830 Sign AW10 Collection

Silently Saying Something
830Sign presents a concise variety of innovative silhouettes that have been engineered through quintessential and veritable tailoring artistry.
Showcasing versatility, 830Sign introduces a Fall/Winter 2010 Collection with an embedded structure that is undeniable. With that, they summon a refined and comfortable tableau of vintage inspired and understated togs.

The inspiration for the collection came from a thoughtful walk in through the city of Verona, Italy.

Inspiration, it is in the very fog that covers the city and countryside that embrace you when you wake up in the morning. It is in the moon over Verona that is the guiding light for Romeo and Juliet’s epic love. It is in the winter blue nights, the white snow, the river mud and a brisk walk in the Roman sites, where history comes alive in the old buildings that line the streets.

With that ensues the offering of a refined palette full of colors reminiscent of the natural elements and mood of Verona, each piece gives rich tones of grey, mud, brown, blue with some flashes of dark red and forest green life.

Using superior cashmere and Japanese denim as a keystone for the brand, every piece is carefully created by hand. It is the defining characters that are so subtly embedded in the pieces that make the brand every bit custom.

Fans of the 830Sign brand are Jennifer Lopez, Kristen Stewart, Ashley Greene.

See a few more images of the collection here.

Photos & text Copyright 830 Sign.

830 Sign

Combining heritage and authenticity
Imagine going back to a time when denim was dyed by bare hands, when detail was deliberate and could not be overlooked and the subtle nuances were what set each garment apart.

Going back to a time when the quality of each piece added to our wardrobe lasted beyond our years, creating the charm of a treasure we would find in our grandparents closet.

The deep-rooted sense of heritage and authenticity merged, making it timeless.

830 Sign draws upon innovation and craftsmanship, utilizing exclusive fabrics, unique technology, and precise detail to design and fit.

Combining heritage and authenticity with an innovative spirit is what makes the collection modern and relevant.

The long road traveled
Traveling has inspired my collections for 830 Sign a great deal because all my experiences and the types of people I have met along the way have motivated the aesthetic you see in the brand.

Creating pieces for a more evolved and sophisticated group has drawn my focus to instilling authentic craftsmanship to each piece. It mirrors your lifestyle with a modern perspective on the basics.

Appreciating genuine quality and having never been one to be influenced by the trends, I have been motivated by understated elegance. For me this means someone who truly understands his own style, molds it and creates it without being flashy or in your face.

At the end of the day, fashion fades and real style is still standing strong. We did not focus on making sure we give you the latest trend because detail, fit and quality will always be our mission.

Where it all began
A superstitious Italian man, my father, born on the 30th of August (8/30) lives his life considering all things a ‘sign’. I guess it goes without saying that the apple didn’t fall too far from the tree when I, born on the 30th of December, learned to believe the same thing. In my family, everything seemed to take place on the 8th or 30th.

Growing up, I became more aware of signs too and noticed the correlation between the dates and without hesitation told myself, “It is a sign…” and on my father’s birthday 8/30/2008 I decided to name the brand 830 Sign, it is sort of my way of giving my father the credit he is due.

See some photos of the a/w 2010 collection here.

Photos & text Copyright 830 Sign.

D.S. Dundee: A New Range, A New Store

After a prolonged period of radio silence, D.S.DUNDEE returns to the fray with the winter range and a brand new store.

There’s too much to report in a single newsletter so over the coming weeks we’ll break things down into more detail, but in the meantime check out the range online—outerwear, tailoring (new 3-piece tweed suits anyone..?), a ton of Scottish knitwear, including some Fair Isle styles and beautiful chunky Merino shawl collars, 3 shirt styles and some of the finest footwear we've ever laid eyes on.

After a total overhaul on the store, we are now proud to open the doors on a space to do the collection justice. See the collection and new store here.

Photos & text Copyright D.S. Dundee.

Bespoke Tailoring by Stephen Seo

Stephen Seo, a modern bespoke designer specializing in custom tailored clothing for the most distinguished of taste, maintains a showroom in the exclusive 20 Pine Collection designed by Armani Casa in New York City's Financial District with a prime view of the New York Stock Exchange.

By appointment only, the open loft boutique offers an oasis for fashionistas and curious sophisticates alike to discover his whimsical shirt patterns, meticulouly detailed suits, along with cocktail dresses, stunning silk blouses and skirts.

Stephen Seo has designed miraculous pieces for various Hollywood Stars that were featured in award-winning modern day films, as well as the principal characters of HBO's "Entourage" who have been brandishing his signature suits for the hit show. He has been featured in several issues of The New York Times, Robb Report, Black Book and Departures.

Find the entire collection here.

Photos & text Copyright Stephen Seo, Courtesy DSK Global.

Ravishing Mad & the Darkness Within

The Spring/Summer 2011 Collection is an exploration of the darkness within. It embraces loneli­ness and the relief that comes with living in whatever mood that comes along. We don’t like pleas­ers, and we don’t put on happy faces. The collection offers 10 different denim styles in 7 colours like bright red, black, print/wash out combination blue, and airbrushed grey. Ravishing Mad is well known for the draped big pocket jeans with an extremely high waist, and this season further incorporates draped cuts. Oversized plaid shirts with drunken buttoning are combined with unisex ass-door jumpsuits and mesh hoodies with huge sagging pockets.

The Swedish fashion label Ravishing Mad was founded in Malmö, Sweden, in 2008 by designer Anna Österlund. Ravishing Mad is a denim based punk rock label that works closely with musicians, artists and film makers and these collaborations are equally important as the fashion that is part of the Ravishing Mad lifestyle. Everyone involved in the RM projects are frequently switching places and either modeling, contributing with music or standing behind the camera. Anna is keeping Swedish design traditions: high quality, clean lines and stressing functionality, but going further, incorporating strong accent colours and straying away from the strict. The collections offer women‘s, men’s and unisex styles, both in ready-to-wear and more extreme versions.

Henrik Vibskov was one of the first to discover the RM denim and has stocked them in his stores in Copenhagen and Olso since the first collection. Anna is educated at the Swedish School of Textiles in Borås, Sweden, and graduated in 2006. She now runs the company together with her husband Truls Bråhammar.

“... I don’t like to divide my life into sections, I live it blurred. Work and fun can happen at any time, so I really don’t think there is any need to label it. I go play with my friends, or work, we might sometimes call it work and sometimes not. It evolves into music for some of us, or photos and videos, and some in clothes, or we just mix it all. I love these collaborations and look for them everywhere! I also do two major collections a year under the label Ravishing Mad (and denim is my thing). I show them at the fashion weeks of Paris, New York, Copenhagen and Berlin, but prefer the guerilla way, the anti fashion way, the fun way.”

View the entire look book here.



Photos & text Copyright Ravishing Mad.

COMING SOON is the first contemporary brand without the name of the designer mentioned. It is a brand created for a generation of women and men who wear what they like without stating who designed it.

These individual looks that combined Japanese style DNA with an Italian vestibility are timeless, casual wear pieces made with perfect construction and sophisticated simplistic details. One of the signs of COMING SOON is the dot logo on the label that is directly embroidered on the clothing making it visible on the outfit’s exterior.

For its sixth collection, Spring-Summer 2011, the COMING SOON catalogue itself strengthens the idea of the “Coming Sooners”, a gang of real people agreeing with COMING SOON’s philosophy; thus the Spring-Summer look book features an artistic family made of journalists, art directors, or editors, as the first chapter of this new tribe’s story.

This season, COMING SOON went back to the roots of the brand. It asserts its style through natural fabrics and a soft scale of colors: on a base of black and white is developed a palette of beige, greige, autumnal shades and different tones of blue (from light to royal and navy), enlighted with touches of pure red.

Both men and women can enjoy a large range of accessories, from the 72-hour bowling bag or the ideal daily tote bag coming with its matched Japanese clutch, to the polka dot bicolor scarf bringing back the dot logo on the foreground.

Men’s side is playing around the perfect masculine wardrobe. Classic suits worn with trilby hats and scarves seem to have a British accent, which one can also find in the Prince-of-Wales prints. The reversible vest—now a COMING SOON classic—that matches a casual shirt and used jeans, could be the ideal uniform for a poet, who would also wear his white shirt outside with his striped suit and would not hesitate to counterbalance the smartness of his jacket with dot logo t-shirts or sneakers.

This sixth collection is like a game with classic codes, a complex simplicity, a succession of soft suggestions never taken literally but always with a twist. A game of hide-and-seek leading to a subtle balance: eventually the essence of COMING SOON.

View the entire collection here.

Photos & text Copyright Yohji Yamamoto.

Christian Westphal: Urban Warriors

Christian Westphal´s spring 2011 collection is a looser, a little more colourful and a lot more casual chic than fall, but his formula for quirky cuts is basically unchanged. After all, even the most die-hard urban warrior needs a break from black once in a while.

After a couple of seasons of citified dressing, collectors of Westphal may well be pining for his more eclectic but wearable pieces. If so, they’ll find plenty of them: washed out coats, soft boxy jackets, wrapped pants and shorts, and jersey that looked as if they’d been sourced from a trip around the markets of 19th century America.

Westphal explains he had been thinking about recasting basics and working on a kind of primitive collage concept inspired by a visit to the 19th century Wild West. But unlike the fall’s collection, with its bohemian layer on layer vibe, spring isn’t about an overarching theme or look: It is about giving a reason to shop, and as such, there are many arguments here for a guy to unfreeze his AmEx.

New fabrics are crushed techno taffeta, draped jersey, and glove leather-like cotton, and a starched looking white poplin shirt with origami-like folds round the neck. You will also find a pair of trompe-l’oeil sequined shirts, with their graphic shapes evoking a nighttime skyline.

The jeans are no longer artfully destroyed and stained but the corporation with the Okayama denim producers have outcomed camouflage patch worked jeans with rivets in antique gold and brass, however with a flicker of irony.

Patching together Sergio Leone´s picture “The Good, The Bad, The Ugly”, the collection moves from complex jersey tanks with knots and spray dye and knit with a kind of moon-glow lightness. In the collage of elements, there are recycled fabrics and natural-looking hemp weaves, and a sidelong tribalism in the urban-warrior outerwear and accessories.

The nature-versus-man concept is for spring/summer 2011 a meld of futuristic technique and art craftsmanship.

View the collection here.

Photos & text Copyright Christian Westphal.

Henrik Vibskov: the Designer

As a fashion designer Henrik Vibskov has produced Seventeen collections since he graduated from Central St. Martin’s in 2001, and he is currently the only Scandinavian designer on the official show schedule of the Paris Men’s Fashion Week, which he has been since January 2003.

Since the beginning of his career, Henrik has frequently been invited to and participated in festivals, contests, and talks, such as Swiss Textile Awards 2003 where he ended up in the finals: Hyères Festival 2003 and 2004, Expo 2005 japan, Noovo Festival 2007 in Santiago de Compostella, Design Week 2008 in Monterrey, Mexico and NOTCH Festival 2009 in Beijing.

Henrik Vibskov’s collections are sold only through thoroughly selected shops across the globe. Seven in New York, Midwest in Tokyo, Aloha Rag in Hawaii, Spr+ in Amsterdam, Traffic in Moscow, Mue in Seoul and his own Henrik Vibskov Stores in Copenhagen and Oslo are a few of the most influential stores, but lately countries like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have embraced Henrik’s designs.

Through his career, Henrik’s designs have won him prizes such as Beck’s Student Future Prize 2000, Danish Design Council Award 2007,Brand of the Year DANSK Magazine Fashion Awards 2008 and Danish Art Council’s Design Award 2009

See more images here.

Photos Copyright Henrik Vibskov, Courtesy Agentur V.

Henrik Vibskov: the Man

The name Henrik Vibskov is most commonly associated not only with a fashion label but a multitude of twisted yet tantalizing universes created in relation to each collection.

Between designing new collections biannually and creating the universes surrounding them, Henrik keeps himself occupied Touring the world as the drummer for electronic musician Trentemøller, and exhibiting at art museums and galleries around the world.

Henrik has made exhibitions at PS1‚ MoMA, Palais de Tokyo, Sotheby Gallery New York, ICA,Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in collaboration with Elmgreen & Dragset, MU Gallery in Eindhoven, MAD New York, NAI in Rotterdam, Zeeuws Museum in Middelburg, Pool Gallery Berlin and Wilhelm Wagenfeld Haus in Bremen just to name a few.

He is currently elaborating on the ongoing art project ‚The Fringe Project‚ in collaboration with visual artist Andreas Emenius. 10 works including fringes in different shapes, colours, amounts and motion patterns make out the overall plan for this project.

Although Henrik has a principle of never giving away clothes to celebrities for commercial purposes, people like M.I.A., Devandra Banhard, La Roux, Kanye West, Bjørk, The Arctic Monkeys, Sigur Ros, Franz Ferdinand, and Lou Reed have all been spotted in Henrik Vibskov’s designs.

Other recent activities of Henrik Vibskov have been the release of two books – The “Fringe Projects 1-10”, and “The Panda People and other works”. Henrik has also been a jury member on final exams at Central Saint Martin’s and at the Antwerp Fashion Academy.

Have a look at more photos here.

Photos 2011 spring/summer collection in Paris, Copyright Henrik Vibskov, Courtesy Agentur V.

Georgina Vendrell Spring/Summer 2011 Collection “Sunset”

Since the dawn of the summer day that rested from whites, the mood of our body has changed with the sunlight stains of yellow and orange rays.

We approached the late afternoon with darker colors. Intense blue gave way to black for the night. Now, the color palette shows her the sun.

The forms are straight as the horizon of the sea and the textures are very Mediterranean: fresh and shiny details.

All this for an elegant and bold man, committed to the power of color and the combination of fabrics, such as linen, cotton, synthetic leather—period.

Floral and animal motifs give a summer point to a collection that seeks to promote the human skin.

See the collection here.

Photos Copyright Georgina Vendrell.

“The Art of DE” by Adrien Sauvage

Wednesday 22nd September - Adrien Sauvage premiered his first short film 'The Art of DE' at LFW SS11's Menswear Day.

“Here is the designer. Here is Adrien Sauvage. He is twenty-seven years of age. Currently
he is retired, the art of DE allowing him the leisure of never having to wake before twelve.”



The Art of DE
A Film By A. Sauvage
Narrated By Larry Lamb
Directed by: Adrien Sauvage, Jon Clements, Chris Gaunt
Written By Adrien Sauvage & Madeleine Morlet
Courtesy Starworks London.

A. Sauvage This Is Not a Suit—Collection 000—1-000—11

— 2 button country blazer in blue or plum Prince of Wales flannel check
— 3 piece country suit in grey Prince of Wales check
— Double breasted sports jacket in forest green wool or navy/brown two-tone
— Double-breasted lounge suit in dark brown or dark grey flannel
— 2 button city suit in blue or grey pinhead wool
— 2 button evening suit in midnight blue or dark grey mohair

— Corduroy trousers in electric blue, plum, warm grey, forest green, burnt orange.
— Slim straight-leg trousers in heavy winter cotton

— Scallop-collared shirts with front placket and double cuff
— Button-down shirt in jean
— Plain shirt with no placket and single cuff

— All suits have rope shoulders, working horn buttons, double vents, and are of slim body and shorter length, with com fortable volume in the slightly-shorter sleeves.
— Lapels plunge to a low V to give elegant lines and to highlight the tailoring shape.
— The suits are actively designed for specific occasions: the city suit is for day, the evening suit for night.

Biography
Adrien Sauvage is a young British man with a wealth of experience. Born on May 30, 1983, Adrien’s deep knowledge of menswear comes from creating the wardrobes for many international gentleman of great standing. First working with them as a stylist, Adrien soon moved into designing clothes for his clients when he realised their sartorial needs were not being met. From this, it was clear that a new proposition in menswear was in order.

Debuting this season, his brand A.Sauvage will work on the same principle, perfecting cut, concentrating on fit, and adding pieces to the range as season and need demands. Adrien Sauvage splits his time between Berlin and London, and has interest in art and the visual image that extends beyond the realm of fashion. Adrien Sauvage does exist.


See the collection here.

Photo Copyright A. Sauvage, Courtesy Starworks London.

Men’s Wear Duo Debut Spring 2011 Collection at New York Fashion Week

San Francisco, CA, September 10, 2010 – Louie Llewellyn, M.F.A. Men’s Wear Design, and Xiang Zhang, M.F.A. Knitwear Design, premiered their collaborative men’s wear collection at the Academy of Art University fashion show of recent graduates on Friday, September 10th at 8:00 PM in The Theater at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center.

Boston native Louie used the theme of a ‘disagreement’ between a hard and soft men’s wear silhouette. He designed the woven pieces with sharp edges and bold lines, and then added softer fabrics for contrast. He used one of his favorite paintings, Incision by Jay Defeo, for the color inspiration and selected fabrics to evoke a feeling of strength and desire. His favorite fabric for this collection is a cotton-silk blend piqué in lavender and black.

Shanghai native Xiang designed the knitwear pieces for the collection. Over 30 swatches were created before the final color combinations were selected. A time-consuming plating technique, knitting with two strands of yarn held by hand and twisted to obtain the desired effect and color combination, was used. Each knit piece took approximately 50 hours to finish.

Since 2005, the School of Fashion at Academy of Art University in San Francisco has premiered the collections of recent graduates during New York Fashion Week. “We view this show as the University’s commitment to help launch the careers of these young designers,” said Dr. Elisa Stephens, president of Academy of Art University. “To be a part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is an incredible opportunity.”

About Academy of Art University
With more than 16,000 students, Academy of Art University is the nation’s largest private art and design university. Established in 1929, the school offers accredited A.A., B.A., B.F.A., M.A., M.Arch and M.F.A. programs in Advertising, Animation & Visual Effects, Architecture, Art Education, Fashion, Fine Art, Game Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Interior Architecture & Design, Motion Pictures & Television, Multimedia Communications, Music for Visual Media, Photography, and Web Design & New Media. Online degrees are offered in most of the 16 majors. Academy of Art University is an accredited member of WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges), NASAD, Council for Interior Design Accreditation (BFA-IAD) and NAAB (M.Arch).

About the School of Fashion
Over 2,500 fashion students study under the guidance of experienced fashion professionals in the School of Fashion, which houses ten areas of specialization: Fashion Design for Women’s Wear, Men’s Wear, and Children’s Wear; Technical Design; Textile Design; Knitwear Design; Accessory Design; Costume Design; Fashion Illustration; Fashion Journalism; Fashion Merchandising; and Visual Merchandising.

See the collection here.

Photos by Randy Brooke, Courtesy of the Academy of Art University.

Griffin Spring/Summer 2011 Collection

The spring/summer 11 collection looks back to 1985 and the Katherine Hamnett era, baggy, oversized silhouettes and plenty of military detailing are the source of inspiration for this season’s collection.

Whilst we still delve into the Griffin archive for our classic, heritage garments like the Dartmouth and Imber jackets we challenge new technologies and dye techniques to create fresh and innovative detailing.

Bold features including oversized features, meet laser cut welts combined with bonded faux leather seams resulting in a performance meets fashion hybrid.

The colour palette is a mix of high contrast in black and white alongside a tonal DPM range of military green and sand and complimented with an electric blue as a highlight.

Desert Finnish DPM returns as the dominant camouflage with Swedish camouflage featured in a couple of pant and short styles as well.

Working closely with our Italian dye factory we have created a spray paint effect across a number of styles to give a worn, plastic look to the natural fabrics, catching only areas that the paint touches, leaving the undersides of pocket flaps and cuffs undyed, the effect subtly draws together the two contrasting base fabrics which include a mix of rich cottons and luxurious silks through to 3 layer technical waterproofs.

This season is about dramatic silhouettes, quality with a respect for local sourcing developed alongside new technology to make them relevant and functional to today’s lifestyle whilst aspiring towards a sustainable future.

Photos Copyright Griffin Studio.

ANNTIAN Spring/Summer 2011 “Ocean View”

Picturing one dreamily look on the ocean, the collection plays with the variety of thoughts and feelings evoked within.

Tropical fruits, their taste and inherent beauty, plants and the unique diversity of rich colors, surfaces and haptics they offer—natural luxury.

Murmuring and flowing water, waves and plants, wind, structures of rocks and haptics of sand, shapes of mussels and corals - and all the multiple scents and smells. Contemplation, emotional and sensual experiences constitute the line.

Behind this is our wish to touch on the subject of how important the relation and behaviour towards nature, food and “living together” is.

Colours like sky, ocean blue, coconut white, reed and kiwi green, coral and watermelon red, orange, citron yellow go along with natural, soft , fluent and transparent, so as pure , rigid and clear materials.

The Shapes show movement and waves combined with contrasting straight and clear forms.


See the whole view here.

Photos by Johanna Ruebel, CopyrightANNTIAN.
Hair/make-up: Mo Oturak
Models: Julia & Richard

Odyn Vovk Autumn/Winter 2010 “Three Fold Path”

From the inception of life, there are wonders and events that take place. The essence of this collection, "Three Fold Path", is a culmination of events that happened simultaneously of body, mind and essence.

In this rigid world, we are expected to fulfill the lives that we are given and we manifest our destiny through these means. The profound understanding of precision, diligence and the ability to deconstruct beauty had been found.

Surrounding this essential moment, a collection was formed to exude deep refinement and innovative garments. Three Fold Path.

“My work reflects on my youth and being inspired by anything that sparks my curiosity. The collection is designed without the structured direction that a hard lined story would offer. I have a much more spontaneous approach. Ideas pop into my head and I follow the ones worth following.”

- Austin Sherbanenko

About Austin Sherbanenko
Austin Sherbanenko is of Ukrainian descent. His grandfather went through extremely harsh times, which he survived only through wolf-like wisdom and strength.

From his grandfather’s “one wolf” example and his father’s teaching, Austin learned to “do what it takes” to get the job done. For this reason, he named his label Odyn Vovk, which translates as ‘One Wolf’.

See the collection here.





Photos Copyright Odyn Vovk.

Raphael Hauber: Stepping It Up in Spring/Summer 2011

The spring summer collection 2011 is inspired by empty and anonymous stairways, symmetrical stairways that are arranged around a center and which can often be found in big public buildings like old opera houses. A special focus in the collection is a strict symmetry and kaleidoscope effect.

Pictures of a late 70ies stair-rail in an apartment building have been modified and used as all over print for sheer silk cotton shirts and jeans. Another print of a stairway kaleidoscope picture with a male and female model face mirrors the symmetry or asymmetry of a human face.

The pattern exists of symmetrically arranged inserts taken from the stair-rails. A bright apricot nylon block insert is used in ecru linen as well as in denim jackets and shorts and reminds of escape routes. The main fabrics are bleached and blue leight weight denim, blue denim, cotton silk chiffon, cotton jersey, linen and nylon.

Take a walk up each step of the collection here.

Photos Copyright Raphael Hauber.

Meltin’Pot Fires Up…

Its New Seasonal Windows For Fall/Winter 2010 with Wad Magazine

Meltin’Pot is proud to display internationally throughout its retailer’s windows/concessions, images from its recent collaboration MY PLEASURE #001 by Meltin’Pot 001 with International style bible—WAD, which appears in its R-EVOLUTION issue.

The pictorial story shot by photographer Sylvain Homo on location in Paris and styled by WAD’s Fashion director Laura Walters sets the tone and the energy for this season’s new MP collection whilst celebrating denim which remains timeless whatever the century, occasion or season.

Marta Carichino, Meltin’Pot’s Marketing Director comments:”We are very pleased to have worked with the WAD team on this fashion shoot and feel this rockesque fashion story really emulates Meltin’Pot’s energy for the forthcoming season with our new collections both MP001 for men and Meltin’Pot mainline and the cross cultural ethos of our brand. Infact we liked it so much that we decided to decorate our fall window displays using selected images”.

See more here.

Photos Copyright Meltin’Pot.

Carolyn Massey Spring/Summer 2011

Carolyn Massey’s Spring/Summer 2011 collection has been influenced by two books: ‘Un-Fashion’ by Tibor Kalman and ‘Farm’ by Jackie Nickerson. Inspired by the essentially natural attitude to masculine dressing portrayed in the books, Carolyn’s latest collection also gives a distinct nod to Eastern elegance with a smattering of ‘functional wrapping’.

All this whilst retaining her eye for the quintessentially ‘English’ in menswear tailoring, signed off with the signature ribbon detailing which runs through all the pieces. The result is a cohesive collection with a distinct personality.

Cotton drill from Italy, Japanese cotton shirting, Merino wool and mainly European manufacture continue the Massey tradition of combining quality production with unexpected design twists whilst remaining true to the concept of pared down, minimalist menswear for the style aficionado.

Cream, stone, mustard and rust alongside Indian ink, petrol blue and navy seamlessly complement Massey’s play on proportion and shape – also an integral component of her knitwear.

Accessories are now part of the collection with shoes inspired by those created by the British for wear in the desert, and a new line of bags including a statement-making doctor’s bag and backpack with detachable box bags.

Massey’s eponymous collection was launched in Paris in 2006, twelve months after graduating from the Royal College of Art.

In recognition of her talents she has been sponsored for the third time in September 2010 by NEWGEN MEN–sponsored by TopMan–offering the opportunity to present on the London Fashion Week schedule on 22nd September 2010.

A detail obsessive, Massey is known for her elegant English cuts and sartorial nuances–her work investigates what it takes to be a gentleman and how the concept of masculinity has adapted to the times.

View the image gallery here.

Photos Copyright Carolyn Massey, Courtesy Icecream Agency.

Conscience: Garments without Guilt

What makes each one of us unique in this crowded world of over 6 billion people... is our CONSCIENCE. A DNA that defines how you, I and people we know live their lives and individual choices they make... that eventually impacts all of us on Planet Earth.

At Conscience we believe that there are enough believers like us who'd readily support our mission of creating a 'Guilt-free Ecosystem' that'll provide a global platform for all Ethical Businesses and consumers to engage in Responsible platform for all Ethical Businesses and consumers to engage in Responsible Commerce.

This shirt is made from handpicked cotton which stems out of an inclusive growth project which envisages striking a fine balance between the existing eco-system and the human populace, and a promise that conscience runs in every square inch of this fabric to the tag that brings you this message.

After all we must have conscience.

Operation Basis
We source fabrics only from a certified ethical producer. We are creating a base in South Asia before we look beyond that.

The ethical fabric is then imported to Sri Lanka where it is manufactured to the highest ethical facility certified as ‘Garments without Guilt.’’

1. Ethical Working Conditions
2. Free of child labour
3. Free of forced labbour
4. Free of discrimination on any grounds
5. Free of sweatshop practices

Fashion for Development
We use Bibi Russells fabrics for our collection as it empowers weavers of as it empowers weavers of Bangladesh.

Cotton Trail: Shortest Carbon Footprint (300km)
Our sourced cotton helps to adopt organic cotton cultivation of fine cotton to prevent chemical contamination of fragile forest reservoirs tracing the path from cotton farms to the foothills of animal reserve.

See more images here.

Photos Copyright Conscience, Courtesy Stringhopper.