Stajl By Malmo -Design Market

If anyone is in Sweden, near Malmo on the 31st of August, come down to this years Stajl By Malmo on St Knuts Torget from 12.00-20.00.

There will be the usual designer market and fashion shows with a large amount of new faces in the designer tents. Most people, like me, have reduced prices on their sock and it’s a great chance to see what Malmo designers have been creating.

Lowie SALE!!

I just received a mail about the Lowie Sale, here it is,

All Organic cotton clothing now at 1/2 price including FREE postage

• Matinee jackets were £125, now £62.50
• Tea dress, was £145, now £72.50
• Sailor dress, was £125, now £62.50 (if you’re reading this Nils, I want this one!)
  
• Trench coat, was £185, now £92.50

Until 30th August or while stocks last

Fellowship of the R.S.A

Wow, I just received an invite to become a Fellow if the Royal Society of Arts! I even get a mounted diploma to hang on the office wall, hehehhe
The R.S.A website

The Great British Craft Tour

Here’s a press release I just received-

July 2008.

Roseanna Wyatt and Tjobbe Andrews, from Byfield in Northamptonshire, have today announced that they are embarking on a tour with a difference - a tour of England, Scotland and Wales’s crafters, artists and makers.

The tour will see Roseanna and Tjobbe set off from their home in Northamptonshire heading through England, Scotland and Wales, whilst stopping along the way at as many craft shops, craft fairs and galleries as they can.

“The aim is to stop off at crafters and makers along the way and take photos of the work we see, and put it onto the travel diary on our Web site and blog as we go along,” said Roseanna.

The tour - aptly named “The Great British Craft Tour” is intended to give free publicity to crafters, makers and artists that the pair visits along the way. Nothing like it has been done before, and if it succeeds could see Rosie and Tjobbe embarking on a similar tour on an annual basis.

“We want to visit as many crafters as we can during the tour, we don’t really have a timescale but think it could take anywhere up to a month! We asked around and have got the use of a classic VW Camper Van for the duration, we have our laptop and our plastic cutlery and are ready to go!” said Roseanna.

“We are securing a lot of publicity for this, not only will crafters know about it but consumers and members of the public will hear about the tour via their local newspapers, radio stations and other Web sites and media outlets” Tjobbe adds.

All that awaits now is a definite route to take. Tjobbe Andrews says they are open to suggestions, “We will gladly drop by where we are invited by crafters, if someone wants to show us their work then we will certainly consider stopping off, we will come round, take some pictures, have a chat about their work and add it to our Web site.”

The tour promises to be an eye opener for Rosie and Tjobbe and with the coverage they expect to get, the crafters featured on the site can expect some good publicity too.

Rosie and Tjobbe can be contacted via their Web site: www.thegreatbritishcrafttour.co.uk and their tour is due to start in late summer 2008. If you would like them to stop by and feature your work, simply go to their Web site and click the links to request a visit.

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Press / media contacts: Tjobbe Andrews or Roseanna Wyatt. Respective mobile numbers: 07917 390 902 or 07816 153 081, landline: 01327 264 146 or email: info@thegreatbritishcrafttour.co.uk and Web site: www.thegreatbritishcrafttour.co.uk.

Monique Luttin -millinery

One of my friends on Fashionspace is Milliner Monique Luttin.

I am mesmerized by her designs, they are so ”on trend” as Grazia magazine would say, and they are so architectural that they seem timeless. I can’t find anywhere with prices yet but I’ll keep my search up.

Cotton Scarves now on sale!

Go to the eka shop to get yours! (be quick, I only have limited stock)

Hair Hats

I’ve just been sent a link by my friend Claire, it’s the most CRAZY/AMAZING thing I’ve seen in a while!!
HAIR HATS

Katharine Hepburn

I can’t imagine how different Katharine Hepburn looked compared to the other women of her time, apparently she would insist on wearing mens cut styles, this must have made her look so fierce and intimidating to men, she’s an amazing role model in fashion and those pants, well she made the cut ‘timeless’ thats for sure. Her style is something that has no time to it, it’s just good taste, she looks great and still would if you plucked her out of the 30’s and put her into the street today (actually she’d look amazing today wouldn’t she!)

Here’s a couple of quotes I found on ‘The Fashion Spot where they have a thread chatting about her and have posted some amazing pictures.

“With stout resolve,” reports a fashion book, “she almost single-handedly broke down the dress code for women” by insisting on wearing men’s trousers on set and off, everywhere and all the time. Her style was so informal and untraditional that she never, even after becoming a star, owned a dress or skirt of her own. One of her many awards came from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in1986 – in recognition of her role as non-conformist in modern fashion.”

Her intelligence and talent eclipsed her beauty but that is not to say she wasn’t beautiful and glamorous. Her androgynous, modern style was a breath of fresh air in a generation where cleavage, curves and pouts were everywhere. Her characteristic New England accent perfectly suited her strong, head-strong nature. Her non-conformist, boyish, casual style was once thought ungainly but became chic and eventually Katharine Hepburn was thought of as a fashion idol.

Henrik Vibskov, WOODWOOD and Copenhagen

We went to Copenhagen for the weekend to see the Copenhagen Pro skate comp, Nils was shooting it and Pontus was skating in it so we all stayed in a hotel (surprisingly posh for the price) called the Copenhagen Island, it was so nice to be so greedy at the breakfast buffet, I could have sat there for hours!

Us girls decided to go shopping on the Saturday in the centre, I love WOODWOOD so we visited that store, which was good but not really that amazing for the prices.

They did have the Chloe Sevingny collection for ‘Opening Ceremony’ which I love, but the price seems so steep that I would never be able to buy it and be convinced it was really worth it, maybe I need to keep my eye on the WOODWOOD shop for sales…but even at 50% off it’s a hefty price.

We then crossed the road and visited the Henrik Vibskov shop, another place featuring hefty pricetags, but I was totally smitten with the knitwear, leggings, tights, big baggy jumpers and the like, in bright colours but not too ’80’s’ like most of the mens collection. The summer collection has aztec designs and loads of pixel images printed onto T’s, dresses and leggings.

Here’s a lovely dress I found with a sort of fish tail hemline, I also love the all in one suit, the cut looks amazing.

Summer Scarves are in!

The summer crocheted cotton scarves have arrived at last!

I’m going to get them pictured and on the shop at ekawear.com asap.

I’m super excited as they are such lovely colours, they look so great worn as a splash of summer colour with an outfit, perfect!