This is the blog that celebrates the fact that if you’re good at playing instruments, then people throw clothes at you in the hope that you’ll wear it in NME, and Topshop will buy the collection after seeing it.
Stricken City get compared to the deliberately retro, naive and lo-fi sounds of C86 all the time. Everyone says their music is really “nice” and old indie kids love them. Also, their hot lead singer, Rebekah Rae, went to fashion college and so should know how to get dressed. Read more »
Last time Topshop Unique’s show was way ahead of the curve. They milked the techno-hippie, crop circles and trance vibe. The grey and fluoro designs further convinced me that one day high street fashion will be more fashion-forward than the designer labels. Read more »
There goes Kanye West with his fro-mullet. And there goes his new girlfriend (who one of my colleagues mistook for a dude earllier), model Amber Rose, bleached and shaven-headed in black sheeny leggings with her butt looking like an upside down heart. It’s perfection, and man, she knows it. See for yourself. Yes, it’s Danielle Scutt’s show and it’s pretty ill.
Jumper dress, £35, Topshop
Photographer: Hannah Sharpe
Concept: Fiona Cook
Model: Rosalind Shimmen
(note: we all worked at Topshop, this isn’t some lame PR thing)
Ali Rudney, 20, intern at a fashion magazine
Vice: Can you talk us through your outfit?
Ali: This skirt is from Beyond Retro, the boots are from All Saints, the jacket is from Mango, jumper from KOS, necklace by Topshop, and the bag is just from some stall in Camden. Read more »
Julia Patrick, 21, illustration student
Vice: What look are you going for here, young lady?
Julia: A mixture of vintage and a classic 60s London look. Read more »
Rosie Higham-Stainton, 21, student at Goldsmiths
Vice: What are you wearing?
Rosie: I’m wearing Militana moccasin boots, Topshop trousers, a Tory Burch coat, which I got this weekend from Harvey Nichols – very exciting, a vintage jumper that I got in a French market and some necklaces I collected from Brazil and Mexico. Read more »
This girl was a cute example of how H&M beats Chanel any day of the week and then KABLOOIE those spats cannonballed her into perfect ensemble status.
More
You can tell gentrification's getting out of hand when even the people profiting from it are taking potshots at the new arrivals.
More
