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Belle Sauvage
Belle Sauvage was launched in 2005 at the Zandra Rhodes' Fashion and Textile Museum by east London based designer duo Virginia Ferreira and Christian Neuman. Belle Sauvage holds fascination with various key elements in their lives, such as film, art, music, vibrant cities, eccentric environments, animals and heroines of the world. Inspiration from these elements is used to create fun and stylish garments. Belle Sauvage is known for its bold colours, striking prints, sexy silhouettes and comfortable fabrics like stretchy cotton, jersey and silk.
Chelsea Rebelle
Sarah Brannon is the designer behind LA-based label Chelsea Rebelle.
Taking influence from 1960s rockers and mods, Britpop and Americana Sarah creates beautifully constructed, modern yet classic pieces.
Mixing velvet bows against linen, pink silk on dark wool, the feminine with the tough, each piece is based on subtle contradiction.
Jessica Harris
Jessica Harris is an American Fashion Designer living and working in Rome, Italy. Her designs are delicate and embellished pieces which reference images is art, antique objects and vintage, culture, irony, and a her general tendency towards day dreaming all which are inspired by being surrounded in one of the most romantic of cities. The detailed construction techniques combined with her use of precious materials reflect the 'haute couture' training she received at Rome's 'Accademia Koefia di Alta Moda e Costume". Jessica aspires to evolve her fashion line along side the growing modern context of Rome's rich high fashion heritage.
Valerie Dumaine
Valerie Dumaine has been active in the Montreal fashion scene for over ten years. Between 1997 and 2002, she has been an illustrator, patternmaker and designer for various local companies. A year after graduating from Lasalle College, she departed Montreal briefly in 1998 for London, where she completed an internship with designer Gaile McConaghie. Upon completion of her Certificate in German at UQAM in 2002, Valerie Dumaine was once again Europe-bound; this time, her focus was Berlin. She reveled in the German fashion scene and culture, acquiring a firm and definitive direction. This experience would become a major turning point in her career. After returning to Montreal, she decided to work on her own line and in Spring 2004 Valerie Dumaine was finally born!
Valerie Dumaine's line projects an image of confidence, with clean and elegant lines, embellished by a careful finished touch. Inspired by the past, the designer is a master when it comes to mix and match styles, creating refined and bold garments.
Lolapeachy & Violet Manners
LolaPeachy is a range of hand-made beaded jewellery designed by Londoner Nisha Thirkell. The distinctive style stems from a desire to create something beautiful, yet not girlie, and from a fascination with the macabre. This is definitely not jewellery for the faint of heart. Influences range from Victorian mourning jewellery and old photographs found in junk shops, to Barnum's Circus. Even the name LolaPeachy comes from "the grave of a dead woman who is buried next to my Grandmother."
Maaike Mekking
Maaike Mekking has been a faithful London resident since graduating from the prestigious Fahion Institute Arnhem in the Netherlands 6 years ago. Since completing a Womenswear MA at the Royal College of Art she has been resident in-house designer for the avant-garde East End boutique No One, gaining coverage from The Guardian, Style magazine and iD amongst others. Having previously worked as a designer for companies as varied as Alberta Ferretti, Giles and Alexander McQueen, she felt she was ready to take the helm at her own strikingly elegant signature collection.
Rosalind Davis
Rosalind Davis' Odette Collection. Re-forming everyday objects into sculptural pop burlesque jewellery. The collection is made from nylon and polypropylene kimble tags, cable ties and various other plastic fastening pieces. Hair accessories and brooches are mixed with vintage feathers and buttons and are ideal for glamorizing your outfit!
"A recent discovery: designer Rosalind Davis-Lyulph just graduated from the Royal College of Art.
I saw her sister, Miranda, wearing a splendorous creation so I asked who it was by" Natalie Press, BAFTA Award Winning Actress. Harpers Bazaar, July 2006.
Rosalind Davis has been commissioned by fashion house Clements Ribeiro and Cacharel.
Razzmatazz
Imaginative creations made by Hayley Rocks, "Pure kitsch goodness"
Hayleys designs have you wearing all manner of items hanging round your neck and from your ears including bullets, Rubix cubes, crayons, gingerbread men, cassettes, Barbie shoes, Spiderman and other superheros.
All Razzmatazz items are of limited edition or complete one off designs so you can be sure not to catch anybody wearing the same.
About Coco Career
Coco Career's own line of prints is a playful take on band merchandise for London/Berlin-based electronic punkettes Robots in Disguise. Combining a background in Fine Art (graduate of Chelsea College of Art, London and Universitaet der Kuenste, Berlin) with a key interest in fashion and music. An exclusive line for the girls' single release The Sex Has Made Me Stupid can be seen worn by Dee Plume and Sue Denim-for whom Coco also designs stage outfits- in their new video. The sleeve art work for The Sex Has Made Me Stupid single designed by Coco Career is available on posters and can be seen in the third season of cult comedy The Mighty Boosh.
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