DIY WITH ALEKSANDRA OLENSKA

We’ve gone crazy for DIY clothing at the customising workshop in Topshop Oxford Circus. With Aleksandra Olenska - fashion editor of Exit magazine - on hand to offer hot tips for customising with sequins, studs, leathers and feathers!

THE LUNCH BOX BY TOPSHOP

With the shows running back to back, there’s never enough time to grab a pick me up during London Fashion Week! So in Topshop’s New Gen exhibition space, we set up our very own lunch time hut! Illustrated by our New Gen sponsored designers - for AW09 the lunch box is in! We enjoyed ours in the back of a black cab while on the way to a show!

TROMPE L’OEIL PRINTS ARE IN!

After wowing the audience at Central Saint Martins’ MA show last year, Mary Katranzou made her debut with Topshop’s New Generation scheme this season. Inspired by perfume bottles, she sent a colourful array of graphic trompe l’oeil prints down the catwalk. We’ve already spotted her dresses on fashion’s front row this season and are sure these will be a hit in AW09. Just don’t forget to pile on tubular necklaces.

www.marykatrantzou.com

PANTONE STRIPES AT HENRY HOLLAND

It was all fun and games at House of Holland last night! Don’t Henry and Agy just make the best best friends ever? And the MisShapes (who are close-friends of the London duo), provided the music for Henry’s pantone-inspired show!

Check out our quick Q&A with Henry

What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever bought on ebay?
A Stephen Sprouse skirt suit with a purple bullet print all over it.

What was the last song you danced to?
Laroux by Quicksand.

What’s your favourite possession?
My blackberry.

What’s going to be big in AW09?
House of Holland – I hear it’s going to be huge!

Who would be on your fantasy front row?
My mum, dad and sister.

www.houseofholland.co.uk

www.misshapes.com

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