Some grown-up glamour has just arrived in the CwG store, courtesy of Mannhattan-based designer Deibe Rondon:

Venezuelan-born Deibe is a graduate of both the Fashion Institute of Technology and Central Saint Martin's. His collection includes sophisticated cocktail dresses, feminine separates and sleek knits.

You can shop the Deibe Rondon range, or invest in a new collection through the Back a Designer scheme in order to share in the profits.

Daughters of London is a recent addition to our stable of designers, with Ascot-inspired headwear:

Designer Jenny Lee created the line when she found herself out of luck trying to find a fascinator for the Royal Races.

Understated and elegant, these little beauties will see you right even through the daunting task of navigating the Ascot dress-code!

Shop the full Daughters of London range here.

Following success at Carribean Fashion Week and praise from Style Bubble's Susie, we're delighted to announce some gorgeous new pieces from Jennivi Jordan:

Like Susie, we love the citrus-sharp colours and interesting textures of this innovative range.

If you agree, you can shop the collection here, or invest in Jennivi's next collection if you'd like to share in the profits from her undoubtedly bright future!

Great coverage of David David's Spring/Summer 2010 collection over on Dazed Digital, including an interview and film presentation made in collaboration with Spring studios.

Continuing the signature geometric prints, but with a growing sophistication and elegance, the collection represents a logical and delightful evolution for the acclaimed label.

You can find previous David David pieces at a discount in our Sample Sale.

We're delighted to welcome quirky jewellery label Urban Spark to Catwalk Genius:

The designers, shown above, are both called Nikki, which must make things easy in the office secret Santa draw.

Their first collection is named 'Jules' after the author of 'Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea', Jules Verne. As such, you can expect some pleasingly aquatic pieces such as these:

L-R: Silver Etchant Ring, £14.99, Black Etchant Necklace, £19.99, Ribbon Coral Bracelet, £14.99.

If you're in London on a Saturday from the one coming up until the 17th October, pop round and say hello to the ladies at Portobello market. For the rest of us, you can shop the line here.

Fresh from her acclaimed London Fashion Week show, Georgie W Couture now has a new Autumn/Winter range available on Catwalk Genius.

The range includes some fabulous faux-leather pieces, as well as these gorgeous elegant evening gowns:

You can shop the range, or buy a share in her next collection. Leading the funding charts and with rave reviews from fashion week, it looks like Georgie W Couture has a bright future ahead.

Name one of Georgie W Couture's stockists.

Recent additions to Catwalk Genius, Ayuk & Adoara tick a lot of the boxes you need to fall in love with a fashion label.

They manufacture in local London, their clothes are detailed and finished by hand and they select models who represent a healthy brand of beauty.

Secondary to all of that loveliness though, is the fact that the pieces in their current 'Black and White' and 'Puppet Bones' collections are simply gorgeous.

In their repertoire you'll find elegant dresses, exquisite tailoring and some covetable casuals. With this kind of quality, Ayuk & Adoara are definintely ones to watch.

You can buy a share in their next collection from their profile page, or pick up one of their creations in their shop.

For me, it was Flying Saucers. Or Rhubarb and Custards. Of course, these days my diet requires a little more chocolate content than that, but back in the day it was the pastel-coloured sweets that formed the foundation of my 10p mix.

Now, thanks to 20-year-old Josh Wayman's creations under his label Kandee, I think I'm about to revert to my high-sugar childhood.

His collection, Created in Candyland, features shoes that are all inspired by various sweetie delights.

Exhibit A - the Fruit Belts Heels (£99.99):

..or B, the Peppermint Creams (also £99.99):

Take a look at the Kandee range on Catwalk Genius and savour the taste, without any of the calories.

Hot stuff, our latest addition: Big Fluff.

Superlatively pretty and witty, take a look at some of their offerings:

All the tees and dresses are hand-print in their Hackney studios on ethically-traded garments.

Panda Print Tunic Top, £35

Phase 3/4 sleeve Batwing Dress, £55

I CUT HAIR Oversized Tee, £30

Find out more about this rock and roll London label, or shop the full range.

The Retro Belt by Georgie W Couture has just featured in Pride Magazine:

You can buy the belt in Georgie W Couture's shop on Catwalk Genius for a deliciously affordable £15:

Lovers of all things equine who are looking for something new to wear to that saucy Daniel Radcliffe play need search no longer.

Gemma Lister's beautiful jewellery range features several horsey pieces, to be worn with or without jodhpurs:

Black Horse Studs by Gemma Lister Jewellery, £25

Horse Charm Necklace by Gemma Lister Jewellery, £25

The range also contains some stylish and versatile collars, cuffs and bows that are an affordable way to glam up an outfit. Lookey:

Chain and Bow Cuff by Gemma Lister Jewellery, £35

You can shop the full Gemma Lister Jewellery collection here.

Sophisticated Blogger by Mike Licht (cc)

It's great when you know the story behind the clothes that you wear; where they were made, whether they were a labour of love or just plain hard labour and of course, who designed them.

Modern technology means that these days, you can get to know the personality behind the collections as more and more designers are taking their thoughts to Wordpress.

Some of the Catwalk Genius designers who regularly pop up in my RSS reader are:

Fred Butler - as well as charting her meteoric rise on the London fashion scene, the colourful accessories designer always has interesting news and interviews with some very cool friends, employees and idols. See Fred's exclusive design for Catwalk Genius.

Tour de Force - Camille, the designer behind the brilliant hair accessories label, has a great eye for the beautiful and unusual. The blog asks some interesting questions about fashion and art, while entertaining at the same time. View the Tour de Force Catwalk Genius shop.

 Kelly Love - the talented designer of sumptuous eveningwear and lingerie has a brand spanking new blog that has already seen activity at Australian Fashion Week, as well as giving a behind-the-scenes peek at her design work. Shop Kelly's collection on Catwalk Genius.

Stansfield - the uber-cool menswear designers who have created some unisex pieces for Catwalk Genius discuss the inspiration behind their work and give fans sneak previews of what's to come on their blog.

We can heartily recommend subscribing - and if you know of any other great designer blogs or Twitter accounts, let us know. If we like them too, we'll give them a shout on here!

It's Coutts London Jewellery Week and if you're a fan of innovative bling, you can see pieces from over 40 of the most exciting names working in British jewellery at the Treasure exhibition.

One is Justyna from our own Lua Lua, whose Tutti Frutti range can be found in her Catwalk Genius shop.

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Also featuring is Ring Leader Urban Jewellery, who has a fabulous range of decadent and audacious pieces.

At the exhibit, you can view new collections, while you can shop the Mr T range on Catwalk Genius:

Head along to:

The Flower Cellars, 4-6 Russell Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 7PR

Opening times:

Friday 12th June – 12noon- 8pm
Saturday 13th June – 10am- 6pm
Sunday 14th June – 10am- 6pm

The nominees for the 2009 Scottish Fashion Awards are in and they include three from the Catwalk Genius stable.

Laura Lees is nominated for Designer of the Year, along with Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders and Graeme Black.

The Spring/Summer 09 range from Laura Lees is now available - and it's rather stunning:

Also nominated is Alice Palmer, whose knitted wire accessories are available from our shop from £85.

Keira Thorley's gorgeous leather creations have also earned her a shout:

Keira and Alice are up for the Young Designer award, alongside Holly Fulton, Louise Gray, Graeme Armour and Iona Crawford. See the full nominee list here.

Well done to all - we'll be rooting for you!

Big Pink Bow by Tour de Force, £119

Catwalk Genius fave le Tour de Force has been given the seal of approval of His Royal Hatness Stephen Jones.

TdF creations have been chosen to feature in the London's New Milliners' section of the Anthology of Hats exhbition at the V&A museum, curated by Stephen himself.

High praise indeed - and very well deserved.

Catch the exhibition before it ends by booking your tickets here.

Jojo and Malou rock. Hard.

Here's a bit of what they've been up to lately.

1. Making an awesome Spring/Summer 09 collection - you can browse here and buy from Catwalk Genius.

2. Gracing BBC TV's The Culture Show on the shapely back of all-round girl-hero, Lauren Laverne:

3. Getting on Swedish telly.

4. Clothing the awesome band Those Dancing Days.

Stay tuned for the next installment. While you're waiting, you can stalk them here and here. Stalktastic!

First, there were the bestsellers.

Coco and Stella - both £24.99 by Marshall & Vox - have consistently been among our top sellers since they launched.

Next came the bargains:

Topshop and Wintour are now in the Sample Sale, discounted to a delicious £15 to make way for new items.

Now, say hello to Halston and the Sugababes.

Marshall & Vox extend their cheeky fashion insider tees with these awesome tribute tees, both available in the Boutique.

If you like these, you might also want to pick up a share in the label - it's only £11 to invest. Visit Marshall & Vox's page and click on the 'Become a Supporter' link to get started.

Catwalk Genius has teamed up with fashion designer Laura Lees for a short film screening and drinks reception at London Fashion Week.  We have 2 VIP all access tickets to give away to one lucky reader.

You must be available this Friday 20th February 2009 and be able to get to London W1.  The event will take place from 3pm to 9pm.

To be in with a chance of winning simply drop us a line to talktous@catwalkgenius.com with your name, age, daytime contact number and where you’re from.  Please note you must be over 18 to enter this competition.

Closing date is Thursday 19th February at 1pm.

Best of luck!

www.lauralees.co.uk

So t'interweb really loves our latest addition, Tour de Force.

Shall we find out why, lovely readers? Then let's begin..

First, there's this:

Pleated Flower Headpiece, £89

..and then of course the nice discount on this:

Butterfly Crown, was £89, now £69.

..and it's also can't harm that the designer, Camille Roman, is fresh from creating some of the magic at Johnny Loves Rosie, with a CV that also lists Lanvin, Zac Posen and Lulu Guinness.

So there you go - visit Tour de Force's shop to make a stylish statement with a simple outfit, or when you want to be the most fashion-forward guest over 2009's wedding season.

You may think you deserve a fashion award just for standing up in your 5inch Louboutins for 4 hours on a Saturday night, and I would tend to agree with you.  But someone who has done much, much more for the world of fashion is Louise Wilson, Course Director of the Central St Martins M.A programme.  Ms Wilson was honoured with an O.B.E last week from Queen Lizzy herself and sparkled in Lanvin jewels as she graciously accepted.

Central St Martins has been the starting point for many great designers of our generation such as Peter Jensen and Christopher Kane not to mention our very own Sinha-Stanic. We at CWG would like to say congratulations Louise, an award thoroughly deserved! 

I’ll leave you with this: "My students know I love them. I'm the only one who cares enough to hate them."                                     

Louise Wilson.

Unless you’ve been living in a bubble for the last 6 months, you’ll know that we’re right smack bang in the middle of some tricky credit-crunching times.  Today Jens Laugesen sadly announced that his label has folded after 6 outstanding years.  The Danish born designer has won just about every award out there and received sponsorship from the BFC’s New Gen programme.  Unfortunately in this day and age that just isn’t enough if you don’t have the funding to back it up.

We at CWG believe that fashion designers sometimes need a bit of help.  We care about the fashion industry and that’s why we’ve launched our ‘Back a Designer’  scheme.  Here you and I can purchase shares to fund a designer’s next collection.  Once the funding target is reached, the funds are used towards the production of a new collection or diffusion range.  Once that collection is sold, the profits are split between you, CWG and the designer. 

We like to think we’re doing our bit.  If you fancy doing your bit, check out the designers we have who are available for backing and why not purchase a share or 2?