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 // 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...
Interview // Grace Miceli
Grace Miceli is a buzzing name upon the art industry’s lips, her individual feminist artwork has been noticed by the cool cats at Urban Outfitters and her talent has progressed her to put pen to paper and become a large part of the underground zine movement evident today- plus, isn’t her Tumblr theme, like, the...
Blog of the month // March
Meet 15 year old Tavi. She’s become pretty massive in the blogging world since setting up her fashion blog, The Style Rookie in 2009 at the very tender age of 13. Last year she founded online magazine, Rookie Magazine , which is a fashion magazine aimed at teenage girls. Despite being aimed at teenage girls,...
Introducing // The Mushpit
The Mushpit, a London-based zine founded by Bertie Brandes and Charlotte Roberts, takes a tongue-n-cheek, yet refreshingly honest view on the life of a teenage female. Whipping up articles such as ‘Gator-aid’ (how to avoid that bad boy), Buffy quizzes (swoon) and the ‘Ten Best on Kingsland Road’, the girls are injecting a...
Fashion // Alexander McQueen, 2 years on.
February 11th 2012 will mark the two year anniversary of the death of a legend who died at his own hand at the peak of his fashion career. He grew up on a council estate in Lewisham and was mentored by Isabella Blow. He left £50 000 of his £16m fortune to his two dogs....
Fashion // Trends for 2012
Louise Thomas, gives us a brief round up of trends we’ll be likely to see in 2012: The Power Pastels If you’re going to wear only one trend next Spring/Summer, then let it be pastels! Pastels were absolutely everywhere on the catwalk, and from what i’ve seen from next years high street collections, they’re...
Introducing // Zalando UK
Zalando is an online shop which sells shoes and clothes which has already become a success in it’s native Germany and now is ready to set it’s sites on the UK at www.zalando.co.uk Here are a few of my favourite items from the site: Adidas Originals: These sleek, black leather Adidas...
Introducing // Moon Raven Designs
Leather, skull designs and velvet have made a massive return over the recent years and this summer is the perfect time to harness your inner goth. It might not seem like a hot summer is the best time to be rocking black, but this isn’t Marilyn Manson goth; lace is a priority and there’s...
Fashion // Trousers for summer 2011
Leona Quirk talks us through this season’s trouser trends for girls…. It’s become apparent that muted tones, floral skirts and hot pants aren’t going anywhere fast this summer. So what about those of us who aren’t willing to show some leg, aren’t maxi skirt enthusiasts or just want to make a bold statement? ...
