58 artists from around the world presented their creations at the International Batik Fashion Show in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The world-renown art of batik is a traditional Indonesian handicraft which uses wax-resist dyeing techniques on fabric and is included in UNESCO’s list of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity since October 2009. In Malaysian batik, the most popular motifs are…
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Today I wanted to share something different with you. It started as another fashion editorial, but it ended up a funny little photo story. I believe you will enjoy it the same as us, the creative team, did. PHOTOGRAPHY: Maria Thompson ART DIRECTION: Paula Tsoni MODELS: Paula & Yioda HAIR: Touch Hairdressing Studio LOCATION: Portobello Road & Angels’ Christmas Market, Hyde Park, London…
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Fashion designers Sorcha O’Raghallaigh, Maarten van der Horst, Alice Lee, William Richard Green, Shaun Samson and Astrid Andersen are among the emerging names from fashion taking part in Selfridges’ second Bright Young Things initiative. Created to nurture up-and-coming talent, designers create their own windows for the London department store, unveiled to the public tomorrow, January 6. Their work is also for…
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The Royal Mint of Britain presents a series of collectible, limited edition 50p coins, specially designed for the London Olympic Games 2012. The series consists of 29 different designs, each representing a different Olympic discipline from Gymnastics to Squash and Basketball. The most imaginative of all though, which is also expected to become the most popular, is the coin explaining the…
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They say that what you do on New Year’s Day, you’ll do the whole year ahead. Not that it needed any guessing, but yes – we’ll obviously be talking Lady Gaga and her costumes in 2012 too. For her New Year’s Day performance in New York Times Square, the priestess of eccentricity changed two bedazzling costumes; one in silver, one…
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