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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
‘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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 & [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 – [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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