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Geri’s Hat Trick?

FizzyT — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:33:35 +0000

At Haliwell House, the sewing machines have been going like the clappers stitching tea towels onto plain frocks and t-shirts and even the odd teensy weensy bikini for Geri’s latest collection for Next.

Or so you might imagine, as legend has it that la Haliwell, uninspired by the plain black Gucci number she was planning on wearing to the Brits back in 1997, got her sister to sew a Union Jack tea towel onto the front of the dress. A canny move if ever there was one; the dress sold at auction for over 40 thousand, and the Spice Girls became a new symbol of all that was British (could go some way to explain the state we’re in now?).

Whether the Legend of Geri’s Dress is true or not, the clever lass has rolled back the years to pull the sartorial “bunny” out of the hat. Just in time for the Olympics, the designer formerly known as Ginger has gone Brit crazy. Every inch of her collection has been Uunion (hi-)Jacked. Although to be honest, I think the tea towel thing looked better.

Next must be hoping that we will all be feeling so darn patriotic by the summer, what with the Olympics and stuff, we will be wanting to be red, white and blue all over. Otherwise they’re probably just flogging an old horse.

Beckham vs Beckham

FizzyT — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:49:33 +0000

Brief Encounter!

Whilst Mr David Beckham is busy smouldering in his new campaign for H&M (rarely have plain white cotton undies been so appealing to young ladies), Mrs Victoria Beckham has unveiled her new collection of dresses to the rather more upmarket clientele of Harvey Nichols.

Shift Dress!

No plain white tees and vests for Mrs B. Victoria ‘Bunion’ Beckham has added another line to her hugely successful collection. Instead of the sculpted Roland Mouret style dresses that define the mainline collection, she has “designed”* a series of patterned, printed and sculpted shift dresses, all with matching £595 price tags.

Naturally, brand Beckham will triumph, and both collections will be a complete sell out, netting the couple more mega millions. Me? I think they’re both pants.

*(I’m sorry about the inverted commas; I just can’t help feeling sorry for those design students who have slaved for years learning how to cut out patterns, when one famous footballer husband and a dodgy girlband later, VB emerges as top fashion designer, winning awards and hoiking her wares for top market prices)

Bird Star!

FizzyT — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:22:32 +0000

Clémence Poésy, stunningly beautiful French actress and star of Birdsong has just been unveiled as the new campaign model for Dutch denim brand G Star. Poésy is the perfect ambassador for the brand with her petite frame, wild hair and rock chick look. She has that Kate Moss and Vanessa Paradis thing going on, where she looks unbelievably delicate, but could party you under the table. An irresistible combination.

To achieve the perfect G Star look, all you need to do is wear some circulation inhibiting denim, drag your head through a hedge (preferably backwards) and pop on a nice mucky t-shirt.

This one (by G Star, coincidentally) is quite fun. Slightly flared with cap sleeves and a deep round neckline, it has the G star Raw denim branding around the neck and combines that urban feel with a very feminine cut to the tee. Also it’s a (bird?) song at only £29 from USC.

Poésy has only just begun to hit our screens, but expect to see much more of her in the future. In the meantime, check out G Star’s new model to help you release your inner Gallic urban rock chicness!

Dirty Saturday!

FizzyT — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:57:19 +0000

The Saturday’s are a girl band, and there is one who looks a bit like Sienna Miller, and that is why they are famous. The one who looks like Sienna is called Mollie King. I’m not sure if she is as annoying, but it probably comes close. Still, the Saturdays are very popular, even if noone knows what they do. When I say noone knows, I think I mean noone cares. Not true; I expect people do care, but they are little people who are under the age of about 10, which is the target audience for most pop stars these days. And yes, I am feeling very old today. I was at least 14 when I discovered U2 (I have since “undiscovered” them, you’ll be glad to know).

Anyway, I quite like this tee that young Millie or is it Mollie is wearing with a few tears and the slogan “Dirty Blonde”. It has that dual meaning which lifts it a little out of the “girl in t-shirt” category to the upper realms of “quite nice looking girl in funny t-shirt”. I think this is progress.

Karl v Karl

FizzyT — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:32:02 +0000

Karl Lagerfeld is popping up all over the shop (the best ones, naturally) at the moment. First there was a line in New York for Macy’s, and now his eponymous Karl label has been released in Europe. Net-a-Porter has an amazing interview of him, being interviewed by himself, which almost makes me wonder if he has a sense of humour. But surely not, I must be mistaken. It’s been a tough day.

The pieces that make up the collection are pretty racy. Lots of faux leather and biker chic, together with little Karl-like touches, such as some big collars and fingerless leather gloves. And of course the t-shirts, bags and other whatnots with little Karls printed on them.

I rather like this t-shirt with the silhouette of the designer. It’s very Karl. And very, um Very. I expect we’ll all be wearing them before ling, like the minions of Karl that we surely all are.

Taking the Mickey?

FizzyT — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:54:57 +0000

Big news today is that Mickey Mouse has hijacked Joy Division’s beautiful (if a little weird) artwork from their ”Unknown Pleasures” album. Naughty little rodent. Anyway, Joy Division purists are up in arms at the alleged theft at the pinching of their special wiggly lines, and drummer Stephen Morris has weighed into the argument saying “I was quite angry when I first saw it. No one asked us. They’re trading off the band and our album cover. I don’t like the design at all. It’s horrible.” And indeed he has a point. What’s Mickey doing looking all pimply?

Originally, the blurb on the Disney tee gave reference to it’s inspiration, stating that”…..inspired by the iconic sleeve of Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’ album, this Waves Mickey Mouse Tee incorporates Mickey’s image within the graphic of the pulse of a star. That’s appropriate given few stars have made bigger waves than Mickey!” however, this has now been removed from the website, as too many grumpy fans complained, presumably. And maybe they thought it would be better all round if they didn’t draw attention to the ripped offness of the design.

The t-shirts have now sold out, making Disney very joyful indeed. They might be taking the Mickey is it a joyful decision?

The Kaiser!

FizzyT — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:07:40 +0000

Karl Lagerfeld is possibly one of the few people in the world who can flog dodgy drawings of himself on t-shirts, but then if anyone can, Karl can. His new collection for Impulse at Macy’s is a capsule range (mostly black) with the odd shot of pink, lots of grey tweeds and some nude dresses. This has Lagerfeld written all over it, from the impeccable tailoring of the monochrome designs, to the various t-shirts printed with images of the designer. In which Karl literally is written all over it.

There’s something about these tees that I really like, although I’m not sure why. Still, unless he makes some for the UK market, then I’ll just have to look from afar, and never learn what is so strangely compelling about a dodgy looking pony tailed chap all over a t-shirt. Hmm.

Top Model?

FizzyT — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:17:32 +0000

Most people would agree it’s quite difficult to get your head around the the idea of staggeringly beautiful and/or handsome androgynous model Andrej Pejic. Do you think he’s better looking as a woman, or as a man? Are you supposed to find him attractive in either guise? Does he look like a girlish man or a masculine woman? Is that an angular chin which is softened by those cheekbones and that hair, or is it the other way around? It is a bit of a head mess, but I would imagine that the controversy surrounding him does him no harm at all. In fact it is proving to be really rather lucrative, what with a massive arvertising campaign for Danish company’s Hena push up bras, and countless catwalk appearances.

I love this look from a fashion show for Auslander in Brazil. Pejic is wearing a t-shirt with the slogan “Oh Lord, I have sinned”, an brilliant statement considering the reaction he generates. Although sinning is a bit strong, maybe confused is more fitting!

Sher-lucky!

FizzyT — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:45:16 +0000

An article in the Guardian today told how designer Ali Miller has seen sales of her teapot soar due to what can only be known as ‘The Sherlock Effect’.

The pot, quite a beautiful piece as it goes, was featured at a key moment in the series when the sleuth was pouring a brew for his arch enemy. Miller’s website went into overdrive, and is now frantically trying to keep up with the demand for the range.

Sherlock aside, the cups, saucers mugs and tea pots are really lovely. The famous teapot is depicted with a map of the British Isles, and around the tea cups, various scenes are printed.

These are the must have items of crockery right now, so go snooping!

Project Runway!

FizzyT — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:05:41 +0000

Inspiring!

Beyonce has been busy popping out the mini Jay-Zee of late, but the multi-tasking mega diva managed to produce a t-shirt together with her mother to help raise funds for President Obama’s re-election campaign.

The singer has hopped (and popped) on board an a project spearheaded by the Editor of American Vogue, Anna Wintour. Along with other celebrities and designers, the endevour, called “Runway to Win” aims to sell as much merchandise as possible for the president, and includes amongst other things, a t-shirt by Marc Jacobs with the slogan ‘I Vote Obama’, and various bags, scarves and wristlets. There are also pieces by Diane von Furstenberg, Tory Burch, Derek Lam, Jason Wu, Alexander Wang, you name it, they’re there, behind the scenes, squirrelling away, like er…sartorial campaign squirrels. With an army like that how can he possibly fail!