Articles, tagged with "designer silk", page 2

Spring Forward, Fall Back, Fast Forward For Fashion

Fashion is a fast forward industry, but continually falls back on archives to draw new inspiration from old styles. It's as repetitious as the 1-2-3-4 beat of rock and roll including the back beat. Often it's easier to gauge changing weather patterns t... Read >
Author: morton

Wallets: Out Of The Dark, Into The Light

Functionality not lost, designers like Paul Smith, Simon Carter, and Richard James have brought wallets out of the dark and into the light. Vivid colours embossed on their covers and linings with depictions of comic cartoon strips started appearing, even ... Read >
Author: Morton

Denim Jeans And Their Progress Through Fashion; Still Making History

Denim jeans and attire have been associated with heavy industry to high fashion and become one of the most versatile and enduring clothing styles in fashion history. Hollywood stars like Katherine Hepburn aided denim's progress through fashion in the 70's... Read >
Author: Patrick

The Elusive Handmade Cufflinks

As a buyer for an online shop selling men's luxury fashion accessories, including, silk ties, cufflinks, wallets and belts, I have to adhere to customer demands and source products accordingly. And so begins an arduous task. The men's fashion accessori... Read >
Author: morton

Orb Cufflinks, Abstract Ties: The Vivienne Westwood Way

As a stylist Vivienne Westwood has remained peerless for decades. From co-founder of the punk style to DBE, it's been a long road out of Tintwistle to the international fashion arena and back again. She managed to tuck some big names under her belt along ... Read >
Author: morton

Contemporary Fashion Accessories For Men: Silk Ties and Cufflinks

There are some real treasures waiting to be discovered out there, men's fashion accessories, designer silk ties, cufflinks, watches, belts, brooches, gadgets, but you have to look hard and dig deep to find them and wade through all the flotsam. If you're ... Read >
Author: morton

A Silk Tie in Fragrant Blossom: Obtuse Critiques

Here you will find a series of brief critiques about fashion designers and their designer tie creations. There are those who have haven risen to prominence, others emerging and those who have fallen from grace. Regardless of status, each one has made a si... Read >
Author: morton

Girl with a pearl earring

As a stylist Vivienne Westwood has remained peerless for decades. From co-founder of the punk style to DBE, it's been a long road out of Tintwistle to the international fashion arena and back again. She managed to tuck some big names under her belt along ... Read >
Author: andrewshw2

The Evolution of the Old School Tie

It's well documented that in 1880, the rowing club at Oxford University's Exeter College, invented the first designer silk ties. After an emotional win over their rivals, they celebrated by removing their ribbon hat bands from their boater hats and tying ... Read >
Author: morton

A perfect match, silk tie and cufflink

Here you'll find snippets about British fashion Designers at the top of their game, highlighting some original cufflink and tie creations from London and about. Names associated with keeping alive tradition, the fine art of jewellery design and manufactur... Read >
Author: morton

A Silk Tie in Fragrant Blossom

And as autumn approaches, fashion completes another seasonal cycle. And we wait in great anticipation for new styles freshly watered down from the catwalks. New designers emerge while others fade. And so another turbulent season approaches. Buyers have to... Read >
Author: morton

Silk ties and Cufflinks, a Perfect Match

Silk ties and Cufflinks, a Perfect MatchHere you'll find snippets about British fashion Designers at the top of their game, highlighting some original cufflink and tie creations from London and about. Names associated with keeping alive tradition, the fin... Read >
Author: Patrick

Historic Anecdotes: Short Stories: The Designer Silk Tie

An officer's Tie In the 1880s the British military finally decided to abandon its array of brightly coloured uniforms that had always made such good targets. But they retained the beloved old military colours on the stripes of the neckties each regiment ... Read >
Author: Patrick

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