MARGARET HOWELL SS11 MEN’S PRESENTATION
In the busy world of fashion schedules and presentations - Margaret Howell always manages to provide a welcome friendly retreat. The spring-summer 2011 collection was shown on Sunday, (a very hot) last day of men’s ready-to-wear in Paris. An ever-evolving collection for spring summer 2011 was displayed in their own store on the Place de la Madeleine alongside design classic homeware and furniture pieces. Key looks included Linen knits, fisherman’s jacket, spot print sea-island cotton, garment dyed separates, chambray washes, double-pleat trousers and ‘the shirt-jacket’.
Many of the journalists admitted to being avid fans of the brand - eagerly selecting their personal favourites ahead of collections arriving in-store next year! Margaret was also on hand to discuss her inspiration, design and life in general.
Justine Clements
Posted on Sunday, 27th of June 2010 | Permalink
Brand events, Fashion and Paris
LI XIAOFENG PORCELAIN POLO FOR LACOSTE
Oh I do love a work trip, especially in our industry. No sooner had we touched down back in Blighty from a successful (and let’s say very…er…’sociable’) trip to Milan, than Modus was herded onto the early morning Eurostar to Paris for Lacoste! They were celebrating the showcase of their AW10 Holiday Collectors collaboration at the Musée des Arts et Métiers with Beijing-based artist Li Xiaofeng, who creates bespoke pieces of clothing from broken and discarded shards of Chinese Porcelain. Consider it a form of fashion-meets sculpture-meets representing East-meets-West in aesthetic. He has been challenged by Lacoste to create a classic polo in his signature artistic language, from which a print will be made of the resulting porcelain formation, and transferred onto a limited edition range of polo’s, available in the UK from November!
And of course, in true Lacoste style, what better way to celebrate than with a party…
Adam Bellenger
Modus Admin
Posted on Friday, 25th of June 2010 | Permalink
Brand events, Fashion and Paris
SALVATORE FERRAGAMO SS10 WORLD PRESENTATION MILAN
With a stunning visual display and some beautiful fresh fruit juices and smoothies, Ferragamo set the scene for World Ferragamo.
This new range of men’s shoes, designed with an eco-conscience and charitable link were showcased this week at Men’s Milan SS11 fashion week.
The range of 6 easy chic shoes are sure to go down well when they launch in store this November.
Modus Admin
Posted on Monday, 21st of June 2010 | Permalink
Fashion, Brand events and Milan
CALVIN KLEIN - FERNANDO VERDASCO VISITS LONDON FLAG SHIP STORE
CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR MODEL & TENNIS STAR FERNANDO VERDASCO VISITS CALVIN KLEIN JEANS LONDON FLAG
NEW YORK, & LONDON, UK, JUNE 19, 2010 – Calvin Klein Underwear announced today that professional tennis player Fernando Verdasco – one of the current faces of the Spring 2010 Calvin Klein X Underwear global advertising campaign – made a surprise visit to the Calvin Klein Jeans flagship store at 170 Regent Street in London yesterday.
Mr. Verdasco signed a wall poster of himself from the current advertising campaign for Calvin Klein X Underwear and greeted fans before shopping in the store.
Mr. Verdasco is currently in London to participate in the Boodles Challenge, a round robin preparation tournament before the main draw matches begin at Wimbledon. Mr. Verdasco is currently seeded 8th in the Wimbledon tournament draw, which he will be competing in when it begins next week.
Mr. Verdasco is featured alongside American actors Kellan Lutz and Mehcad Brooks as well as Japanese soccer player Hidetoshi Nakata in the Spring 2010 Calvin Klein X Underwear campaign.
Louisa Hopwood
Posted on Saturday, 19th of June 2010 | Permalink
LIZ EARLE LAUNCHES HAIRCARE RANGE
Yesterday, after six years in the making, Liz Earle finally launched her highly anticipated Hair Care range. Dubbed ‘Cleanse & Polish for the hair’, the range consists of one shampoo for all hair types and 3 conditioners – Normal, Oily and Dry/Damaged - mirroring the same ethos that was adopted 15 years ago when Cleanse & Polish first launched.
At the flagship King’s Road Liz Earle store, Liz, along with Jennifer Hirsch, the brand’s in-house botanist talked beauty press through the birth of the range and the task of testing over 100 different formulations to make sure it was perfect.
The only down side? We will still have to wait a little while longer before we can get our hands on the finished products as it won’t be hitting the shelves until September!
Megan Farley
Modus Admin
Posted on Friday, 18th of June 2010 | Permalink
Beauty and Brand events
PAUL & JOE BEAUTÉ CLAIR DE LUNE LAUNCH
For the launch of Paul & Joe’s beautiful A/W Claire de Lune Collection (translated as moonlight) we couldn’t take our fave journalists to the moon but we certainly tried to teach them to walk on it…
The press were invited to the famous Pineapple Dance Studio, where International Make-up Artist Craig-Ryan French introduced them to the stunning new collection; a combination of playfully chic packaging and an array of divine hues, which left them all utterly radiant. We then put on our dancing kicks and were taught the routine to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ combined with the ‘Moonwalk.’ Suffice to say the event was definitely a ‘Scream’ – whilst we tried our best to copy the ‘Man in the mirror,’ our attempts at looking like a ‘Smooth criminal’ were more than a little…‘Off the wall… (enough puns for now – Ed)
Kiran Branch
Modus Admin
Posted on Wednesday, 16th of June 2010 | Permalink
Beauty and Brand events
METAL GEAR SOLID LEGENDS AT UNIQLO OXFORD STREET THIS FRIDAY
When it comes to video game legends, they really don’t come more cast iron legendary than Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima. To celebrate the release of Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid latest chapter Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker this week on the Sony PSP, UT Uniqlo has teamed up with Konami to produce a limited edition of 10 MGS: Peace Walker T’s.
Each UT t-shirt comes with its own special code, that when entered into MGS: Peace Walker, unlocks the purchase so that the t-shirt can be worn by a character in-game.
This Saturday Hideo Kojima and equally venerated lead MGS artist Yoji Shinkawa will be appearing in person at Uniqlo’s flagship store on Oxford Street, signing copies of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and exclusive postcards from 11am to 1pm. The first 20 customers in line on the signing day will receive an exclusive Uniqlo MGS: Peace Walker goodie bag, featuring a t-shirt and a copy of the game.
Liz Roscoe
Posted on Wednesday, 16th of June 2010 | Permalink
Fashion and Brand events
HUGO BOSS BOAT LAUNCH - THE EVENT
From top: The “Hugo Boss”, shipmates, David Coulthard and partner, Diane Kruger, Olympic Gold Medallist Mark Foster, Hugo Boss Captain Mark Thomson, shipmates, The “Hugo Boss”
Louisa Hopwood
Posted on Friday, 28th of May 2010 | Permalink
Fashion and Brand events
HUGO BOSS BOAT LAUNCH
We’re on tenterhooks waiting for the show to start… Hugo Boss are launching their new yacht tonight at the East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf tonight, and we’re expecting hundreds of guests to arrive by train, boat and erm, taxi. Full report tomorrow!
Modus Admin
Posted on Thursday, 27th of May 2010 | Permalink
Fashion and Brand events
THE L’OCCITANE GARDEN AWARDED RHS SILVER GILT MEDAL
The L’Occitane Garden designed by James Towillis has been awarded a prestigious Silver Gilt medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2010. All of the plant species featured in the garden grow naturally in Provence and the surrounding Mediterranean landscape and are the key ingredients L’Occitane’s best-selling product collections.
“I have enjoyed every minute of working on The L’Occitane Garden. I have always been fascinated by the rich landscape of Provence - the wild bouquets of colour and texture that are unique to this area. The rich landscape provides the perfect inspiration for a Chelsea Flower Show Garden and gives a broad scope of planting opportunities.
James Towillis, Garden Designer
Lisa Bobroff
Win ~ A limited edition L’Occitane Chelsea Flower Show basket worth £60
Modus Admin
Posted on Tuesday, 25th of May 2010 | Permalink
Beauty and Brand events
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