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Emilia Wickstead New Zealand born, British based designer Emilia Wickstead spent her formative years in Milan and New York, working with the likes of Giorgio Armani, Proenza Schouler and Narciso Rodriguez. Her eponymous label was originally a made-to-measure atelier but has since expanded to include ready-to-wear collections which she first debuted in 2012. Wickstead‘s clothes...
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This London Fashion Week, bold leather looks contrast with soft pastel colours and kaleidoscopic prints as ethereal and artfully dressed models show us the newest trends and most daring looks that will inspire our SS17 wardrobes. Though these designers may sadly be beyond our price range, their influences and style will most certainly give you...
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The heavens opened for the first full day of London Fashion Week, showcasing the newest trends to inspire and influence the fashion conscious for the seasons ahead. With the paparazzi snapping the front-rowers and a plethora of street style to enthuse over, the streets of London welcomed the most famous faces of the fashion world....
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Skateboarding by nature was always seen as an act of rebellion – taking private spaces and making them into your personal playground to grind, flip and cruise along is a way of reclaiming cities. But over the years it has been diluted by mass media and our governments; by turning it into a sport and...
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With a passing interest in history, particularly ancient history, when I took a BA in English Literature I felt I was consigning that interest to a vague hobby, pushing it to the background of my life. However, I found my slight craving for history more than satisfied during my course; fictional work can be a more insightful...
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Sensitive skin can be one of life’s real bugbears, from oily and spotty to dry and patchy it’s a saga that never seems to end. But if sensitive skin is a tiresome enough affliction to live with on a daily basis, it’s a complete and utter nightmare when it comes to being in the sun....
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It’s long been rumoured that Anna Wintour and Alexandra Shulman, Editors-in-Chief of U.S and British Vogue respectively, have been at fashion war but it now seems to have come to a head with last night’s airing of BBC 2’s documentary Absolutely Fashion: Inside British Vogue which exposed the magnitude of the feud between the two....
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Many of us are still keen to improve ourselves and learn more about our passions, no matter the age, job or situation. People who didn’t attend university yet fortunately landed themselves in a wonderful job, but still wish to educate themselves in some way,or those who graduated long ago but desire a qualification in something wholly different....
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If you are partial to a mug of the strong black stuff and can’t quite get to work until the it does, then you might not like what I’m about to say. A new report by the Climate Institute of Australia has surfaced and they have made some shocking claims that could leave coffee lovers with a...
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still i rise
I used to say to my team that August is a month that doesn’t exist. I encouraged people to come in slightly later, go out for coffee and generally use the time to tidy up. I’m not quite sure when August became a month that did exist at Semple but it is now as busy...
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