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London Fashion Week: Topshop Unique Fall 2009

coutorture — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:45:08 -0800

Looking at clothing from Topshop Unique is like looking at trends on steriods and, this season, the message was exceptionally aggressive. Trends were layered over trends, embellished with sequins, and then accessorized down to the neon shoelaces, and, as much as it seemed to us, too much, we're sure that each piece on its own will be a temptation.

coutorture — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:48:57 -0800

Spring 2009 Topshop Unique Collection Has Started To Hit Shelves

The Spring 2009 Topshop Unique collection, which showed during London Fashion Week, is beginning to hit shelves. This morning about a dozen items from the collection were released on the retailer's website. The collection is essentially a round up this season's trends with, of course, jumpsuits, studded jackets, and crop tops taking top billing. Deliveries should continue to trickle in but one thing is for sure, these pieces won't stick around for long. Our favorite item so far? A very Givenchy Spring 09-looking studded bodysuit. What will actually make it into our shopping cart? Harem trousers.

London Fashion Week: Topshop Unique Spring 2009

coutorture — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:00:26 -0800

London Fashion Week Spring Summer 2009. Photos by Simon James.

New York Versus London (So Far and Mostly)

coutorture — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:00:05 -0800

So it seems our British friends have taken A/W 08 in an entirely different direction. That is, the fur and sparkle of New York's A/W 08, not to mention the deep plums and vibrant greens are virtually non-existent. London Fashion Week, thus far has been a little more Terminator, a little less Kindergarden Cop. Just take a peek at our photo galleries from Topshop Unique, Jacob Kimmie,
Krystof Strozyna, and Modernist Autumn, it's virtually another fashion world. All of these collections dominated by black and white, most with eruptions of red in the most brazen display (it's not worked in slowly, it's thrust into the collection and promptly removed). Sure, you could call upon Paul Smith from the Londoners, and
Camilla Staerk from the New Yorkers to argue that there is crossover. To which we'd say: "Despite some dandy-embellishments, Paul Smith is no different than Ralph Lauren, and Camilla Staerk is a newcomer. Those are bad examples.". So we win. And boy, do we love the fight.

London Fashion Week Photo Coverage

coutorture — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:04:57 -0800

Just because New York is over doesn't mean we have seen it all. London is in full swing and we are simply obsessed. We have photos from high street favorite Topshop Unique's Fall 2008 runway show, bad girl favorite Christopher Kane, Sinha Stanic, Core, Modernist and many more! We promise to keep updating so you can keep drooling.