Julia Griffin recreates classic B-movie posters on to vintage handbags, stemmed from her love of horror and vintage clothing. Julia is currently exploring ways to publicise, exhibit & ultimately sell her B-Movie Bag collection. Any individual, curator or retail buyer interested in the work should contact her through her site b-moviebags.com

Frog Faced Souply are a husband and wife team living in Hamilton. He does the designs (Studied Graphic Design and Newspaper Design at Newcastle College of Art) and she does the rest (studied at the University of hard knocks) FrogFacedSouply was born as a reaction to all the vector based tee shirt brands that seemed to be popping up left, right and centre. We got back to design basics with pens, pencils, scissors, paper and glue. We wanted our designs to be instant and simple (like old railway posters of the 1930s or The Beggarstaff Brothers) but to have that hint of Pop Art D.I.Y.

Why not show some support for your local craftsman and swoop up a t-shirt over at frogfacedsouply.com

With the world in financial crisis, creativity is a non-essential. Apparently. It’s hard to look to the future and see it positively. So what you going to do about it?

Dress up. Dance. Look good. Let go.

Showcasing fashion, electronic music, visual art, performance art and photography, Nightwalk is a celebration of Glasgow’s night culture. Playing with what defines a club night, the Friday Night Takeaway team have assembled a myriad of up-and-coming Glasgow-based independent designers, performance artists and DJs and given them a platform.

With models working the runway down the centre of the dancefloor, DJs playing the latest in cutting edge electronic music from the stage, and photographers and videographers feeding a live stream of your unique fashion statements from the centre of the crowd, spectators, models and clubbers become one, united by one mission: to reinvigorate the forgotten art of hedonism.

DESIGNERS:
Torres
Emma Shannon
Frederick Morrison
Fi*Be
OLANIC
Betty Spoke
William Chambers
Jill Kennedy
Loula Creates
Shona Douglas
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DJs:
Ursula
Chris Lamb
Mustang Sally
Neil Templar

PERFORMERS:
Stevie B
Lady Munter
Alessandro Guarino
Markus Makavallian

All proceeds go to St Margaret’s Hospice. Early bird tickets available from Arches Box Office – call 0141 565 1000 or ask at the counter.

At first, this may not seem like a creative photograph, worthy of Image Of The Day. It’s what’s captured which makes it so impressive.

This image is taken from a Christian Dior fashion shoot in Soviet Russia in the late 50s. The contrast between the beautiful and elegant Parisian models against the bland and restrained style of the locals is quite impressive. Further in the collection you can see the wonder and disbelief of the Russian woman as they watch the Dior models and the lifestyle they embody. Quite sad really.

The Coveted Mag is Scotland’s only fashion magazine dedicated to supporting & promoting the Scottish fashion industry. Sarah Graham, editor, got in contact to share with us all the newest copy of The Coveted Mag and a little bio on the mag too. You can use the arrows at the side of the mag to navigate and Sarah has written a little bio on The Coveted Mag just below the magazine.

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Sub Club got in contact to let all you good, good people know of a very unique night, that’s on it’s way to Glasgow. In The Company Of Wolves is a one off multi-media, fashion and art event showcasing the best in Scottish fashion design, and it’s being held on the 14th April.

It has been inspired by the dark fairytale themes of fashion week and the release of Tim Burton’s version of Alice in Wonderland. They promise to make this a night to remember and all profits are donated to Glasgow Women’s Aid – so get involved!

The fashion front will be kicking off at 8:30pm and will be showcasing work from: Rebecca Torres; Che Camille; Obscure Couture; Anna Whyte; Rowan Joy; Raw Vintage; Velvet Tigers and Dazed Dorothy Accessories.

There will also be a screening of Colonel Blimp‘s production for Halston and Yves Saint Laurent (they did the latest Hot Chip vid) and Pro Vinylist Karim will be spinning the records.

The £10 entry gets you a luxury goodie bag, drinks, canapes, catwalk show, art and music.

I had a very polite chat with Daniel and Jonathan from the style blog Les Garçons de Glasgow.

The acclaimed and increasingly popular site is helping raise the awareness of style in Glasgow and documents the characters, personality and the honest representation of fashion in the city. This exclusive interview, proved insightful, informative and impressive, changing the way I understood the site. So without further ado, let’s take it away… (continue reading…)