Brands

Introducing Topshop’s New Gen tees




Topshop is celebrating ten years of its BFC NEWGEN sponsorship scheme to support emerging British fashion by releasing 20 Tshirts exclusively designed by our most exciting young talent. The T-shirts retail for £30 and will go on sale in stores nationwide and online at Topshop.com, as well as at a pop-up shop in Selfridges and at Somerset House (all profits go to Centrepoint). (more…)



Chanel’s £18,000 wraparound watch



Cartier’s chief executive officer Bernard Fornas has been banging on about the ‘feel-guilty factor’ to explain why customers are buying smaller watches to replace the huge stonkers (hello Michael Kors) of last year. I don’t really need an excuse to buy another watch, but if I was to buy a small-faced timepiece and had a few grand going spare, it would have to be Chanel’s H2146 Premiere wraparound in 18K (and £18K!) white gold with diamonds. Chic non?



DRG’s diary dates




24th February to 5th April 2012: The Ruins of Detroit, Wilmotte Gallery

We have the Steidl book of Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre’s haunting photographs that document Detroit’s decline, so I’m looking forward to seeing the photography on a bigger scale. (more…)



Some more ss12 ad campaigns I like



These aren’t the high profile ones, just some more under-the-radar ones that I really like…


Margaret Howell by Koto Bolofo – a celebration of the brand’s core products, this shot of Marique Schimmel in a classic man’s dress shirt indirectly reminds me of Tilda Swinton modelling the AW10 Pringle menswear collection.


Joseph – don’t know who shot this but I like the clothes and the expression – and slightly cinematic quality of black & white photography


Longchamp with Coco Rocha and a Weimaraner. I thought this looked like an Arthur Elgort photo but it’s by Dane Shitagi. Love all the colours


Radley starring Laura Bailey in her own clothes, styled by Katie Hillier. I’m not generally a Radley fan but I love Laura Bailey’s look and what they have done with this campaign