When Ladies Go A-Thieving: Middle-Class Shoplifters in the Victorian Department Store
BLANKNEY JOURNAL (Free subscription) | yesterday
Harrods is a department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England.The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank, Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods. Picture Right: Fashion plate of 1909 shows upper-class Londoners walking in front of Harrods. The store occupies a 4.5-acre (18,000 m2) site...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
How did fur, once taboo, become so acceptable – desirable even – again? Elizabeth Day investigates an ethical dilemma that goes to the heart of the fashion industry – and meets the animal rights campaigner who refuses to be defeated On an otherwise unremarkable grey autumn day in London last month, a few hundred protesters took to the streets around Knightsbridge armed with home-made...
Hint Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
A car park, a catwalk and a 13-year-old chanteuse. These were the motley ingredients of Vivienne Westwood's latest endeavor, a fashion show to launch the Anglomania space in Selfridges. Over 500...
A Shaded View on Fashion (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Dear Diane and Shaded Viewers, Actor, designer and much-loved bon viveur Waris Ahluwaji launched his first book To India,With Love, in Ladurée at Harrods on Wednesday night. Waris and co-creators Tina Bhowjwani and Mortimer Singer invited their famous friends to...
UK Fashion Sales (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
If you are looking for reasonably priced clothes that aren't mass market and seen everywhere on the High Street, take a look at what's on offer from A|Wear . A|Wear started life back in the 1970's as part of Galen Weston’s retail empire stretching from Canada (Holt Renfew), to the UK (Selfridges Group) and Ireland (Brown Thomas Group). In May 2007 a management buyout formed the company which...
FJ Girls Female Celebrity News (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
An event that had thousands of fashionistas queuing around the block, for the daddy of Garage sales, the celeb sale of the year held at Selfridges in London. Oct 5 2009. Gwyneth Paltrow attends the Stella McCartney Pret a Porter show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 at Palais De Tokyo on October 5, [...] Article by FJ from: FJ Girls Female Celebrity News Gwyneth Paltrow...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
We love... Clemency London This new super-luxe label launched for autumn/winter and has impressed with its range of chic and cool reworked classics. There are silky party dresses with appliqué chiffon detailing to die for, as well as some excellent modern and edgy tailoring. Available from Selfridges. Clemencylondon.com
The Independent (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Sunday is a holy day for bargain hunters, who flock to car parks and playing fields around the country to rummage through stalls of second-hand clothes, toys and bric-a-brac in the hope of finding a hidden gem. But while boot sale-goers wouldn’t spend hours queuing for the privilege, a fashion-conscious crowd arrived at the car park of London's Selfridges early yesterday morning in the hope...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Sunday is a holy day for bargain hunters, who flock to car parks and playing fields around the country to rummage through stalls of second-hand clothes, toys and bric-a-brac in the hope of finding a hidden gem. But while boot sale-goers wouldn’t spend hours queuing for the privilege, a fashion-conscious crowd arrived at the car park of London's Selfridges early yesterday morning in the hope...
Damselfly (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
I was smitten with Tiffany and Co the moment I first laid eyes on one of their advertisements in my Teen Vogue back in 2003. Ever since they have become a fantasy, last month I witnessed one of their new adverts in Elle, this years collection of Key shaped pendants encrusted with diamonds, I fell in love all over again. As with most beautiful things in life, Tiffany and Co began in New York City in...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Take small steps: revamp your wardrobe with TRAID by camdenphotos The slebs are really pulling all the stops out to flash their charitable credentials this week and help campaigns raise awareness and cash. First up, is ' Small Steps ', a Camden initiative about saving the planet. Emma Thompson, Julian Clary and Victoria Wood are among famous faces to have dug something out of their closets and to...
My Fashion Life (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Forget feuds, there’s a blossoming friendship in fashion: Claudia Schiffer has confessed she’s a massive fan of Alberta Ferretti, and is happy to be on call for the designer whenever she’s needed. Claudia, the face of Ferretti’s first fragrance, revealed her fondness of the fashion designer at the scent’s launch at Harrods last week. “Basically [...]
A Shaded View on Fashion (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
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disneyrollergirl (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
What's everyone up to this weekend? I'm supporting my favourite charity, Kids Company on Sunday morning by handing out leaflets for Gladrags & Handbags, a designer fashion sale in association with Harper's Bazaar. If you fancy supporting the charity in an utterly selfish way (ie, shopping for yourself), then get yourself down to London on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. All the details are here . Alternatively,...
daily imprint (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Hayley Allen proves that once a creative, always a creative. A few years ago she had the phenomenally successful brand Skipping Girl. As part of that creative venture she had a shop on Oxford Street, Paddington, near where I was living at the time and I used to love checking out the window displays and what was inside. It truly was a destination in itself. Now Hayley has Tika , which is a venture with...
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