The Vogue Festival 2014

This weekend sees the third ever Vogue Festival take place, in partnership with Harrods. On Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March 2014, a two-day fashion extravaganza from this style bible will be held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre.

Last year’s festival was a huge success with some of fashion’s biggest names in attendance for a weekend of interviews and discussions, including Victoria Beckham, Donatella Versace, Michael Kors, Paul Smith, Mario Testino, Vivienne Westwood, Alber Elbaz, Alexa Chung and Cara Delevingne.

This year promises to be even better with guest appearances from some of the most influential fashion icons today, with discussions to include the following:

Personal Style And Do You Have It? with Lucinda Chambers, Alexa Chung and Amanda Harlech

My Fashion Life with Manolo Blahnik, Tory Burch and Angela Missoni

Want To Work In Fashion? Vogue’s Fashion Masterclass with
Lisa Armstrong, fashion editor of The Telegraph; Sarah Burton, creative director at Alexander McQueen; Daniel Marks, director of The Communications Store; Alexandra Shulman, editor of Vogue; and Louise Wilson, course director at Central Saint Martins.

Go to to the Southbank Centre website to book foyer and talk tickets

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/

 

 

 

 

Office Party?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dress – Warehouse £60

Necklace – Marni £370

Bag – Dorothy Perkins £10

Shoes – Reiss £179

Enjoy!

Embellished

With but a week or so to go until the final month of the year, we are swiftly moving into the ‘party season’.

Whilst I will be looking at a number of festive party styles in the next couple of weeks, I thought I would get us started with a bit of embellishment. If there is one season that requires heaps of sparkly embellishment, be it for brunch, dinner or office party, it is the ‘party season’.

 

Clutch – Sylvia Toledano £1050

Skirt – Miss Selfridge £69

Heels – Kurt Geiger £200

Top – Topshop £36

Sweatshirt – J.Crew £375

Dress – Warehouse £140

Get Sparkling!

Sunday Best

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dress – Cos £79

Necklace – Topshop £13.50

Boots – Office £85

Bag – Dolce & Gabbana £1570

SUNDAY BEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dress – Acne £400

Clutch – Victoria Beckham £425

Shoes – Topshop £80

Cuff – IAM by Ileana Makri £235

 

 

Kate Moss to edit Vogue

Kate Moss has joined the British Vogue editorial team as contributing fashion editor.

The model, who has appeared on 33 British Vogue covers, will be a hands-on editor working with the magazine’s fashion team to produce fashion shoots, where she will have complete autonomy over the choice of photographers and models.

This will not be the first time that Kate will be involved with the production of the international fashion bible, as in 2005 she guest-edited an issue of Vogue Paris.

Editor Alexandra Shulman says of the new team member – ‘I am absolutely delighted that Kate is going to work with us in this new role. Her undoubtedly brilliant sense of style, depth of fashion knowledge and understanding of what makes a wonderful image will be exciting to see on the pages of British Vogue.’

This announcement follows the recent news that Kate Moss will continue her design collaboration with Topshop, with a new collection to be released in April 2014.

Rita Goes Punk

Via her wacky and wonderful world of Instagram, Rita Ora invited all of her followers into what looked to be a very exciting photo shoot this weekend.

Taking place at midnight on a rainy street in Paris, the pop goddess was with none other than Chanel Head Designer and Creative Director Karl Lagerfeld. Looking ultra stylish, Rita posted pictures whilst weraing a number of outfits that included a white fur coat, a full-length sequinned cape, black deer ears and antlers, all the while dripping in Chanel jewellery and pearls.

She also Tweeted ”Taking a midnight stroll with the man who inspires me to be glamorous at all times without a hint of doubt. Love you uncle Karl. #MidnightinPARIS (sic).”

Could Rita be the next muse for the ‘Karl Goes Punk’ campaign?

The Scottish Fashion Awards 2013

The very exciting Scottish Fashion Awards took place this week. The ceremony was held in London for the first time this year, and once again celebrated the Scottish fashion scene.

The biggest winner of the year, and his second consecutive year of winning the award, was Christopher Kane who walked away with Scottish Designer of the Year.

Other names to take home awards were Chanel, who scooped International Designer of the Year for its use of Scottish textiles in its Métiers D’Art Paris-Edinburgh collection, while Mary Charteris won Scottish Model of the Year.

The complete list of winners is as follows:

Scottish Designer of the Year: Christopher Kane

International Designer of the Year (For Best Use of Scottish Fabric): Chanel

Scottish Model of the Year: Mary Charteris

Scottish Fashion Icon: Emeli Sandé

Creative Excellence Award: Pam Hogg

Scottish Innovator of the Year: Louise Gray

Scottish Young Designer of the Year: Jennifer Morris

Scottish Textile Designer of the Year: Alice Palmer

Scottish Retailer of the Year: Schuh

Scottish Communicator of the Year: Penny Martin

Scottish Accessory Designer of the Year: Finlay & Co

Scottish Graduate of the Year: Lauren Smith

Scottish Ambassador of the Year: Harris Tweed Hebrides

Hall of Fame: Dr Brian Duffy

Congratulations to all!

London Fashion Week

Hello Fashion Addicts

Apologies for not being in touch, but following an absolutely sublime scorcher of a summer, which was closely followed by the London Fashion Week Shows, it has all been a bit crazy!

I am already missing our wonderful summer, so I thought I would fast forward  to Spring Summer 2014 by profiling some of the very Best of British designers who recently exhibited at London Fashion Week.

Here at ClosetBox we believe in supporting our British designers by offering them a platform to profile, market and sell their items in our unique Boutique showroom. Check it out.

McQ – A design house that never ever fails to make an impact. For its SS14 collection McQ applied a stunning dark colour palette to the finest of fabrics. These were emblazoned with a graphic print, making for a quirky and edgy tailored look, and a dark and smouldering contrast to the usual summer palette.

Giles – a collection that spoke more of Halloween than Spring Summer as garments also appeared in a darker colour palette for the summer months. Silk items were decorated with spooky renaissance style graphic print that featured a number of contemporary fashion icons including Kate Moss. Black leather and lace were also prominent as was the contrasting baby pink lipstick printed garments, and the pastel and grey bat printed dresses, keeping the spooky theme throughout.

House of Holland –In typical Henry Holland style, his SS14 collection made for a bright, bold and sassy catwalk. Summer Brights were presented in a range of texture and print, including gingham, floral, check, lace, animal print and denim.  An eclectic and breath-taking collection that is sure to have a huge influence on the high street next year.

Roll on Summer 2014!

Henry Holland and his Ice Cream Truck

Henry Holland is the proud owner of his first ever moving pop up store in the shape of an actual ice cream van.

It’ll be travelling to high streets up and down the country for the month of August, but rather than serving sweet treats, it’ll be stocked with new and exclusive pieces also available on the new look ecommerce site, www.houseofholland.co.uk.

The designer has created a summer collection featuring those signature polka dots as well as candy stripes and acid brights on headwear, accessories, jewellery and eyewear.

See the schedule below to keep track of the super-cool HOH truck and check out www.houseofholland.co.uk for the latest updates.

August
2nd – 3rd – Piazza Covent Garden
8th – 10th – Carnaby St
15th – 17th – Monmouth St, Seven Dials
29th – 31st – Spitalfields

September
7th – Manchester
14th – House of Holland LFW Show Venue
21st – 22nd – London Fashion Weekend, Somerset House

What do you think?