To Destroy Something Beautiful

Phone Booth Gallery will present To Destroy Something Beautiful, a solo exhibition of acrylic paintings by San Diego based artist Nathan Deyoung, until November 28. Deyoung’s working techniques include a combination of meticulous brush rendering and explosions of abstract colour, comparing and contrasting beauty with destruction.

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Black Noise White Rain

Chronicles of Never Summer 08/09 collection Black Noise White Rain is now available on their online store. Launched earlier this year the e-store sells the core elements of each collection including t-shirting, denim and knitwear.

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Friday, October 24th, 2008

Dan Baldwin’s Dead Innocent

Dan Baldwin’s solo exhibition Dead Innocent at Forster Gallery is about to come to an end. The gallery featured Dan’s personal works of painting, ceramics, neon sculptures, installations, and his successful Autumn Girl print.

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Friday, October 24th, 2008

Power Architect

She has been listed by style.com as a promising new talent and fashion designer Hannah Marshall’s S/S09 collection Power Architect doesn’t disappoint. Engineering sharp and powerful silhouettes Hannah looks to the principles and complexities of architecture, referencing their disciplines of balance, line and repetition to create a range that pushes her trademark edge to the next level.

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Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Kirribilla Kelfonia

Inspired by the brilliant beauty of the Grecian Isles, Kirribilla’s Kefalonia collection offers an inspiring mix of cocktail dresses in brilliant jewel tones. Fluid ruffles are mixed with columnar silhouettes and touches of gold, ensuring every dress in the range is fit for a goddess.

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Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Don’t Come

New exhibition at Dont Come Gallery: French, an artist from Brixton that spends his days drawing, listening to death metal and drinking tea.

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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Fun With Ann and Fred

Ann-Sofie Back is the latest designer to collaborate on the Fred Perry Blank Canvas series. The collection sees Ann-Sofie fuse her subversive style with Perry’s traditional sportswear designs. Her capsule collection will be available from all Fred Perry’s Laurel stores as well as Harvey Nicols.

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Friday, October 24th, 2008

Alexandra Owen

Canvas favourite Alexandra Owen has opened her online boutique. For those who have been desperately trying to find a local stockist you can now buy her Spring/Summer 09 collection, and selected pieces from previous seasons, in just one click!

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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Cooperation is the key

Cooperative Designs, headed by Annalisa Dunn and Dorothee Hagemann, is a young London-based knitwear label specialising in innovative modern knitwear. A sense of humour seems to infiltrate their hand-knitted vintage-inspired designs, ensuring the knitwear future looks colourful, and contrasting, to say the least.

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Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Gorker Gallery

Leah Bartholomew, talented assistant to Beci Orpin, will be showing her first solo exhibition Where The Dry Leaves Fall at Gorker Gallery. Her wooden sculptures, tissue collages and watercolours are borne from a place of optimism and warmth, simple needs and vast dreams.

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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008