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Iconic Fashion Brand BIBA Relaunches

This month BIBA relaunches with a new collection of womenswear and accessories that is bang up to date, yet still stays true to the iconic BIBA brand.

The collection references the flattering cuts and styles of the original BIBA collections that brought accessible fashion with attitude to women of all ages. BIBA 2010 has evolved into a modern contemporary collection of dresses, tops, denim and evening wear with a renewed sense of sophistication.

As well as getting to preview the collection we were spoiled with champagne, fruit flavoured cider, and canapés.

AND, Nails Inc were on standby for those who wanted their nails polished and perfected. Shirley, Leanne, and Imani were a dream, they shaped, buffed, and polished our nails to perfection.

What to wear? What to wear?

I decided to go for “Stanhope Gardens”

Char Style Cartel went for “Basil Street”

Amy from Wolf Whistle went for the classic “Victoria”

Photographer for the night, Magdi of HQ, decided to get a shape up and buff

The collection will be exclusive to House of Fraser and available in 35 stores nationwide and online. There will also be 10 BIBA boutiques launching on the 9th Sept 2010 in the following locations: Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Dublin (Dundrum Shopping Centre), Glasgow, Edinburgh (Jenners), Manchester, Sheffield (Meadowhall shopping Centre), London Oxford St, London Westfield.

Lanvin <3 H&M

H&M is proud to announce that its next designer collaboration will be with Lanvin, one of the most influential brands of the 21st century. Designed by Lanvin’s artistic director Alber Elbaz, and menswear designer Lucas Ossendrijver, the collection will go on sale on November 23 in around 200 H&M stores worldwide.

The collection of both womenswear and menswear will be revealed to the world on November 2, just three weeks before the clothes hit the store, making the launch of Lanvin for H&M among the most anticipated fashion events of the year.

Alber Elbaz, artistic director of Lanvin.

“We are thrilled about Lanvin’s collection for H&M, it is such an exciting moment. Lanvin will bring to H&M a luxurious French tradition that is also modern and playful. It is very much a Lanvin collection, using their cut and tailoring, with lots of focus on form and details for both women and men. The launch in November is going to be full of wonderful surprises.” Margareta van den Bosch, creative advisor at H&M.

Since joining Lanvin as artistic director in 2001, Alber Elbaz has transformed the Paris-based label, founded in 1889 by Jeanne Lanvin, into a fashion powerhouse bursting with ideas and creativity. Pioneering some of the biggest trends of the past decade – ribbon, bows, pearls, raw edges, sumptuous colour and metallic embellishment among many others.

Lanvin is the latest brand to collaborate with H&M, with previous collections designed by the likes of Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney, Comme des Garçons, Victor & Rolf and Sonia Rykiel. In a new twist, the Lanvin for H&M collection will be revealed to the world through a special film which will be launched on November 2. The film will be available for all to see online at www.hm.com. Following the film’s debut, it will be just three weeks before customers have the chance to get their hands on a covetable piece of Lanvin for H&M.

I love the idea of these collaborations but in reality I can’t stand it. I probably won’t get a great piece because I don’t do standing outside the store for hours waiting for the first peek and the dash and grab situation that follows (I wouldn’t subject my assistant to it either). If H&M want to give us a lil’ preview, that would please me greatly! Otherwise I’ll just admire it from afar.

And The Winner Is…

Tuesday 17th Aug 7pm was the time, Boutique by Jaeger pop-up shop on Foubert’s Place was the place that we would find out who would be the proud winner of the Boutique by Jaeger style challenge in association with Glam.

Thom Ticklemouse and I strolled up fully juiced up from the Topshop Make Up event before, just in time to hear who had won the competition. And the winner is…

Emete, Editor of Make Lemonade

First place for the facebook comp went to Style Noir, the look was styled by Rosie Foster

The event on a whole was great, as well as some healthy competition, we were given a chance to be in the same room as some of the best bloggers the UK has to offer. The refreshments weren’t half bad either…

Above two pics taken by Lira Leirner

Above two pics taken by Rosie from Style Noir

We got a lil too heated in the pop up store and had to take our champagne and chat outside

With Emily from Fashion Foie Gras, taken by Lira Leirner of The Portmanteau

Kristen The Clothes Whisperer

Z and Laura

On to Wrangler…stay tuned!

Boutique by Jaeger Style Challenge

PEOPLE! I need you to do me a solid right now, if you read Freak Deluxe you will know that I went to Jaeger on Tuesday to take part in a style challenge (to take a look click here)

Here’s my final look

Leather Jacket, £299

Grey Zebra Print T-Shirt,

Animal Jacquard Shorts, £85

Zip Detail Patent Bracelet,

Large Nylon Quilted Tote, £175

Black Suede Platform Boots with Grey & Gold Detail

The images have gone up on the Boutique by Jaeger facebook page, I need you to:

Click the link to the FB page Boutique by Jaeger
“Like” the page
Go to the Boutique Styling Competition album
“Like” my polaroid (that’s the Freak Deluxe one!)

As simple as that! We can do this people, let’s go!

Jaeger Boutique

Yesterday I went to Jaeger HQ on Regent St to view the new Jaeger Boutique collection and see what I could do with it.

I left home in the pouring rain on Tuesday to make my way down to Jaeger, I made it just after 4pm, after ploughing through the soaked sods at Oxford Circus. The lady in the lift asked if I was upset that me Balenciaga got wet, to which I replied “no, it’s been wet many a time before, it’ll dry”.

On arrival I was greeted by the wonderful Amy, who told me what would be happening. I had to pick various items of the Boutique collection to make up an outfit that would be chosen by Stuart Stockdale, Jaeger’s Design Director and the facebook fans (which is where you guys come in)

I decided to pull a range of looks and document them for Freak Deluxe, then choose which look I wanted to be entered.