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Pretty Pastels
Pastel colours were the hottest palette on the Spring/Summer 2012 catwalks, featuring a kaleidoscope of fresh mints, lilacs, lemons, baby pinks and blues. Print inspiration is taken from the sea, with fish and shell detailing. These prints mixed with high shine fabrics and sequins give this trend a futuristic, stylish edge.
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Black and Gold at the Serpentine Gallery Summer Party
Every year the Serpentine Gallery Summer Party in London’s Hyde Park brings out the capitals glamour-pusses and black and gold were the colours of the night, our favourite looks from the event were in these tones. We loved the elegant shapes of the dresses worn by actress Mischa Barton in a pale yellow gold shade and model Erin O’Connor looked great channelling the 1920’s in flapper feathers. Being models, Cara Delevigne and Laura Bailey, always look stunning but we thought they looked particularly flawless with their looks last night. To mix it up, model Mary Charteris and actress Holly Valance went for the sequinned approach to the colours, we love…
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Andy Warhol Exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery
We get a lot of inspiration from pop art and the retro 60’s prints (just look at the prints on many of our dresses) so when we heard about the latest exhibition featuring Andy Warhol’s Portfolios we knew we had to share it with you! The exhibition focuses on Warhol’s silk-screen printing period and features iconic portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Muhammad Ali and the infamous rows of Campbell’s Soup Cans. This is the first time the exhibition of 80 works from 13 portfolios has visited Europe and runs in the Dulwich Picture Gallery until Sept 16th. Andy Warhol once said, “If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just…
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Bloggers Style Challenge: One Dress Four Ways
We set four fab fashion bloggers, Rosie of RosieGlow, Mel from Media Marmalade, Estee of Essie Button and Becca from Fashion Train the style challenge of wearing our polka dot dress in four ways. They looks were, for the office, a picnic, a Summer wedding and a night on the town and we think you’ll agree, the girls did a great job! Which look is your favourite?
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Rihanna Rocked the Hackney Weekend!
We went to the Radio 1 Hackney Weekend yesterday and it was AMAZING! Headliner Rihanna looked super-stylish – only she could pull off mesh cycling shorts! (get her cool T-shirt look here) Jay Z popped out to rap on Run This Town and Umbrella for an extra dose of stardom. We loved how the only use of our umbrella for the day was up in tribute to Rihanna’s tune, as it didn’t even rain! The whole day had a great, chilled atmosphere, we also saw Azealia Banks, Dizzee Rascal, Florence and the Machine, Lana del Rey, Wretch 32 and Jessie J. Such a great line up! If you’re wondering why…
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Yumi Press Day AW12 In City and Style Magazine
City and Style magazine popped down to our recent Autumn/Winter 2012 press day and as well as giving a delightful review of our new collection (it’s nearly here, keep you eyes peeled on the site soon!) they sat down with our PR manager Fleur, for a little chat about the upcoming AW12 season and her style crushes. Read the interview here.
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Sunday Fun
If you grew up in the 1990’s then you WILL have seen Clueless and wanted to be Cher Horowitz. This video has brilliantly put together all of the outfits she wore in the video in 60 seconds. You’re welcome.
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Granada Granada!
Purely for pleasure rather than business, one of our HQ team members headed to Granada in Spain last week. After viewing several pictures of tasty looking tapas and tempting vino tinto (red wine with lemonade – and if possible it should be lemon fanta – bizarre!), we’re thinking of booking a flight there too. But beware, apparently the temperature is fast heading for 40 degrees during the midday heat – if you’re not a sun worshipper its best to stick to the cooling streets of historical Granada up in the Alhambra Palace – its a spectacular palace constructed in the 15th century by Arabs and has wonderful tiled features and…
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We’re Having a Sample Sale!
This week we are holding a SAMPLE SALE! From Thursday 21st June – Saturday 23rd June 2012 come down to our central London showroom and grab yourself a bargain! The opening hours are: Thursday: 12pm – 7pm Friday: 12pm – 7pm Saturday: 12pm – 7pm We will have up to a whopping 85% off dresses, kidswear and accessories! Our showroom is only a 5 minute walk from Oxford Circus tube station, here’s the route on a handy map here. There is a £1 entry fee that goes to the Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre. Join the Facebook group for all the up to date details. Looking forward to seeing you there!
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We popped down to Graduate Fashion Week 2012
We popped by the Graduate Fashion Week Gala Awards last night to take in the future faces of fashion and we have to say, we were extremely impressed! There were crazy shapes, vibrant textiles and colours galore! Graduate Fashion Week showcases the collections of more than 1,200 BA students from 40 universities and colleges throughout the UK. Chloe Jones, from Bath Spa University, took home the prestigious Gold Award, worth £20,000 for the best student collection. The monastic themed collection, entitled Our Father Who Art in Heaven, mixed stone-grey chiffon and crystal-embossed sweat-shirting, image above. Previous winners include Burberry’s creative director Christopher Bailey, so Chloe is no doubt one to watch! A special Lifetime Achievement Award was given to photographer Chris…
