Entries categorized as ‘new labels’
I’ve just discovered Kleidkunst an online platform for new fashion designers and up-and-coming labels. Although the site is rather badly designed and a lot of the labels feature seriously lack in the fashion stakes, there are plenty of designers that have caught my eye.
My favourite find is Swiss label Goyagoya



images: goyagoya.com
Categories: new labels
Tagged: Goyagoya, Kleidkunst
I first saw Swedish shoe brand Hasbeens in Cos, then Grazia did a feature on them. With their simplistic, Seventies-inspired style they are they are quirky yet fashionable. I love their black johdpurs.

Categories: new labels · shoes · wish list
Tagged: Hasbeens, johdpurs
I can’t stand Peaches Geldorf, I think she’s an irritating little brat. I have to admit though that, gulp, I actually like some of her designs for Brit label PPQ. Gulp.


images:very.co.uk
Categories: new labels
Tagged: Peaches Geldorf, PPQ, very.co.uk
German designer and recent Royal College of Art graduate Gudrun Kloepsch impresses me with her collection of tailored black and white clothes. I love the way she plays with different textures and layers and the hint of Teddy Boy mixed with New Romantic.

Categories: new labels
Tagged: German fashion designer, Gudrum Kloepsch
I am utterly fascinated by the work of up and coming miliner Carianne More. Her new ‘Woodland Seas’ collection ‘embodies the intricacies of the beauty found on both land and sea’. I love her hawk girl mask/hat.




images: notjustalabel.com
Categories: accessories · new labels
Tagged: Carianne More, miliner
I’ve just discovered Swedish label Minimarket, and I am already hooked. I love love love their ladybird jumper.



images: minimarket.se
Categories: designers I like · new labels · wish list
Tagged: Minimarket, Swedish label
I love this layered, theatrical look by German label Von Bardonitz. Their new collection is inspired by the German Revolution of 1848.


images: vonbardonitz.net
Categories: new labels
November 12, 2008 · 1 Comment
I love experimental knitwear. It fascinates me to see what shapes and forms you can achieve with different techniques. Knitwear designer Hanako Narahira does some great experimental jumpers and dresses, whose bright neon colours and knotting really stand out to me.



images: notjustalabel.com
Categories: designers I like · new labels
Tagged: Hanako Narahira, Not just a label, knit wear
Built by Wendy is a New York based fashion and accessories label. I especially love their T-shirt collection, but their current a/w 08 line – evidently inspired by traditional German Tracht dresses- also has some great basics.

Their ‘bad dudes’ T-shirt is my fave.

Amazing purple wedges

black bow dress
images:wendyrocks.com
Categories: new labels · shops
Tagged: black bow dress, cool T-Shirts, NYC, purple wedges, Wendy Rocks
I work just opposite the Chinese embassy, and the steady stream of protesters who gather outside my office on a daily basis have succeeded in making me think about China. Political controversy aside, this is a style blog after all, I think this is the most interesting time for Chinese design and fashion. China it seems, is just on the brink of moving on from a manufacturing country to establishing its own labels and brands. I am incredibly curious to see Chinese design emerge, and one of the first designers that has come on my radar is Shirtflag. I first came across the label when I went to the V&A’s China Now exhibition and bought one of their panda toys. Their T-Shirt designs ironically mix traditional Maoist propaganda images with Western logos but there are also plenty of original street wear images. I can’t wait until their first European store opens in London this winter.



pictures: streetflag.com
Categories: new labels
Tagged: Chinese design, Streetflag