Crafted in the United Kingdom by skilled artisans using premium Italian yarns sourced from upcycled textiles, this exquisite collection emerges as a testament to sustainable fashion. The initial offering consists of two distinctive cardigans: Oskar, punctuated by an exclamation mark, and Joey, adorned with a question mark. While originally designed with men in mind, these cardigans have captivated women as well, becoming the epitome of versatile boyfriend cardigans.
True to their commitment to minimizing waste, each piece in this collection is meticulously produced in small, eco-conscious batches. For those who miss the first release, pre-order options are available, with a maximum waiting period of two weeks. Bee & Sons proudly contributes to the recycling initiatives in Prato,...
UGG X Telfar Goes Denim
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Southern California footwear brand UGG launches its sixth drop with Telfar. The brands designed this collection with two things in mind: to make self-expression comfortable for all and Telfar’s slogan, “It’s not for you – it’s for everyone.”
Telfar is a “Unisex, luxury fashion brand founded in 2005 in New York City by Telfar Clemens.” Best known for The Shopping Bag featuring their signature “T” logo, TELFAR has disrupted the luxury bag fashion scene, with most of their online bag drops selling out in mere minutes.
Continuing previous collaborations, this UGG® x TELFAR drop features carryover styles of shoes, shopper bags and apparel.
TheChicGeek says,
“Telfar is rinsing that tote bag. This is the sixth drop? I completely missed this. This isn’t for the...
Trend Reworking Vintage Classics
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We all love vintage, but finding on-trend vintage in the right size can be an epic and frustrating search. The trend for reworking vintage is gaining pace as a solution to the mountains of unwarranted clothing and give new life to old.
Beyond Remade from the founders of Beyond Retro, and Vintage Threads Rework from Vintage Threads, are just two vintage brands leading the charge.
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Beyond Remade
Beyond Remade takes recycled materials such as denim, duck canvas or suede and upcycles them into brand new pieces inspired by ‘vintage classics’. These recycled fabrics are remade and reimaged as timeless designs such as dungarees, aprons, and jackets – all with a vintage style. Each piece is completely unique and made from 100%...
Castore Launches AMC Legacy Collection
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Premium sportswear brand, Castore, is setting a new standard in tennis performance clothing. Designed to fully enhance your game, the Legacy Collection combines the distinct brand ethos of Castore and Andy Murray to deliver unparalleled comfort and optimum performance on the court.
The AMC Legacy Collection is crafted with high-stretch, quick-drying fabrics and the collection ensures unrestricted movement and ease both on and off the court. The collection consists of technical polo tops, training shorts, mesh mix training t-shirts and active shorts in a classic white colourway, with prices starting from £40.
TheChicGeek says, “While Andy Murray felt left out from an awful piece of artwork commissioned by the All England Club, he offers everybody the chance to...
American Vintage Opens In Hampstead
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American Vintage has opened the doors to a brand new menswear and womenswear space in the London neighbourhood of Hampstead. The store is designed in natural materials and tones, in a nod to the Mediterranean origins of the Marseille brand and its quality materials.
The essence of American Vintage has been celebrated through its collections since 2005. Here, it is diffused into the atmosphere of this 70m² menswear and womenswear store. The design uses wood and terracotta enamel while also leaving space for natural greenery in the store.
This latest store in its London network is just as unique as its predecessors. The brand’s essential materials come alongside new terracotta tile designs.
At the heart of the store is a space with great personality, featuring...
Louis Vuitton Spring-Summer 2024 Men’s Collection Campaign By Pharrell Williams
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In his first campaign for Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams ignites his vision for the Maison with the new Speedy: an adaptation of the emblematic Speedy bag contextualised in imagery featuring Rihanna photographed by Keizō Kitajima and Martine Syms. The proposal – released days after his debut show – expands on the foundation for the Men’s Creative Director’s practice at Louis Vuitton.
It represents the union of two everyday icons: a luxury bag founded in codes of reality, embodied by an artist of universal human appeal. The campaign was styled by Cynthia Lu and Matthew Henson, both long-time collaborators of Pharrell Williams. In the lead-up to the show, a campaign teaser graced the façade of Musée d’Orsay.
The new Speedy is informed by the cosmopolitan nucleus that inspired...
SS24 Pharrell Williams’ Louis Vuitton Menswear
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The sun was shining on Pharrell Williams, in what was the most anticipated menswear shows of the SS24 season. The show notes say, “The Louis Vuitton Spring-Summer 2024 Men’s Collection orbits the sun as a focal point for opportunity, responsibility and enhancement. In his first proposal for the Maison, Men’s Creative Director Pharrell Williams looks to the sun as a universal source of life: a radiance that energises, heals and unifies humans across cultures and creeds. As our ultimate guiding light, the sun empowers its pupils to study, improve, and share in our appreciation. It teaches us to shine the light – the love – back on our fellow humans.The impact of the sun is present throughout the collection, in the rays of graphics, the warmth of the palette,...
Exhibition V&A DIVA
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DIVA celebrates the power and creativity of iconic performers, exploring and redefining the role of ‘diva’ and how this has been subverted or embraced over time across opera, stage, popular music, and film. Showcasing over 250 objects drawn from the V&A collection and loans from across the world, the exhibition explores the powerful and personal stories of creativity, ambition, and resilience of some of the best-known divas, from opera goddesses and silent movie stars to sirens of the big screen and today’s global megastars.
TheChicGeek says, “The difficult temporary exhibition space above and in the centre of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Fashion Gallery is my least favourite. Things just don’t pop here. They really should think about the lighting...
Sheep Inc’s New Sorbet Shades Men’s Basics
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Sheep Inc are introducing new shades of its T-shirt and crewneck for summer in Lime Green, Dragon Fruit Pink, and Raspberry Blue.
As part of this collection Sheep Inc. is proud to announce the first T-shirt that naturally has no carbon footprint: The T-shirt is created without producing any net CO2 emissions by using regenerative farming methods to harvest the Merino wool and using solar powered manufacturing, each T-shirt leaves a naturally carbon negative footprint. Without the need to offset. This takes the full cradle 2 grave impact into account, and calculations are independently verified by Carbon Footprint Ltd.
TheChicGeek says, “When we think of T-shirt, we instantly think ‘cotton’, but a Merino wool version...
Sebago & Drake’s New Footwear Collaboration
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Sebago, the legendary New England shoemaker, has collaborated with Drake’s.
Beginning with the Docksides, the boat shoe that helped to define 20th century university campus culture — worn by Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Pharrell Williams and countless other individuals of style and influence — the Drake’s for SebagoDockside is available in both navy and white leather with paracord laces, and patchwork navy, red and white leather with leather laces. Other special details include contrast hand-stitching, white eyelets, a green and white side tab, inspired by the awning outside of Drake’s shops, and embossed co-branding on the shoe’s insole.
“I have a deep affinity for Sebago,” says Drake’s Creative Director Michael Hill. “In fact, the Dockside is the first shoe that I remember...