A strong line-up of Designer Brands and Young Talents at PURE LONDON

This weekend, the trade fair for fashion brands, Pure London (1-3 August), will open at London's Olympia and organisers at Emap said it looks set to be in the best in its history, with a 17% increase in the number of brands exhibiting at the show. The number of pre-registered visitors is also the highest recorded for the show. Event Director Sam Bleasby said "especially in a tough economic climate, buyers are able to get the best possible choice and range of inspirational collections that will benefit their business. We’ve invested in the show to make it more appealing to buyers than ever before, with a new premium section, champagne tea parties, and two stages packed full of essential seminars , catwalks and industry leading guests."


New for the August event, the opulent surrounds of the Pillar Hall at Olympia will play host to a handpicked selection of the best high end, and exclusive boutique womenswear brands from around the world. Buyers will be able to source from over 20 leading labels including Antik Batik, Betty Jackson Two, Stefanel, Anonymous by Ross + Bute, Single and Best Behaviour.
British designer Zandra Rhodes will be returning to the show with her handbag collection and her footwear range. Zandra Rhodes and Vogue.com will be live on stage, presenting key pieces from Zandra’s archive showing her signature prints, textiles, colours and fabrics and how they have influenced her current handbag and footwear collections.
Footwear designer Terry de Havilland will be discussing his collections, style and influences over the last five decades with his new collection on show alongside Zandra Rhodes footwear, Five by Rio Ferdinand and Strutt London in the Iconic Footwear Lounge.
An inspiration for the future young design talent is being championed with Pure London backing several young, up and coming designers this season. The very best BA Fashion Graduates and winners from Graduate Fashion Week Rebecca Thomson, Sara Wandsworth, Naomi New and Rhea Fields will be opening the catwalk show on the main stage every day, a must see for any buyer.
The UK Trade & Investment department will also be bringing 10 London based designers to the show including Ada Zanditon, Cecilia Hammarborg, Neurotica, Zoe Boomer, GulayCay Designs, Uncommonly Beautiful, Karje, Good one, Coco Barclay and Bestow.
Spirit will showcase a range of fun womenswear brands for people with a young attitude to fashion including Traffic People, Sugar Hill Boutique, Rare, Pink Soda, Motel, Ruby Rocks, Ringspun, Fornarina and Yumi. Label will host men’s and women’s young branded fashion including Bench, Fly 53, Vacant, Iron Fist, Desigual, Pepe Jeans, Criminal Damage, Vacant, Skunk Funk and Monkee Genes.
Casual leisure wear brand Whittawer will be showcasing in Label bringing their branded campervan. As the official music sponsor of Pure London they will provide a DJ over the 3 days. With the campervan setting the tone, the bar area will have a festival theme to it, dressed with picnic benches and deck chairs.
Also in the gallery, the Accessory Showcase returns. Get an overview of some of the best accessory brands including Johnny Loves Rosie, Fiorelli, Mischa Barton, Sam Ubhi, Paul & Jo Sister, Comfort Station and Ally Capellino. The Funky&Fresh section in Pure Accessories will return to the show housing brands for the cool, trendy fashion retailer. Top brands leading the way include BlingDeenie, Mia Lia, Kangol, Irregular Choice Handbags and Happy Socks.
To be paraded on catwalk will be a number of womenswsear brands, including Fullcircle, Love Phool, Cannisse, Charming, Color Fashion, Rosarosam, Mais il est ou le soleil?, Lauren Vidal, Only and Vero Moda Very. The Young Fashion catwalk taking place over the three days will include brands Yumi, Forever Unique, Rare, Iron Fist, Freddy, Max and Glamorous.
If you plan to attend Pure, I'll probably see you there!

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Italian Style meets English Football

The good looks of football stars have always attracted fashion brands such as Dolce and Gabbana. Earlier this year, ahead of the World Cup in South Africa in June, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana hired five Italian soccer players to strip down for their D&G underwear campaigns.  So why is it news that football stars of the  Chelsea Football Club will be kitted out by the two Italian designers?   While the deal marks the first partnership with a foreign (UK) club for the two designers - the duo already dress AC Milan players and Italy's national team.   The deal with Chelsea is for three years.  Best known for their sharp men's tailoring and southern Italian style, Dolce & Gabbana would design the official suits.  Under the deal, the Premier League champions, including the Italian manager and former AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti, and players like Frank Lampard, John Terry and Ashley Cole, will wear blue suits - the club's colour - with two-button jackets and blue jacquard ties.
"We are big football fans, for us it means healthy competition, intense passion and great discipline," said the football-loving duo Dolce and Gabbana in a statement. Financial details of the partnership have not been disclosed.


Suave Italian suits of Dolce and Gabbana are a natural draw for fashionistas, but the duo also do eccletic style, such as the torn jeans and casual knits shown recently at Milan Fashion Week for Spring Summer 2011.
Dolce and Gabbana - whose wholesale sales were of £1.15 billion in the fiscal year ended in March - will also design exclusive spaces at the Stamford Bridge stadium for guests attending matches.
I do admit footballers need to look good on and off pitch, but if they don't play well in the field, their good looks alone won't bring in the sponsorship.

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Liam Gallagher to open Pretty Green Temporary Store on Carnaby Street

Ever since the swinging 60’s Carnaby Street has been at the heart of the London fashion scene, and today it is one of the worlds coolest shopping destinations, offering independent boutiques, global fashion brands, unique stores, award winning restaurants and hip nightlife. It’s the place to go for style hunters in search of
something different. 
2010 marks the 50th anniversary since Carnaby became the epicentre for swinging London, and continues to be synonymous with cutting edge fashion, music and youth culture.
Liam Gallagher (of the pop group Oasis he founded with his brother) will open his first Pretty Green standalone store on London’s Carnaby Street for a limited period only, starting from Friday 30th July. The store will be selling a selection of exclusive one off Pretty Green pieces as well as the Green Label and Black Label Spring Summer 2010 collections.  The 2000sq ft "airy and bright custom-fit" store will be housed over two storeys with the basement area featuring a panoramic image of Liam on Brighton beach and a Lambretta Li 150 series 3 replica scooter.  Green label and Black label SS10 pieces will be available as well as exclusive one-off pieces.  Pretty Green draws its inspiration from the art, music and culture scene of the 1960’s, so Carnaby Street was the perfect street to open the temporary store, due to its rich style, musical heritage and iconic status. Pretty Green is renowned for the attention to detail with an emphasis on quality fabrics, cut and classic tailoring.   High demand for the SS10 collection has meant the collection sold out in several key stockists,including Selfridges. 
Pretty Green Temporary will be open at 11.00am, Friday 30th July -57 Carnaby Street, London.

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The count-down to London 2012 Summer Olympics has begun

It's almost two years to the day and London has begun its countdown to playing host to the worl'd's best athletes in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.  News coverage in these few days have been dominated by a series of events held at the blossoming Games site in east London to mark the two-year countdown. Quoted in The Independent, the chairman of the London Olympic Games Lord Sebastian Coe, himself a Olympics running champion, said on Monday, "I never quite know whether to be flattered or slightly alarmed at actually the complexity of this is (being) almost overlooked.  I do occasionally have to remind people that what we're talking about here is something extraordinary."


Hugh Robertson, the Minister for Sport and the Olympics, added, "The project is at a delicate stage now - it has gone very well, but we're a long way from done and dusted."
Just a week ago, German sporting goods brand - adidas - the official sponsor of Team GB, which has designed and provided performance enhancing kit to the British athletes since 1984,  announced that London-born and bred fashion designer Stella McCartney will be the official creative director for dressing up the UK athletes to ensure that British athletes at London 2012 don’t just have the best performance kit but the most stylish too.   As a result, adidas will continue to develop the most innovative technical products available with the creative design input of a British fashion icon.    For the first time in the history of the Summer Games, the deal will see a top fashion designer work with a leading sports brand to design competition wear for both the national Olympic and Paralympic Teams.   Nick Craggs, Marketing Director for adidas UK, said: “This is the ultimate fusion of performance and style and we are delighted to further our relationship with Stella in this way.”  McCartney who already designs a women’s sports-inspired performance range for the brand – adidas by Stella McCartney, acknowledged in a television interview that it will be a massive challenge for her.  "We have to also pay attention to how good the athletes will look on the tele," she said.  Sports fans can now get in on the act as well with a special adidas Team GB lifestyle range designed exclusively by Stella McCartney which will launch in autumn 2010; and will incorporate both womens and menswear collections.

Sponsorships reap great financial rewards for adidas.

Adidas, which sponsored 12 teams in the World Cup football tournament in South Africa this summer, providing World Cup match balls and equipped teams including host nation South Africa, Greece and European champion Spain.  It has reported second-quarter net profit that jumped fourteenfold, exceeding analyst estimates. Net profit rose to 126 million euros (£107 million) from 9 million euros posted in the year-earlier period. The average Thomson Reuters estimate was 73 million.   Adidas did not provide any details on its earnings. Full second-quarter earnings are due on Aug. 4.   Analysts say it remains unanswered how much of the positive development was due to the World Cup football tournament but an improvement in Chinese markets and the turnaround in the company's Reebok division might also have contributed to the rises.
Adidas is the No. 2 sporting goods brand behind US group Nike, In May, Adidas had raised its outlook, mirroring a move by rival Puma, the world's No. 3 sporting goods maker. At the time, Adidas said it expected 2010 profit to rise to between 430-480 million euros after posting weak results for 2009.
Last month, Adidas lifted its 2010 revenue outlook for soccer-related products to at least 1.5 billion euros, boosted by the World Cup in South Africa.

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Registration for London Fashion Week is now Open!

Having just confirmed my travel plans for Paris Premiere Vision Pluriel - the international trade fairs for fashion and textile industry trends, due to take place 14-16 September, coinciding with Texworld (also in Paris 13-16 Sept.) I'm pleased to note that London Fashion Week will take place Friday 17th - Wed. 22nd September,  at Somerset House.  A provisional schedule has just been announced and registration  is now open.


The schedule reveals newcomers, Swedish fashion design house Acne and SS11 NewGen designers Michael Van Der Ham, David Koma and Holly Fulton, all making their on schedule debuts. Giles has confirmed he too will show in London marking a return following two seasons in Paris. Designers also confirmed to show on schedule for a third consecutive season include Burberry Prorsum, Matthew Williamson, Pringle of Scotland, Antonio Berardi and Jonathan Saunders.



Talking about London, in the news recently were discussions questioning whether the capital could be viewed as a different country from the rest of the UK.  With a population of 7.5 million people, speaking over 300 languages, Londoners try to live together in a city that has a population density ten times higher than anywhere else in the UK, but is the greenest city of its size in the world, with two thirds covered in green space or water. A city that comes fourth on the global list of number of billionaires and generates 20% of the UK's GDP, yet has a higher proportion of people living below the poverty line than anywhere else in the country.

But the world loves to come to London to shop.



Sterling's weakness continued to attract overseas visitors, especially from western Europe, China and the Middle East. Tourists were more cautious but attracted by clearance discounts.
Clothing and footwear sales were mixed. The hot weather and clearance events helped, but some people had already bought in May's sun.
Stephen Robertson, Director General, British Retail Consortium, has reported that retail sales in central London in June were 14.4% higher on a like-for-like basis than a year ago, when sales had risen 3.5%. Earlier clearance sales this year, the hot weather and stronger consumer confidence than in the UK helped boost sales. Retail footfall fell back in June to below its year-earlier level, after a small year-on-year increase in May. People preferred to watch the World Cup and Wimbledon rather than travel to shop in the hot weather.  

“These are impressive results – the strongest London sales growth since October 2006. The heat and sports events meant fewer people were out shopping in central London, but they were spending more per visit. Customers in the capital are less pessimistic than the rest of the UK and significantly less so than this time last year. The weak pound is still attracting tourists. Clearance sales were another major factor. Many were earlier so new season ranges were ready for Middle Eastern visitors before they return home for an earlier Ramadan," said Stephen Robertson, Director General, British Retail Consortium, "Economic uncertainty combined with the VAT increase and public sector job cuts on the way, suggest growth of this magnitude is unlikely to continue.”
Helen Dickinson, Head of Retail, KPMG, said: "A similar trend to last month, highlighting that London’s consumers are currently being less impacted than those in the rest of the country in terms of levels of confidence about the future. High levels of promotional activity in some of the larger destination stores helped drive footfall and sales. The comparison with weak results last year also helped boost performance and, while the World Cup did impact performance on individual days and provide a welcome uplift for some, it did not shift overall spending patterns much one way or the other."

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Bag It - What Ever It Takes!

Whatever It Takes - a unique charity programme - has launched a brand new collection of bags featuring artwork donated by international film stars, fashion designers and musicians. 
An example is shown here.
Read about it in the Eco News section.

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Inspirations from the Coast!

While involved with a design project recently, I visited the southern coast of England to do a research on "Shabby Chic", and I have rediscovered the lovely historial town of the area around Hastings, famous for the battle of 1066 of course, and the likes of Fairlight, Winchelsea, Rye etc. in the vicinity.
It is an excellent area for authentic British-ness, and enjoy such simple things as fish and chips.   If you're into "shabby chic", or looking for "vintage" inspirations, for fashion as well as interior design, a trip to the Hastings Old Town, will stir your creative juices, no doubt.
The Hastings Old Town - High Street, George Street and the surrounding area - is full of different kinds of shops, for home, lifestyle and fashion, as well as watering holes, eateries etc., and buckets load of old-fashioned retro charm.
Hastings is still a working fishermen's port.  You can enjoy a lovely day on the pebble beach and watch fishing boats returning with the day's catch against the setting sun.  Pick up some fresh fish (including big juicy scallops from the nearby Rye Bay) in the local fishmongers, some of which are set up in the original fishermen's huts that look like upside down boats. 
I've taken a number of shots of the town for design inspiration, so do check out the slide show below.


Meanwhile, British artist and designer, Emma Ball, who calls herself Queen of all things Coastal, has recently introduced her newest design simply called ‘Coastal’.
A wash bag, make up bag/pencil case, handy shopper and a chic PVC bowling bag (great for overnights or even the gym!) make up this delightfully retro range that is sure to appeal to woman and girls of all ages. A plethora of deckchairs in every colour and pattern under the sun, seagulls and the odd beach hut go the way to capture the essence of the great British coastline.
You can find Emma Ball products in various shops throughout the UK. Alternatively, for the full range log on to her website emmaball.co.uk – and keep checking back for new products as Emma is forever visiting and painting new places and seasons!

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Texprint 2010 Textile Design Winners

Leading fashion and design luminaries have chosen the six special prize winners among the 24 selected new graduate textile designers of this year's Texprint competition.  The designers presented their work to the press and members of the industry at First View at The Triangle Building at Chelsea College of Art last week. 
Here is a list of the winners:-
Breaking New Ground Prize: Sarah Podlesny of Central St Martins College of Art & Design
Prize judge Peter Copping, artistic director of Nina Ricci, was impressed with how “Sarah took a very simple idea and explored it fully through interesting techniques to arrive at a fantastic end product”. The prize is sponsored by the Pentland Group.
Colour Prize: Andrew Boyd, Cleveland College of Art & Design
Long-time supporter Pantone Europe is sponsoring the Colour prize, which was judged by designer Wakako Kishimoto, who said: “Andrew’s work shows he has an eye for something new and he knows the value of something alien.”
Weave Prize: Holly Bradley-Gill, Central St Martins College of Art & Design
Burberry’s Sally Taylor, director – fabric and trim, and Jacqueline Ednie, senior designer soft accessories, print and colour, judged the prize, which is sponsored by The Clothworkers’ Foundation.
They agreed that Holly’s translation from concept through to research drawing and development and final weave technique was very strong, original and versatile.
Knit Prize: Elena Munoz, Central St Martins College of Art & Design
Judge Derrick Campbell, managing director of the prize sponsor Lyle & Scott, praised the way in which Elena took an unusual subject – legless insects - and translated that through a scientific and then architectural approach which made for an outstanding collection.
Print Prize: Rebecca Lu, University of Brighton
Judge Elena Alfani the director of accessories at the Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo, chose Rebecca’s work due to its details, handwriting and use of colour. The award is sponsored by the print specialist Liberty Art Fabrics.
Interior Fashion Prize: Andrew Stevenson, Royal College of Art
Texprint’s programme also fosters new talent in the interiors market and this year the prize, given by the Sanderson Art in Industry Trust, was chosen by the textile designer Donna Wilson on behalf of prestige home interior design store Heal’s.


All 24 finalists including the winning designers will next present their work at Indigo (part of Première Vision Pluriel September 14-16, 2010) where the prize presentation will take place on September 15 at 3.30pm. The Paris event will also mark the official handover from Texprint’s chairman Julius Schofield to Barbara Kennington. Commenting on her new role, Ms. Kennington said: “My aim will be to continue to take TEXPRINT forward, exploring new aspects of communication (both online and offline), new ways of promoting our extraordinary wealth of design talent, and also finding new connections within the wider global industry.” She also told me that she will also soon be launching her own interior design resource website.  Ms. Kennington graduated from London’s Royal College of Art in the late 1970s at which time she set up her own label becoming part of London’s ‘new wave’ of design talent. Later, moving on to work as Design director for Desmond & Sons, then Coats Viyella PLC, both major suppliers to Marks & Spencer. In 1997, having developed the concept of WGSN with its founders Mark and Julian Worth, Kennington was invited to join WGSN to put the concept into action. Within 10 years WGSN became the world’s leading online fashion information site with a turnover of £30 million and upwards of 2,500 companies subscribing worldwide.

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Sweet Scent of Summer - Lavender Field Forever

It's summer and everywhere you go when driving in the English country side are roadside signs for fresh cherries and strawberries.  And just a mere ten-minute drive from my home in Banstead, Surrey (about 15 miles from London) is the lovely Mayfield Lavender farm, a 25 acre Soil Association accredited organic lavender farm located on the Surrey Downs.

This farm, often referred to as Surrey Lavender, and is often confused with a small allotment project locally  referred to as Carshalton Lavender or Mitcham Lavender.  But Mayfield Lavender is the home of English Lavender, according to the owners. The family business was started by Brendan Maye (originally a Managing Director of Cosmopolitan Cosmetics UK - CC  of Proctor and Gamble) who has revived lavender growing.  It is easy to sense a great passion when you go there for a visit in the summer.  What a fabulous sight it is! And the scent is pungent. The field sits in the heart of what was the most prolific lavender growing area in the world during the 19th and 20th centuries. Every summer the farm runs a photographic competition that attracts camera buffs and amateur photographers alike who also bring along their families to have picnics on its vast ground.  Mayfield remains open until end of August. There are two types of lavender grown and are clearly distinguished by their different shades, one being more vibrant and the other more mauve in colour.


While I was there recently, I spotted workers cutting the full bloom flowers which are for sale in the shop on site.  Eventually a specialised lavender harvester is used and the remainder of the lavender is taken directly to the distiller.


How did the farm get revivied?  When Mr. Maye was working at CC,  - the fine fragrance division of Wella UK, one of the brands in the portfolio was Yardley, which had been bought out of receivership by Wella and then added to the CC fragrance brands such as Gucci, Dunhill, Ghost, Anna Sui, Escada etc.

Mr. Maye read about an interesting collaboration between Downview prison and an environmental charity called Bioregional Development Group. They were working together to clear unused allotments in Carshalton and had planted 3 acres with English Lavender.  Mr. Maye was impressed by the venture and to make a long story short, he eventually acquired the project from BioRegional as a personal investment to ensure that the Lavender growing project would not simply die away. He now works with his wife Lorna to nurture and build Mayfield Lavender and are committed to the organic management of the field. Since the lavender is grown without the use of herbicides or pesticides they are also following in the tradition of the original lavender growers.  Find the lavender farm by clicking here.  Brendan Maye had worked as Regional Director (UK, Italy Holland Belgium) of Procter & Gamble (Public Company; PG; Consumer Goods industry) responsible for the prestige fragrance division of P&G in the UK and Ireland, Italy, Holland and Belgium. Brands include Gucci, Lacoste, Hugo Boss, D&G, Escada, Ghost, Anna Sui, Rochas, Dunhill, and currently he is General Manager at New Wave Fragrances (Ed Hardy) Ltd.

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Top Textile Graduates Showcased at Chelsea Collge of Art at Millibank, London

Around this time each year, I look forward to attending a special social and exhibition event organised by Texprint and catch up on the latest pool of talented textile designers graduating from the top UK design colleges, universities and institutes.  On the evening of Wednesday, July 14 (incidentally also the French national day), I joined many of the industry's notables in the fashion and interior design industry and members of the press glitterati to attend a PreView of creative works by UK's newest crop of textile design graudates.   It was held at the Chelsea College of Art at Millibank in Plimico, London, on the bank of the River Thames.  It was a great opportunity to meet up with friends and contemporates in the fashion and interior industry as well and select our own personal favourite designs for the Chairman's prize.   The First View event continues until July16, so if you want to feast your eyes on some good textile designs, make your way down to the Millibank, a stone throw's away from the Tate Britain.
Each year, through a rigorous selection process, Texprint picks out the most gifted textile designers to graduate from UK art and design schools. The shortlist of 24 will then be judged by some of fashion’s best-known design names for six highly esteemed special prizes.  I will be soon posting my pictures from the special evening but first below is a list of the different prizes, along with the names of the judges and sponsoring companies and organisations of the individual prizes.
BREAKING NEW GROUND: Peter Copping, NINA RICCI, given by PENTLAND GROUP PLC

COLOUR: Wakako Kishimoto, ELEY KISHIMOTO, given by PANTONE EUROPE

INTERIOR FASHION: Donna Wilson for HEAL’S, given by SANDERSON ART IN INDUSTRY TRUST

KNIT: Derrick Campbell, LYLE & SCOTT, given by LYLE & SCOTT

PRINT: Elena Alfani, SALVATORE FERRAGAMO, given by LIBERTY ART FABRICS

WEAVE: Sally Taylor, BURBERRY, given by THE CLOTHWORKERS’ FOUNDATION

Texprint is a not-for-profit organisation that has been helping UK-trained textile design graduates make a successful transition from academia to industry for over 40 years.   At the Indigo fair in Paris, a special prize-giving ceremony to the winners will be staged and this usually attracts wide attention because Indigo is one of the many important components of the well-established Premiere Vision textile trade fair where the world's experts meet to see and be seen.  I always make it a point to attend the ceremony when attending the internationally-acclaimed trade event.
Texprint underpins the creative foundations of the UK.  Many designers who now work in the industry were graduates who had found their first jobs through Texprint -  from Marks & Spencer to Missoni, Anthropologie to Alexander McQueen. Alice Temperley, Zandra Rhodes and Margo Selby are among those who began their careers with Texprint’s support. Barbara Horspool, group design director, New Look is also a firm fan of Texprint, having judged the 2009 competition:.  She said, “Texprint is an absolutely invaluable showcase bringing fresh and inspirational talent to the attention of the fashion world. It affords these young designers a platform to unleash their creativity, but also hone an element of commerciality as they enter the global marketplace.”

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Grey and Black for this Autumn!

The heat wave in London has given way to, dare I say, autumnal breeze, these two days!  I do hope the warm weather will return soon.  After the World Cup, the attention of sports enthusiasts turn to Tour de France and Golf at St. Andrews which opens today (weather permits).  More on sports later, but first we are thinking ahead to decide what to wear this Autumn.  The British house of Jaeger showed off their new collection recently to the press and the colour palette is grounded with ultra-modern inky tones and smoky shades of grey, from platinum to charcoal.


Chintzed deep marine wool, futuristically bound in black, is crafted into the chicest skirt suit, while Jaeger London’s modern Melton gilt zip jacket works perfectly with ankle skimming flannels and skinny denims.
Steely shades of grey feature in cashmere melange knits, shearling gilets and beautifully cut wool tailoring. And for the ultimate in luxury: Jaeger’s midnight suede zippered fighter pilot pant.  With clothes like these, I do look forward to the cooler climes.

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Stay Cool in treated T-shirts in the Heat Wave!

There's a heat wave currently in many European cities, including London.
So how should one keep cool during the extreme heat.  Take the cue from a group of runners recently at the Vienna City Marathon.



Some 120 employees from RHI AG, a producer of fire-resistant system solutions, who took part in the Vienna City Marathon, wore T-shirts made in TENCEL® to keep cool thus optimised their performance. Apparently TENCEL® t-shirts have excellent breathability so athletes stay cool during physical activity Moisture is transported from the skin to the fabric’s surface where it evaporates leaving the skin dry. One of the participants from RHI AG came in among the top 25 runners!

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Atention Fashion and Interior Designers - Here's a New website for Simplied Sourcing of Eco products

CEO/Co-founder, Summer Rayne Oakes of Source4Style, an online marketplace that allows fashion and interior designers to search and purchase sustainable materials from around the globe, is inviting fashion and interior designers to attend their demonstration at this month’s Home Textiles Fabric Sourcing Expo. The Source4Style preview and presentation will be given during the Eco-Trends: The Art & Science of Sourcing Sustainably event on July 14, 2010 in New York.  More information on our Eco-news page.

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Pop-Up store in Harvey Nicks to celebrate Lula

With so many trendy fashion magazines on the market, what is a girl to do to get more attention and publicity for her own title and promote some designer friends and engage their continuous support with advertising and sponsorship?  Why not do a launch with a major retailer who is keen to get added promotion as well.

So if you have a bottom-less designer purse and ready for some retail therapy in one of London’s prestigious shopping destinations - Knightsbridge - this week, why not pop in to the Harvey Nichols store and check out an exclusive “Pop Up” store just launched on the fourth floor to celebrate 5 Years of Lula Magazine.
The collaboration has been curated by Lula’s Editor in Chief, Leith Clark and designed by Set Designer Fiona Leahy.
The new concept space is designed for the eclectic modern woman, according to Clark and is a celebration of all things Lula, including labels such as Rodarte (like the glittery dress shown here with Moschino sunglasses and Miu Miu shoes), Erdem, Lover, Charles Anastase, Rachel Antonoff, Sonia Rykiel that have all created something special, with books and music from her friends Liz Goldwyn, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Derek Blasberg, Daisy de Villeneuve and Karen Elson, and to top it all off Chanel have created a special treat for all those who do make a purchase.

And even if you are not in London you will be able to get your hands on a bit of Lula goodness through the Harvey Nichols website.

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