INTERVIEWS

Fri, 15/08/2008 - Nicholas-Guy Smith is a menswear design student at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Currently on his industry year, Nicholas is gallivanting around New York gaining experience and sourcing research ready for his final collection. Nicholas' work has won him the Paul Smith Tailoring ... READ MORE...

Mon, 11/08/2008 - My work is inspired by everything that goes on around me. My inspiration for this collection was cultural symbolism. How people create each other. How we are moulded to be what our culture lets us. Are we perceived by others the way we intend to be perceived? Or are we judged under their own ... READ MORE...

Mon, 04/08/2008 - The label is a Vienna based fashion label working in the field of high quality women’s wear. Mangelware´s design has a subtle graphical expression with focus on details, such like pleats, smocked fabric, the cuts and the use and combination of high quality materials that accentuate the body in a ... READ MORE...

Mon, 28/07/2008 - My last collection which I exhibited at Graduate Fashion Week 2008 was called “The Circular Motion of Life”. It was inspired by a sentence that I had read about how the first three years of a child’s life determines their character and personality in later life. During this research I ... READ MORE...

Mon, 21/07/2008 - I am a new addition to the pool of young designers, fighting to keep my head above the water. I was born and bread on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia, Finnish by birth and heritage. However, for the past four years I have learned the English way of life, and albeit the terrible taste in deep fried ... READ MORE...

Mon, 14/07/2008 - Julia And Ben was founded in 2007 after the two designers met at ESMOD Fashion school in Berlin. Our Inspiration comes from all sorts of things that surround us. As our studio is located in the Berlin Mitte Art Centre, a lot of it comes from daily random stuff we see. Work is all about process ... READ MORE...

Mon, 07/07/2008 - Elements of puppetry, gothica, and 18th century aristocracy underpin this, my first menswear collection. Designers, Boudicca and Bruno Pieters have been influential alongside films such as ‘Being John Malcovich’, ‘The Cell’ and music videos from Marilyn Manson. These references influenced ... READ MORE...

Mon, 30/06/2008 - My inspiration for this collection (my first) came about from my analysis of the mind under a state of psychosis. I wanted to try and understand what it might feel like to be bound and restricted by the mind and its activities. I am inspired by surrealism. My collection named Madame Veroniques ... READ MORE...

Mon, 16/06/2008 - The clothes that I design are beautifully crafted pieces with intricate fabric manipulation and a whimsical fantasy like quality. My work is often described as bold and dramatic and sometimes avant garde, especially for the collection show pieces. As a passionate person and an innovative designer, ... READ MORE...

Mon, 09/06/2008 - The label Volutio stands for a man of modern thought and emancipation dressed in eloquent yet uncoerced suits that evolve from the established formal attire. Volutio continues the search for an advanced form to suit today’s chevalier. I founded the label Volutio in 2007 after a medaled diploma ... READ MORE...

Mon, 02/06/2008 - Ultra-graphic prints, eye-popping colour, and legendry designs make Belle Sauvage’s futuristic street-style, jet into the face of mainstream streetwear, By offering a combination of slick subversive imagery projected onto body-con viscose and leather showpieces, sure to impress any streetwear ... READ MORE...

Mon, 26/05/2008 - "I started imagining clothes the same way I started creating images: with a sense of curiosity and innocence driven by my no-background background. No school. No teachers. No telly. No boundaries. No formatting. I like the idea of a world that we could live and shape by ourselves, only by ... READ MORE...

Mon, 19/05/2008 - I have just graduated the MA in Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. My graduate collection consisted of 10 outfits with shoes, inspired by the artists Christo & Jeanne Claudes wrapping projects and 50’s Couture. Growing up, I was overexposed to good taste. ... READ MORE...

Mon, 12/05/2008 - Our mission is simple, to make great hats that people can wear at any and all occasions… But this mission is founded on the profound belief that there is a hat for every head, making our endeavor an eternal learning process as we develop new styles to suit our ever growing following of loyal ... READ MORE...

Mon, 05/05/2008 - "I will never forget the feeling when I first saw the very cheesy movie Sissi. I remember it like yesterday. I begged my parents to buy me Sissi books for Christmas and I spent hours trying to draw the beautiful dresses. Enrolling at Esmod fashion school Munich in 2001 was just a logical step from ... READ MORE...

Mon, 28/04/2008 - The Donna Sgro label is based in Sydney, Australia and launched in 2007. Having a strong interest in creativity and individual expression, I launched the label knowing I needed to create a journey for myself, and a means to be expressive of my difference. Always standing apart and wanting to ... READ MORE...

Mon, 21/04/2008 - Neurotica is a London based label specializing in hand printed pieces designed by Victoria McGrane: Originally from Lancashire, England, I grew up in the sunny Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia where I studied Visual Arts at Sydney College of The Arts and Textile Design for Print at East ... READ MORE...

Mon, 14/04/2008 - Swedish by birth, American by choice and British by residence. In a way that sums up who I am quite well, I’m definitely a “wherever I lay my hat” kind of person. I’m Josefine Wing, 29 years old and I’ve crammed as much as I could possibly fit into those years. Despite that I don’t feel ... READ MORE...

Mon, 07/04/2008 - I originally grew up in the west coast of Scotland in a small village called Skermorlie. I then moved to Australia where I lived and went to school for a year. My family and I then moved back to Scotland to Falkirk where we still live. I am currently London based but go between both countries very ... READ MORE...