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the Ethical Fashion Africa Collection by Vivienne Westwood

Coming off of the highly successful spring launch season, yoox.com presents the new Ethical Fashion Africa Collection by Vivienne Westwood, a collection of handbags and accessories for Autumn/Winter 2011 available exclusively online on YOOXYGEN starting June 16^th, 2011.

The Ethical Fashion Africa Collection includes handbags and accessories for men and women created with a number of new materials - recycled electrical wiring, recycled aluminum, and plastic bags which would otherwise end up in landfills.

“Handmade with love” in Nairobi, the collection has been produced in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC) – a joint body of the United Nations (UN) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

The virtual store yoox.com continues its support of Vivienne Westwood’s Ethical Fashion Africa Project,giving a voice to this project all over the world through the Internet.

In addition, the Ethical Fashion Africa Collection will include a selection of unique styles created exclusively for yoox.com, featuring the limited-edition Clutch Bag made from recycled blue tent canvas, as well as the printed Flap iPad and laptop cases.

YOOXYGEN will celebrate the project with exclusive content such as editorial features and videos to help spread the story of the Ethical Fashion Africa Project.

All the handbags and accessories will be available exclusively online on www.yoox.com and in Vivienne Westwood stores.

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10 Summer 2010 : 10 Iconic Fashion Designers

10 magazine celebrate a decade since their launch by unveiling their latest issue featuring 10 iconic fashion designer portrait covers.

The covers include Alber Elbaz, Azzedine Alaia, Dolce & Gabbana, Donatella Versace, Helmut Lang, John Galliano, Karl Lagerfeld, Ralph Lauren, Tom Ford and Vivienne Westwood.

Source | 10 magazine via TFS

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Could Stella and Vivienne be designing for the Queen's guards?

Stella McCartney and Vivienne Westwood could be set to re-design the Queen's guards uniforms.

The tall black bearskin hats sported by the Queen's Guards are something of a London landmark but have always caused controversy amongst animal lovers as one bear has to be killed for each hat made. Animal rights campaigners from PETA have long been pushing for an alternative to be used - and now Stella McCartney and Vivienne Westwood could be stepping in to help.
This week PETA are set to meet with officials from the Ministry of Defence to put forward

proposals for alternative materials and designs that could be used. Long-time vegetarian Stella McCartney and British fashion stalwart Vivienne Westwood are just two of the designers who PETA have on standby to design something new and improved if the M.O.D. give them the go-ahead. We can't wait to see what they come up with and hope a Stella-designed faux fur alternative can be found for the Queen's guards.

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New Fashion Show for BBC 2: 'British Style Genius'

Kate Moss with Sir Philip Green

The onslaught of fashion-oriented TV programming continues with the announcement that BBC Two will soon be screening a style series of their own.

First off, we have Channel 4's Gok's Fashion Fix, the upcoming Frock Me! with Alexa Chung for T4, Abbey Clancey's The Fashion Project with Geroge Lamb for ITV2, and now British Style Genius for BBC Two.

It's like TV land just woke up one day and realised that there is a mass-market audience who like clothes.

Well, for a starters it is a documentary format, which examines how style in Britain has been influenced and shaped by the many different trends over the years. It will look at all the varying aspects from high street to high-end couture, from Savile Row tailoring to "chav", exploring what makes the British sense of style of today so unique from the rest of the world. It will also feature contributions from Twiggy, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, and Kate Moss who will appear in meetings with Topshop boss Sir Philip Green, and trying on clothes.

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VIVIENNE WESTWOOD DESIGNS GRAD GOWNS

In honor of their new capacity to grant degrees, King's College London has recruited Dame Vivienne Westwood to design their graduation dress.

A student-walked runway show on July 3 debuted the British designer's 20 gowns paired with hoods instead of traditional caps.

Graduates will wear colors representing their colleges and their degree levels (fuchsia for the dental school, silver for the law school, etc.). All gowns will feature a button with a lion, the school's mascot.

In 2007, King's College invited the innovative Westwood to design the collection, which the class of 2008 will wear later in July. Ede & Ravenscroft will produce the gowns.

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Order your Vivienne Westwood wedding gown - just like Carrie Bradshaw's

What would you choose if you had a little vintage dress or a Vivienne Westwood wedding gown? Carrie Bradshaw, like most women, could not turn down the Westwood gown for their big day and now you can get the exact gown custom made for yourself. Celebrating their part in the movie, Vivienne Westwood's Conduit Street store is showcasing the gold-backed ivory silk satin duchess gown as seen the Sex and the City movie. The autumn winter 2007/08 collection takes pride of place in the store window with the dress available for order at Vivienne Westwood Couture and Bridal. Just give the store a call if you want the dress for your own beautiful wedding, make sure you have the money to spend though, like most fashion items seen in the movie, this one is sure to set you back more than a pretty penny.

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Esquire recruits top designers for 75th anniversary issue

To celebrate 75 years in the rag trade, British Esquire magazine has recruited a whole crop of big name designers to recreate some of its most memorable covers.
And the names are big - Vivienne Westwood, Christopher Bailey, Donatella Versace, Giorgio Armani, Alber Elbaz, Karl Lagerfeld, Miuccia Prada, Tommy Hilfiger, John Galliano (above), and Sir Paul Smith, to be precise.
The NY Mag even ranked them in order of their most favourite, but we'll leave it up to you to decide which one is best.