This week one of our favourite footwear pioneers launches a collaborative collection exclusive to Nordstrom. A bright colour pallet, superb comfort and most of all supporting the One for One movement make these a must buy for summer.
Priced from £38, the collection is available only on www.nordstrom.com
This weekend the London Coffee Festival brings together master brewers from all over the country to display, talk about and sample coffee varieties from across the world. Inside the festival the True Artisan Cafe will be raising money for Project Waterfall, a clean water initiative delivering fresh drinking water to coffee producing communities in Africa.
SIX picks from the tastings? Caramel salted popcorn coffee from Darlington's Coffee and the Nude Absolut Espresso Martini from Nude Cafe, made with their own East London blend.
The London Coffee Festival is held at the Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane E1 6QL
10am – 5pm, Sunday 29 April.
This weekend brings an amazing opportunity to see the couture milliner master Noel Stewart in action. Recognised for his innovative, modern and beautiful designs, Noel Stewart will run a two day workshop at the Sustainable Fashion Lab, during which he will create one-off head pieces from reclaimed textiles and clothing. Come to watch and try your hand at the millinery craft learning from one of the most exciting milliners in the world.
Open to the public.
Dray Walk Gallery, Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane E1 6QL
10am – 5pm, Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 April.
Entrance is FREE but bring along 1 item of unwanted clothing!
To celebrate Earth Day 2012 Outsider Fashion are offering an extra 15% off all purchases until the 30th of April. Exciting news for the SIX office as we love their sleek, minimal SS 2012 collection.
Check out the Outsider Fashion website here: www.outsiderfashion.com
Sports luxe, elegant draping and a modern wearability - Jaida Hay introduces her AW12 collection to SIX. Clean lines dominate the majority of the pieces falling smoothly into line with the current trend for accessible luxury with a casual feel. An occasional maximalist pleat brings the elegance factor up, with deep red hues complimenting a restrained pallet of silvers and greys. The overall experience is an adventure in restrained luxury, but what Jaida Hay is really about are transparency and supporting British fashion.
Jaida’s philosophy centres around sustainability with a pragmatic approach to material selection. Using a variety of eco-fabrics from Europe and New Zealand, the garments are all constructed in UK. Local manufacturing is a passion for the designer who firmly believes in supporting British communities through the revival of the domestic manufacturing industry.
To see more of Jaida Hay designs go to www.jaidahay.com
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Here at SIX, we're loving the very first look book from Barcelona based brand Ecoology. The founders, Carmen Tous and Eva Garcia work only with certified green suppliers, guaranteeing the collection is all organic, from growing, to harvest, to production. Take a look at their fresh Spring Summer 2012 range on their website: www.ecoology.es.
Continuing our Scandinavian themed blogroll, here’s what Norway and Sweden have to offer.
Norway
Hanneli: Love it Lover
Photographer and model Hanneli Mustaparta brings us this fabulous blog, which displays a mixture of her own outfits and those that catch her eye on the street. Here, she’s wearing a stunning white lace dress by the Australian brand Lover.
Street Pepper: The Streets of Oslo
Street Pepper offers the very best of street style in Norway’s capital.
Elenita: 111011
Lena is one stylish Norwegian. This stunning blog documents her enviable outfits, including this wonderfully warm winter one.
Finland
Outsapop: DIY Plexi Jewelry Tutorial
Outsapop shows us how to recycle our outfits with some fashion DIY. These great cuffs by Ivania from Love Aesthetics are moulded from ordinary Perspex.
Colour Me: Can’t Feel My Fingers
This quirky blogger very kindly translates her Finnish posts into English. In this post, she braces the cold Scandinavian weather to showcase her outfit from every angle.
Hel Looks: Adele
Hel Looks brings us street style from Finland. Here, 17-year-old Adele transforms what she considers ugly and weird items into an amazing outfit.
To get you in the mood for our impending Scandinavian issue, here are some of the best bloggers from Denmark and Sweden.
Denmark
The Locals: Off-Duty
This is a brilliant blog brought to us by the former photographer and co-creator of Copenhagen Streetstyle Søren Jepsen, showcasing the style on the streets of Copenhagen.
Blogging Denmark: Creativity from the Faroe Islands
This is a new blog from a 21-year-old Danish girl. Here, she introduces us to Barbara Í Gongini, a Faroese brand based in Copenhagen that is renowned for its S&E principles.
Passions for Fashion: Sunday Chill
This blog may be written in Danish, but the imagery just oozes style.
Sweden
Lolita: Martín Azúa
Lolita is a stunning blog documenting anything that its Swedish creator Katarina finds inspiring. From food to fashion, these image-dominated posts are themselves inspiring. We love this one about designer Martín Azúa.
Ytligheter: Timberlands
This Swedish blog has some really unique Polaroid-style pictures, and we really appreciate the captions with their English translations.
Fashion Squad: October
The cold weather is taking over Stockholm, but Carolina Engman is bracing the elements in the name of style.
Don’t miss the Norway and Finland blogroll next week.
The tour of the major fashion weeks came to an end this week in Paris. Here are some of the best bits from this week’s specially selected bloggers.
Ecouterre: Vivienne Westwood Debuts Gold Label Spring 2012 at Paris Fashion Week, Thinks Confucianism May Save Planet
Ecouterre looks at Vivienne Westwood’s mélange of inspiration from China, 17th century corsetry, the Berbers of North Africa, and desertification, which helped to create her spring collection of cobweb knits, lace wedding gowns and stiff brocade jackets.
MTV: Louis Vuitton Ends Paris Fashion Week With A Carousel of Pastel Delights
MTV shows us the elaborate finale of Paris Fashion Week from Louis Vuitton, which looked like a winter wonderland with a huge white carousel that was decked with models dressed in feminine pastels.
FaceHunter: PARIS - fashion week ss 12, day 9, 10/05/11
FaceHunter offers the best of street style from Paris Fashion Week, providing us with a fantastic selection of photographs every day this week.
Fashion Pulse Daily: Paris Fashion Week: Alexander McQueen for Spring 2012 is Fit for a Goddess
Fashion Pulse Daily discusses Alexander McQueen’s spring collection with its delicate masks and detailed garments that were inspired by Gaia, the Greek goddess of earth, water and nature.
My Daily: Beauty from Paris Fashion Week: Five things you need to know
From clear complexions at Chloe to extravagant stick-on neon lashes at Gareth Pugh, My Daily reveals the beauty looks on the Paris catwalks.
EcoSalon: An International Fashion Week Playback for Spring/Summer 2012
EcoSalon looks back at the four fashion weeks, ending with Paris and the fantastic news of a new locally made, ethical fashion wave that has hit France.
