Indtroducing: Clemency London

The background of Alison Clemency-Buddenhagen, the designer behind Clemency, is rather impressive. She studied Fashion Design at London's Central St. Martins and Fine Art at Parsons in New York. She worked as a Designer and Creative director for Armani, Calvin Klein, Trussardi, Katherine Hamnett, Joseph and Burberry before launching Clemency London. As if that wasn't enough she can also put a music journalist on her CV.
You'd expect great things from a person like this and you wouldn't be mistaken. Her designs are the perfect cool pieces that fit into any wardrobe. The SS12 collection is full of great separates for effortless dressing. I'm especially loving her colourful leather jackets with the hot pink one being my favourite (no surprise there). Stocked at Harvey Nichols and YoungBritishDesigners.com among others, you'll find you want to buy it all. And no one would blame you.
Have a stylish day.

Masters of Style at Somerset House

As promised last week, I am reporting from the latest exhibition at Somerset House. Masters of Style is a collection of images of world famous Italian fashion brands, looking at their history through past campaigns, editorials etc. For each designer there is a screen showing their AW fashion show, so if you haven't seen the images yet, you can check out what's arriving into the stores about now and in upcoming weeks.
Each image has a little comment from the designers or Colin McDowell, who curated the exhibition. One photo looks better than the other. It gives you a great insight into the brand's history and philosophy. It's so inspiring and well presented. I absolutely loved it! You get a little booklet too, which has a lot of information and is nice addition to my fashion books collection.
Although photography is not allowed, I managed to  sneakily take few pics with my iPhone to give you an idea what to expect. If you get a chance, go check it out as it really is good.
Have a stylish day.

Stylish day out

(image: courtesy of Gucci - from official Somerset House website)

I am very excited because as you may know I love a good exhibition. Going to galleries and museums is one of my favourite pass times. Tomorrow is the opening of a very appealing project: Masters of style: Celebrating the Stories behing Italian Fashion. I love Italy and its fashion and can't wait to check this out next week and of course tell you all about it. The exhibit is looking at defining moments from advertising campaigns of the biggest Italian fashion houses: Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Ferragamo, Gucci, Missoni and Prada will all showcase a personally hand-picked selection of images from their collections and archives, bringing to life iconic style moments and offering an insight into the passion and influences behind their work. Sounds interesting? Well what are you waiting for! The exhibit runs from tomorrow until 14 August at the wonderful Somerset House. I can't imagine a more stylish day out, especially if you go shopping afterwards :)

Have a stylish day.