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BLITZ As Seen in BLITZ: Fashioning '80s Style
Cover 'Scarlett'In the dot to dot of 80's cult magazines Blitz filled the abyss left between iD and The Face, Iain R. Webb being the fashion editor from 1982-87. It ran from 1980-91 and I've been lucky...
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LONDON FASHION WEEK A/W 2013
This season London Fashion Week brings a whole host of style joys... as usual I'm looking forward to glimpsing the future of fashion so I'm reporting for iD Online for a few of my favorites... SAT...
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KNIT WATCH...
Obviously I can't start knit watch without the Sibling knit wear team Sid, Joe and Cozette, who have been blazing a trail for the past few years producing collections solely in the knit vein. For the...
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The Only Inside Fashion Info On That Bowie Video
It came out today, the latest Bowie track 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)' featuring an illustrious cast including actress, muse and style icon Tilda Swinton...Writer and stylist to Tilda, Jerry Stafford...
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Michael & Gerlinde's World...
Meeting up with Michael Costiff is certainly eye opening, I first met Michael, who originally came from Grindleford in Derbyshire and Gerlinde who arrived in London from Regensburg, Germany in the late...
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It's been a while since I last posted, here's a few links to what I've been up to...Over the last few months we've gone from punk moments (the Met, Chaos to Couture), Bowie moments (the V & A show...
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ICA OFF-SITE...
You may be wondering what I've been up to lately, well I'm very excited to say I've been involved with a project with the ICA. It's on at the Old Selfridges Hotel from the 13th September 2013 to the...
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M U S E at THE LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION
It's a new term and I've been invited to help organize and also become a muse to the 2nd year fashion students at the London College of Fashion. Along with fellow muses...Mark Moore... Mark Moore is a...
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Following Fashion Dolls 'Ever After High'
This week as a new range of dolls from Mattel launched, 'Ever After High' got the London look from Fashion East designers Claire Barrow, Ryan Lo, Bobby Abley and Ashley Williams who have designed...
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80s Artist Film Restorations from the UK
I'm fascinated by William Fowler's task of remastering a lost archive of 80's film work which in part was revealed the other week at the BFI. I went out of curiosity mainly because of the Steven...
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PLAY LIST Blitz Club (REVOLUTIONS IN SOUND)
The other week I had the great pleasure of djaying up in the clouds at the London Eye for Red Bull Revolutions in Sound representing the Blitz club. We went round twice, nobody left and had quite a few...
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When I posed this question this is what I got back... My favourite tips for 2014!Finish all old projects ASAP. Then new scenery for fresh inspiration - Twinkle BuntyShoes too tight? Put a potato in...
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Life's a Drag (a celebration)
Jeffrey Hinton is mainly known as a dj, in fact I credit him fully as inspiring me to take to the decks in the 80's. What you may not realize is that over the years Jeffrey has been an avid archivist...
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GET THE LOOK... WITH TERRY BARBER FROM MAC COSMETICS S/S 2014
I love wearing makeup, I love talking about makeup and listening to other people talk about makeup, MAC's UK Director Terry Barber gave us a fabulous resumé of all things MAC for S/S 2014 recently. I...
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Elton John Day... it's coming
I wouldn't say I'm a superfan of Elton John but he has had quite a few memorable hits to say the least and for that I must pay him homage. Ah yes indeed, 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' was on my playlist...
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London Fashion Week Round Up A/W 2014
Yes I know I'm a bit late with this one! These are the shows I went to this season, lot's of highlights!Nasir Mazhar - Check in with Nasirs glitzy street wear, attitude emblazoned with a focus on the...
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STEPHEN JONES AWARDED SPARKLING HONOUR #ChampagneJoieDeVivre
This week I had the pleasure of hotfooting it up town to see one of my oldest friends milliner Stephen Jones collect an award given by The Champagne Bureau. Set in the historic building The Undercroft...
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Pam Hogg Reveals All - talk at the V&A 14th March
She started off studying fine art but she doesn't draw her designs, 'They're all in my head', she said at her recent talk at the V&A to a full house as she explained the complexities within her...
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Kylie, She's Nice...
And she's camp and vamp all at the same and therein lies the loveability of Miss Kylie Minogue over the years. She has something enduring and endearing, she's no frosty diva and she doesn't take...
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What Is She Wearing... Lulu & Co
New in from Lulu & Co a capsule range from Louise Gray, a personal fave designer of mine I was thrilled when Fashion East founder Lulu Kennedy sent me a personal orders look book. A bit about...
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