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View Article  Man oh Man
Countdown to February's London Fashion Week is well and truly under way.  If you've been lucky enough to catch any of the catwalk shows of previous seasons, you'll know that they are traditionally dominated by collections of womenswear.  No more!  The BFC announced today that the schedule for LFW will include 13 promising menswear designers who will all be showing on the afternoon of February 25th.

We can't wait to get a look at Carolyn Massey and James Long.  After all, there is room for menswear on the catwalk too, especially if it happens to be clothing a rather exquisite looking gentleman.



Image courtesy of Vogue.co.uk
View Article  Innovation by Hussein Chalayan

Most museums, I can take or leave. Don't blame me, blame my attention-deficient generation. And MTV.

However, this one's definitely worth the trip - and especially between now and 17th of May:

Image courtesy of Hussein Chalayan.com's blog

An exhibit of works by the award-winning fashion designer Hussein Chalayan from 1994-2009 is on at London's Design Museum.

It's purpose is to look at the creative approach of a man who brought us portable architecture, a dress made of aircraft materials and another made of Swarovski crystals and 15,000 flickering LED lights.

It's the most compresensive presentation of Chalayan's past fifteen years of experimental projects and will include his past and present collections.

It should appeal to anyone who loves fashion, technology, innovation or art. Basically, anyone with eyes and brain.

And I dare you to leave without once contemplating the phrase 'frickin' laser beams'.

View Article  The Merit of Tempest
As if there wasn't enough to look forward to at next month's London Fashion Week, we learned today that William Tempest has been named the recipient of the inaugural Vauxhall Fashion Scout Merit Award.  Receiving this award means Tempest can stage his first solo catwalk show at LFW.

Tempest narrowly missed out on winning last year's Fashion Fringe at Covent Garden award and has been much talked about lately since actress Emma Watson took to the red carpet in one of his creations.

At only 22, Tempest's C.V includes stints at Giles Deacon and Jean Charles de Castelbajac.  Not bad for a young lad.


Image courtesy of Vogue.com


View Article  Meet: Tour de Force

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.

View Article  Funding charts 13th January 2009

Balenciaga RTW A/W08, courtesy of Style.com

Here are the latest chart positions for designer funding:

Amount Invested    Shares Sold      Designer

£390                         39                    Georgie W

£340                         34                    Love Cole by Samantha Cole London

£290                         29                    Kelly Love

£170                         17                    Tom Florian Atelier

£160                         16                    Fred Butler

£120                         12                    Daughter Earth

£90                             9                    Marshall&Vox

£70                             7                    Plastikowy

£60                             6                    Clash&Refine

£30                             3                    Tatiana Biktimirova
£30                             3                    Lucy Willis
£20                             2                    
PopRina

£20                             2                    Solemare
£10                             1                    Paula Mattoso
£10                             1                    
Jennivi Jordan

£10                             1                    Saia Ikavalko
£10                             1                    Sample Remix
£10                             1                    Cristina Schamann
£10                             1                    Alisa Benay

Why are some designers not clickable?
Some of the designers haven't got any products on sale at the moment and so their profile is currently inactive.

All shares purchased still stand and you can view them in My Account > 
Designer Funding.

View Article  12 days of Christmas, SHOWStudio-style

1. Take 12 splendid designers:

2. Ask them to provide an image inspired by Light.

3. Using some sort of magic, refract said images through a Swarovski crystal and allow people to meddle with them with a mouse hover.

Images courtesy of SHOWstudio

4. Run an automatic spooky music track on the page that will eventually convince viewers to check that poltergeists aren't coming out of the television.

Et voila! SHOWStudio's 12 days of Christmas. It finished on the 6th, so all 12 are there for you to go and fiddle with now.

View Article  Funding Charts 7th January 2009

Richard Nicoll SS09 courtesy of Style.com

Here are the latest chart positions for designer funding:

Amount Invested    Shares Sold    Designer

£350                         35                    Georgie W
£280                         28                    Kelly Love
£270                         27                    Love Cole by Samantha Cole London
£160                         16                    Fred Butler
£111                         11                    Daughter Earth
£80                             8                    Tom Florian Atelier
£70                             7                    Plastikowy
£60                             6                    Clash&Refine
£60                             6                    Marshall&Vox
£30                             3                    Tatiana Biktimirova
£30                             3                    Lucy Willis
£20                             2                    PopRina
£20                             2                    Solemare
£10                             1                    Paula Mattoso
£10                             1                    Jennivi Jordan
£10                             1                    Saia Ikavalko
£10                             1                    Sample Remix
£10                             1                    Cristina Schama
£10                             1                    Alisa Benay


Why are some designers not clickable?
Some of the designers haven't got any products on sale at the moment and so their profile is currently inactive.

All shares purchased still stand and you can view them in My Account > Designer Funding.



View Article  Meet Markus Lupfer
We are thrilled to welcome Markus Lupfer and his fabulous knits to Catwalk Genius.




Markus graduated with first class honours from the University of Westminster and immediately sold his graduate collection to Koh Samui.  Markus' own label was born in 1998.



Since then, Markus has become renowned for his use of stunning prints and bold colours and his knitwear has been worn by many a starlet, such as Gwen Stefani.




We recommend you check out the Markus Lupfer collection asap.  It won't be around for long!



View Article  January Bargainosity

Well, would you look at that? It only went and turned 2009, while I was distracted by a particularly succulent mince pie. Hope yours was a lovely festive period.

In some parts of the internet, January is known for its sales. So if you're looking for a
bargain, we wouldn't like to disappoint.

Here are some of the juicy discounts you'll find in our
Sample Sale:

Red Print Dress by Aganovich; was £375, now £185 (over 50% off):

 

Pleat Front Jersey Dress by Nicola de Main; was £75, now £38 (half price):

Heart tee by Jojo & Malou; was£45, now £10 (over 75% off):


Shop the
entire Sale - give yourself a treat while you're squaring up to face the perils of January!