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She’s come a long way since her Spice Girls days. These days, Victoria Beckham is one of Hollywood’s biggest celebrities and over the past few years, she has worked tirelessly to build a designer brand in her name. Her collections have repeatedly received positive reactions and she has been honoured with the title of ‘Designer Brand Of The Year’ at this year’s British Fashion Awards.
It’s barely been two weeks since the Versace for H&M Collection launched on both sides of the pond, and already the High Street giant, H&M, has announced their next collaboration.
Over the past few years bloggers have really infiltrated the fashion industry. Fashion insiders have welcomed them with open arms while others have wrinkled their noses up at them, but you can’t deny that they’ve made one hell of an impression. This is no longer girls in their bedrooms writing for fun, blogging has now turned into a fully fledged career for some and many fashion blogs receive thousands, even millions of hits per month.
Rihanna was the new face of Armani Jeans and Underwear, replacing actress Megan Fox. She fronted the advertising campaign sporting a short blonde look and wearing the label’s latest creations of jumper and jeans against an old-school car backdrop.
Last week we brought you the news that Department Store Barney’s was to launch a ‘Twelve Days of Gaga’ workshop as part of their Christmas celebrations.
When Kate and William married in April this year, of course all eyes were on the magnificent wedding dress, but eyes briefly swayed onto Bridesmaid Pippa Middleton who was also sporting a gorgeous Alexander McQueen creation.
Alexander McQueen is a name known by everyone in the fashion industry and the designer’s legacy and vision lives on through Sarah Burton’s gorgeous designs, but it’s also being kept alive by the ‘McQ’ branch of the company, the label for a younger audience.
She’s responsible for Autumn/Winter 2011’s biggest trend…the polka dot. She showcased figure hugging, sheer polka-dot creations on her A/W catwalk shows and a flurry of celebrities have been spotted in that dress, but would you be surprised to hear that Stella McCartney has never showcased her collections at London Fashion Week? Unthinkable!
Life has not been too great for disgraced designer, John Galliano, after his anti-Semitic outburst in a Paris café earlier this year. Following his conviction, Galliano was sacked as creative director of Dior and replaced by British designer Bill Gaytten.
With the release of the new Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 film on the very near horizon, we were all excited to see our favourite movie stars gracing the red carpets at the official premieres on both sides of the pond.