Centrefold #5 'The Vintage Issue' Party

Centrefold Issue 5's launch party was held last week at the Hoxton Pony in London. Here are some photos from the night...

Centrefold Magazine on Fashion Does It Better Daily

Fashion Does It Better Daily have been talking about the latest issue of Centrefold Magazine - The Vintage Issue. They said "[we] love the theme of the issue too and the way they explored it. Vintage is the key word but in such a sophisticated and contemporary way you can't feel the blast from past and it surely isn't ripping off the soul of another era. Actually it makes us think of the omega when you have a close look at the sign."

The main focus of the artlicle highlights the 'China Girl' model Nancy Williams, shot by Ben Weller but it seems the whole magazine seems to have gone down well in their offices "A few words on the magazine now, which certainly deserves its place in the spotlight tonight too... you love to have in your hands and at the office."

Read the full article and see the pictures of Nancy Williams again here: http://mariemaud.canalblog.com/tag/Centrefold%20Magazine

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Charity Fashion Show

Dressed Up to the 9s will be showcasing some of their gorgeous gowns at a Charity Fashion Show on 7th May. The Fashion Show has been organised by Caroline Smith and will be held at the beautiful Wyck Hill House Hotel, near Stow-on-the-Wold. Caroline will be trekking along the Inca Trail in 2011 in order to raise money for Lionheart and and Marie Curie Cancer Care. 

On arrival you be greeted with a drink and canapes then you'll get to sit back and watch models strut their stuff in some amazing outfits from local boutiques, businesses and of course, dresseduptothe9s.com Sounds like the perfect evening, plus it's for chairty... Furthermore, there will be a raffle on the ngiht with a chance to win a nights stay at the newly refurbished and very stylish Wyck Hill House Hotel!

Keep up to date with her latest plans by following her blog: http://cazsperuchallenge.blogspot.com/.

Tickets are £15 and can bought bought from Caroline herself (07814 684424, or 01451 812824, or 01451 844084)

Other local businnesses participating include:

- Law and Company Decorative Living

- Qetty Bang Bang

- Me-me-me

- The Cotswold Frock Shop

- Foundation: Clothing & Accessories for Modern Living

Photographer of the Evening will be Lucy Davenport: http://www.lucydavenport.blogspot.com/

Latest Celebs in Creative Recreation

Mark Salling is a huge fan of his Black Emerald Red Dicoco Lo's. He's been seen on numerous occasions: on the red carpet, at the airport and hanging with friends wearing the sneakers. Lil Jon stopped by the Creative Recreation showroom earlier this week and tweeted a special thanks to the CR team. Musicians and TV personalities, Shwayze and Cisco Adler, also stopped by and had their hands full with their favorite kicks. Ap.de.ap is seen wearing Cesario's, posing with his band members, The Black Eyed Peas.

(L-R, Mark Salling, Lil' Jon, Shwayze, Cisco Adler, Ap.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas)

Not everyone can pull off this look... R&B singer Jaheim looks great wearing Black Wrinkled Dio's. Zac Efron travels, looking very fashionable in black Kaplan's. Soulja Boy is in the studio with Keri Hilson wearing Red Cesario's. Reese Witherspoon attempts to hide from the paparazzi. She's seen with her new love interest, CAA agent Jim Toth, who's wearing Dicoco's.

(L-R, Jaheim, Zac Efron, Soulja Boy, Jim Toth and Reese Witherspoon)

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High's and Low's of the 2010 Fashion Weeks

Highlights:

- Chanel show in Paris, last September it was a hay barn, this month... an iceberg! Apparently Chanel ‘borrowed’ an iceberg from Sweden on the premise that they will return it intact and to exactly the same place – I bet those yeti boots were looking very appealing to the audience!

- Fewer celebs at fashion shows – surely it’s about the clothes, not who’s sitting in the front row? Marc Jacobs (NYFW) front row had not one single celebrity in it...

- Mark Fast using plus size models in his London catwalk show (would have helped if he had given them their clothes in their actual sizes (12 & 14) rather than the size 8's!)

Lowlights:
- Topshop Unique trying to encourage us that animal antlers and masks will be the next big thing next Autumn... we gave in and wore neon, but antlers... really?

- Lindsey Lohan not turning up for her own 2nd catwalk show for Ungaro, leaving Estrella Arch to take a catwalk bow alone (the clothes weren’t great either!)

- Cold weather – the general weather theme at each fashion week – let’s hope it’s not a sign for next winter, we’re done with snow!

Fashion Weeks Roundup

It seems much more than 6 weeks ago since we first got a glimpse of what lokos we'll be wearing this upcoming Autumn Winter, and given that it’s still pretty cold perhaps we should just skip Summer altogether? Ok, that’s going a bit far, we can’t wait for summer to arrive. In the mean time we’ve picked out some of the key trends from New York, Milan, London and Paris so you know what to look out for...

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK:

Menswear for women as seen at DKNY, Diane von Furstenberg, Alexander Wang

Minimalism as seen at Marc Jacobs, Mario Schwab, Victoria Beckham

Fur as seen at Rodarte, Dennis Basso, Elie Tahari

Colour (particularly red) as seen at Phillip Lim, Lacoste, Victoria Beckham, Georges Chakra

(L-R) Alexander Wang, Lacoste, Victoria Beckham

MILAN FASHION WEEK:

Sheepskin as seen at Roberto Cavalli, Peter Dundas for Pucci

Fur, Plaid & Knits as seen at Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Alberta Ferretti

Colour (particularly red again!) as seen at Marni, Bottega Veneta, Emporio Armani, Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana

(L-R) Marni, Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana

LONDON FASHION WEEK:

Sheepskin as seen at Mulberry, Burberry, HOH, Margaret Howell, Topshop
Colour (red again!) as seen at Julien Macdonald, Mark Fast
Minimal/Menswear for women as seen at Christopher Kane, Marios Schwab, Julien Macdonald

(L-R) Mark Fast, Burberry Prorsum, Marios Schwab

PARIS FASHION WEEK:

Minimalism as seen at Celine, Stella McCartney, Vanessa Bruno
Colour as seen at Sonya Rykiel, Manish Arora, AF Vandevorst, YSL, Alexander McQueen, Balmain (mainly gold)
Layered & free-flowing as seen at Vanessa Bruno, Kenzo

(L-R) Vanessa Bruno, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen

Finally, we picked out the Designers of the Future; these are the guys (and girls) to keep a close eye on during the next round of fashion weeks... They're the new Christopher Kane!

Michael Van Der Ham

Lilly Heine

Christopher Raeburn

Clemency London

Kimberley Ovitz

Christian Cota

Prabal Gurung

Yigal Azrouel

We can't wait to see what the high-street brings us but which trends do you think will fly off the rails and which do you think will fall on the dressing-room floor?

Oscars Red Carpet - Get the Look... You can wear designer too!

Last night was the biggest night in the movie industry calendar, and we saw A-List celebrities in more designer gowns for THE award ceremony of the season - the Oscars. Congratulations to all those that won one of the prestigious solid gold Oscars, but to be honest, we were more excited about who was wearing what and how on the red carpet (and the post-party gossip!)

So onto the clothes... the clothes choices generally reflected the theme of the evening: hollywoods golden era with classic, elegant pieces with a modern twist. The key trends that we picked out aren't so dissimilar from those we've seen already: nude, print, floor-length and metallic. Here's what we loved and how you can get that red carpet look...

BE BOLD IN PRINT

Maggie Gyllenhaal (left) looked fabulous in this blue satin mermaid-tail dress from Dries Van Noten and Rachel MacAdams (right) equally as show-stopping in her gown from Elie Saab. Incorporating two of the key trends this season: floor length and print, we think they made beautiful yet bold statements on the red carpet at the Oscars. Get their looks from Dresseduptothe9s.com with these brilliant mini’s from designers MaxMara and Mulberry for only £45 & £35!

Nicole Richie glided across the red carpet in this fabulously conservative backless Reem Acra dress which you can copy wearing the insetted Missoni dress for £55

GO NUDE! (not literally)

(L-R) Cameron Diaz in Oscar de la Renta; Jennifer Lopez in Armani Prive; Demi Moore in Atelier Versace; Kate Winslet in YSL

(L-R) Diane Kruger in Chanel Haute Couture; Amanda Seyfried in Armani Privel; Julianne Moore in Calvin Klein

(L-R) Anna Kendrick in Elie Saab; Sarah Jessica Parker in Chanel Haute Couture; Sandra Bullock in Marchesa; Miley Cyrus in Jenny Packman

Check out the nude dresses from Dresseduptothe9s.com (L-R): Hoss Intropia (£35); Amanda Wakeley (£85); Paule Ka (£45); Sportmax (£35); Moschino (£35)

And here a just some we Loved!

From afar it's just a strapless black dress but when you look up close this you notice the fine detail in this Prada gown Carey Mulligan wore.

Penelope Cruz always looks flawless (seriously, how does she do it?!) and looking a million dollars in Donna Karen, she was no exception last night!

Looking for a specific dress? Let us know and we'll help you achieve that red carpet style!

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Centrefold Magazine Issue 5 'Vintage' Launching this month!

Centrefold Magazine Issue 5 launches this month with its latest visual showcase of leading photographers, artists and designers within the creative industries. Issue 5, 'The Vintage Issue' is guest edited by Tom Lardner and showcases photographers such as Claire Shilland, Andrew G Hobbs, Iain McKell, Adam Whitehead and Ben Weller.

With styling from the likes of David Nolan, John Colver, Ye Young Kim and David Lamb the magazine cleverly and smoothly links together fantastic A2 photography encompassing the reoccurring themes of hedonism, youthful rebellion, lost innocence, sex, drugs and rock and roll music that defined the halcyon days of both British and U.S social history and still resonate with us today.

With some stunning images, ranging from editorial profiles to the slightly obscure, everytime you look through you notice a different shadow, angle and colour. It's a beautifully captivating piece of work and even the cover (below) is intoxicating. Illustrated by Michael Gilette who successfully re-animated the spirit of the notorious Oz Magazine.

Each set of images is unique, lending itself to Centrefold’s main ethos, which is to produce a collection of standalone A2 posters within one publication. Centrefold is a limited edition bi- annual publication designed so each issue wraps around the previous one, building each volume from the centre out.

Centrefold Issue 5 will be available at ArtWords, Magma, RD Franks and The Serpentine. We think it will be a fabulous addition to our coffee table!
 

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