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Wednesday February 20th, 2013

The Top 10 Fall Trends from London Fashion Week
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The Top 10 Fall Trends from London Fashion Week

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Playing the name game in London is far from easy: So many cool young designers, so many unusual names, and only a week to make sense of them all. It’s largely due to the aversion many Brit design talents have to being crafted into the sort of the fashion celebs we adore stateside. No worries; the clothes spoke volumes for themselves, as London dialed down the quirked, and turned out one of the most sophisticated seasons in recent years. See for yourself!

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Monday October 1st, 2012

Tuesday September 18th, 2012

Mark Fast Spring 2013
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Mark Fast Spring 2013

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The Clothes: Super tight mini dresses, often with Mark Fast’s signature open weave and lots of fringe. Colors ranged from black and berry to the iciest pastels. Did I mention everything was very tight? It was all accessorized with enormous gold door knocker earrings and multi-strand chunky gold necklaces. 80s excess for sure. What the Read more →

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Tuesday April 24th, 2012

Fashion News Roundup: Carey Mulligan Got Married in Pink Wellies, Vena Cava Wants To Sell Cat Food, and Carrie Bradshaw’s Townhouse Sells For $9.85 Million
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Fashion News Roundup: Carey Mulligan Got Married in Pink Wellies, Vena Cava Wants To Sell Cat Food, and Carrie Bradshaw’s Townhouse Sells For $9.85 Million

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Carey Mulligan Got Married in Prada… and Pink Wellies: Raaain on your wedding day… will force you to wear galoshes. Carey Mulligan eschewed bespoke Christian Louboutin blue-soled bridal pumps, opting for a pair of pink Wellies due to inclement weather. {Fabsugar UK}

Vena Cava Talks LF USA Partnership, Cat Food: The folks over at Refinery 29 sat down with Vena Cava designers Sophie Buhai and Lisa Maycock to talk about how LF USA saved their brand, and future plans for their label, which could include cat food. {Refinery 29}

Lady Grantham Lost Her Luggage: The Downton Abbey star says that on her way to the premiere of her new movie, Cheerful for the Wedding, her luggage (which included her dress for the event) got lost. Thankfully, Project Runway alum Daniel Vosovic was on hand to lend Ms. McGovern an LBD for the occasion. {Page Six}

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Thursday March 1st, 2012

Wednesday February 22nd, 2012

New Show Reviews and Galleries! Pringle of Scotland, Roksanda Ilincic, Mark Fast, and Peter Pilotto
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New Show Reviews and Galleries! Pringle of Scotland, Roksanda Ilincic, Mark Fast, and Peter Pilotto

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London fashion week is officially over, but we’ve got one last round of shows and reviews for you! Take a look at Pringle of Scotland‘s sophisticated rebel, Mark Fast‘s sexy knitwear, Peter Pilotto‘s “Japanese light truck” inspired outerwear (this makes more sense if you read the review), and Roksanda Ilincic‘s casual elegance. And head over Read more →

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Published at 3:47 PM

Tuesday February 21st, 2012

Mark Fast Fall 2012: Knitwear Is New Again
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Mark Fast Fall 2012: Knitwear Is New Again

by Holly Boyle

Call it intuition, call it fashion ESP, call it whatever you want. But when we predicted the Mark Fast show would pack a London style star-studded front row, we were right. The grand line-up included model Portia Freeman, TV presenter Zara Martin, stylist Grace Woodward and finally singers Mollie King (The Saturdays), Nicola Roberts (Girls Aloud) and Marina Diamandis. And the man sitting in the midst of all these lovely British beauties? None other than Mr. Kanye West, who pretty much avoided all the high octane, spotlight shows in London this season. (Too busy prepping his collection, maybe?)

If there’s one word to sum up Mark Fast’s aesthetic, it’s haute knitwear. He’s got the ability to make crocheted knits appear less grandma and more glamma (OK, sorry for that one.)

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Thursday December 29th, 2011

Wednesday September 21st, 2011

London Fashion Week Spring 2012 Beauty Roundup: The Best and the Brightest
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London Fashion Week Spring 2012 Beauty Roundup: The Best and the Brightest

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London fashion week was a whirlwind of shows, and we had a great time covering them. Besides being an incubator for original fashion, London designers are also not afraid to work a LOOK on their models, making for the best beauty-ogling of all the fashion weeks. From Vivienne Westwood (at left), who is not afraid of, well, anything, to more subtle yet never boring looks, we loved the beauty in London.

This is all about the drama. You need a certain amount of self-confidence to pull many of these off, but we encourage you to try!

Click through for our 10 favorite looks from London.

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Monday September 12th, 2011

Faster by Mark Fast, Erin by Erin Fetherston, Pamela Love, & Duro Olowu Spring 2012: A Happily Organized Evening at Milk
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Faster by Mark Fast, Erin by Erin Fetherston, Pamela Love, & Duro Olowu Spring 2012: A Happily Organized Evening at Milk

by Elana Fishman

Heading down to Milk Studios for a bevy of presentations, I have to admit I had my worries. Last season, I wound up caught in the wall-to-wall fashion traffic jam down in the lobby and wound up missing my scheduled shows. Thankfully, things ran much more smoothly this time around–perhaps due to thoughtful planning, and perhaps due to the fact that I arrived extra early to enjoy cocktails at the eighth-floor Kanon Vodka bar. But on to the clothes!

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Monday March 28th, 2011

Toronto Fashion Week: Mark Fast Shows in Canada for the First Time in Six Seasons
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Toronto Fashion Week: Mark Fast Shows in Canada for the First Time in Six Seasons

by Ryan Michael Cheung

TORONTO–It was a warm homecoming for Canadian designer Mark Fast who presented his Fall/Winter 2011 collection, which originally walked the runway at London Fashion Week, for the first time on Canadian soil after six successful seasons abroad. Fast and Toronto-based designer Mikhael Kale shared the runway inside the intimate and unfinished ballroom of Toronto’s soon-to-be Trump Tower.

Twisting the usual fashion routine, the show opened with a casual chat between the two designers and Jeanne Beker, host of Fashion Television. When asked how the idea for the runway show came to be, Kale expressed the genuine camaraderie amongst Canadian designers and the natural partnership between friends.

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