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Brit Fashion: The Beginner’s Guide to London Fashion Week
With such a rich and influential sartorial history, it may come as a surprise that London Fashion Week is the youngest of the “Big Four” fashion weeks, following in the high-heeled footsteps of its...
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Brit Fashion: London Fashion Week Review, Day 1 (Friday) – Part 1
Antoni & Alison Antoni and Alison Spring/Summer 2013Photo courtesy of nymag.com London’s Spring/Summer 2013 offerings kicked off with a bang on the morning of September 14, with a brass band...
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Brit Fashion: London Fashion Week Review, Day 1 (Friday) – Part 2
Eudon Choi Eudon Choi Spring/Summer 2013Photo courtesy of Vogue.co.uk Eudon Choi’s background in menswear design is at the forefront in this season’s collection, with his models outfitted in boxy...
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Brit Fashion: Be Part of the Glamour at London Fashion Weekend
Fashion week was created as a press event to showcase designers’ clothing to industry insiders such as journalists, buyers, manufacturers, textile producers, and, more recently, celebrities. The best...
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Brit Fashion: Leeds Fashion Show
While London remains the undisputed fashion capital of the UK (and now the world, for a second consecutive year,) the city of Leeds is doing its best to win this title, as it seems to have unofficially...
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Brit Fashion: All Wool and a Yard Wide, Part I
As far as British fashion goes, there are few materials with more history and homespun heritage than wool, used in everything from fishermen’s jumpers in the North to a City banker’s suit in the South....
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Brit Fashion: All Wool and a Yard Wide, Part II
Now that we’ve explored a bit of the history behind the wool trade in the UK, it’s time to take a look at the fashions that came to define it. Guernseys/Jerseys Detail of a Guernsey knit pattern,...
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London Exhibit Review – V&A Museum of Childhood
This is honestly one of my favorite museums in London, not only because the toys on display bring back happy memories but because it gives a really interesting glimpse into the lives of children from...
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Brit Fashion: Intro to London Collections: Men, Autumn/Winter 2013
With the first London Collections: Men this past June attended by men’s fashion icons like Prince and Elton John and kicked off in style by Prince Charles himself, it’s hard to imagine how the second...
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Brit Fashion: London Collections: Men, Autumn/Winter 2013 Recap
After three fashion-packed days of parties, presentations, and promenades down the runway, London Collections: Men has shown Britain’s best and shut its doors until June. An enthusiastic PM, David...
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Brit Fashion: A Guide to the Fashions of Downton Abbey – Get Your Own Downton...
Photo courtesy of Vogue.com It’s no misnomer that period pieces like Downton Abbey are sometimes called “costume dramas,” and Downton has more than earned that title in its past three years on air....
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Brit Fashion: Ben Sherman releases “50 Years of British Style Culture” Book
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the brand’s founding in 1963, the team at Ben Sherman is releasing a retrospective book examining the past half-century of teenage fashion tribes in the UK....
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Brit Fashion: EJF goes eco-chic with designer tees
As an industry based on creating and discarding new products every six months, not to mention the often polluting techniques employed in clothing production, fashion and environmental conservation...
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Brit Fashion: London Fashion Weekend Returns for Spring 2013
Now that industry insiders have placed their orders, packed their bags, and jetted off to Milan, that rare opportunity has come once again for frugal fashionistas to snap up designer goods at reduced...
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Brit Fashion: London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2013 Overview
It seems that London barely had time to recover from its Men’s Collections last month before plunging into another five-day fashion frenzy for autumn/winter 2013. Womenswear took center stage this...
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Brit Fashion: London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2013 Trends
Showing just over a month since London Collections: Men, it was to be expected that at least a few details from the men’s catwalks would make their way over to the women’s, especially considering the...
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Downton Abbey Announces Merchandise Line, Includes Fashion
“Weekend” mug from ITV, part of Downton’s Christmas 2012 merchandise With the soaring popularity of Downton Abbey showing no signs of slowing down, it comes as little surprise that Downton’s parent...
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Menswear Heritage Brand Kent & Curwen to Open New York Flagship Store
Following the opening of Belstaff’s first flagship store in New York last autumn, another British men’s luxury brand, Kent & Curwen, is expanding to the U.S. as well. Founded in 1926 as a tie...
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Sherlock: The Empty Hearse – Sherlock Series 3 Airdate Announced on London’s...
It all started with a tweet. Co-creator and elder Holmes brother Mark Gatiss unleashed this tidbit of news upon the world in his typical cryptic fashion, and as strange as the request might seem,...
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London Exhibit Review – Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore! at Somerset House
As the home of London Fashion Week, Somerset House makes a particularly fitting home for a tribute exhibit to one of British fashion’s most important personalities: Isabella Blow. Not only did she...
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Made in Britain: Interview with Hanson of London Designer Áine Hanson
It’s a rare occasion these days to be able to visit a workshop where something you own is made, or indeed for anything you own to have been made in a workshop at all, but Irish-born handbag designer...
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Downton Abbey Merchandise: From Hair Pins to House Paint
Downton fans and period costume enthusiasts alike will be thrilled to learn that a line of Downton Abbey-themed costume jewelry is now being sold through the official PBS online shop. There are...
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Brit Fashion: This Month in British Fashion – May 2014
The fast-paced comings and goings of the fashion world can escape even the most sharp-eyed sartorialists sometimes. Luckily for Anglotopia readers, we’ve scoured the web for the biggest fashion...
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British Fashion: A to Z of British Brands – Aquascutum
One of Britain’s oldest heritage brands, Aquascutum was founded by John Emary in 1851 and gained its current name (meaning “water shield”) in 1853 after Emary patented the first waterproof wool. This...
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