I have written to them to find out about their ethical standards.  As you will see on my 'High Street' page they are a member of the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), however their ethical code of conduct is a little confusing.  They have a 'Supplier Code of Conduct' concerning ethical and fair treatment of their workers, but Debenhams don't appear to have an ethical policy that applies to themselves - perhaps I am confused!

Here are the questions I have asked them:

In which countries do you have factories that produce your merchandise?
What percentage of the retail price of an item goes to the worker who made it?
How do you determine how much to pay workers?
Do your workers have a contract with you and know that they can rely on a steady level of income?
Do you pay your workers in cash or through a bank; do they have the opportunity to save money in a bank account that earns interest?
Do you carry out any audits on your suppliers to ensure they are complying with your ‘Supplier Code of Conduct'?
What action would you take if a supplier failed to meet the terms of your ‘Supplier Code of Conduct'?

When I receive the response from Debenhams I will post it on this website - please come back to see what they have to say!  Next and Boden have responded already, see their respective pages.

It seems like a high school affair when two girls are spotted in te same outfit or prom wear. But in LA you'd think it's a big place for fashion to not have neighbor clashes, but sadly enough for the starlets and gladly enough for us, girls just can't seem to stop copying each other. Down to the very dress and pose...har. Lookie here, Khloe parties at her 24th birthday party three weeks ago, making her the winner of this Dolce & Gabanna beauty. Lauren wears it later at a Dark Knight premiere. Who do you think wears it better?

How about this triple threat? Keira Knightley, Isla Fisher, and Tara Reid sport this purple luxe for Matthew Williamson. Duke it out girls!

Confirmed today- Fashion label Matthew Williamson will open its first US flagship store in New York City sometime in early 2009.

The new flagship space will be located at 413, West 14th Street.

"I am very excited to be opening my own store in New York. Each store is a very personal design opportunity to express my brand and I am really looking forward to working on this and making the store a reality over the coming months," says designer and president of the 11-year-old label, Matthew Williamson.

"This is a key step for the company. We have spent some time looking for the right store in New York and are pleased to now be able to move forward with our plan to have a retail home for Matthew Williamson in the US," says Joseph Velosa, CEO of the company.

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Apesar de ser mais famosas pela elegância exuberante de sua vestimenta, no quesito acessórios, a marca é inventiva e traz idéias frescas e fortes.  É impressionante a variedade de materiais e técnicas que ela usa para dar forma a designs muito genuínos e luxuosos. Pedras, metal esmaltado, acrílico, ouro, correntes, plástico, tecido - tudo já foi usado em suas criações. Seu repertório de acessórios vai do divertido ( como os chaveiros de patch em couro formando carrinhos) ao exótico ( como nos cintos de pedraria bruta) sem perder o DNA único da marca. O sucesso é incrível, prova disso é o fato de terem sempre um lugar garantido nos grandes editoriais e nas shop-lists das revistas importantes mundo afora.

Para ilustrar este post, fiz um apanhado de algumas peças mais recentes da grife, procurei dar destaque ao mais interessante em termos de design. Enfim, acho que essas imagens confirmam o que já foi dito: A Pucci deve ser olhada com muito apreço pelos criadores e apaixonados por acessórios.

Marime: 8 UK/36 EU
Material: 89% Virgin Wool 9% Polyamide 2% Elastane/ Contrast 51% Cotton 34% Viscose 15 % Silk/ Lining 100% Acetate
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Pret: 45 lei Pret nou: 30 lei

I love the way the carroty orange and cobalt blue flirt with each other in this DvF dress (S/S 08).

Furiously vivid hues make colour blocking extraordinary - feel free to add green, but there's a fine line between terrific and terrible. (Etro S/S 08)

Pastels tone it down for what I like to call blasé chic. Don't these sherbet colours make you hungry? (Matthew Williamson S/S 08)

This is a bit older, but I wanted to show it as an example of a more mellowed out colour combination of rusty orange and navy can work while still looking fantastic - and that's three different shades of orange! (Marc Jacobs A/W 08/09)

Just a note: if you're pale, don't wear pastel shades; they'll wash out your skin. More intense hues will really make the difference (compare Matthew Williamson with Etro above)

Photos courtesy of Style.com, New York Magazine

Lace-up ankle boots are one of the best ways to add a bit of that masculine feel that's so on-trend currently. From office to fun, chunky to stiletto, ankle to knee-high, masculine to girly, there is a design for everybody, and don't fret - if your idea of lace-up boots involved knee-high Doc Martens, think again.

1. If you're short, flash some ankle. To lengthen those pins, wear an ankle boot that cuts below your ankle like that open toed Gucci pair above. (My favourite!)

2. Boots don't have to be boring. For a more girly look, choose a pair with ribbons for laces or replace the laces on your shoes with a matching ribbon. (Moschino Cheap & Chic above)

3. Wear with stockings (preferably the same colour to elongate the legs) and a high hemline. It just looks funny with a hem below the knee. (Of course, for summer, ditch the stockings and go for a girly short skirt with a more manly shoe. Contrast is what it's all about.)

I have to say, I love the look of the Matthew Williamson ones. Half boot, half sandal - works all year round and comes in green, blue or yellow!

The Queen Bee

Lets start with the queen shall we?

No great fan of Wintour-she delivers little surprises or much pleasure here. She's followed the brief about Superheroes so deserves credit for that but she never wears the outfits-they always were her.

Drab, grey, mettallic and austere; this outfit looks unpleasant on her, making her look like a gargoyle.

*THE CLOTHES WHORE.

The Twinorexic coke fiends

The healthier of the two, Ashley looks HOTT! Dress makes her look older then an 11 year old, clings beautifully to her figure giving her a sexy edge-it's safe and black but the style raises the bar from all the other black dresses we saw.

Mary-Kate, the one that's obviously more into the smack side of things, looks like she needs her sister to prop her up. Her mish mash wannabe style of decadent colours & fabrics, fall flat here as is often her case. She ALWAYS looks like she's tried too hard. Her face is a blurby goldy mess and that dress should have at least been customized to fit her? Sh-urely?

*MK: THE CLOTHES WHORE ASHLEY: THE HOT

The EX-MODEL turned Hollywood movie star

Diane Kruger has no excuse, she used to model, so she should at least look decent which she does nearly all the time, she delivers-there is little soul but she wears the outfits. But with this. I have one long word.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. OUCH!

Those pins are a winner. The silver simple yet heavily detailed dress clashes brilliantly with her pink stillettos and her face radiates as it's covered with subtle but striking make up. Topping it off with a beehive.

*THE HOT

The flashindapan British designer with the flashindapan American actress

Now I can see why they would've paired off this these two-Bryant is usually stunning with lovely chocolate skin and Williamson is the king of colour with a deep love of ethnic fabrics. But WTF has he put on her?? It's like bad, bad, baaad Pucci!

They are both trying to keep their spirits up but he's made her look an utter mess, like she carelessly stumbled into her mothers old vintage clothes, that weren't that great way back then!?

*THE DESPERATE

The anorexia heroin addicta

Jess Stam is one of my fave models, on the catwalk AND editorially, which is quite a mean feat! But god damn is she close to death? She looks like she's in a heavy heroin fuelled coma, which explains the outfit I'm guessing?

The dress is nice, the shoes aren't bad an she also has that beehive but compare to Kruger and see who looks more comfortable wearing the micro dress?

*THE CLOTHES WHORE

Dopo Julian MacDonald, Matthew Williamson, Jonathan Saunders e Manolo Blahnik, anche Patricia Filed ha realizzato la sua collezione di bottiglie e l’ha fatto in collaborazione con Coca Cola Great Britain, reallizando una serie limitata di quattro bottiglie di diet Coke diverse per colore e per significato : Quella oro sta per “Carriera”, rossa “Passione”, rosa “Amore” e azzurra “Moda”. Chissà quale andrà più a ruba.

Purtroppo al momento le bottiglie, in distribuzione dal 15 Maggio, saranno disponibili in esclusiva presso Selfridge, nel Regno Unito, dove le fans di Patricia Filed potranno avere l’onore di incontrare la designer.

Per non mancare : 

Friday May 16
12.00pm to 1.00pm
Ground Floor, Stationery

Fonte : www.trendandthecity.wordpress.com

They were usually really really obvious but enjoyable to do all the same. Well I've got the latest spot the difference coming to you direct from Matthew Williamson V's MK One (yes that's right - that shop that you would never think of stepping in)

Apart from the fact that one of these dresses is on an uber skinny glam model and the other one is just lying flat, could you tell which was the real deal and which wasn't?

What's more is that the photograph above features a dress which retails for just under £600 (£595 to be precise) but it is Matthew Williamson I suppose - you pay something for the name.

However can you possibly guess the price of the second??

£15

yes 15 pounds!! Continue your good work copy cat stores!

Mark Jacobs

Marchesa: Vestidos palabra de honor cortos con detalles de plumas, o con rosas de tela en el bajo o en los hombros. Vestidos largos con cola y drapeados. Coleccion de fiesta, clasica y muy elegante. Colores blanco, negro, berenjena,rojo, morado, azul claro casi blanco, verde agua.Para ser princesa...

Matthew Williamson: Colorido y desenfadado. Muy urbano . Prendas originales. Abrigos de piel de pelo largo y de piel vuelta. Bufandas de piel. Algun abrigo clasico en tonos vivos. Prendas confeccionadas en paño de lana en su mayoria. Parkas, Anoraks, Estampados de petit point sobre negro. Azul electrico, fucsia, punto, pitillos, minis de gasa con vuelo o rectas en seda.

Max Azria: Transparencias corses, abrigos de astracan. Grises y tonos claros a veces combinados con negro.Terciopelo, lana, seda, entallados en la cintura la mayoria de los vestidos.

Michael Kors: Hombre y mujer. Muy retro. Elegante. Faldas tuvo y cortes años 20 y años 50. La lady de "siempre".Tonos camel, teja, verde, marron. Faldas tuvo largas. Jerseis de punto en beige y lila. Entre Tippi Hedren y Grace Kelly.

Monique Lhuillier: Elegante con un tono clasico.















Naeem Khan:  Negro.Transparencias, brocados, plumas, lentejuelas, gasa. Estampados de serpiente, leopardo,dorado, animal print.

Muy sexy.









Narciso Rodriguez: Muy sencillo, sin adornos, ni ostentacion. Negro, blanco. Manga japonesa y cuello mao o pequeños cuellos. Chaquetas cortas con cremallera. Corte imperio con faldas globo. Lineas sencillas. Algun toque de color en naranja. Hilos dorados que forman algun dibujo sobre negro para dar un aire actual. Coleccion con el espiritu de los 90, minimalista.

Ohne Titel: Beige, granate, gris, negro, azulon, camel y marron. Trajes con pantalon ancho y otros pitillo. Vestidos estampados con abriguito y toreras a juego. Todo muy coordinado, con los mismos tonos o telas en pantalones o vestidos y su chaqueta o abrigo. Tejidos punto, seda, lana, paño, algun brocado.

Oscar de la Renta: Muy elegante. Faldas de vuelo a la altura de la rodilla combinadas con chaquetas entalladas por encima de la cadera ceñidas y cerradas con cremallera o botones. Alguna mini. Abrigos y vestidos rectos con cuello de piel. Chaquetas y jerseis de punto. Pantalones anchos de talle alto. Tejidos brillantes como seda y rafia. Patrones y tejidos que recuerdan el final de los 80 y comienzo de los 90.

Elegancia clasica. Negro, dorado, tejidos metalizados en varios colores, predominando el verde y el marron. Faldas grises, berenjena, granate, algunas con estampados de flores grandes. Trajes de chaqueta de paño en un solo color o en chevio. Vestidos de coctel y vestidos de noche palabra de honor. Predomina el lujo en los tejidos.

Peter Som: Pantalones masculinos. Faldas amplias por debajo de la rodilla combinadas con americanas entalladas y otras cortas años 60. Abrigos rectos de manga ranglan y pequeñas solapas. Algunas mezclas inusuales de prendas con tejidos de lujo con otras mas sobrias. Detalles en las faldas que simulan mandiles superpuestos. Algunos cuellos de piel en chaquetas de punto y americanas, abrigos de paño y de pieles. Colores granate, negro, gris, blanco, algun estampado de flores difuminadas, marron, mostaza, azules. Vestidos de noche palabra de honor. Predominan las faldas.

Phi: Prendas muy ceñidas. Minis con cremalleras, Minis con cancan, Abrigos de piel vuelta. Vestidos en tonos fucsias elasticos con cremalleras. Combinaciones en negro y en fucsia, verde , azulon. La coleccion podriamos decir que es de corseteria.!!!!

Colores Negro, rojo, fucsia, lunares en rojo y negro, lunares en rojo y blanco. Pantalones que parecen fajas???

Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti: Pantalones masculinos. Predominan los vestidos en blanco y negro, negro y lila, rojo, azul. Vestidos de terciopelo y tul a veces combinados entre si. Abrigos austeros de paño, algunos con corte parca en paño con cremallera. Casi toda la coleccion se compone de vestidos, con excelentes combinaciones de telas y colores.

Ports 1961: Vestidos. Beige, negro, azul, camel, naranja. La mayoria en tonos tierra. Mucha variedad, pantalones de talle alto. Trajes de Chaqueta de pantalon, otros de falda. Abrigos en forma de capa y otros con hombros redondeados. Casi todos confeccionados en paño. Alguna estola de piel. En general sencillo y sobrio.

Preen: Cuadros "de leñador" en vestidos camiseros, pantalones, y parkas. Pantalones de talle alto y patron globo como en los 90. Estampados de ameba en tonos grises en gasa. Faldas de raso con abrigos a juego. Ante, sedas. Cazadoras de piel vuelta en tamaño extragrande. Monos de seda. Camisas transparentes. Gabardinas oscuras. En general la coleccion es un revival de los 90, para los que dicen que en los 90 no habia nada tipico...

Proenza Schouler: Pantalones anchos de corte masculino bajos de cintura. Minis, faldas a la rodilla. Vestidos rectos y otros trapecio. Camisas en seda con volumen en las mangas y grandes lazos. Abrigos con doble solapa, algunos con gran volumen. Lo mas destazado son los tejidos: Seda, Paño, pieles en algun abrigo, lentejuelas. colores oscuros y algun blanco, algun camel.

Si aún no te has cansado.. queda el final...






 

Plaid was everywhere, from Yohji Yamamoto at Y-3 (seen below) to Americana conservator, Ralph Lauren. Proenza Schouler's menswear-inspired ensembles favored monochromatic jewel tones and oversized bow ties, while Karen Walker stuck to her Bohemian Bourgeoisie guns and featured flower-print dresses, chunky-knit striped tights, and lots of colors reminiscent of the '70s.

It looks like cobalt blue is sticking around for another season, as strains of the shade were noticeable in the majority of collections, including Matthew Williamson. The British designer's collection was a mishmash of fluorescent hues; fur coats, vests, and scarves; flower-print patterns; and even evocative of traditional Tibetan patterns.

Y-3

Proenza Schouler

Karen Walker

Matthew Williamson

Quelle:vogue.de

I'm glad to see that Samsonite are moving into a good direction. With previous collabs with Alexander McQueen, Matthew Williamson ,and Marc Newson. It would have been just as easy for them to do a corny collab collection with some weak "streetwear" company. This luxury collection of soft leather travel bags and accessories under Samsonite's Black Label Collection is super ill with a eye on clean design, which in this world of super bright, multi covered nonsense is a added relief. Made up mostly of beauty cases, boarding bags and travel totes for both men and women, the collection will be called "Samsonite Black Label by Viktor & Rolf". Plan for a worldwide launch for this new collection fall 2008.

Hello! The editors of The Moment have been hounding me for an email dispatch for the readers of The Moment so thought I’d drop you guys a quick line.

I landed in Miami on Sunday night as I love flying in at night — it’s as if you’re hovering over a huge sequin carpet!

I travel a lot, and I am still jetlagged from a trip last week to Tokyo to celebrate the 60th-anniversary of Pucci. Let’s just say it’s been a tough few days.

My friends think I live this incredibly glamorous existence, but it’s not always what it seems. I’m actually a few weeks late designing the next Pucci collection, so I am trying to spend as much of this week on my own as I can to work on Autumn/Winter 2008.

I have to say, it feels strange designing fur, cashmere and leather by the pool at the Shore Club with the sun beating down on me, but there are worse places to be working form.

And it’s amazing how inspired I feel in Miami. I really love this place. The people, the shops, the art, the bars and clubs. It’s such any energetic place. I’ve got so much work done in just a few of days!

(Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

But I’ve also had a bit of fun partying. I went to the opening of the new Florida Room at the Delano that’s designed by Lenny Kravitz. I caught up with Ben Pundole, my friend from London who works with Amy Sacco at Bungalow 8. And I had a really fun dinner with Laudomia Pucci and Anastasia Barbieri, my stylist for Pucci, who also works at Vogue Homme and French Vogue. She's in Miami shooting a couple of men's wear stories, and she’s always a riot to hang out with.

Last night we had an outdoor Pucci dinner for over 200 people in this enormous tent at an insane house on one of the ritziest streets in Miami. We had these oversize Pucci-print balloons floating in a ballroom that people had to walk through to get to the lawns. Then there was an after-party on the beach and about a million other parties all over the city, but I was exhausted and called it a night on the early side.

I am trying to be a good boy, because I only have two days left in Miami to complete the collection, before heading off to New York, where I’m scouting for a space to open a Matthew Williamson store in Summer 08.

And, of course, I’ve also been hitting the fair. I have a new house back in London and so would love to find me a little something! But in order to afford it, I better get back to the pool and pretend it’s winter. Wish you were all here.