TREND: COCOON Silhouette

One of the key trends of Autumn/Winter 2011 is the 'Supersize' or 'Cocoon' silhouette, which I am drawn to for obvious reasons. Below are are few examples of how this silhouette should be worn according to designers such as, Burberry Prorsum, Loewe and Celine:


Burberry Prorsum




Stella McCartney





Loewe




Celine




Tibi




Jil Sander




Alexander Wang





Mary Katronzou

EMELI SANDÉ TOUR: NOVEMBER 2011

We are very excited to announce that we will be supporting the incredible EMELI SANDÉ on some of her dates on her UK TOUR in November. Her single 'Heaven' has taken the UK charts by storm and if you haven't heard it check it out here:




We will be supporting her in Bristol, Brighton and London. On the 5th, 6th and 7th November.

Tickets for the gig at Bristol's 'Fleece' are still available and can be bought online. London and Brighton have already sold out, it's going to be an amazing few days.

GARAGE MAGAZINE

September is here and is the month when the London fashion scene kicks into action. With Fashion Week only a week away, I thought I would share my love for all things fashion related. I thought I would start with GARAGE MAGAZINE, which comes out TODAY.



I love magazines. I always have, ever since I was a teenager. If they didn't exist I would have probably read so many more books and expanded my vocabulary. Instead I chose to expand my love of fashion, art and music. Every now and then a new magazine comes along, most don't have that long a shelf life, but GARAGE Magazine is here to stay.



Fashion director, Chloe Kerman knows her stuff. She is a very talented stylist as well as having all all encompassing vision when it comes to fashion and design. Formerly an editor of Tank Magazine, she has now joined forces with Dasha Zhukova to create a new masterpiece. She was also the stylistic brains behind our video for Cocoon. I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on a copy...

Carnival

Today we played our debut DJ set at The Earl of Portobello in the heart of Notting Hill Carnival. For better or for worse, everyone comes together and I would like this chapter to celebrate the wonder of carnival across time.

COCOON 12 INCH VINYL

From today Cocoon is available on iTunes. The 12 inch vinyl, which includes remixes by xxxy, Nocturnal Sunshine and Benny Page, is also available online and in all good record stores including Rough Trade, Juno and Banquet Records.

Susie Lau: Float like a Bubble

Susie Bubble (aka Susie Lau) is one of those people in life who is meant to be seen and known by everyone. She is an individual and to those that know her, a fashion icon. She is currently the commissioning editor for Dazed Digital and has a blog entitled: Style Bubble. This blog is a beautiful and comprehensive expression of her thoughts and discoveries on and in the fashion world. The parts of her blog I love the most however, are the photos of her trying on all manner of clothes and accessories to fulfil the theme of each chapter she writes, as seen below:














So, if you ever have, what I like to call a 'wardrobe moment', look to her blog and realise that expression and freedom in what you wear is everything. Be yourself every step of the way and in Coco Chanel's words:

'Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.'



www.stylebubble.co.uk/

Where The Wild Things Are

Last month Alpines played on the 'Where The Wild Things Are' stage at Secret Garden Party. Minutes before we departed on our trip I realised I was without a camera. Bob's dad kindly lent me one of his many analogue (c.1990 at a guess) cameras, here are some of the results of a truly memorable weekend...








After the festival we once again hit the open road and went to the beautiful Norfolk coast for a whirlwind tour: