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Fashion Vs Sport: Exhibition at the V&A Museum

The synthesis of fashion and sport is on exhibit in a spectacular show which displays the work of designers' collaborations with athletic brands. The show "Fashion Vs. Sport" draws on the differences between the fashion and sport industries.

Now thru January 4, 2009 at the Victoria & Albert museum in London.

Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL
+44 (0)20 7942 2000

Tube: South Kensington
Buses: C1, 14 and 74 stop outside the Cromwell Road entrance

Book tickets here

Image: V&A Museum, London

Liberty of London Opens First Stand Alone Store on Sloane Street

If you make Liberty of London a must-see on your trips to London you'll be thrilled as we are to hear about the iconic London shop's global expansion. The first stand alone shop has opened at 197 Sloane Street in the heart of Kensington earlier this month. Liberty's Creative Director Tamara Salman collaborated with Paris-based architects Pierre Beucler and Jean-Christophe Poggioli to design a vision drawing on Liberty's impressive heritage infused with a contemporary point of view. In the store you'll find men’s and women’s ready-to-wear, accessories, scarf, swimwear and jewelery lines including Liberty's own collection.

Highlights of the stunning two story 1800 square foot space include:
The milk white walls accented with gold arches are contrasted with blackened oak and high gloss black furniture set upon a grey stone floor with a hair-line brass inlay of an abstract ‘Ianthe’ signature print. Stucco ceilings and walls are intricately carved from archive prints such as the floral ‘Chrystelle’ celestial garden design. A curtain of transparent acrylic spheres inlaid with a ‘Ianthe’ design highlighted in black which follows the line of a curved sweeping black oak staircase leading to the men’s floor on the first floor. Purple shafts of light are projected from above cast a shimmering purple glow at night. Black gloss paneling is inspired by the wooden paneling in the original store.  Ceilings and walls feature elements of floral moldings from inside the Liberty building along with a swan and stag’s head. To add to the glamour of the store, contemporary 1960’s inspired modern circular chandeliers add a element of vintage edge to the space.

Liberty of London
197 Sloane Street
London SW1X 9QX
Tel: +44(0) 207 573 9695
Opening times:
Monday – Saturday 10am-7pm
Sunday 12pm-5pm

www.libertyoflondon.com

New Gen - Fashion Competition Now Open, London

New Gen Competition

Perhaps more prestigious than Project Runway, the New Gen competition features the best of emerging fashion design talent. If you are based in London, now is your chance to show your best frocks on the catwalk during London Fashion Week in the New Gen competition sponsored by TopShop!

Accepting applications
March 31, 2008 - May 5, 2008.

The Spring/Summer 2009 competition is now officially open for entrants and the deadline for applications is May 5, 2008.

The British Fashion Council launched the competition in 1993 to spotlight the best of British fashion talent during London Fashion week in September and February.

Winners will receive support for a fashion show during London Fashion Week in September 08, or a stand at the exhibitions. Contest prizes also include PR support in the weeks leading up to LFW.

New Gen has helped to launch the careers of Britan's fashion elite including Alexander McQueen, Clements Ribero, Matthew Williamson, Julien Mac Donald and Sophia Kokosalaki were past winners of the competition.

Three of the winners from the most recent competion in February are featured here: Erdem, Louse Goldin and Christopher Kane.

For more information on New Gen and how to apply.

London Fashion Week website

British Fashion Council  

Friday Late at the V&A - Out of the Ordinary Spectacular Craft

A current exhibition celebrating the handmade, the bespoke, unique and flawed.

Join the V&A for "Craft Rocks", an evening of talks, performances and workshops celebrating contemporary craft.

25 January 2008

Victoria and Albert Museum

Cromwell Road

London SW7

+44 (0)20 7942 2000

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      Time: 18.30 - 21.30
      Cost: Free

Out of the Ordinary V&A museum website

Milliner Stephen Jones at Dover Street Market

December 2nd 2005 - January 7th 2006

Dover Street Market
17-18 Dover Street
London W1S 4LT

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Hours: 11am-6pm Monday to Saturday
11am-7pm on Thursdays

Dover Street Market is hosting a retrospective of British milliner Stephen Jones' 25 years of work.

The exhibition is  a celebration of 25 years in millinery will showcase Jones' work on all six floors of London's Dover Market. On the ground floor you'll find hats that have re-defined " Movement, sensuality, traditional and innovative techniques are portrayed with charm in a cabinet of curiosities." Included in the exposition is the humorour Chapeau Boo-tique exposing the cheeky and whimsical aesthetic, rounding up the collection on display is the special collection created for  Comme des Garçons' AW 2005 'Broken Bride' Collection.

On the second floor is Jones' witty  'Handmade in England', which is a compilation of hats representing Stephen Jones' interpretation of traditional Britishness.

The third floor celebrates his collaborations, past and present, with numerous designers.

On the fourth floor super natural and animal inspired hats.

Tel : + 44 20 7518 0680
Email : info@doverstreetmarket.com
www.doverstreetmarket.com

drama of dress

Tue 06 September - Fri 07 October    
10am - 6pm Monday - Friday

Central Saint Martins Lethaby Gallery
Southampton Row
London,  WC1 4AP

'The Drama of Dress' an AHRB funded exhibition will showcase theatrical costume design and fashion from the Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection. The theatrical costume design section will feature work by Sheila Jackson, Pegaret Anthony, Alix Stone, Jeannetta Cochrane and Anthony Powell. The fashion section will showcase the recent donation from the Terrence Higgins Trust which consisits of various designs featuring the red ribbon logo. Many of the designers studied at CSM including Alexander McQueen, Matthew Wiliamson and Pearce Fionda although the exhibition will also feature designs by Versace, Armani, Westwood and other major designers.

London Design Festival 2005 Website

truly british

Now  thru Saturday 15 October

Harrods
87-135 Brompton Road
London, SW1X 7XL

An event celebrating British design as part of the London Design Festival 2005.

Cool Britannia is old news and Little Britain is a joke wearing thin; it's time to celebrate being truly, madly, deeply British. From September 5th to 15th October, Harrods is showcasing the best this country has to offer, revelling in the fascinating melting pot of cultures that makes Britain Great. Truly British is more than a storewide event. It's a state of mind. Truly British people are open-minded, free thinking, adventurous, tolerant, passionate, heroic, innovative, eccentric, mischievous and generous. You don't have to be born a Brit to be accepted; its absolutely fine to be ish.

Which other city could have nurtured artists as ethnically diverse as John Galliano, Hussein Chalayan, Alexander McQueen, Philip Treacy, Tracey Emin, Chris Ofili, Nick Hornby, Kazuo Ishiguro, Monica Ali, Miss Dynamite, Bjork and Talvin Singh?

London Design Festival Website

Dover Street Market Turns One!

Saturday September 10th

11am - 6pm

Believe it or not, London's Dover Street Market turns one this month. To celebrate, stop by the shop to enjoy complimentary drinks and treats from Rose Bakery. Music from Skam Records and  artists Quinoline Yellow (live) and Rob Hall (dj) in the Basement 2.00pm - 6.00pm.

You'll also be able to view the unveiling of many new spaces and products in the store including SHOWstudio's AMAZE ME, World Archive by Michael Costiff, Deryck Walker, Jan Comme des Garçons and Eye Junya Watanabe Man. And we present some new additions to FW 2005 Comme des Garçons HOMME PLUS : the first in a series of Comme des Garçons designed Rolling Stones T-shirts.

www.doverstreetmarket.com

Dover Street Market
17-18 Dover Street
London W1S 4LT
Tel: + 44 20 7518 0680

info@doverstreetmarket.com

Hours: 11am-6pm Monday to Saturday, 11am-7pm Thursday