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Dec102018 by Voice of LondonNo Comments

Can’t afford it? Rent it!

Streetwear fashion can now be rented in London. Can’t afford that luxurious handbag? No problem! The Drop is here for you. A fashion stylist opened a pop up store in Westfield London renting affordable designer goods. Alize Demange of The Drop believes this is how people will get new clothing in the future. Demange told the BBC that "It might seem strange, but it could be something that becomes part of our everyday lives. An bag you might want to wear for a week but not want to invest all the money into buying it." The Drop offers clothes from well known brands such as Coach, House of Holland, Axel Arigato and Dirty South. T-Shirts can be rented for less than £10. If you want to feel a little special, you can go for a Marques Almeida jacket - worth over £1000 - for £200. https

Dec102018 by Voice of LondonNo Comments

The football hidden in your fashion

Fashion, Featured, Lifestyle, Sport

All around the country, there’s a fashion revolution taking place. You might absolutely hate football but take one look through your wardrobe and you’ll see that your fashion has been influenced by the beautiful game. You may not own any football shirts but a common trend in the fashion world at the moment is using the templates of football shirts. Major high street brands like Urban Outfitters stock plenty of these kinds of T-shirts. To you, they may just be a pretty nice shirt, but to football fans, it’s easy to see the influence. We decided to see if members of the public would therefore wear football shirts when out socialising with friends. Most said no, but the common theme was that there is a bit of a trend growing around sportswear. This was echoed by Classic Football Shir

Dec72018 by Voice of LondonNo Comments

Chanel to ban exotic animal fur

Activism, Animals, Fashion, Lifestyle

Chanel has announced their decision to exclude fur and exotic animal skins, such as snakes, crocodilians and lizards from their collections. The announcement came as part of a wave of luxury fashion brands, such as Gucci, Michael Kors and Burberry, announced their withdrawal from using animal fur. See also: Fury on Regent Street “We did it because it’s in the air, but it’s not an air people imposed to us. It’s a free choice,” Bruno Pavlovsky, Fashion President at Chanel, said to British Vogue. The brand’s attention will shift to the research and development of materials and leathers generated by “agri-food” industries https://t.co/uWa5BJIhtx — British Vogue (@BritishVogue) December 4, 2018 “The champagne corks are popping at PETA, thanks to Chanel's announcement that it'

Dec52018 by Voice of LondonNo Comments

Breakfast at City of Joy’s

Celebrity, Fashion, Investigations, Specials

The Little Black Dress: iconic, remarkable, exceptional. Audrey Hepburn’s legendary Givenchy dress was auctioned 12 years ago, but where did all the money go? The dress – although long and unfitting to the modern definition of an LBD – has gone through its own long journey. Just like its owner – who went from chorus girl to starring roles to American Film Institute’s third-greatest female screen legend – the dress has also gone through many stages in order to reach its current unknown location. It should be of major consideration that there are three original Little Black Dresses floating around in the world. The original Dress is in Givenchy’s private archive, and it is one of the two copies that Hepburn took with her after shooting Breakfast at Tiffany’s that gained the most at