Kirk Originals Wins at Optician Awards!

Kirk Originals are delighted to announce that their flagship store at 6 Conduit St, London W1 has won The Optician Awards Fashion Frames Practice of the Year 2012.

This prestigious industry award comes on the back of two retail design awards for the space and in the same year that they celebrate twenty years of innovation in optics.

Nestled between the bustling Regent Street and the designer labels of Bond St, this ground breaking store is the only place in the world to view the entire Kirk Originals collection as well as selected designers who are not found elsewhere in the UK. There is eye testing on site and all of this in a relaxed and fashionable environment.

"Buying glasses should be fun like any fashion purchase. Naturally the medical advice needs to be spot on but so does the styling," said designer, Karen Kirk

Jason Kirk added "when you look at what people spend on shoes, we always found it surprising that people did not have more frames. Perhaps it was because historically there was not the choice nor the environment in which to buy them. Thankfully all that has changed."

The store is open seven days a week and well worth checking out, whether you wear glasses or not.

http://kirkoriginals.com

6 Conduit Street London W1S 2XE

JUICY COUTURE FALL 2012 PRESENTATION

JUICY COUTURE FALL 2012 PRESENTATION

Juicy Couture showcased the Fall 2012 collection called 'LA Loves London' in Juicy Couture's Hartnell Suite on London’s Bruton Street.  Guests including model and singer Leah Weller were treated to Los Angeles inspired food and drink.
Music was courtesy of Le Baron resident DJ - Jonjo 










As for press events this goes down as a great one good music food and a relax crowd all check ing out the collection...... Now the collection was not what you would expect there was no velour insight... what was present was great clothing !!  faux fur capes, flower print denim jeans with match padded jackets... citurs yellow wool lougne suit with a cardigan top and yellowblouse to finish off the look.... it was not what I was expecting but it was a good surprise....

Colour palettes were pinks, blue, purple which followed through to the vast denim jeans collections and my winner was the skinny skinny (yes I said skinny twice ) metallic jeans which can only be described as hot....  this collection is worth a look in!

Edun Pop Up Store at Le Bon Marche, Paris

Edun Pop-up Shop at Le Bon Marche, Paris.

Edun and Le Bon Marche celebrated the launch of the Edun Pop-Up Shop with cocktail party at the Le Bon Marche department store on Thursday March 29th. Parisian fans of the brand joined co-founder Ali Hewson and the designer Sharon Wauchob to celebrate the opening of their first concept pop up space at the iconic French department store - Le Bon Marche











The Pop-up shop brings to life the concept of "The Garden of Edun" with a living wall of succulents as the backdrop for Edun's colorful prints. Edun’s Beautiful Rebels Ad Campaign is featured in a video monitor within the living wall. The collection juxtaposes both iconic floral and African prints, bringing two contrasting worlds together in signature Edun style. Now open at Le Bon Marche store, shoppers are able to view the installation and purchase the collection until 30th of April.

Alice Eve wears Jimmy Choo Kiln Bootie

ALICE EVE WORE THE JIMMY CHOO “KILN” BOOTIE TO THE VALENTINO FLAGSHIP OPENING IN BEVERLY HILLS








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Calvin Klein Collection - Madison Avenue Hol11 Windows - Nathaniel Rackowe

CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION
UNVEILS 2011 HOLIDAY WINDOWS & INSTALLATION
Unique Work of Artist Nathaniel Rackowe Featured In-store





 
The Calvin Klein Collection store on Madison Avenue has unveiled a unique artistic installation as the centerpiece of the store’s annual holiday display which explores substance, form and light.




 

The one-of-a-kind installation was conceived by British artist Nathaniel Rackowe. Mr. Rackowe, who was introduced to the company by Dale Rozmiarek, Senior Vice President, Creative Services, Calvin Klein, Inc., is known for his large scale sculptural works, combining light with urban and industrial materials, designed to interact with their surrounding architectural environment. Drawing from Minimalism’s attention to the relationship between viewer, object, and space, and fusing the structural codes and material outcomes of Modernism, Mr. Rackowe’s works often transform viewers into active participants.




  
This latest work, entitled “Black Beacon,” stretches 60 feet in length and weighs one metric ton (1000kg), making it the largest sculpture Mr. Rackowe has undertaken. The sculpture – which took months to fabricate in his London studio before shipping it to New York City to reassemble -- consists of a massive steel frame suspended from only three points in the ceiling above the store’s pristine main floor. Honeycomb card panels, painted with viscose black bitumen on the outside and lime green on the inside, are attached along the external sides. Each of the panels are tilted open at different angles to reveal a single powerful arc of light traveling back and forth, across the entire length of the considerable structure. As the beam passes through the openings between the linear rail of panels, streams of light spill out and spread across the walls of the space.




  
“Black Beacon is my largest and most ambitious artwork to date,” said Mr. Rackowe. “Drawing from the cities and urban environments that I move through each day, I created this immersive work as a reflection of those experiences and a study in finding transcendental beauty in the most unforgiving of surroundings.”




  
The impressive steel sculpture and windows will remain on view through January 3, 2012 at the Calvin Klein Collection flagship store located at 654 Madison Avenue in New York City.




  
Inspired by urban environments, Mr. Rackowe’s aim is to capture and distill some of the unexpected beauty that he finds in the hard landscape of the city. Hung at a slight angle, an amazing view of “Black Beacon” is afforded from outside the space on Madison Avenue. From this vantage, it is possible to look inside the full length of the sculpture and see the light bulb as it slowly tracks towards the viewer.