Review // Uniqlo Pop-Up Shop Launch, Hoxton Gallery
Last week Uniqlo, in co-operation with Vice, launched their pop up shop at Hoxton Gallery in Shoreditch. The night featured performances from the likes of 2 piece electronic band Age of Consent and glitzy, nutbag pop star Gabriel Bruce as well as a full free bar all night. That’s right, none of that trying to...
Video // Diesel + Edun Project: Studio Africa
A year ago founder of Diesel, Renzo Rosso and Edun founders Ali Hewson and Bono travelled to Uganda and Mali where they both have programs set up. Diesel have their Only The Brave Foundation project in Dioro (Mali) and Edun have their Conservation Cotton Initiative (CCI) in Uganda. This trip inspired them to join forces in...
Competition // Camper
CAMPER‘s new Autumn / Winter collection ( ‘Kremer’ ) was inspired by chocolate cake. What do you think of when you look at these shoes though? CAMPER would like to know. They’re running a competition where they are asking people to look at their ‘Kremer’, ‘Pelotas’ and ‘Valley’ and think about the images that are...
Interview // Stella Rose
With the rise of blogs like Tumblr and Lookbook, we’re living in a world saturated with fashion blogs, most of which churning out clone-like photographs of outfits thrown together from Topshop. Finding truly original style then is becoming a lost art, which in this case makes Stella Rose the Damien Hirst of the fashion...
Introducing // Giulia Zucchetti
Giulia Zucchetti is an Italian fashion photographer who has just graduated from the University of Westminster. I saw her work at the Westminster graduate exhibition at The Old Truman’s Brewery on Brick Lane and was really impressed by it so I caught up with her for a brief chat in a cafe in Dalston a week...
News // TEEDS wants you to design him a new headress
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, AKA. Orlando Higginbottom is inviting young creatives to design him a headdress for his Bestival performance in September which will be televised over at channel 4. The winner will receive mass exposure from TEEDS’ website as well as tickets (including travel costs and camping with a guest) to Bestival,...
Introducing // Karissma Yve
Karissma Yve is a self taught designer with an extreme attention to detail and an apparent fascination anything beautiful, magical and fairytale -esque. All of her semi – couture garments are hand sewed by and are therefore all extremely unique. On the subject of her hands on approach to the crafting of her garments, she...
Introducing // Handmade Fashion Magazine
There’s nothing that quite compares to DIY fashion. We at Freedom Spark love the DIY approach when it comes to pretty much everything – from our logo design to our merchandise; DIY rules! Do you remember when we did this piece on Rookie Magazine and I showed you my homemade collar? Well, our very...
Feature // Fourth & Main S/S Collection
In case you didn’t know, Fourth & Main are a London based clothing brand and biannual arts and culture publication which was founded by Nikhil Adwalpalkar and James Wright a couple of years ago. Stylistically the team behind Fourth & Main marry a simple, minimalist look with an elegant, vintage look whilst still managing...
Introducing // Chloe Nørgaard
I’ve recently had a total girl crush on Chloe Nørgaard after stumbling accross a VICE fashion feature on her and then discovering her Tumblr, filled with behind-the-scenes shots of her life as an international model- something of a rarity these days. Plus, she lives a sober lifestyle and pulls off every hair colour in the book,...
News // The Freedom Spark Boutique is now open.
So, I had this mental / really cool / creative idea…. Everyone loves a tote right and everyone loves things that are limited edition right? I thought I’d combine the two and start my own business venture. Basically, over the summer I will be making totes in the additional free time that I’m...
Introducing // Edwin Louis
Edwin Louis is a young London based designer that specialises in rucksacks. Think Urban Outfitters but made of more interesting fabrics that are of a finer quality. At the moment he is running a competition where he gets people to take photographs of their ideal fabric for a bag and the one with the...
