The fantastically-named Emma Emmerson has been creating cards, wrapping paper and prints for the Tate Modern, Selfridges and the Conran Shop for years, and now she has her own website, Nineteenseventythree.com. Log on if you like folksy-cutesy designs and enjoy spending hours wrapping the perfect gift. Don’t bother if your friends just rip the paper off and go straight for what’s inside.
Love him or hate him, Philippe Starck keeps on churning out designs that are aesthetically pleasing, if not totally practical. And his latest offering is the Zikmu for Parrot, £1000 – just place your iPod on top and it wirelessly plays through the megaphone-like speakers. It’s not out until April, and review samples are not available yet, so who knows whether they actually work? They do, however, look very sleek.
We’re huge fans of French Connection at StyleJunkee and the fashion-forward retailer’s quirky new ad campaign - ‘The Man’ and ‘The Woman’ – really takes the brand off in an exciting and visually-stimulating new direction. We salute the video’s witty send-off of French cinema and we love the unpretentious, arty poster shots.
Here at StyleJunkee we love a collaboration and this one’s a three-way. Firstly, Danish design company Menu commissioned Pernille Vea for the award-winning thermo cup – which keeps tea hotter for longer – and now they’ve asked artist Alexander Hasnaoui to give them a quick revamp. His four tattoo-inspired designs are called Faith, Hope, Love and Luck, and are £24.95 each.
Sold out everywhere else, Space NK has the UK’s last 26 pots of cult beauty product Rodial Snake Serum. Since being featured in Look magazine last week, the line-smoothing and wrinkle-eradication potion has been a huge hit nationwide – it helps of course that it has celebrity fans including Cheryl Cole. Grab a pot while you can – new stock isn’t expected for weeks.
Danish designers Busk + Herzog have just relocated to Shoreditch from Copenhagen, for no other reason than that: “You find surprises every time you go for a walk.” The duo walked off with the Good Design Award – originally established by Charles and Ray Eames – in December last year for their clean-lined True Love sofa, £2,304, and we’re also loving the ice cream palette of their Lotus chairs, £1,280 each, all from Inform Furniture.
Ben de Lisi’s own line fashion collection may be no more, but he is barking up the right tree with his homeware range for Debenhams. Last season’s hit Ella doggy design is followed up with these new colourways. Cushions, £18 each, mugs £5 each.
Burlesque is set to get even bigger later this year when Christina Aguilera and Cher’s much-talked about movie ‘Burlesque‘ hits the big screens. We’re already seeing an increase in Burlesque-inspired fashion – leather, feathers, lace, corsets and the like – and it all rather neatly coincides with spring/summer’s trend for underwear worn as outerwear.
Plenty of celebs are getting in on the act too: Lady Gaga with her vamped up Burlesque-rock look and music; Britney Spears – who has just been photographed for US-based junior clothing brand Candie’s new spring/summer 2010 ad campaign in a French burlesque-inspired pink dressing room decorated with feather boas and bouquets of flowers; and Immodesty Blaize – who is trailblazing a revival in Burlesque shows.
Queen of Burlesque Immodesty Blaize
Lady Gaga at the Brits
Here we’ve rounded up a few burlesque must-haves to mix and match into your wardrobe and help you get in on the action!
Cross stitch is the latest trad craft to be given a tongue-in-cheek makeover, and these samplers, £22 from Hunkydory Home, could well be our mantra for life. After all, Delia knows best!
Ziglam and Brook’s Wire Pendant lampshades were a standout piece at last September’s 100% Design show, and are now available to buy in three new colourways. From £204.50 each at Deadgood, they’re all about hanging cool.
We happened upon this fascinating little interview with the über-talented internationally renowned fashion photographer Deborah Turbeville (who rarely gives interviews) on Toast’s recently relaunched site. The glimpses of her house are so tantalising… if only we could see more.
Time for a bit of lip action… StyleJunkee has been deluged with luscious lip goodies to test out and here’s the lowdown of our current top three faves:
Barry M’sLip Lacquer Crayon, £4.95
These gorgeously glossy lip crayons glide on easily to give a shiny, slightly sparkly silky look. I’m not a huge fan of lipstick and they’re the perfect cross-over between a gloss and a lipstick. Best of all, they’re chunky and child-like which suits me down to the ground, and they come in five pretty colours.
Chanel’sHydramax & Active Nutrition Lip Care, £26
Launching in April we can barely wait for this little pot of gold to take the beauty market by storm. Glossy and moisturising, it’s Chanel’s first ever lip balm in a pot – how about that? And it really does look and feel as expensive as it is.
Simple’sKind to Lips Intensive Lip Moisturiser, £2.99
This little gem of a lip moisturiser is choc-full of vitamin goodness to nourish and hydrate lips, while also enhancing them with a natural gloss… Unlike a lip gloss it doesn’t have that yukky tacky feel so many glosses have, but it still leaves lips looking shiny and kissable! We love it.
Audio Chi’s new headphones, £69.95 each from John Lewis, are not only a style statement in their own right (which is the most important thing, obv) but also boast one of the headphone world’s most exclusive devices, the Titanium-Mylar Driver, producing flawless aural quality, apparently. Sounds amazing (sorry).
StyleJunkee was lucky enough to grab ten minutes with Britain’s very own rising star of London Fashion Week… Hannah Marshall
SJ: Hannah, how does it feel to be internationally acclaimed and regarded as one of a small number of designers leading the way for British fashion?
HM: First and foremost I’m so happy to be doing something that I love and for it to be accepted and liked by the industry makes it all worth it. I am very proud to be British and to be a part of what is contributing to British fashion, and for spring/summer 2010 we gained some really key stockists across the globe including Harrods in London, 10 Corso Como in Korea, Luisa via Roma in Florence and again we are working with Opening Ceremony in NY, LA and Japan.
SJ: What are you wearing today?
HM: A men’s oversized polo-neck jumper, leather leggings, python cowboy ankle boots, Hannah Martin jewellery, and I have my BlackBerry almost glued to my hand!
SJ: What are you inspired by?
HM: Power, armour, women, the human body, music, architecture, photography.
SJ: Which designers influence you?
HM: The strong, sculptural collections from Thierry Mugler and the uber-minimalist line from Jil Sander in the 90’s.
SJ: What’s been your best career highlight so far?
HM: So far there have been a few that include: most recently it is being offered an On-Schedule slot on the official catwalk schedule from the British Fashion Council. And, for my debut show in September, I had Erin O’Connor model for my show exclusively, which was amazing as she is the perfect Hannah Marshall woman.
SJ: Do you have any gems of fashion advice for our readers?
HM: Wear your clothes, don’t let them wear you.
SJ: Pretty please can you give us a taster of what we can expect from your London Fashion Week (autumn/winter 2010) collection?
HM: The new collection concept is based around body modification and the work of Jean-Paul Goude. SJ: So you’re an Essex girl. Can you see yourself ever leaving the county?
HM: I love running my business in London but being based outside of London in the Essex countryside, so I have the best of both worlds!
Hannah Marshall’s autumn/winter 2010/11 catwalk show is sponsored by Sure Crystal at London Fashion Week on 19th February.
With much thanks to Sure Crystal for organising this interview. Sure Crystal, the anti-white marks anti-perspirant deodorant, has partnered with the rising star of London Fashion Week, Hannah Marshall, to mark its best ever product reformulation and super-stylish makeover.
Net-a-Porter is, as of today, the ultimate destination for wedding couture eye candy. The luxury online retailer has just relaunched its wedding boutique, splitting the area into four sections; Country Wedding, City Hall Wedding, Cocktail Wedding and Beach Wedding. With something on offer for everyone involved, including bride, bridesmaid, mother of the bride, and guest, it’s a drool-worthy one-stop shop. Plus, there’s a lingerie and honeymoon section for all the designer wedding extras you could possibly want.
