An Interview with Kathy Shenoy, Creative Director of Ethical Design Shop Shake the Dust

Forging links between up-and-coming British designers and ethical producers in Southern Africa, Shake the Dust merges sustainability with great design.

Kathy Shenoy by Louise Smith
Shake the Dust, is an online shop which sells everything from wooden heart-shaped pendants to fluoro vases. Creating relationships between emerging British designers and ethical producers, …

An Interview with Designer Joseph Turvey – Part 1

We caught up with menswear designer Joseph Turvey to chat about his A/W 2013 dalmatian-themed collection and much more…

Joseph Turvey A/W 2013 by Krister Selin
While everybody else viewed next season’s collections at the A/W 2013 London Collections: Men shows in January, I spent the week on a rather …

The 2013 FAD Awards: London Fashion Week Catwalk Review

The FAD Awards closed London Fashion Week A/W 2013, once again celebrating the best undergraduate talent around a certain theme, which this year focussed on 'future optimism'…

Stephanie Kitchen by Warren Clarke
The Fashion Awareness Direct (FAD) Awards are always an end-of-fashion-week treat. After five days of the freshest fashion talent dominating the catwalks at the Fashion Scout …

Patrick Li: London Fashion Week Ones to Watch A/W 2013 Catwalk Preview Interview

As we count down to London Fashion Week new contributor Alex Kessler introduces Fashion Scout's Ones to Watch designer Patrick Li.

Sneak Preview of Patrick Li A/W 2013 by Isher Dhiman. All other images S/S 2013.
It’s that frantically fabulous point of year again, when Fashion Scout’s coveted Ones to Watch of …

Allcast Leather Duck Boots, Kew Gardens and David Nash Sculptures in the Snow

My new pair of Crocs were perfect for our recent snowy weather: keeping me perfectly cosy on a trip to Kew Gardens to admire the David Nash sculptures.

A few weeks ago, as you may have noticed, it snowed. And like everyone else I did my best to enjoy our short lived winter wonderland, getting out and about …

Christmas Gift Ideas 2012: 12 Top Kitchenware Designs

Choose from ceramics, oven gloves, sustainable plastic ware, wooden trays and chopping boards made from felled trees of London.

I’ve brought you the best cushions, the best mugs and the best tea towels, and now here is the best of the rest of the homewares I found whilst scouring …

Valentino: Master of Couture at Somerset House

In a new major exhibition in the Embankment Galleries, Somerset House celebrates fifty years of the Grand Emperor of Couture, Valentino Garavani…

Valentino A/W 2005 by Krister Selin
A recent viewing of the documentary Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel, a film dedicated to the infamous fashion editor’s pioneering feats, highlighted that …

Hartnell to Amies: Couture by Royal Appointment at the Fashion and Textile Museum

In a new blockbuster exhibition, the Fashion and Textile Museum celebrates British couturiers Norman Hartnell, Hardy Amies and Frederick Fox: tailors of the golden age of British couture.

Norman Hartnell by Gemma Champ
2012 has been a pretty regal year in the UK, from the pomp and ceremony of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee to Queen Liz (sort of) parachuting …

New S/S 2013 Season Interview: Fanny & Jessy present Uscopia

Sexy tomboys are given the Sci-Fi treatment in the new S/S 2013 collection from friends and business partners Fanny & Jessy.

Fanny & Jessy by Rebecca Higgins.
A year ago I was blown away by the S/S 2012 catwalk collection by design duo Fanny & Jessy. This season the androgynous style of …

New S/S 2013 Season Interview: Michelle Urvall Nyrén of Ever Rêve

Michelle Urvall Nyrén talks us through her gorgeous debut collection, which features watercolour prints inspired by fashion illustrations she created for my second book ACOFI.

Ever Reve by Sine Skau.
Readers of my second book Amelia’s Compendium of Fashion Illustration will recognise the name Michelle Urvall Nyrén: in those pages you can find wonderful examples of …

Sorapol ‘Euphoria’ S/S 2013 Catwalk Review

On the 19th October 2012 Sorapol presented 'Euphoria' in a subterranean Soho carpark filled with fashionistas dressed up to the nines in their most ridiculous get-ups.

Illustrations, sketches and first photograph by Jenny Robins, all other photos courtesy of Pop PR
Sorapol’s S/S 2013 show ‘Euphoria’ was an ecstatic exhibition of excess. Anything less would surely …

Sunglasses Trends: London Fashion Week S/S 2013 Catwalk Review

A quick peek at some of the more outrageous trends in sunglasses for S/S 2013, including designs by Tatty Devine for Louise Gray and Leutton Postle.

Chanel Sunglasses S/S 2013 by Isher Dhiman.
According to trends analysts designer sunglasses are getting smaller and rounder: with edgier designers such as Ashish showing the kind of sunnies that I …

Fashion Fringe: London Fashion Week S/S 2013 Catwalk Review

My very belated final report from the S/S 2013 shows at London Fashion Week: Fashion Fringe featured three finalists: Haizhen Wang, Teija Eilola and Vita Gottlieb.

Haizhen Wang S/S 2013 by Faye West.
I was very excited about this year’s Fashion Fringe: it’s always a great place to discover the talent of years to come (think Fyodor …

Ekaterina Kukhareva: London Fashion Week S/S 2013 Catwalk Review

Ekaterina Kukhareva presented her Brigitte Bardot inspired Goddess in St. Tropez collection on Sunday 16th September at Freemasons' Hall.

Ekaterina Kukhareva by S/S 2013 by Sheilagh Tighe aka Shy Illustrations.
Ukranian born Ekaterina Kukhareva is a Central Saint Martins knitwear graduate, about whom I knew nothing before this show, staged …

Sabina Bryntesson: London Fashion Week S/S 2013 Catwalk Review

Sabina Bryntesson showcased an astonishing collection at Freemasons' Hall on Tuesday 18th September 2012.

Sabina Bryntesson S/S 2013 by Elsabe Milandri.
Building on the extravagant tall hoods of last season Sabina Bryntesson’s models wore peaked black hats: part witch’s hat, part baseball cap. Wide football …

Ashish: London Fashion Week S/S 2013 Catwalk Review

Ashish chose a downbeat colour palette for his S/S 2013 offering... put together on the catwalk at the BFC showspace on Tuesday 18th September 2012.

Ashish S/S 2013 by Charlie Rallings.
This season Ashish decided to buck the trend for extravagant prints and steer clear of his usual riot of colour and pattern to produce a …

Nova Chiu: London Fashion Week S/S 2013 Catwalk Review

Design duo Nova Chiu and Jeff Archer showcased their Bon Voyage collection on Tuesday 18th September at Freemasons' Hall with Fashion Scout.

Nova Chiu S/S 2013 by Sharon Farrow.
It’s always difficult to follow up a much feted graduation collection: so I had to admire the spunk of Nova Chiu… who seemed to …

Leutton Postle: London Fashion Week S/S 2013 Catwalk Review

For S/S 2013 knitwear duo Leutton Postle showcased a new direction: intriguing lightweight separates teamed with fabric shirts and floaty trousers. All in their inimitable bold style.

Leutton Postle S/S 2013 by Sine Skau.
On the last day of London Fashion Week I just managed to catch the Leutton Postle presentation at Fashion Scout. Well, I say I, …

London Fashion Week S/S 2013 Exhibition Review – part 1

Jenny Robins made her way round the LFW Exhibitions with sketchbook in hand, and free coffee in other hand.

Shoe by Sophia Webster
Illustrations by Jenny Robins
I don’t think I managed to dress as fashion as the last time I did a Fashion Week Exhibition sketch blog, (a/w 2011) …

London Fashion Week S/S 2013 Exhibition Review – part 2

Jenny Robins made her way round the LFW Exhibitions with sketchbook in hand, and free coffee in other hand.

This is part two of my exhibition sketch blog, for part one, including very very very exciting shoes, click here

Having made my way round the main showrooms on the ground …

Style: Fashion Illustration at Curious Duke Gallery with Premiere Art

Thu 23rd February 2012, 11:00am – Fri 9th March 2012, 07:00pm

Curious Duke Gallery, 207 Whitecross Street, London EC1Y 8QP

Written by Amelia Gregory

Category: Fashion