Fashion

Serkan Cura interviewed as Antwerp’s RA Goes Parisian!

Serkan Cura interviewed as Antwerp’s RA Goes Parisian!

Antwerp has for a long time had significant impact on fashion, with the Antwerp 6 dominating our wardrobes and publications across the world. Now it is RA, an Antwerp based boutique come exhibition space, which is impacting on the fashion world. The opening of the RA Paris satelite this month has seen a new RA space host the launch of [...]

February 19, 2012 | 0 Comments More
The English Drape Suit – Fashion Article

The English Drape Suit – Fashion Article

Quiet perfection and sealed lips has been the guiding mantra of Anderson and Sheppard, the Savile Row tailor to virtually every renowned dandy of the past one hundred years. Their style of cut, the quintessentially elegant English drape, “the natural look, the sloped shoulder, the limp silhouette,” has graced the backs of many a bon [...]

February 18, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Spring Summer 2012 Collection Preview – Christopher Kane

Spring Summer 2012 Collection Preview – Christopher Kane

Indomitable Flux writer Charlotte Davey braved the frenzied chaos that is London Fashion Week to bring us the best and most inspiring of the Spring Summer 2012 collections on display. Sorting the wheat from the chafe was no mean feat but after a bit of brutal editing here is our final selection. Our next 2012 [...]

February 14, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Spring Summer 2012 Collection Preview – Topshop Unique

Spring Summer 2012 Collection Preview – Topshop Unique

Intrepid Flux writer Charlotte Davey braved the frenzied chaos that is London Fashion Week to bring us the best and most inspiring of the Spring Summer 2012 collections on display. Sorting the wheat from the chafe was no mean feat but after a bit of brutal editing here is our final selection. Next up is [...]

February 13, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Spring Summer 2012 Collection Preview – Mulberry

Spring Summer 2012 Collection Preview – Mulberry

Intrepid Flux writer Charlotte Davey braved the frenzied chaos that is London Fashion Week to bring us the best and most inspiring of the Spring Summer 2012 collections on display. Sorting the wheat from the chafe was no mean feat but after a bit of brutal editing here is our final selection. Next up is [...]

February 12, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Grit – Fantastical Beauty Photography

Grit – Fantastical Beauty Photography

My hair is my pride and joy. I wear it like a mane. Sometimes I like to wrap it round myself so it completely envelops my body. Sometimes my hair shouts and screams – expressing what’s inside me. I love my hair and my hair loves me. Beauty Photography from Haley Ballard.       [...]

February 8, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Chen Man – Fashion Photography Exhibition

Chen Man – Fashion Photography Exhibition

Chen Man is one of the leading photographers of her generation. For a decade now she has led the way with some inspiring images for both magazines and leading international brands. Her striking and powerful photography has graced the pages of Elle, Cosmopolitan and Vogue. When we were asked if we would like to  be [...]

February 7, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Still Good x Spring Court Men’s Tennis Shoes

Still Good x Spring Court Men’s Tennis Shoes

The most famous thing about French tennis shoe brand Spring Court is the really rather impressive fact that John Lennon got married in a pair! Now for Spring Summer 12, they collaborate with Still Good for a range for Colette. From their launch back in 1936, Spring Court revolutionised tennis with their natural ventilation and [...]

February 5, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Christian Louboutin Store Launch Manchester

Christian Louboutin Store Launch Manchester

December 2011 saw house of iconic French shoe design, Christian Louboutin, open its first Manchester based boutique. Housed on the first floor of Manchester’s premium lifestyle retailer, Harvey Nichols, the Christian Louboutin store & boutique stands as the labels first store outside London and 48th store worldwide.   The store will be launching with its [...]

February 2, 2012 | 0 Comments More
RAWards – The Indra ‘Accessories Designer of the Year’ Arts Awards

RAWards – The Indra ‘Accessories Designer of the Year’ Arts Awards

Last year we were approached to be main media support for the RAWards arts awards which helps cultivate bright new creative talent across the USA. We were honoured to be asked and so accepted the invitation. RAW go above and beyond in their pursuit of the finest future artists to give them that helping hand [...]

January 31, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Photo by Joseph Balestra www.josephbalestra.com

RAWards – Mariel Rojo ‘Fashion Designer of the Year’ Creative Industry Awards

Last year we were approached to be main media support for the RAWards creative industry awards which helps cultivate bright new creative talent across the USA. We were honoured to be asked and so accepted the invitation. RAW go above and beyond in their pursuit of the finest future artists to give them that helping [...]

January 27, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Curated by Lyle and & Scott on Channel 4

Curated by Lyle and & Scott on Channel 4

When we were asked to be a part of this music show on Channel 4 we hesitated for a moment or two.  It’s one thing us interviewing bands and such but a totally different scenario when the tables are turned. (yes I know a taste of our own medicine and all that). Anyway seen as [...]

January 19, 2012 | 0 Comments More
The Road – Post Apocalyptic Fashion Shoot

The Road – Post Apocalyptic Fashion Shoot

This is a tale that chimes with our times. Leonardo V has created The Road, a fashion shoot influenced by the book and film of the same name. Order has broken down. Humanity is in crisis. The familiar and comforting elements of our civilisation are all in ruin. Pockets of survivors exist amongst the chaos. [...]

January 17, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Why doesn’t Tyra & Béyonce call me back? Fashion Shoot

Why doesn’t Tyra & Béyonce call me back? Fashion Shoot

Waiting for that telephone to ring. All glammed up with no place to go. Got myself all sexy and sassy and I’ve locked down my garb. Why no call? I’m sure I left the right number. Got the apartment all fresh and shiny. Counting down the seconds. Just need that phone to ring… New Fashion [...]

January 10, 2012 | 0 Comments More
New PUMA Shadow Society GTX States

New PUMA Shadow Society GTX States

If you’re a sneakerhead you’ll no doubt go all dewy eyed at the news of this new PUMA release. The secretive organisation otherwise known as The PUMA Shadow Society have announced that the third and final drop of their series will be the classic GTX States.   This now classic suede sneak has been reinvented [...]

January 7, 2012 | 0 Comments More
KR3W Street Boots Collection

KR3W Street Boots Collection

Perhaps better known as a street skate clothing company KR3W do a natty line in slick leather boots for men who like their feet adorned in a boot made of quality leather but with that street edge still unashamedly on show.   These boots from KR3W are made for walking & lounging as well as [...]

January 6, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Deep Black high top trainers from M by Monderer

Deep Black high top trainers from M by Monderer

A wishlist of super good looking trainers, classy not kooky, sleek black and stand out would get you these Deep Black high top trainers – absolute beauties from M by Monderer. The range is all black leather, stitched and eyes to the n-th degree to give a look that is pure understated darkness. These are great [...]

January 3, 2012 | 0 Comments More
The Big Issue, Sting & Trudie Styler launch ‘The Bag Issue’

The Big Issue, Sting & Trudie Styler launch ‘The Bag Issue’

I’ve heard of many strange and unusual materials in my time. Bamboo and hemp, with their green credentials, I know are all the rage but this one is a new one on me. The Big Issue have just launched their new initiative “The Bag Issue” which features some very desirable bags made from banana skin [...]

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Pieces of 8 – London Jewellery Exhibition & Pop-Up Shop

Pieces of 8 – London Jewellery Exhibition & Pop-Up Shop

I’m a bit wary nowadays of the whole pop-up shop concept. Especially now big brands have cottoned onto the idea, often disguising themselves as cool one-off boutiques to get down with the kids But there are still some great ones out there and they do beat the dreary grind of plodding around the often unimaginative [...]

December 9, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Art Rocks: Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition, London

Art Rocks: Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition, London

Art Rocks: Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition features some of the finest and most inventive jewellers around. This is as many light years away from dull uninspiring high street jewellery as you can possibly get. Each design shines out as unique and handcrafted plus there’s a real sense of fun and experimentation in every piece. This comes [...]

December 6, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Gio-Goi – New Contraband Range Review

Gio-Goi – New Contraband Range Review

Live who you are. We are. Introducing Contraband, the brand new range from Gio-Goi – Kicking off the new A/W season with an additional, fresh new line is how they roll at Gio-Goi. Taking inspiration from the hub of innovation and street cool of London, the collection fuses together the capital’s ideologies with its underground [...]

December 6, 2011 | 0 Comments More
55dsl Friends & Family – Win a t-shirt designed in Italy

55dsl Friends & Family – Win a t-shirt designed in Italy

If you feel the need to get up to speed on culture in new generation Italia, then a great place to start is this collaboration coming in from 55dsl. With t-shirt motifs designed by six Italian creatives, it’s photographic and cinematically based so we love it here at FLUX! We have one of each design to give [...]

December 4, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Dress by Alexandra Groover

Swift dark dead

What happens when you mix a bit of old school goth with some slick new wave? Here are some great pieces by Alexander Groover and Inbar Spector et al! Enjoy this new fashion photography winter shoot which is dark warrior princess by Peter Ashworth and Gemma Winter. recommended view in full screen! Photography by Peter Ashworth www.ashworth-photos.com Styling [...]

December 3, 2011 | 0 Comments More
PONY with Dee & Ricky Launches at Colette

PONY with Dee & Ricky Launches at Colette

Thursday 15th December sees the launch of PONY’s sneaker collaboration with New York designers Dee & Ricky, at Paris’s best known fashion boutique, Colette. If you like your sneakers off beat, bright and fancy free this is a new collaboration for you. Dee & Ricky are the well known hyperactive New York fashion designer twins. [...]

December 3, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Embrace the Dark Side of Winter – Alexander McQueen Scarves

Embrace the Dark Side of Winter – Alexander McQueen Scarves

For a taste of classic terror, the new silk Alexander McQueen scarves can’t be beaten. And they make a fabulous Christmas treat for those wanting more from their scarves than woollen strips to keep out the weather. Bringing a hallucinatory darkness to the gloomy winter evenings, the luxurious silk cascades of the Alexander McQueen scarves [...]

November 29, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Manchester Fitters – Flux Magazine Supports Fashion Exhibition

Manchester Fitters – Flux Magazine Supports Fashion Exhibition

It’s always great to be asked to feature in exhibitions, and we are pleased to present a selection of our best fashion photography in this one. Manchester Fitters is a forward looking fashion exhibition that celebrates quality and craft in a hand-picked selection of the city’s most forward thinking design creatives.   Alongside ourselves, exhibitors range from [...]

November 28, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Ring by Aidan Li

WOHOOOH!!! Jewellery Exhibition on Tour

The oddly named “WOHOOOH!!!” Jewellery Exhibition devised by Tricia Tang opens to the public with a ceremony in Hong Kong on 24th November before touring Sydney, Taipei and Bangkok. Bringing together the visionary products of 10 postmodern jewellers from 5 culturally diverse nations, the exhibition attempts to ‘push the boundaries and materialistic disciplines inherent in the [...]

November 22, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Quilted fashion luxury from Lavenham!

Quilted fashion luxury from Lavenham!

Traditional equestrian textile manufacturer, Lavenham, have put their horsey expertise into premium fashion for men and women. This season sees the launch of some high end quilted fashion wonders. Founded in 1969, the Lavenham brand initially made their mark on the textiles industry by creating the first nylon quilted horse rug. The rug was thought to be a revolutionary feat [...]

November 16, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Kangol Siren Fedora – Perfect Winter Hat

Kangol Siren Fedora – Perfect Winter Hat

Kangol are on the money with the launch of this wonderful purple fedora hat for girls. In luxurious wool felt, it could just be the perfect winter hat this season. It’s important to know your hats. You should know that a fedora has a wider brim at the front than a trilby. And whereas he trilby is [...]

November 15, 2011 | 0 Comments More
DREAMSUITS – Designs by Nudie Cohn, the Rodeo Tailor

DREAMSUITS – Designs by Nudie Cohn, the Rodeo Tailor

The stylised cowboy suit. – we all know that now classic overblown American style. Heavily embroidered with iconic western imagery they became the epitome of idealised American machismo (bordering on camp). It seemed to point to a heroic Western utopia that in reality never really existed. What is less well known is that this style [...]

November 10, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Denim by Premiere Vision – An Exploration into World Denim

Denim by Premiere Vision – An Exploration into World Denim

With all the doom and gloom around it’s good to hear a bit of cheery news from the fashion sector. The trade show Denim by Premiere Vision is now on its 9th edition and it’s steady as she goes as it seems even more exhibitors than usual are set to grace it with their presence. [...]

November 9, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Retro Culture – A Salute to a Vanished World

Retro Culture – A Salute to a Vanished World

‘A salute to a vanished world.’  This is a fitting, if poetic, description of the meaning of that often bounded around Latin prefix, retro. The term is, more often than not, associated with fashion, or more accurately the development of fashion, shadows of Oxford bags or rah-rah being spotted in new cuts of this and that [...]

November 8, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Chameleon in Grey – New Fashion Photography

Chameleon in Grey – New Fashion Photography

He was a splendid creature and he loved the attention. He tried to put on an expression that said otherwise but there was no hiding it. The clothes he wore reflected his shifting moods. Sometimes his finery shone like his smile in his euphoria but there was a darker side, a melancholy and his clothes [...]

November 1, 2011 | 0 Comments More
TRIWA Watches & Fredrik Odman

TRIWA Watches & Fredrik Odman

The Swedish designers of TRIWA watches are confronting minimalist Scandinavian design aesthetics full on with their latest collection for AW11. Pitching the label as the rebels of watch design, TRIWA designs are sophisticated but unpretentious, playful but not childlike. Created to reflect the attitude of the wearer. Precision machinery for the rebellious at heart; for [...]

October 30, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Yves Saint Laurent DVD: L’Amour Fou – Win a Copy

Yves Saint Laurent DVD: L’Amour Fou – Win a Copy

The beginning of the end commences as we witness the final interview with fashion visionary, Yves Saint Laurent before his loss to his battle with brain cancer. The sadness, the joy, the jubilation, the relapses and the recoveries; nothing escapes the cinematic capabilities of debut director, Pierre Thornton with his Yves Saint Laurent DVD: L’Amour [...]

October 28, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Nadel & Pen: Tailored Jeans Sewn With Passion

Nadel & Pen: Tailored Jeans Sewn With Passion

Designer Tilmann Wröbel is a bit of an all rounder. Known for working with prestigious names in Haute Couture in the 80’s – the likes of Christian Dior and Nina Ricci, he went on to jump ship to the denim industry, creating his own denim design office Monsieur-T in 2007. His new denim brand, Nadel & [...]

October 26, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Volcom SEED Collection Supports Rising Talent

Volcom SEED Collection Supports Rising Talent

Modern lifestyle brand Volcom, bred on liberation, innovation and experimentation is focussed on supporting creative individuals, from athletes and musicians to artists. For their latest adventure, they delve into the fresh design talent pool that is the London College of Fashion to collaborate with one of their rising luminaries, Anju Khusul.   Highly anticipated, the [...]

October 20, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Celebrating Cheap Monday’s Manchester store launch!

Celebrating Cheap Monday’s Manchester store launch!

Swedish brand, Cheap Monday has been creating its fashion hungry collections since 2004. From the brand’s roots as a weekend only, second hand store in a Stockholm suburb, to its first jeans style ‘Tight’ that became an overnight success with the Swedish fashion cognoscenti, the brand started by Orjan Andersson and Adam Friberg continues its [...]

October 15, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Saturday Night & Sunday Morning – New Beauty Story

Saturday Night & Sunday Morning – New Beauty Story

This beauty story uses portraiture as its inspiration. The images of these young men and women stare back at us. Angry, confused, defiant. These faces could be from any age – any era. Youth is on their side. They are ready to take on the world. Adulthood looms large.   photographer Hayley Louisa Brown stylist [...]

October 13, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Win Cheap Monday coats for Autumn Winter

Win Cheap Monday coats for Autumn Winter

The Cheap Monday Manchester store opened its doors this week in Selfridges, and to celebrate in style, Flux joined in the party organised by our favourite party people, Fingers in Pies. To make sure you don’t feel left out, the generous folk at Cheap Monday have given us some fantastic coats and jackets from the [...]

October 13, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Joanna wears blouse. by Givenchy, vintage necklace, dress by Eye Doll, shoes by Yves Saint Laurent

The Seamstress – New Fashion Shoot by Michael Morrison

I entered by studio today expecting the usual mess from the day before. My erratic train of thought frozen in time. To my eternal surprise the scene of confusion though had leapt into a whole new gear. Female figures had somehow melted into by chaotic workplace adorned in otherworldly garb. Like some new fashion shoot [...]

October 7, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Red Wing Shoes Amsterdam launch online store

Red Wing Shoes Amsterdam launch online store

Iconic American footwear brand, Red Wing first started making work shoes in 1905. Their factory was based in the town of Red Wing on the shores of the Mississippi River. In 2011, the shoes are still brought to us from the deep American South, by a team of craftsmen and women hand making shoes in the same [...]

October 6, 2011 | 0 Comments More
skirt as Cape by Ida Sjöstedt, panties by Control It, bracelet by Bjørg Jewellry, ring by Bjørg Jewellry, shoes by Finsk

A Dark Night – New Fashion Shoot by Jenni Porkka

I want to invite you on a midnight walk. Through the empty streets while most of the world sleeps. Let’s strike a pose. Let our bodies flow without restriction. Can you feel the energy flow? We can dance the night away – New Midnight Fashion Shoot by Jenni Porkka. Photography – Jenni Porkka Styling – [...]

October 6, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Diane Pernet’s Shaded View on Fashion Film

Diane Pernet’s Shaded View on Fashion Film

Fashion blog icon Diane Pernet’s shaded view on fashion is one of the most influential insider regards on the industry. Based in Paris, the New Yorker’s passion is promoting any talent – young or established – that pushes boundaries or does something transcendental. Since 2008 her film festival – A Shaded View on Fashion Film [...]

October 4, 2011 | 0 Comments More
metal nails with Swarovski crystals by Nat Milano, dress by GF Ferre', earrings by Sharra Pagano

Earth Girls Aren’t Easy – Alien Fashion Shoot

Things have changed on earth since the eighties and our native women are not the pushover they once were. As this fashion shoot will show – Earth Girls Aren’t Easy and any self respecting alien better watch out when visiting our fair planet. Our women are now armed and dangerous.   Photographer Lucia Giacani Stylist [...]

October 4, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Walter van Beirendonck interviewed!

Walter van Beirendonck interviewed!

Walter van Beirendonck, founding member of the Antwerp Six, tells Jim Morrall about why he is a giant monster with a big heart. In the run up to ‘Dream the World Awake’, a major retrospective at the MoMu fashion museum of Antwerp, we talked about some splendidly exuberant archives and legacies. From altruistic, positive and [...]

September 21, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Harvey Nichols & Disneyrollergirl’s Secret Tees

Harvey Nichols & Disneyrollergirl’s Secret Tees

With all the big names chasing all the fashion bloggers you know that the demise of fashion magazines as we knew and loved them is picking up a pace. This week saw Harvey Nichols team up with Disneyrollergirl to create and auction off a set of one-off t-shirts designed by creatives selected by the celebrated [...]

September 15, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Serum Versus Venom – Flux interviews David Gensler

Serum Versus Venom – Flux interviews David Gensler

David Gensler is founder of Bespoke and Made to Measure design brand Serum Versus Venom (SVSV). Defying definition as another “fashion brand”, Gensler explores a creative niche with clothing being only a small part of what the brand ultimately offers. Gensler dabbles not only in design, but in ideas, media and art as platforms for [...]

September 11, 2011 | 0 Comments More
K-Swiss go hiking for Autumn Winter

K-Swiss go hiking for Autumn Winter

If you’re like me and enjoy a nice hike up the side of a mountain to clear your head and replenish your soul you’ll be pleased to hear that you’re not alone. We hikers have to stand up and be counted, not cringe and deny our passion. Now those fashionable sports types at K-Swiss have come along [...]

September 10, 2011 | 0 Comments More
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Ellesse Fab Five trainers – fashion collaborations for autumn

If trainers were superheroes, this new limited edition range by Ellesse would be the ultimate fashion superhero gang. This autumn the eighties trainer brand has teamed up with five of the ultimate European fashion retailers to create the Ellesse Fab Five and bring a new look to their classic styles. Offering a different style to each [...]

September 9, 2011 | 0 Comments More