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Rick Owens is an American fashion designer known for his edgy fashions style he is loved by rock stars and people who like to cultivate an avant-garde reputation. With his hallmark looks, asymmetrical dresses, fitted jackets and soft knits makes his recent collections a little more structured—but never conceptual.

Rick Owens’s leather jackets are the big seller every season. Owens’s SS 2012 collection at Paris Fashion Week is featuring long tunic style dresses with Mohican twist, silver leather wedge heel boots, baggy grey drop-crotched trousers, t-shirt dresses or collarless coats with hidden fastenings in pale grey or stripes.

He began to receive attention when an image of Kate Moss shot by Corinne Day appeared in Vogue Paris, featuring one of Owens’ fitted distressed leather jackets. He showed his first runway collection in September 2002 during New York Fashion Week. The show was sponsored by American Vogue and Anna Wintour, who also featured him and his muse Kembra Pfahler in a spread shot by Annie Leibovitz. At this time, he accepted the post of artistic director at Revillon, the French fur maison founded in 1723. Working and producing in Europe led him to his decision to move from Los Angeles to Paris and show during the Paris collections.

He also began his longstanding collaboration with stylist Panos Yiapanis, who has been working with Owens on all his catwalk shows to date. He marked the anniversary of his 10th season in 2009 with a launch of a retrospective limited edition book named ‘L’ai – Je Bien Descendu?,’ which included a number of provocative photographs. A monograph published by Rizzoli will follow in 2011.

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Paris Fashion Week launched in style on Wednesday with a show at the Eiffel Tower. The semi-annual Paris event is one of the big four fashion weeks internationally, and is preceded by shows in New York, London and then Milan. This year, Paris Fashion Week runs from September 27 to October 5.

Paris’ nine day long fashion week got started on Tuesday, with the city’s first SS 2012 ready-to-wear show held atop the Eiffel Tower. It was the first time in recent memory that a fashion show on Paris’ official calendar has been held in the Eiffel Tower. Focussed on promoting France’s fashion talent to the world, Paris Fashion Week (PFW) presents a massive program complete with official catwalks, after parties, and off-calendar events.

Held twice a year, Paris Fashion Week plays host to a calendar of men’s and women’s fashion weeks showing off spring / summer and autumn (fall) / winter collections. Dates are determined by the French Fashion Federation.

Wednesday’s fashion highlights were: Mugler, Dries Van Noten and Gareth Pugh.

Thursday’s highlights are : Balenciaga, Balmain, Rick Owens and Nina Ricci,Carven, Ann Demeulemeester and Manish Arora.

Friday’s highlights includes Roland Mouret, Lanvin , and Christian Dior shows with its first collection created without John Galliano. Will we find out the name of the new creative director there?

On the weekend we see: Haider Ackermann, Riccardo Tisci, shows his new collection for Givenchy on Sunday.

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Sacai is a Japanese brand that is the creation of designer Abe Chitose. She established the brand in 1999 quietly after either years of working for Junya Watanabe at Comme des Garçons. Her knitwear collection has built a high popularity amongst fashionistas. Sacai is all about the finest quality knits, but they are often used in unusual ways and combined with other elements and fabrics to produce beautifully feminine pieces.

Chitose Abe was born in 1965 and is the former knit designer of Comme des Garçons. She has quietly been creating Sacai womenswear collections since 1999, having worked for Comme des Garçons and Junya Watanabe before that. Her knitwear-based collections have built an underground following with very little publicity at the begining. Although keeping away her collection from the fashion’s spotlight, quietly her collection was garnering a global fan after she presented her AW2010 collection in Paris.

The brand has grown to include menswear, is now stocked at some of the most high profile fashion boutiques and stores worldwide including Colette in Paris, and its womenswear line showed its second AW2011 collection in Paris earlier this year. Remarkably, the brand has managed to stay away from the glare and pressure of centre stage in the fashion domain. Honing her craft at Comme des Garcons, Abe showed flair for incorporating mixed textures, something she has developed in her collections for Sacai. Sacai’s clothing has managed to gain and maintain a strong following proving that Abe’s success is not a flash in the pan nor something commercial and over-hyped.

Her latest SS 2012 menswear collection is offering 21 looks that stuck closely to the brand’s creative message of “design built upon the everyday”.

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Agyness Deyn is an English fashion model, actress and singer and she has been named as “the fashion industry’s next great supermodel”.

Agyness Deyn is from Failsworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester. The daughter of a nurse, Lorraine, and second of three children she attended All Saints RC High School, as well as Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School and Sixth Form in Waterfoot, Rossendale.

Deyn’s name was apparently coined to further her modelling career after she consulted her mother’s friend, a numerology expert who advised her of the most ‘fortuitous’ way to spell the name ‘Agnes‘. It was reported that her mother Lorraine and sister Emily have both changed their surname to Deyn, while Lorraine has changed the I in her first name to Y.

Deyn’s working life started serving part-time aged 13, at a fish and chip shop in Hull. Even at an early age she had an eye for style and by 17 she had already had her head shaved. “I’ve had short hair since I was 13, and when I was 17, I had a skinhead.”In 1999, she won the Rossendale Free Press “Face of ’99″ competition, aged just 16. She then moved to London, working in a fast-food restaurant during the day and a bar at night but admits: “It didn’t quite work.” During this time she says she was also at college in Hull, studying drama and music.

She was spotted while shopping with fashion designer Henry Holland in Kentish Town, London. She then signed with SELECT model management. Currently she is signed with Models 1 in the UK.

In May 2007, she was featured on the cover of Vogue from USA, alongside Doutzen Kroes, Caroline Trentini, Raquel Zimmermann, Sasha Pivovarova, Jessica Stam, Coco Rocha, Hilary Rhoda, Chanel Iman, and Lily Donaldson as the new crop of supermodels.

Deyn was working for many big designers. She has also been featured on the covers of: UK Vogue, the Observer Woman supplement, The Sunday Times Style, Pop, Grazia, Time, Style & Life, Vogue Italia, and numerous other international publications.

In June 2009, the Daily Mirror reported that Deyn had quit modelling to spend more time with her boyfriend. The newspaper quoted a source as saying that modelling had started to bore Deyn and that she had hired an acting agent to pursue an acting career in British independent films.

Although usually she sports a boyish cut more recently she has been seen with a bob and a bowl cut. In April 2010 she caused headlines when she arrived at the Coachella Music Festival with her head shaved to a “skinhead” style similar to that of Sinead O’Connor in the early 90s.

Deyn appeared in the May 2011 British Vogue editorial, photographed by Tim Walker.

Deyn provides vocals for the single “Who” by Five O’Clock Heroes as well as featuring in the video. The single was poorly received by NME, who gave it only a 2/10.  The single charted at #109 in the UK. Until recently she was a member of the now defunct group Lucky Knitwear.

In March 2011, Deyn appeared as an owl-bearing warrior in Woodkid’s debut music video, “Iron”.

For October 2011, Elle Magazine UK has just has released its cover featuring Agyness Deyn and David Slijper as photographer.

Agyness Deyn is also is featuring the latest Doc Martens Fall/Winter 2011 Ad Campaign.

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Former Danish Chanel model and now designer, Stine Goya is showing fashion from a different angle, by combining beauty and drama she creates a graceful desirable collection. Stine Goya signature style is clean and pure, but at the same time it plays with both bold and dazzling colours and experiments with the silhouette.

She has ten years of experience in the international fashion industry: first as a model working for Karl Lagerfeld and Chanel, and later she started working as a prominent stylist for fashion magazines including Harper’s Bazaar, DANSK, and Costume.

In 2005 Stine Goya graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. Her graduation collection was shown alongside her colleague Henrik Vibskov in Copenhagen.  As part of her training she worked for some of London’s leading designers including Eley Kishimoto, Jonathan Saunders and Hussein Chalayan.

The Danish designer Stine Goya launches her first ready-to-wear collection, ” Konfetti”, during Copenhagen Fashion Week February 2007. Right from the start her designs have been in the limelight and she has received media coverage in international fashion magazines including Nylon, Glamour, Stylemag and DANSK.

Since starting her own label Stine Goya has continued to impress the press and public and is now represented in leading stores in over 23 countries across the world.

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Wildfox Couture is an American vintage inspired cult label that combines quirky prints, has quickly gained a following amongst celebrities, trendsetters and top retailers worldwide.

The lable is constantly seeking inspiration from the gold era of rock n’ roll and this is especially true for their last FW 2011 collection: ” It’s Only Rock N’ Roll But I Like It”. The classic Rolling Stones song reflects the rebellious and free spirited nature of rock music, which seems to be exactly what designers Emily Faulstich and Kimberley Gordon are going for in this heritage collection.

Kim and Emily worked together in a design house in about 2006-2007 they left there when they decided to start our own line. Designer Emily’s mother came up with their name ”Wildfox”. They have taken a step forward and have become a leader in the young contemporary fashion market. There is a definite buzz about this brand and it is obviously destined for great popularity around the globe.

Wildfox couture transmits a lot of Hollywood, sunset blvd, Ventura Valley and a little bit Beverly Hills all wrapped in one. It’s definitely a California brand; there is no doubt about that. The image of Wildfox is geared to vintage, hipster fashion with a certain bohemian life situation and lifestyle. Wildfox girl like having fun and hang out at fashionable coffee shops, indie rock shows, and dance clubs. This shows that shopping at stores like Wildfox can be more fun.

Popular items include leggings, mini-skirts, leg warmers, ’60s dresses, headbands, chunky jewellery, and large quirky printed t-shirts and sweaters for girls and skinny jeans and cords, t-shirts with ironic sayings and images, cardigans, colourful hoodies, and large sun glasses.

Celebrity Wildfox fans are: Lindsey Lohan, Audrina Partridge, Katy Perry, Liv Tyler, Paris Hilton, Eva Mendes and Whitney Port.

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Agent Provocateur was founded in 1994 by Joseph Corré and Serena Rees. Agent Provocateur, is one of the world’s hottest lingerie label it  brings an air of provocative elegance style which only leaves a hint of imagination.

The British lingerie retailer Agent Provocateur was started in 1994 by Joseph Corré, son of Vivienne Westwood, and his now ex-wife Serena Rees.

Joseph Corré was born in 1967 in Clapham, England to fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and the Sex Pistol’s former manager Malcolm McLaren. His surname comes from his father’s maternal grandmother who was a Sephardic Jew from Portugal.

As a child, he would wear his mother’s designs long before they were popular. He would hang out with the Sex Pistols and regards them as his favourite band, despite his poor relationship with Johnny Rotten.

He met Serena Rees, now ex-wife and former business partner, in 1992 at a night club. The pair divorced in 2007 and have one daughter together.

Agent Provocateur was established in 1994 after Rees grew tired of seeing drab undergarments. The two opened a shop in which they originally sold other designers’ lingerie. Corre, a former Vivienne Westwood employee, had no intentions of designing lingerie. After not finding enough of the type lingerie they wished to sell, Corre decided to make their own brand of lingerie. Since then, the company has spanned to 14 different countries and 30 stores.

Following his divorce with Rees, Agent Provocateur was purchased by the private equity house 3i for £60m.

In June 2007, Corré was awarded the MBE for his services to the fashion industry in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. However, he controversially rejected the honour in protest of outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair’s actions regarding Iraq and Civil Liberties.

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London Fashion Week is over. Certainly the British fashion council knows how to create every season an amazing atmosphere on the London Fashion Week. Here are more highlights from:  Meadham Kirchhoff, Peter Pilotto, Matthew Williamson, Nicole Farhi, A Child of the Jago, Mary Katrantzou and Christopher Kane.

Peter Pilotto‘s SS 2012 collection embraces both new and classic perspectives on elegance. Otherworldly prints combine with soft, sculptural shapes to form the handwriting of the design duo, something which evolves and is explored each season as opposed to being reactionary. Christopher Kane SS 2012 collection included pastel satin dresses, floral printed dresses, cool shift dresses, cigarette pants, tailored shorts and mini skirts with boxy jackets. Mary Katrantzou’s inspirations for the SS 2012 collection are: Industrial fabrication versus formal beauty in nature. Meadham Kirchhoff was an explosion of colour, a 60s pop art show with ballerina dancers, a life size magic box ,a huge balloon installation, bubble wigs, neon lips and glitter – mixed with the Magic Roundabout in a nursery rhyme mix up: clownish platforms of layered glittery rubber and frills let the models stomp around in pompom dresses of ostrich feather, big rhinestone knickers, cardigans smothered in hearts and dollies and apron dresses featuring teddy bear faces. The clothes were straight from a dress up box, with structured sequined knicker-shorts, bright pinafore dresses and heart motifs in bold canary yellow, pillar box red and turquoise.   Matthew Williamson’s inspirations for the SS 2012 collection are: The prints are inspired by the fusion of nature and technology. And I’m also finding inspiration in Japanese culture.   Nicole Farhi’s inspirations for the SS 2012 collection are: Flowers, ice cream and lightness. A Child of the Jago inspirations for the SS 2012 collection are: Swag jackets based on the local gamblers of Clerkenwell in the 1800s. Mack the Knife suits and silk patch T-shirts http://www.stylert.com/

Moritz Waldemeyer is one of the most innovative and exciting designers of his generation. He has collaborated with many of the world’s top architects and fashion designers including Ron Arad, Zaha Hadid and Hussein Chalayan. His work is a fusion of technology, art, fashion and design.

Moritz Waldemeyer was born in East Germany in 1974. He moved to London in 1995 where he trained as an engineer at Kings College and completed his Masters degree in 2001. Since then, he has collaborated with many of the world’s top architects and fashion designers including Ron Arad, Zaha Hadid and Hussein Chalayan, next to working for a wide range of artists like U2, OK GO, Rihanna and Kylie Minogue.

Having worked as a research scientist at Phillips, Waldemeyer began his career in design engineering projects such as Ron Arad’s Lolita and Miss Haze Chandeliers both of which use interactive LED lights: Lolita displays text messages sent to it, Miss Haze allows the user to create an LED image on its crystal surface via a palm pilot.

Other prestigious projects he has worked on include Yves Behar’s Voyage Chandelier (2005), Zaha Hadid’s Z Island kitchen (2006), FredricksonStallard’s Pandora Chandelier (2007), Hussein Chalayan’s transforming dresses (s/s 2007 One Hundred and Eleven), video dresses (s/s 2007 Airborne), and laser dresses (s/s 2008 Readings).

ExhibitionsWaldemeyer has recently moved away from collaborative work, making a name for himself as an independent designer. He held his first exhibition, Electric Kid, at the Rabih Hage Gallery in 2006, showing a modern take on the roulette table, Ping Pong table and mirror all using LED lights and duPont Corian. His second exhibition, By Royal Appointment (Gallery Libby Sellers 2007) displayed a revolutionary chair that reads the colour of your outfit and projects your own personal aura of light into the space around yourself.

In 2007 Waldemeyer designed stage jackets with embedded LEDS for alternative rock band OK Go and created interactive mirrors for Selfridges’ Wonder Room. This Year he has also worked on a number of commissions, designing a chandelier for Microsoft Zune that reacts to music sent to it and raising £2000 at the ICA Charity Gala auction with Joyrider: two components that attach to the spokes of a bicycle wheel, emitting a fixed image of a smiley face each using a single LED light.

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Indian-born designer Ashish Gupta has managed to impress the London Fashion Week year after year ever since 2004, when he first showcased his work as a New Generation designer. The highlights for his SS 2012 collection at the London Fashion Week are: vibrant sequin sunflowers set against black and white stripes; exaggerated, sexy V-backed dresses and flowers growing out of heavy boots.

Ashish Gupta was born in Delhi and Born and is the son of two doctors. He studied Fine Art in India, moving to Middlesex to do a BA in fashion design and then on to Central St Martin’s for an MA, graduating in 2000. Ashish Gupta came onto the London fashion scene with his debut collection in 2001. Since then he has gained respect both on a national and international.

His fusion of Western and Eastern cultures results in an eccentric and unique collection with a mix of sportswear, high octane glamour and breathtaking craftsmanship – beautiful, handcrafted pieces are all manufactured in-house at his workshop/factory in India. This season, Ashish was asked by Tori Amos to design several key outfits for her current world tour. Tori Amos also wore Ashish designs for major promotional material and key television appearances to promote her new album ‘American Doll Posse’

Other celebrity fans include Jerry Hall, Victoria Beckham, Madonna, M.I.A, Lily Allen, Kelly Osbourne, and Patrick Wolf.

Ashish also recently collaborated with Topshop on a second ‘Ashish for Topshop’ capsule range.

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