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Archive for the ‘Fashion News’ Category
Friday, November 6th, 2009
Two of our favourite UK high street chains have dominated the Company Fashion Awards this year. River Island was named Best Fashion Retailer and won a further three awards, but ASOS.com wasn’t far behind, with a total of three awards.
Over 50,000 UK shoppers voted in these awards, and you’ll find a full list of the categories and winners under the jump. What do you think, though? Whose your best fashion retailer of the year?
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
Whee! Soon people in China will be able to dress just like this!
The Fashion Police have had a long-standing, albeit pretty half-assed campaign to get more fashion retailers selling online (and to the WHOLE world, not just a few select parts of it), so while Gap sadly didn’t make it onto our list of Five Fashion Stores We’d Like to See Selling Online, we still have to say: it’s about time.
Yes, Gap will start selling online in the UK and Canada, having previously only shipped within the United States, in 2010, when they’ll also open their first store in China. It’s not clear at the moment if this will apply only to Gap, or to the other Gap-owned brands, like Piperlime and Old Navy, but here’s hoping. We’re not big Gap shoppers ourselves, but still, it’s always good to have another store just a click of the mouse away.
Of our original list of stores who don’t sell online, we’re pleased to note that New Look and George at Asda have since seen sense, and opened transactional websites, so that just leaves Zara, H&M (who sell online in some countries, but not others) and Primark. Come ON, you three, what are you waiting for? The internet’s not going to go away, you know…
Anyone else we’ve missed? Who would you like to see start selling online/internationally?
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Our old friend Mark Fast (he of “mini dress for hookers” fame) has caused a bit of a stir at London Fashion Week by deciding to use “plus sized” models in his show. Apparently a a freelance stylist and casting director working for the designer quit over the casting of the models, and..
(No, wait. Before we go any further with this, we just have to say: size 14 is “plus sized” now? Really? Because none of the models who appeared in this show was bigger than a UK 14 (about a US size 12), and last we checked, that was nowhere near “plus sized”. But we digress.)
Fast’s creative director, Amanda May, said: “We’re glad we stuck to our vision. We wanted to know that they don’t have to be a size zero to wear a Mark Fast dress. In fact, curvier woman can look even better in one.”
Unfortunately, we reckon the whole issue here was clouded by the decision to put the models in question in the kind of dresses that wouldn’t look good on ANYONE, regardless of their dress size (and which would land you in the Fashion Police jail if you tried to wear them in public). But what do you think of Mark Fast’s decision, folks? The can of worms is now open …
Friday, September 18th, 2009
 Jade Parfitt & Erin O'Conor With New York closing down its catwalks for another few months, it’s time for London Fashion Week to get started. It has a rep at the edgiest of all the fashion weeks around the world, so let’s have a quick look at some of the attendees and see if that’s true…
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
 For those of you unfamiliar with the name, Fearne Cotton is a TV presenter here in the UK, and is generally held up by the fashion press to be a bit of a style icon.
She’s also the latest in a long, long line of “celebrities” who’ve launched their own fashion lines over the past couple of years. Fearne’s collection launched this week, and is sold at Very.co.uk, where you can buy the items shown above, and more. They all seem reasonably priced, which earns Fearne Fashion Police points for sure, but what do you think of the clothes themselves? Take a look here, and don’t forget to tell us what you think!
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
It doesn’t really feel like more than a few weeks since we were showing you the last Kate Moss for Topshop collection, but the latest one is here already, so naturally we’re wondering what you think of it.
This is the Winter 09 collection, and, in keeping with the trends of the coming season, it conatins lots of sequins, lots of leather, and a dash of fake fur. We think this is possibly the best collection from Kate (and “helpers”) so far, and we particularly like the leather dress. What about you, though? You can view the full collection at the Topshop website, or take a flick through our gallery, below.
(Note: to close the gallery, just click on the corner of the image)
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
 So, you’re probably wondering what the deal is with the striped top. Sure, stripes aren’t for everyone, but banning them seems a little extreme, even for The Fashion Police, no?
Well, yeah, it does. It’s not too extreme for the school district in Richmond, Indiana, though, who’ve just introduced a new dress code which bans… well, just about everything really. Under this code, students are only allowed to wear totally plain clothes: no patterns, no logos, no stripes. And if you think that’s easy, try telling it to the almost 200 kids who’ve been suspended for wearing “inappropriate dress”, which includes clothes that have even the tiniest emblem or pattern on them somewhere. Showing your collarbone will also get you suspended, as will wearing anything too tight – so the Dorothy Perkins top above is a one-way ticket to suspension, apparently. Buh-bye, college dreams!
Teachers and staff aren’t excluded from the new policy either: a member of the canteen staff was fired for wearing jeans, and parents and students have been holding protests outside the school buildings.
Fashion Policing gone mad, we think. Kinda makes you want to dress in stripes, doesn’t it?
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
Looks like Marc Jacobs has called in some expert help for his next collection. It’s… Miss Piggy! Man, but those Muppets are HOT right now.
(By ‘muppets’, we’re referring to the actual Muppets, you understand. We’re not just insulting Marc Jacobs.)
Jacobs has designed a special couture gown for Miss Piggy, which she’ll be wearing to Glamourama in Chicago. Which just goes to show: Marc doesn’t ONLY make clothes for skinny models. Oh hell to the no.
Friday, August 14th, 2009
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For those of you who love Henry Holland, but can't quite make your budget fit his prices, at least you know you can always afford a pair of his tights. The designer has created a range of Pretty Polly tights, which are being sold exclusively at Selfridges in London, for the next two weeks. Two of the styles are shown above, and others have already been seen on Pixie Geldof and – yes, you guessed it – Agyness Deyn.
We're not sure about the tights, but we have to say, we're in love with the packaging:
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Some good fashion news to get us all through the Hump Day… WWD reports today that Rodarte will be the next brand to design a range for Target's Go, International label. According to WWD, "The 55-piece Rodarte line for Go International will launch at most Target stores nationwide and on target.com on Dec. 20, and will be available through Feb. 6. Prices for the collection will range from $9.99 for knee-highs to $79.99 for a leopard print jacket."
We don't expect the line will bear any resemblance AT ALL to the Rodarte pieces shown above, but hey, you never know…
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