Coco Chanel 26/9

 

 

 

 

Coco Chanel Born Gabrielle“Coco” Bonheur Chanel was an excellent French fashion designer, founder of the well known Chanel brand, whose modernist thought, practical design, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important and influential figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the only fashion designer to be named on Time 100:

 The Most Important People of the Century.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chanel was known for her lifelong determination, ambition, and energy which she applied to her professional and social life. She achieved both success as a businesswoman and social prominence thanks to the connections she made through her work.

 

 

 

The Chanel No.5 scent is the best selling in the world.

 

 

 

First in VogueFebruary 1st.

 

 

 

 

The seamlessness between clothing and feminism might indeed be what made Chanel designs so desirable and so timeless. But the potently quotable, ever-confident Chanel remarked on her legacy the best:

 “I created the most well-known style in the world,” she said,

“because fashion is ephemeral, but style is eternal.”

 

 

 

COCO CHANEL is the subject of the new exhibition that opened at the London College of Fashion (LCF) in August 13. The display features portraits of the designer taken by her friend, Californian artist Marion Pike.

 

 

The showcase will look at the friendship between the two, exploring their life stories and their creative influences

 

 

The display is on show between September 4 and November 16 at the college's Fashion Space Gallery on John Princes Street, London W1.

 

Here are some quotes from Coco Chanel...
 

 

 

 

25/9/ - Prada A/W13 Collection

 

 

'COME UNDONE'

 

 

 

PRADA'S A/W13 FALL COLLECTION.

 

 

 

Designer: Miuccia Prada

 

 

 

 

 

Prada A/W13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was both minimal and provocative,

with ladylike silhouettes enchanced by nipped-in waists.

Full circle draped skirts and lots of d'ecollete.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The A/W13 fall collection was set against a dark backdrop of untarnished wood floors, velvet drapes and shadows projected onto the walls.

 

 

 

Make up: Distressed  mascara and worn-away bordeaux lips.

 

 

 

 

 Hair: Soaked through hair.

(Guido Palau)

 

 

 

 

 

Product Of the Week 24/9

 

 

The product of the week is the.........

 

 

 

 

 

PlayBall Working Gum!

(A Reworkable fixing wax-gum)

 

 

 

 

 

• A potent, re-workable fixing wax-gum
• Helps re-create or re-sculpt hair style without leaving any residues
• With an elastic texture that gives endless possibilities of shaping
• Infused with a refreshing aroma of lime
• Gives a hold factor of 5/6
• Ideal for short hair
• To use: Warm a small amount palm & mold as desired

 

 

 

Warm a small amount of product in the palm of your hands and sculpt your look as you wish. Create and recreate your look for a style that is anything but stiff.

 

 

£13.20

 

Hair Science 23/9

 

 

How to remove chewing gum

from your hair.

 

 

 

 

 

Rumours are that you can freeze the chewing gum, however this would be very difficult to do with putting a child's head in the freezer.

 

 

The best way, recommended  by 'Wriggles' is to combine butter and co co powder together and work this into the hair.

Sounds crazy but really doesnt work!

 

 

http://www.wrigley.com/uk/index.aspx

 

 

Sir Paul Smith - 19/9

Sir Paul Smith

English Fashion Designer 

"You can find inspiration in everything. If you can't, than your not looking properly!"

He is commercially successful and 

highly respected within the Fashion Industry.

Born in 1946 in Nottingham, England, Smith's childhood ambition was to become a professional racing cyclist. He left school at 15 with no qualifications and began working in a Nottingham clothing warehouse as an errand boy. He relished his cycle to and from the warehouse each day until aged 17 he was in a serious accident and sustained injuries that put an end to his racing ambitions. Six months in hospital followed, during which Smith made friends with people from the local art college who would introduce him to the world of art and fashion.

Returning to his job at the warehouse, he used his newly acquired interest in art and fashion and began making displays for the showroom. Soon after, he was made menswear buyer.

Smith also started to take evening classes in tailoring in Nottinghamshire where he learned to cut cloth as well as the basics. Soon after, he joined Lincroft Kilgour in Savile Row after being spotted by chairman Harold Tillman, where his designs were worn by celebrities including footballer George Best.

Paul Smith now has 15 shops and concessions in the UK and 200 shops worldwide, in markets including Japan, Paris, Milan, New York and Hong Kong. The business, still based in his native Nottingham, has turnover of £325 million.  
 

As chairman and designer,  Sir Paul is still involved in every aspect of it.

Paris Fashion Week - Paul Smith A/W 2013

 

Hair

Very simple..

The girl next door look..



5th November 2013 - 09 march 2014

COMING SOON

The Design Museum takes you into the world of Fashion designer Paul Smith. A world of creation, inspiration, collaboration, wit and beauty. Celebrating his career to date and exploring future developments, the exhibition references Paul Smith's influences and fashion designs.

Tickets on sale from 22nd September

       

http://www.paulsmith.co.uk/uk-en/shop/

Alexander Mcqueen A/W Collection

Alexander McQueen
2013 A/W Collection...
 

 

WOMEN'S AUTUMN/WINTER 2013

 

 

 

 

THE ECCLESIASTICAL WARDROBE,
 FROM COMMUNION GOWNS TO CARDINALS’ ROBES.
THE HIGH CHURCH. NUNS, POPES, ANGELS. BALLETS RUSSES.
VIRGIN QUEEN.

 

 

HAIR IS ELEGANT AND CLASSIC.

MIDDLE PARTINGS

 

 

 

 

 

The collection comprises ten looks, presented in pairs.
The waist is cinched and the hips are exaggerated throughout.
Volumes are overblown but lightness is paramount.
Hyper-worked embellishment demonstrates an obsessive attention to detail – and detail within detail.
Sharp pressing, multiple folds, quintuple and dégradé pleats, soutache embroidery, triple bulleting, silk and metal thread embroideries, enamelled flowers and more all feature
. Rhombic grids lend a sense of graphic modernity to surfaces.
Pearls and teardrop pearls evoke beauty and rarity.
 Hoop skirts, caging and corsetry enhance and idealise a quintessentially feminine silhouette and introduce an erotic undercurrent further suggested by stockings, suspender belts and harnessing.
 Each look is worn with an embellished ruff: faces are framed.




ClICK THE LINK BELOW TO SEE THE FULL womans A/W COLLECTION.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kFIMPhSvwWI

 

 

 

 

MENS AUTUMN/WINTER COLLECTION 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hybrid garments are prominent, appearing as if styles have been fused together. A tailored jacket has a leather biker-jacket inspired belt and back, whilst a coat and bomber jacket come together as one, and a smart trouser features leather and fabric panels. Athleticwear and knitwear merge to create a polo neck jumper with monochrome tracksuit sleeves and a smart trouser with sport side stripes. Tailoring is mod-inspired, including a three-button jacket and a waistcoat with buttons positioned high up on the garment. Other subculture influences include jeans that appear to be covered in red bleached marks, and a classic over-sized parka with fur hood. Layered and lacquered prints build on top of each-other, contrasting the traditional and the modern.

 

 

CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO SEE THE FULL MENS A/W COLLECTION.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr6LaULPINk

 

 

 

There's no question that Lady Gaga was a muse for fashion designer Alexander McQueen. His eccentric style meshed well with Gaga's fearless fashion sense. The pop singer even paid tribute to the fashion icon in her catchy 'Bad Romance' video last year -- strutting around in a pair of McQueen's infamous lobster claw heels and runway designs.

 

Angelo Seminara 13/9

Stylist Icon Of The Week

IS..........

 

Angelo Seminara.

 

 

Angelo Seminara is one of worlds best hairdressers.

 

 

HJ 2012 British Hairdresser of the Year and artistic director for Davines, Angelo Seminara has many strings to his bow. As well as working in the salon, backstage at fashion weeks and on editorial shoots,

 

 

Since 1995, Angelo had become Trevor Sorbies protege and international creative director. Angelo has captivated clients and inspired the work of hair proffessionally around the world with his creative drive and passion. He also has an incredible reputation  on the catwalk circuit and his celebritiy list is impressive. Working closely with session stylist Eugene Soulieman, he is involved with at least 30 international fashion shows in Paris, New York, London and Milan.

 

 

Angelo's agent makes sure he is regulary commissioned for editorial work by many of the worlds leading fashion and style magazines.

 

- Harpers Bozaar

-Vanity Fair

- Italian Vogue

-Spanish Vogue

- Turkish Vogue

- Korean Vogue

- Q Magazine

- Mojo

-Hello Magazine

 

 

 

AWARDS

 

1997 Short listed for BHA Newcomer of the Year
1998 Short listed for BHA Newcomer of the Year
1999 Short listed for BHA Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year
2000 Best Progressive Hairstylist, Wella
2000 Winner of BHA Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year
2001 Winner of AIPP Best Avant Garde Coiffure
2002 Short listed for BHA Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year
2002 Nominated Pantene Celebrity Hairdresser of the Year
2003 Winner of BHA Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year
2004 Winner of BHA Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year
2005 Winner of BHA Avant Garde Hairdresser of the Year
2005 Winner BHA Artistic Team of the Year
2005 Hall of Fame Member BHA
2006 Winner BHA Artistic Team of the Year
2006 Nominated BHA British Hairdresser of the Year
2007 Winner BHA Artistic Team of the Year
2007 Short listed AIPP 2007 Best Photographic Collection
2007 Finalist BHA London Hairdresser of the Year
2007 Winner BHA British Hairdresser of the Year
2007 Winner Fellowship Hairdresser of the Year
2008 Nominated BHA British Hairdresser of the Year
2009 Nominated BHA British Hairdresser of the Year
2010 Winner of Most Wanted Hair Icon of the year
2010 Winner BHA British Hairdresser of the year
2010 2nd. for AIPP Best Avant Garde Coiffure
2010 Nominated for Fellowship fashion focus image of the year
2011 Winner AIPP Award Avant Garde
2011 Nominated British Hairdresser of the Year
2012 Winner AIPP Grand Trophy winner
2012 Nominated British Hairdresser of the Year

 

Architecture

is one of Angelo's inspirations.


“If I hadn’t become a hairdresser, I would have been an architect. I love the innovative shapes, creations, materials and textures. I particularly like modern and baroque architecture. I also like the way the Japanese use space and light in their buildings. A house should look beautiful, but the view from the window is equally as important. It can influence your life and the way it makes you feel.”

 

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 Angelo has created the wigs for a number of high-profile exhibitions at museums and galleries across the globe.

 

 

 

THE SIMONE HANDBAG MUSEUM, KOREA

 

 

 

 

 

 A very interesting project for Angelo, such as designing the hair for the Simone Handbag Museum in Korea – a building dedicated to handbags – and in the shape of a handbag  in Seoul. He came up with all of the wigs for one of the whole floors there. It’s a permanent installation,which means if you go in 10 years’ time, what he created would still be there.
 

 

CHLOE 60th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION,
LE PALAIS DE TOKYO, PARIS

 

 

 

 

 

Chloé celebrated its 60th anniversary with an exhibition called Chloé Attitudes at Le Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Karl Lagerfeld and Anna Wintour were among the famous looking at Angelo's work.

 

 

 

APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEIVING:
THE DRESSES OF FRIDA KAHLO, LA CASA AZUL, MEXICO CITY

 

 

 

 

Angelo worked on the Frida Kahlo exhibition that was shown at La Casa Azul in Mexico City – the house where artist Frida used to live with her husband Diego Rivera. It was the first time her wardrobe had been put on display and there were over 300 iconic pieces on display , the first time many of them had ever been seen.

 

 

 

 

COLLABORATING WITH SELFRIDGES, LONDON

 

 

 

 

 

The exhibition was in the Wonder Room Concept Store and there was lots of coral, and amazing avant garde dresses from designers such as Alexander McQueen and Givenchy.

 

 

AFTER DIANA VREELAND, MUSEO FORTUNY, VENICE
 

 

 

 

Diana Vreeland was a huge fashion icon, one of the most respected and stylish women in the fashion world. Angelo worked on the hair for an exhibition in tribute to her at the Palazzo Fortuny in the heart of Venice.

Angelo's  Images




 

20's Look 11/9

Today is all about the 20's 


Gatsby Glamour

Individuality, Creativity, Indulgence and freedom 
is reflected in the 1920's fashion.


-Glittery heavily beaded long gowns
-Extravagant ostrich feathers
- Loose flowing dresses
- Flapper dresses

The Great Gatsby" brings 1920's fashion roaring back into style.

US/UK Vogue got fully behind the Gatsby-inspired Twenties-style regalia and put Carey Mulligan, aka Daisy Buchanan, on the front of the magazine's May cover.

Hinting at the Twenties extravagance for pearls, feathers, headdresses and luxe style embellishments, Grace Coddington placed Carey in an Alexander McQueen ostrich feather chiffon dress for the Gatsby-inspired shoot in US Vogue's May issue.









The Great Gatsby film inspired the catwalks, this season sees the Twenties roar once again.

Head back to the roaring 20s and shop the Great Gatsby look - from flapper dresses to stunning, avant garde accessories.

Get your Great Gatsby on.....