Posted by Rebekah Roy on November 14th, 2008
These are the coolest men’s bags I’ve ever seen. The leather & craftsmanship is beautiful and the designs are truly masculine (they’re huge). Bracher Emden also offer a bespoke service: you can choose the colour of leather and embellishment.
These bags are big, and heavy! The construction feels very solid.
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Posted by Rebekah Roy on November 6th, 2008
Sir Tom Baker specialises in classically cut formal suits and modern cutting edge suits. You might not be a rock star but if you’d like to feel like one you might consider one of his suits, either bespoke or off the peg. Sir Tom trained at Hardy Amies. He’s been creating bespoke suits for over 10 years from his Soho based workshop, and he’s recently launched his own ready-to-wear collection.
I love this purple jacket. I think every man should have at least a hint of purple in his wardrobe this season. The ready-to-wear is a delight: beautiful wools, lame and a host of other unexpected fabrics, used to great effect, with a hint of embellishment. His signature cut is the single breasted, 1 button peak lapel suit, based on a classic English silhouette, with clean lines and sharp edges. How sexy is that!
A bespoke suit is handmade, designed to your own specification, created without the use of a pre-existing pattern - otherwise it’s made-to-measure. You’ll hear the term semi-bespoke - which might include work done by machine. A true bespoke suit takes time - usually about 6 weeks as even the button holes are hand sewn. You’ll often have about 3 fittings, and then you have the perfect suit.
I love these shoes. They are so cool - I love when men wear edgy shoes. This is one of the things that I love about London - the way men dress. They have such great style options. What girl can resist a well-dressed man?
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Posted by Rebekah Roy on October 17th, 2008
Sometimes I think London is a city made up of hundreds and thousands of design studios. There are so many jewellery, milliners and fashion designers - this is what’s so special about fashion in the UK - so much talent in one small place!
Hemyca is a London based design team. We were paired together for Living TV’s Living Loves Fashion. We were filming in Hemyca’s studio, drinking hot chocolate & talking about their A/W08 collection and their spring 09 collection. They really focus on tailoring, fabric and all the shapes & sizes that women come in, so they do quite a bit of bespoke work. Helen & Myra met at London College of Fashion and knew that they would make a great team. They worked for leading fashion brands including; Roland Mouret, Ben de Lisi, and well known high street retailers, before being inspired to create their own unique vision.
Hemyca can be bought on-line at Koodos.com, The Look Boutique and Oli.
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Jacob Kimmie has done his first pre-collection. In London I’ve come to expect creativity and larger than life images on the catwalk. London doesn’t appear to be about wearability. So Jacob Kimmie, at the request of his clients for more wearable clothing is working on a commercial collection.
Like many designers Kimmie is experiencing a trend towards the bespoke service and he’s designing more hand crafted pieces and tailored garments for private clients.
The collection is romantic feminine tailoring. The base colours of chocolate, mink and steel are set against tangerine, yellow and turquoise.
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Posted by Rebekah Roy on July 20th, 2008
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