outrageous styling and upbeat shows are underlined by serious messages, and serious talent on the part of the designer

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At last Prada is manufacturing the men's spring/summer 2011 shoes as they appeared on the runway, and I bought myself a pair, bringing to an end my fashion saga of the year. Regular readers will know that this topic is something of an obsession of mine (Prada manufactured several versions of the shoe, but none quite as they were on the runway with the right rubber-to-raffia ratio), so I was

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Situated about 55 miles from Luleå in northern Sweden, not far south of Lapland and the Arctic Circle, The Treehotel is the most amazing place I have ever stayed. Nestling in a beautiful stretch of peaceful, untouched forest are five tree houses designed by four different Scandinavian architects, which offer luxurious, eco-friendly accommodation. The Mirror Cube is by Tham & Videgård architects,

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1) [above] Brioni cashmere cardigan. Simple, elegant Italian super-luxe. If it didn't cost as much as a Rick Owens leather jacket, I would buy it in a flash. I might try to justify it anyway on the grounds that it's something I would probably wear daily throughout winter. 2) Christopher Kane print T-shirt. Although Maison Martin Margiela lays claim to the best trompe l'oeil fabric prints, I like

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I love Copenhagen. Above and below are pictures of Klampenborg, a suburb about 20 minutes from Copenhagen Central Station, where there is a wonderful beach, and a modernist block of apartments designed by Arne Jacobsen. It would be so nice if in London in the summer it was possible to get on a train and be swimming in fresh, clear sea within half an hour.Another detour from Copenhagen is the

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I'm not quite sure why I own so many fragrances when I rarely wear one (I think the ideal thing to smell of is *nothing*), but nonetheless these are my favourites out of the huge number which I have sampled over the years.My current obsession is Bois D'Argent by Christian Dior. It was originally one of the three exclusive Dior Homme colognes developed by Hedi Slimane (the others were Eau Noire

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During my free morning in Berlin I went up the Fernsehturm (TV tower). It's something I'd done the previous two times I visited Berlin, and it's a complete tourist trap, but I am obsessed with the space age communist architecture. Constructed in what was East Berlin between 1965 and 1969, the tower was designed by Hermann Henselmann, who was also the architect behind the modernist congress centre

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Here’s how the Berlin story goes. In early May, Raf Simons’ assistant emailed me asking for my phone number, which I duly sent. Little did I know that a few days later Raf himself would call me and ask if I wanted to participate in an event that he was putting on in Berlin in July. For me, the enormity of the call alone is incredible. Being such a big fan of Raf Simons, I nearly had a heart

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Photography by Hedi Slimane from his Berlin series / GTA Vice City / Still from I AM LINKOLA 2007 by Thorbjørn Rødland / Dubai style / photograph by me, BerlinI am in Berlin for the three day Transmission 1 festival, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz and curated by Raf Simons. Held in the Berlin Congress Centre, designed by Hermann Henselmann in the 1960s, the centrepiece of the festival is a new

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I can never resist the picture-perfect tourist views from the top of the Pompidou Centre, especially on a clear day. I like the incredibly congested Paris roofscape, which I always think resembles a backdrop in one of OMA x Prada's urban mash-up look books. The Pompidou Centre itself is an incredible piece of architecture. I also like how the structure of the building frames the view of the

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Oddly, when I initially saw the FW11 Prada runway shoes, one of the first things that came to my mind was the BMW X3 (below). Something to do with the shape, I think.I love the clean lines of the shoes, and the slight idiosyncrasy to them. Not 100% sold on the 'PRADA' on the back, but the silhouette (and the added height they give me) make up for it.Wearing with a T-shirt from H&M and Topman

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Raf Simons held his spring/summer 2012 show in part of the Crédit Lyonnais headquarters in central Paris. It was the same venue in which the designer presented his spring 2011 collction, only this time a different part of the space was used, and the models descended an escalator at the end of the runway. It is not the first time that Simons has used escalators in a show either, but it’s easy to

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