Posts with tag british

If you caught our giveaway over the summer, you already know how much we love British handbag designer Emma Gordon. But do you know how much we love her new fall/winter collection of darling handbags? (Here's a hint: we really really REALLY love it.) We recently caught up with Emma to find out more about how she got started as a designer and where she gets her inspiration.

Rockoko Designer Jewellery is an British boutique in Leamington Spa, England, that features a number of great international designers--and a few British finds worth importing!

One example of a British designer you don't want to miss is Pebble. Kate Moss donned some Pebble jewelry for W Magazine's recent Hammam shoot. Watch the video of Kate's shoot here (NSFW!).

Um...hot. See our top picks from Pebble below, and don't forget to visit Rockoko!

Oh, it hurts us to do this. It really does. We love Emma Thompson -- she's on our list of people we'd have lunch with if we could have lunch with anyone in the world. She's talented and funny and beautiful. And, unfortunately, at the UK premiere of Brideshead Revisted, she was badly dressed in a shapeless, shiny coat.

Let us answer your first question -- Claire Goose is a British actress who has a really fun sense of fashion. She hasn't hit a ton of red carpet events, but she's nailed about 85 percent of the ones she's attended (and even when we're not digging what she's wearing, it's not awful. It's just not what we would've picked). And, if your second question is, "How do I get that look?" you're in luck -- we've got it all spelled out for you in the gallery!

Apparently someone has a crush on Agyness Deyn.

Celebrity spokesmodels have long been used to help stores and brands gain recognition and fans. Normally, the celebrities are people we want to emulate, like Kate Moss or Angelina Jolie. However, British department store Harvey Nichols is trying a slightly different type of model -- specifically, the claymation duo Wallace and Gromit.

Well, perhaps Jennifer Lopez' babies can't wear the same outfit twice, but Princess Anne isn't above it. On several occasions, the Princess has worn an outfit on separate occasions. In fact, she did so just this weekend.

She first wore a Maureen Baker white and yellow dress 27 years ago to the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, and wore it again this Saturday to Lady Rose Windsor's nuptials, complete with the same yellow flowered hat.

She might have had to wear all-white for Wimbledon, but 14-year-old girls' singles winner Laura Robson went with a totally different look at the Champion's Ball, choosing a short black dress and fun pink shoes.

We happily admit to a So You Think You Can Dance addiction, partly due to the amazing dancing, but also because we're always dying to know what host Cat Deeley will be wearing. She's at least eight feet tall, and quite thin, so obviously, she can wear just about anything. Still, she occasionally chooses outfits that make us wonder if maybe British fashion is like the British sense of humor -- rather different than American, but enjoyable once you "get it."

This outfit from the American Idol finale is something that we absolutely, completely get. True, it works for her largely because of her height and slim build, but it's one of our favorite jumpsuits this year, and even if you don't get it as a jumpsuit, this is a look that you could absolutely rock at a party. Check out the gallery to see how.

Gola brand shoes have been popular in the United Kingdom for over one hundred years. Yes, 100 years. Anything that can stay in style that long has got to have something going for it.

It is believed that the name is Gola is an anagram of 'goal,' which led to their first ad campaign "Gola means Goals" which you may have noticed sitting totally stolen in homage atop this post (followed by some lame attempt at a football tie-in, but what do we know, we call it soccer).

Here at Styledash we wax poetic about t-shirts on a regular basis. What can we say, we love t-shirts and we write a mean limerick.

Generally, we tend to stick to shirts that are made for adults. In that area we are equal parts fun and artsy. One might even say that we are well balanced. We doubt it, but someone might say something like that.

The question arises, if adults are wearing all the great t-shirts, what are the kids left to wear? We looked into it, and we have an answer.

We love all of the amazing independent designers out there. In order to find out more about just what makes all of these creative types tick, we present to you an ongoing segment called Indie Designer Interviews.

Today's interview is with UK-based artist & designer Lee May Foster. who in addition to designing her own line of screen printed tshirts and jewelry also sells the work of other indie designers at her online shop, The Bonbi Forest Indie Emporium.

Amy Winehouse isn't the only Brit squandering away her talent and good looks on drugs and alcohol. It seems another celeb from the other side of the big pond is always having some trouble staying away from the dark side. Agyness Deyn is reported to be doing a crash detox in order to save her good looks.

If you're all about the Banana and live in the States, be happy. The company just opened its first British store on London's Regent Street, and while the fashions are what you would expect to find in any Banana Republic, the prices are another story.

The Daily Mail reports outrageous mark-ups -- in some cases close to 100% more in the British shop than in American stores. For example, a dress that costs $188 there only costs $150 here in the States (and yes, I did the currency conversion for you, no need to worry). A Flatiron baby satchel had about a 40% mark-up. The 'Doris' sunglasses that sell for $118 in the U.S. sell for $149 across the pond.

While these are definitely major mark-ups, I couldn't find the examples of 100% or more that the Daily Mail reported. Supposedly there is an "orange textured coat" with a 133% mark-up -- let me know if you find something matching that description on BR's U.S. website. The other thing to keep in mind is that the American prices don't include sales tax, whereas the British prices apparently do, and from what I understand, they have considerably higher taxes. At any rate, if you're a Brit coming over for a visit, you might do well to get your Banana fix while you're here and save some money.

After being dethroned by Agyness Deyn for the #1 spot on Tatler's best dressed list, Kate Moss has been drowning her sorrows in alcohol. She's been out on the town boozing it up for the last four nights in a row. Kate does have a lot of time on her hands these days considering that not only did Agyness take the #1 spot, but she has also been taking all Kate's jobs.

Agyness is going to be the face for Burberry and Armani, brands both of which at one time would have asked Kate Moss to fill that position. But they have no need to ask old "haggard looking" (the Daily Mail's words, not mine) drug abusing Kate when they can get Kate version 2.0 to do the job.

While I do agree that Agyness' fresh faced beauty gives her a few extra bonus points over Kate, I don't agree that she's more stylish than the legendary Miss Moss. Agyness' look makes it seem as if she were just trying way too hard to look like she's not trying. Whereas Kate really doesn't have to try. Her hard partying might be catching up to her, but her style is still truly effortless. For pete's sake and crying out loud, the woman even looks glam when she's walking through the mud with the world's biggest drug addict on her arm!

Check out 6 pictures of each famous super models's best looks at various events, and then tell me who you think is the best dressed. Or maybe you think they both look like clowns half the time. That's OK too.