Archive for February, 2011
Alexander McQueen -Fashion Genius.
As the Fashion Week circuit continues, I’ve been struggling to write a post about this seasons most memorable collections so far. Whilst enamoured with Burberry, Versace, Christopher Kane and Roksanda Ilincic, a flamboyant feather in the fashion week bow has been missing for me: The inimitable work of the designer Alexander McQueen. My [...]
London Fashion Week –History of Fashion Week Part III
1. What is the significance of World War II to fashion week? According to Dr Valerie Steele, chief curator and director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, during World War II, fashion insiders were unable to travel to Paris to preview French collections. This proved to be the catalyst behind the launch of the world's first [...]
London Fashion Week –History of Fashion Week Part II.
1. Could the 1920’s be considered the dawn of a new era for the way that fashion was shown? According to Amanda Fortini, it could be said that by the 1920s, the fashion show had gone mainstream. Retailers throughout the country staged shows, often in a store's restaurant during lunch or tea-time. Such early fashion shows were a lot more [...]
London Fashion Week –History of Fashion Week Part I.
As the style-set take over London for another Fashion Week extravaganza, we thought that we’d take a look at the history behind this star-studded event. Being the promotional linchpin of a multibillion-dollar industry, for the next three days we’ve put together a mini Q & A series, showing how one of the hottest tickets in the social [...]
Top 10 tips for Your Red Carpet Moment..
Vanity Fair has unveiled the cover of its 17th annual Hollywood issue. We wanted to evoke the glamour of 1930’s Shanghai, an era of smokey, alluring elegance, says fashion and style director Jessica Diehl. We had the gentlemen looking dashing in black tie, whilst the ladies were radiant in spring’s gowns-from Gucci to Yves Saint Laurent-and [...]
Vogue Italia-Black Allure
Oops! Vogue Italia Magazine has done it again and has broken one of the fashion world's taboos by featuring only African American models, this time in its February 2011 issue. The story is entitled Black Allure, with a Harlem Renaissance theme, featuring the top tier of black female models in the industry: Rose Cordero, Ajak Deng, Arlenis Sosa [...]
Sex in the City.
A few weeks ago, Mutiboko’s fashion savvy readers were asked to write in and suggest their most romantic hideaways in London...Since then, our in-box has been flooded with lots of gorgeous pictures and stories, some of which we felt that we could share and some, well lets just say that we couldn’t!..Thank you so much for your efforts.. So [...]
4 Ways to be fashionably prepared this Valentines Day.
Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. It is traditionally a day on which couples express their love for each other by fashionably presenting Valentines treats or gifts, flowers, offering confectionery, and sending [...]
Have you seen Mutiboko’s fantastic new Facebook page?
We’ve been busy bees over the last few weeks, so much so that we almost forgot to mention our lovely shiny new Facebook page. Click on the link to like our page and come join us for a chat…. Can’t wait to see you there ! xx
What does your necktie say about you?
Following on from yesterday’s blog post, we thought that we’d do a little research into tie etiquette for the fashionable gentlemen out there... Women love men who can work a well cut suit with an eye catching tie, as pulling this off can work wonders for fashion kudos and sex appeal. What we wanted to know is, why do men wear certain [...]
