London Fashion Week’s Hottest Tickets
Young British Designers
While everyone’s eyes are on the Big Apple, we are packing our bags for someplace else – London is calling. Known for being home to quintessential British brands such as Paul Smith, Jasper Conran, Betty Jackson and Vivenne Westwood, and to the world-best emerging designers such as Christopher Kane, Erdem, Marios Schwab and Richard Nicoll, London Fashion Week yet again delivers a promising schedule. Read more
Shop of the Week: Feldenkirchen
Feldenkirchen womenswear store in Hamburg
Eleven years ago Feldenkirchen opened its doors and now over a decade later, the name is known throughout Germany and the store is one of the biggest shopping destinations in Hamburg with an internationally selected portfolio consisting of a mix of young and avant-garde (Jasmine de Milo, Zadig & Voltaire) and high-end (Missoni and Diane von Furstenberg) designs. Read more
Isabella Blow en vogue
Isabella Blow portrait by Phil Poynter
Three books, a play and a movie. Several memorial services. All dedicated to one eccentric person who parted three years ago, Isabella Blow. And the fashion world is still searching for someone new, someone equally quirky with a touching personality for the next fashion generation. In times where stardom and popularity vanish quicker then last season’s collections, and talent and creativity are desirable goods, the task has proved extremely difficult. Read more
Shop of the week: Hunting and Collecting
Hunting and Collecting entrance view
Hunting and Collecting is a Brussels-based boutique that opened in February 2010 by Aude Gribomont and Niels Radtke. The duo’s background in fashion and event production enables them to smoothly run a creative laboratory and a series of events together with the retail business. Their enhanced version of the online store followed shortly after, in May this year, and has been popular among fashion and art lovers ever since. Read more
WHO’ S NEXT Paris ready to rock
Who's Next and Premiere Classe, in their 33rd edition
WHO’ S NEXT Paris has been the essential meeting point for industry fashion for 20 years, alongside with PREMIÈRE CLASSE, the reference trade show for fashion accessory designers, both managed by WSN Development.
Up to 55 000 buyers per session (with strong 45% from abroad), a selection of more than 1200 brands (750 at WHO’ S NEXT and 470 at PREMIERE CLASSE), and around 1000 attending press members from Moscow to Toronto heading off to Paris twice a year.
Established in 1994, WHO’S NEXT have aimed at „defending creation”. Originally conceived as a platform for young upcoming artists across all disciplines in fashion, music and arts, WHO’S NEXT continues positioning itself as a place of expression, with the participation of artists with very different backgrounds and influences. Read more
Copenhagen Fashion Week: A TribaSpace Review
Strøget. Image: Copenhagen Fashion Council
Copenhagen Fashion Week ran from 11 to 14 of August, and was considered to be a success this season, with rising number of visitors to the main trade shows, including streetwear trade fair CIFF, contemporary CPH Vision and trends-setting Gallery. The numbers indicate what the experts predicted a long time ago – Scandinavians are strong in business. Read more
Shop of the week: bSTORE London
b Store at Savile Row London
London´s bSTORE is considered a long time brand standing for modernity and accessibility, both in terms of designers’ portfolio and its environment. Its message is to be individual and confident in style choices, far from what is usually known as “branded luxury.” Selection is a part of the image – the bSTORE buying team is trying to add something special that is missing from the busy life of style conscious consumers. Read more
