A short while back I agreed to meet a young, fledgling shoe designer called Aksha Fernandez at a coffee shop in Marylebone. I had liked the fuzzy black and white pictures she had sent through to us a...
Today’s guest post is brought to you by one of our Twitter friends: Roisin @FashionObserver who has her own blog over at http://thefashionistaobserver. blogspot.co.uk/ “Fashion to me is a ...
Sometimes a pair of shoes gets into your head and won’t let go. You can see yourselves in them, see them making every outfit burst into life, see everyone staring at your gorgeous new he...
Charlotte Taylor SS12 There’s a new feeling in the air. It’s to do with January and February being done. It’s to do with the last few glorious days of unexpected sunshine telling of...
When someone says to me “London Fashion Week” three things go through my head. The first is the visceral thought of the pain of over a hundred show requests. The second is the dread of how sparse my ...
We are often heard waxing lyrical about emerging young British designers. In the midst of AW12 London Fashion Week we are delighted to confirm that we remain blown away by the length, breadth ...
Fred Butler (courtesy of Maia Adams, Adorn Blog) So, it’s heading our way really quickly. London Fashion Week. The very best Fashion Week of them all in my humble opinion. Alive, buzzing, risk-...
My Mum is fond of telling the story of when I was a little girl. The one where all the other girls loved pretty dolls and I only ever wanted toy cars. And to climb trees. And to have terribly big adv...
The Magic Dress by Yan To Today #TheMagicDress arrives at Young British Designers. This is a body-con dress with a difference. Designed by a young man who really understands women’s bodies. Yan...
Every so often a dress comes along that is spine-tinglingly special. A truly unique dress that is designed and created in a way to make you feel at your most beautiful. Not just a pretty dress, not j...
“The grey sea and the long black land; And the yellow half-moon large and low; And the startled little waves that leap In fiery ringlets from their sleep..” Imagine the poetry of Robert B...
What better month to introduce you to a wonderfully English and extremely talented young jewellery designer. Meet Molly Perrin. Molly grew up in London and Norfolk and studied her BA in metalwork and...
Occasionally we happen upon a young designer who has taken the less conventional path to finding her art. Someone who’s chosen to turn her ordered world upside down in pursuit of a creative dre...
One year old. One year since we launched our “why are you doing that dot com”. “Why are you taking a risk on young designers?” “They’ll let you down; they’ll...
(Jena.Theo AW11) People are shivering. Cardies are being pulled from wardrobes again. There’s a sense of having been cheated out of a long Indian Summer. Of having missed out on any Summer at a...
Baggy jumpers and forties fashioned skirts. Oversized snoods and kooky parkas. Black leather drain pipes and roughed up Bovver boots. Chiffon pleats under androgynous blazers. Clashing print tee’s an...
And I just can’t hide it. Sitting here writing about the new season’s collection from Young British Designers. Our third season and we think our best to date. By far. Of course when we sa...
They’re ours. For a start. They’ve often been educated here, trained here, inspired here and have started out on the long and tough road to being a designer right here in the UK. TheyR...
Outside the rain begins. And it may never end…. But here I sit dressed in ‘Draw In Light’. And it’s the equivalent of a day spent breathing in endless seas and skies. The etho...
Is a ring. Created by one of our newest and oh so talented jewellery designers: LeiVanKash. This ring simply sings of Summer. Lazy days where the heat haze leaves you stupefied with languid delight. ...
A fairy tale dress. A dress made of clouds. A dress that floats and drapes and glows about you. A dress to take your breath away. And everyone else’s. Think of a dream dress. This is it....
Liberty, Cath Kidson, Orla Kiely..there’s just something about a really strong print maker that catches our attention, holds it and keeps us coming back for more. Add to that a story about a yo...
We are on a mission here at Young British Designers. A mission to give our designers the very best chance we can to get their brands out there, recognised for their brilliance and, ideally, purchased...
Think of leather jewellery and something fierce, maybe studded, spiked, black and menacing comes to mind. But leather jewellery from Ruby Browning is a world apart from this. And from every other pie...
There’s a real buzz going on at YBD this week, we’re knee deep in adding new designers and new SS11 creations from existing new designers and what’s more it’s sunny too! We...
As I pen this I can hear buzzing away comments such as: “I’m a size 26″ “I’m a size 4″ what good is this to me? But the point is this: Many of our wonderful young ...
Well, we’re just about six months old. We’ve learned so very much along the way but the one thing we’ve been uncomfortable with is our product photography. The vast majority of onli...
(Image courtesy of Dove) Last night the family went out to celebrate my Dad’s 71st birthday. We all sat about a long scrubbed pub table and caught up on life, houses, grandchildren and dogs. I ...
‘Chantilly lace and a pretty face’….. goes the old song. And it seems eminently suitable for these exquisite shoes by Vauxhall Fashion Scout’s Lislie Yeung. This afternoon I r...
It’s not jewellery, not as we know it. Some have called it body armour but it’s not that either. Neither can it be labelled as mere accessories. It’s Fannie Schiavoni. That’s ...
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