On Tuesday 9th August the Semple team visited the Scoop Tradeshow located at the iconic Saatchi Gallery on the King’s Road in Chelsea. Organiser Karen Radley’s decision to host this premium womenswear and accessories Tradeshow within such a prestigious and contemporary space was extremely savvy. The brands appear to have been carefully curated around the...Read More
Nostalgia is prevalent across the catwalks this coming season and while many designers have chosen to channel the elegance of the 1940s, another key trend to emerge from the A/W 2011 collections is a return to the 1960s. Disregard any thought of retro paisley prints and frilly necklines however, this season’s take on the swinging...Read More
The Semple team arrived at the Photofusion gallery in South London to preview the inspiring photographs of Vivian Maier (1926-2009). Now a recognised figure of 20th Century Street Photography, Maier has been accredited by The New York Times as ‘evidently one of America’s most insightful photographers’. The story of Maier’s life and beyond is captivatingly...Read More
Just as Britain and the rest of the world had taken a sigh of contentment and began to relax after the excitement surrounding the Royal Wedding earlier this year, it was announced that the dress of the century, the dress in which Kate Middleton transformed in front of the world from an ‘ordinary woman’ into...Read More
Caryn Franklin’s ongoing commitment and passion, along with Debra Bourne and model Erin O’Connor, to promote and celebrate greater diversity within the fashion industry, resulted in the founding of an initiative entitled All Walks Beyond the Catwalk. Endorsed by the British Fashion Council and drawing support from iconic photographer Rankin, this is the first time...Read More
The Semple team recently took to the streets of East London’s Shoreditch, in search of the much hyped about Duffy exhibition. The almost secreted but superb Idea Generation Gallery, typical of exhibition spaces in Shoreditch, played a fantastic host. Despite its understated exterior, the gallery provides the perfect home for the Duffy retrospective. The stark...Read More
This week the Maggie Semple team were lucky enough to be shown around the National Portrait Gallery’s new exhibition, Glamour of the Gods: Hollywood Portraits, by its curator Terrence Pepper. On display are a collection of nearly 70 vintage photographs, on loan for the duration of the exhibition from the John Kobal Foundation, which depict...Read More
What springs to mind when you think of Italy? The food, the wine, the sun, perhaps George Clooney sitting by Lake Como….and permeating all of those things, the style! The effortless glamour and allure which, no matter how hard we try to recreate, Italians seem to emit with frustrating insouciance. It was with this in...Read More
Arriving in store as early as May, the A/W Pre-Collections sit juxtaposed with marked down summer dresses, last minute purchases for anyone lucky enough to escape the rather miserable summer and venture to warmer climates. Increasingly designers are expanding upon these mid-season collections and in many instances they are becoming the most commercial and profitable...Read More
I send text messages quite a lot and I like doing so. Recently, I marvelled at how efficient the technology was to communicate instantly. Imagine the scenario: I am on a terrace overlooking the deep blue calm sea watching the sun go down in its usual spectacular way – a huge orange ball descending behind...Read More
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