Fashion

Dundee fashion label Nkili aims to reinstate the blouse as a key fashion item

24 Apr 2012

Has anyone worn a blouse to greater effect than Maggie Gyllenhaal in Secretary? She looked filthier in her high-necked, pussy-bowed polka-dot number than in her Agent Provocateur shoot. On the right person, the mother of pearl button, the leg of mutton…

Peroni Nastro Azzurro hosts a series of intimate dining experiences across the UK

Gianluca Longo hosts dinner at Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket

5 Apr 2012

Over the past few months, Peroni Nastro Azzurro has been hosting a series of unique Italian dining experiences in cities across the UK. Amici di Peroni celebrates Italian style, good food and great company. The dinners are a revival of the Italian…

Style Guide 2012 - Spring/Summer fashion to focus on fresh, cool colours

We take a look at the forthcoming fashion trends for 2012

29 Feb 2012

Blame the long, grey winter. Blame the soaring unemployment levels. Blame it on the margaritas and piña coladas that fashion designers had apparently been knocking back before sketching out this season’s collections. But as spring approaches, gingerly…

Girl Model

Clinical expose of the modeling industry

27 Jan 2012

(tbc) 78min Far from the fairy-tale fiction of America’s Top Model is Girl Model, a clinical, disturbing industry expose by documentary makers David Redmon and Ashley Sabin (Mardi Gras: Made in China). Ashley Arbaugh is an ex-model and now a…

Anna Kendrick bemoans outfit fascination

Celebrity Gossip

15 Jan 2012

Anna Kendrick is asked more questions about her "lipstick" than her career. The 'Twilight Saga' beauty believes being a woman in Hollywood can be tough as when she is asked to speak to the press they are often more interested about her fashion…

Spring/ summer 2012 trend preview

30 Dec 2011

Citrus shades Marigold and canary yellow were among the zingy citrus hues championed for the new year at New York and London fashion weeks. During the UK’s biggest fashion event, designers such as Osman, Mark Fast, Jaeger and Aquascutum used the…

Cheryl Cole to host new fashion show

TV Gossip

5 Oct 2011

Cheryl Cole is set to host a new Channel 4 fashion show. The Girls Aloud beauty - who was recently linked to a role on new BBC One talent show 'The Voice' - is set to move on from her US 'X Factor' firing earlier this year by fronting the new…

ECA Fashion Show review - Thu 5 May

Edinburgh college of art address body image in its annual student fashion show

27 May 2011

The annual Edinburgh College of Art fashion show is one of Scotland’s key creative events. The two-hour-long fashion show set against the backdrop of the dramatically-lit, neo-classical Sculpture Court of the College’s main building is an opportunity…

Sarah Jessica Parker plans new fashion TV show

Celebrity Gossip

15 May 2011

Sarah Jessica Parker and Ryan Seacrest are planning a new reality fashion TV series. 'American Idol' presenter Ryan - who is dating dancer Julianne Hough - is reportedly hoping the 'Sex and the City' actress will agree to sign up as the star of the…

Kesha has Ultimate Warrior style

Celebrity Gossip

14 May 2011

Kesha's fashion icon is wrestling legend the Ultimate Warrior. The 'Blow' singer takes her style cues from the former WWE star - whose in-ring attire consisted of a brightly painted face mask and tying multicoloured string around his arms and legs…

Festival of Museums set for nationwide celebration of Scotland’s culture in May 2011

Music, storytelling and period fashion among highlights of new festival

1 May 2011

From the Groam House Museum in Ross-shire and Portsoy Bothy in Banffshire, to the Annan Museum in Dumfries and Galloway, the Festival of Museums features an eclectic and colourful range of concerts, talks, workshops, performances and exhibitions taking…

World Wars Experience brings flying parade and tank display to National Museum of Flight

Edinburgh exhibition brings history to life over May Day weekend 2011

13 Apr 2011

War and warfare are a constant presence in world news, both now and throughout history. While many of these conflicts take place in far off lands - in countries very different to our own which most of us will never visit - it’s easy to forget our own…

Five of the best: Vintage clothes shops in Scotland

Vintage Guru, Starry Starry Night, Barnardos Vintage, Herman Brown

24 Mar 2011

Vintage Guru 195 Byres Road, Glasgow, 0141 339 4750, www.vintageguru.co.uk Existing as a web distributor for 15 years, Vintage Guru is now 3D, catering for the ladies and oft-neglected retro-hungry gents. Past List favourite finds include a white and…

Kelly Brook is more stylish in London

Celebrity Gossip

13 Mar 2011

Kelly Brook "dresses up" more in London. The brunette model-and-actress feels she can be more relaxed with her wardrobe when she is in America, but concentrates on her appearance when she is in her native UK. She said: "When I'm in London I like…

The rising stars from Glasgow School of Art’s textile department

New fashion talent emerging from Glasgow

7 Mar 2011

Glasgow School of Art’s Newbery Tower is one of the highest points in the city: a grim, grey beacon to 1970s architecture. Its scheduled demolition this summer is set to change the city’s skyline dramatically, which is why for this year’s annual fashion…

The Scottish collections at London Fashion Week

Christopher Kane, Holly Fulton, Alexander McQueen and more

7 Mar 2011

For a small country with an estimated population of just over five million, the volume of creative talent that Scotland produces is astounding. This season at London Fashion Week, it was the Scottish designers who stole the limelight. Christopher Kane…

The Scottish clothes designers making a name for themselves

Jonathan Saunders, Christopher Kane, Deryck Walker and Holly Fulton

16 Feb 2011

Scotland has always been at the head of cutting-edge design – and today’s selection is just as good

We saw you: George Miller

'My haircut is quite often done by myself.'

16 Feb 2011

George Miller, 48, production designer/musician My haircut is quite often done by myself. The shirt is from Hardy Amies, when they had a shop on George Street [Edinburgh.] It’s called ‘the Jagger’, but that’s not why I bought it. The cardigan is…

The Inventors of Tradition profiles traditional garments and social histories

Exhibition charts history of textile industry in Scotland

26 Jan 2011

That ubiquitous ‘Scotland with Style’ byline invented by city marketing in Glasgow gets renewed historical validation in this exhibition that is many things woven into one. Inventors of Tradition is an archival show of the Scottish textiles industry…

New exhibition The Inventors of Tradition examines Scotland’s textile past

Glasgow exhibition of samples, promotional materials and films

19 Jan 2011

The glory days of Scotland’s textile industry, when the Borders whirred with knitting machines and tweed was a viable alternative to central heating, seem a long time ago. Post-globalisation, garments with the ‘Made in Scotland’ label are about as…

Global Cool event encourages 'rebooting' a jumper to save money and reduce fuel usage

Artist collective Garterstitch100 to create 10m stitch blanket to mark International Women’s Day

12 Jan 2011

Tempting though it may be to break out the high-neck Damart thermals at this time of year, and bury yourself beneath layers of wadding and fleece, there are ways of staying draft-free and still exposing a hint of waistline/ dress sense/ youthful abandon…

Gok Wan's Through Thick and Thin - book signing tour

Presenter recalls Leicester upbringing and 21 stone past

20 Dec 2010

With his memoir Through Thick and Thin (you can surely see what he’s done there?), Mr Wan recalls his upbringing on a Leicester housing estate. His folks ran a Chinese restaurant which might have something to do with the fact that Gok bloomed to some 21…

Christmas shopping bargains to be had from local retailer in Edinburgh and Glasgow

The best neighbourhood Christmas markets for last-minute shopping

15 Dec 2010

So, just like every other year, you were sort of probably planning to leave your Christmas shopping until, like a week beforehand or something, yeah? Ah. Might be a problem: 2010 isn’t like any other year. First off, the weather will thwart your online…

The independent design and craft shops springing up across the UK

Edinburgh shop Technicolour interviews Glasgow shop Welcome Home for tips

15 Dec 2010

Ever dreamt of opening your own shop? Or maybe turning your online mini-empire into a real-life bricks and mortar boutique? Jo Richardson is one of three ECA graduate designers who has just opened Technicolour in Edinburgh’s Tollcross. She asks Mhari…

Coleen Rooney fronts Littlewoods 2010 Christmas campaign

Star continues her ambassadorial role for retailer

4 Nov 2010

Coleen Rooney is set to continue her ambassadorial role for the Littlewoods brand by fronting their enchanting 2010 Christmas campaign. The campaign is certainly not without an element of the magical, as the girls, and children, wait expectantly for the…

Scottish duo Tights for Sore Eyes produce unique, handmade tights for the masses

Glasgow-based cousins design hoisery featuring teapots, moustaches and custard creams

3 Nov 2010

For anyone who has stifled a yawn as they pulled on their winter opaques, or left John Lewis’s hosiery department bored and empty handed, help is here. The hosiery cavalry, in the shape of cousins Nikki and Danni McWilliams, are charging into the…

Multi-platform In the Company of Wolves event set for Glasgow Sub Club

Very different fashion show showcases new group of designers

3 Nov 2010

Multi-platform events company In the Company of Wolves don’t do subtle. In spring of this year entertainment and events students Ally Turnbull and Claire Stuart leapt onto the scene, launching a showcase of independent design in a multi-faceted event…

Hallowe'en costumes from a theatre costume cupboard

We raid the The Royal Lyceum Theatre costume store for inspiration

29 Oct 2010

We take a trip to the costume store of the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh to get some outfit inspiration

Tights for Sore Eyes make hand-printed hosiery

McWilliams sisters launch Scottish tights enterprise

8 Oct 2010

For anyone who has stifled a yawn as they pulled on their winter opaques, or left John Lewis’s hoisery department bored and empty handed, help is here. The hoisery cavalry, in the shape of cousins Nikki and Danni McWilliams, are charging into the…

We love: personal styling in Glasgow

Lindsey Johnstone gets out of a fashion rut with Glasgow’s vintage personal styling service

19 Aug 2010

This is hard for me to admit, but I may need some help. As someone who spends far more time than is healthy thinking about what to wear, I have ruthlessly edited my style to the point where it may as well be a uniform. But I’m starting to wonder if…

A guide to the best vintage shops in the UK

Journalist and presenter Lynne McCrossan presents A Girl’s Guide to Vintage

23 Jul 2010

Part book launch, part clothes swap, with free drinks? We’re so there. Join fashionista, journalist and telly presenter Lynne McCrossan as she presents her guide to the best vintage shops in the UK (like Edinburgh’s Herman Brown’s). Call 0131 225 4326…

Current trends in tattoo art

7 Jul 2010

And you thought tattoos were an expression of individuality? Celebrity copycat body art is more popular than ever, with images of Rihanna and Cheryl Cole currently the most frequently ripped from the gossip mags and taken to the tattoo…

Gok Wan glams up Glasgow at Glam in the City

9 Jun 2010

Spandy dandy Gok Wan joins forces with Lorraine Kelly (yeah, we’re scared too...) for three days of fashion shows, workshops, makeovers and exclusive evening events, all based out of a great big tent on George Square. Tickets from www.glaminthecity.co.uk.

Milliner William Chambers to provide hat making workshop

20 May 2010

We can’t sing William Chambers’ praises highly enough at List Towers, and we’re not the only ones: the young milliner regularly crops up on Scottish Fashion Awards shortlists, his gorgeously warped, intricate and fantastical creations have become…

Bright fashion futures at ECA Fashion Show 2010

14 May 2010

Vogue have talked in the past about the ‘Scottish contingent’ in fashion. Designers like Jonathan Saunders, Jamie Bruski Tetsill and Scott Ramsay Kyle (all GSA textiles graduates) and Holly Fulton, Graeme Black and Chloe Patience (all ECA alumni) have…

The best things to do in Glasgow

22 Apr 2010

Where to … … take a walk Dumbarton Road is Mecca for enthusiastic charity shoppers (tip: start off at the Salvation Army near Byres Road) – make a day of it by wandering round the junk and vintage shops of nearby Ruthven Lane first. (Kirstin…

How Glasgow's Che Camille combines fashion boutique, record shop and record label

31 Mar 2010

On the top floor, above the busiest street in Glasgow, Che Camille’s fashion house also hides a haven for music lovers, explains Claire Sawers

The Coveted Mag guide to Glasgow fashion

4 Mar 2010

Our indispensable guide brings you the treats, the trends and the stomping grounds you can’t afford to miss – from vintage fashion dens to cutting-edge Scottish designers. First up, Sarah Graham, editor in chief of online fashion bible Coveted Mag…

The fashion trends coming your way in 2010

4 Mar 2010

As London and New York catwalks roll out the good, the bad and the strange, we bring you some of the looks – and the look-the-other-ways – for the coming season Knee high socks Yeah, yeah we know: you aren’t five anymore and the pigtails are long…

Fashion forward

4 Mar 2010

When Carrie Bradshaw is donning your wares in Sex and the City, it’s fair to assume you’re on your way. For Holly Fulton the rise and rise of her fashion fortunes seemed inevitable. A darling of the Scottish fashion scene, last year saw the former ECA…

Why Edinburgh design duo Soda Kitsch are ones to watch

4 Mar 2010

Taking their inspiration from vintage wallpaper and 60s and 70s fashion, design duo Soda Kitsch – aka Edinburgh-based designers Ashley Jessiman and Ian Dunlop – are making their mark accessorising with style. We meet them

Glasgow T-shirt designer Thomas Wilson

4 Mar 2010

If fortune does favour the brave, then 2010 might just be T-shirt designer and newbie Glasgow entrepreneur Thomas Wilson’s year

Four To Buy: Scottish T-Shirts

4 Mar 2010

Gillian Kyle Who would have thought that a loaf of Scottish Pride would be a fashion statement? You could opt for one of her lovely Tunnocks teacake tote bags, but in terms of impact, it has to be the bread every time. £22 from…

Glasgow Film Festival - A guide to Glasgow’s FashionArtFilm hotspots

17 Feb 2010

Glasgow has always been a hit with the cutting-edge fashion pack, and the style of the city percolates through into its inhabitants. Not far from Cineworld in the city centre, Che Camille (Argyll Chambers, 34 Buchanan Street) is an inspiring…

Louise Gray, Holly Fulton and Jonathan Saunders in new ASOS collaboration

17 Feb 2010

Thanks to local fashion experts The Coveted Mag (whoworewhatwhen.typepad.co.uk) for alerting us to a new ASOS collaboration with some of our favourite emergent Scottish designers. The designs are, in true ASOS style, cheap, bright and on-trend: we…

Glasgow wedding boutique Melle Cloche aims for tasteful end of the market

Some sweet alternatives to the big knitted toilet-roll holder look

1 Feb 2010

Once the big question has been popped, a wedding outfit needs thought out. Anna Burnside discovers some sweet alternatives to the big knitted toilet-roll holder look

2010 preview: Fashion

20 Jan 2010

Fashion, with its strictly observed seasons marked by the various equinoxes of London/New York/Paris/Milan Fashion Weeks, is a cyclical beast. It likes to understand a decade as a fixed unit of time with a distinctive identity, defined sharply against…

More for less: Clothes swapping

20 Jan 2010

Swapping, swishing, switching and bitching, wardrobe editing; call it whatever you like. Gathering up a bin bag full of leftovers from your clothes rail (the too-small jeans, the dress bought in a sale that never quite ended up being ‘customised’ as…

Charity Couture

30 Oct 2009

While many charity shops take orders from centralised offices, meaning that all the clothes that come in have to be colour-coded or prescriptively arranged, Edinburgh’s five St Columba’s Hospices have always had a bit of individual spirit. ‘I work in…

Tam Shepherd's Trick Shop

Hunting for the perfect Halloween costume in the Glasgow institution

16 Oct 2009

Halloween costumes have not always been my forte, but I vowed this year not to have a re-run of 2002’s ‘bin bag suit’ or 2006’s ill-advised ‘shadow man’ (head-to-toe black body paint is most assuredly not a good idea). This year I needed professional…