Maison Martin Margiela has hit the high street in London, Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester at H&M stores.
On November 15, H&M opened its doors to reveal the collection, it is also available online. The collection features evening wear, trousers, coats, shoes and menswear. It is very couture inspired and are recreations of past pieces.
The collection is largely an online sellout, with very few pieces remaining, the collection is a very close reflection of the Margiela ready-to-wear line.
This dress is a reinvention of a piece from the spring/summer 1996 collection, it has a plunging neckline and a low back that has thin diagonal straps. The dress has a classic fishtail bottom, making it easy to wear and to walk in. The figure fitting dress uses jersey fabric to increase the comfort of the garment, the fabric is printed with sequins.
Step 1 - Paint the base of the nail white.
Step 2 - After this is fully dry paint half of the nail (horizontally) red, you can use strips of nail tape or sellotape to make this line straight
Step 3 - Paint the line between the red and white nail polish with a black strip of nail polish
Step 4 - When fully dry paint a white dot in the centre of the black line!
Winter is fast approaching and here are a few things that I would like to buy before the cold weather. The burgundy jumper has leatherette elbow patches, and is slightly loose in fit. The black shorts are high waisted and would require tights in the A/W weather, the boots are suitable for all season.
Jewellery creator Chopard has released a Haute Joaillerie tollection inspired by Walt Disney's Princesses with London store Harrods.
The collection consists of 10 pieces featuring Ariel, Belle and Cinderella. The jewellery comprises of bracelets, hairpieces, earrings and necklaces. The collection was launched with Harrods' Christmas window displays.
The Chopard Haute Joaillerie collection is available
exclusively in Harrods Fine Jewellery Room until the end of
December.
Vivienne Westwood has created a T-shirt in order to support Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.
Westwood was pictured weating the shirt while she visited Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, the shirt is unisex and features a picture of Westwood on the front and is sold via Westwood's website.
Westwood has been known through the punk era to be highly controversial, due to her latex outfits sold from her shop, titled 'Sex'. Assange has been living in the Embassy since June 2012, seeking diplimatic asylum.
The shirts go on sale Saturday, November 3.
Yesterday I attended a fashion masterclass with my University, as I study fashion journalism at the University of Sunderland. We got the train to London Friday morning at attended a lecture at 2oclock at Sunderland's Canary Wharf Campus.
Our lecture was by four well known fashion journalists:
Rachel Richardson - Editor of Fabulous magazine
Hattie Crisell - Free-lance journalist, has previously interned at Red magazine, worked for 4Beauty and the Big Brother website, she currently reports the the New York magazine The Cut.
Hannah Almassi - Deputy fashion news and features editor at Grazia.
Louise Gannon - A show business journalist, recently interviewed Justin Bieber, writes for Elle and Grazia.
I'm struggling to find a photo of Louise, however here is a link to a collection of her articles!
http://journalisted.com/louise-gannon?allarticles=yes
They highlighted the importance of having to want a career in journalism, and how we shouldn't expect it to come overnight or easily. In order to become a successful fashion journalist you need to constantly become an expert in new topics, continuously network and be friendly to everybody you meet as everyone is a contact.
Knowing your journalism law and shorthand is essential (I'm currently learning both at University), be a positive intern and getting your foot in the door at fashion is an ongoing, time consuming process.
Westwood has launched a distinctive new range of winter coats, all designed, made and finished to the usual high Vivienne Westwood quality standard.
This women's RAC coat is lipstick red, woollen and has a high collar as well as a curved front breast panel. The golden buttons have the Westwood print embedded into them, this coat is military inspired and is a key quality piece for autumn/winter 2012/2013, it retails at £580.00.
This Men's quilted Hunting jacket is created by Anglomania Lee, the fabric is rinsed, quilted denim. The thread is gold, with a Westwood Orb resting on the breast pocket subtly. The jacket is practical due to its large pockets with stud fastenings, and a ribbed knitted collar for warmth, it also has two way zip fastening. This retails at £215.00
http://www.viviennewestwood.co.uk
