Fashion Style You

Kevin Geddes is a designer you may not have heard of, however this Coventry University fashion student is going to be huge.

Kevin beat off stiff competition from his contemporaries to win the 2008 Design Incubator Award.

His first collection has been sponsored by my-wardrobe.com and can be seen now on that website.

The collection has a fun feel about it, many of the pieces are made from those timeless fabrics leather and denim, although the biro scrawl dress, top and skirt are gorgeous too.

Click here to view and buy the Kevin Geddes collection.

Top picture: Blue denim casual jacket with blue leather panels, Biro scrawl hand printed sleeveless top, and Dark blue denim trousers with hand printed panels.

Bottom picture: Printed denim jacket with blue leather panels in the sleeves and Mini skirt with blue biro print and blue silk trim on the hem.

Popularity: 5% [?]

Scarlett Johansson has announced her engagement to boyfriend and Smokin’ Aces actor Ryan Reynolds.

As with most celebrity engagements top designers jostle to be the one to make the wedding dress. Stella McCartney was at the announcement and immediately offered her services. ‘She said: ‘I’m definitely doing her wedding dress. She doesn’t know it yet.’

McCartney designed Madonna’s gown for the singer’s wedding to Guy Ritchie in 2000.

Click here to See and Buy clothing by Stella McCartney

Popularity: 6% [?]

Fashion Designer Tommy Hilfiger is 57 today, many happy returns from all at Fashion Style You.

Thomas Jacob Hilfiger was born on March 24th 1951 in Elmira, New York. He is famous for creating the “Tommy Hilfiger” and “Tommy” fashion brands.

View and Buy Ladies Styles by Tommy Hilfiger.

View and Buy Men’s Styles by Tommy Hilfiger.

Popularity: 6% [?]

Danish fashion designer Malene Birger is the creative force behind By Malene Birger and she owns 49% of the company.

Ms Birger’s strong sense of style and aesthetics coupled with her engaging somewhat tongue in cheek personality has made her a renowned figure on the worlds fashion stage.

Malene’s early design influences came from her grandmother, and her mother had a well honed fashion sense with a keen eye for the latest trends.

After serving an apprenticeship as a window stylist she went on to gain a degree at the acclaimed Denmarks Design School.

Next Malene became a designer with Jackpot by Carli Gry before moving to Sweden to design for Marc O’Polo where she soon gained promotion to head designer of the womens line.

On her return to Denmark she formed her first company Day Birger et Mikkelsen where she won the prestigious Danish Design Award. On leaving Day Birger et Mikkelsen, Malene went on to become concept designer for a number of major Danish fashion brands.

Malene Birger’s own brand By Malene Birger A/S was born in 2003, with major investment from Danish fashion firm IC Companies A/S.

By Malene Birger is one of the featured labels at Fashion Exclusives.

Popularity: 10% [?]

Born Karl Anderson, Jr. in 1959, the son of Joan Krystosek Kors of New York City, a former model. Michael Kors began his career in fashion at the age of 19, he studied fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and he was responsible for designing and merchandising a collection for the renowned boutique Lothar’s of New York.

Flush with the success of this initial collection, Kors decided to go it alone and in 1981 the Michael Kors label was formed, his first women’s collection was launched at Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman.

On the back of these accomplishments, French fashion house Celine appointed Kors as it’s first ever women’s ready-to-wear designer and creative director in 1997. In his time at Celine, Kors turned around the company’s fortunes, the ready-to-wear and accessories collections received many plaudits. Kors decided to leave Celine in October of 2003 to concentrate on his own brand.

In 2001, Michael Kors launched accessories under his collection label. Today, the line includes a full range of women’s handbags, shoes, belts and eyewear. In January 2002, the company launched a full-scale men’s collection in response to the critical acclaim received by a capsule menswear line launched in 1997.

In addition to the Micheal Kors signature collection, the MICHAEL by Michael Kors and KORS by Michael Kors collections were launched in 2004. KORS is considered the mid-tier line, between the signature collection and MICHAEL collections. The MICHAEL line includes women’s ready-to-wear clothing and accessories. The KORS line includes footwear. Kors fragrances were first introduced in 2000.

Celebrities who have worn fashion created by Michael Kors include Jennifer Lopez, Charlize Theron, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Pierce Brosnan, Sharon Stone, Madonna, Barbra Streisand, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Kate Bosworth, Sigourney Weaver, Usher, Liv Tyler, Jessica Simpson and Rene Russo.

A selection from the Michael Kors collections can be viewed on Fashion Exclusives.

Popularity: 10% [?]

Born in Hamburg in 1938, Karl Lagerfeld emigrated to Paris at the age of 14. He was to go on to become one of the most celebrated designers this century has seen.

In 1955, at the age of just 17, Lagerfeld was awarded a position at Pierre Balmain, after winning a competition sponsored by the International Wool Secretariat (the coat he had designed for the contest was later put into production by Balmain).

In 1958, he left to take up a job with Jean Patou, which gave him an invaluable knowledge of couture but apparently very little pleasure. After just one year, he quit to work as a freelance designer for such fashion houses as Krizia, Charles Jourdan and Valentino.

By 1964, he had grown so disillusioned with the world of haute couture that he left Paris altogether to study art in Italy.

In 1967, Lagerfeld returned to fashion, joining Fendi as a design consultant. In the 1970’s, however, his name was more closely associated with the house of Chloe, where he was given carte blanche to produce exquisite floaty and feminine ready-to-wear
collections which claimed to rival contemporary couture. His 1972 Deco collection, which consisted of black and white prints and cleverbias-cutting, brought him worldwide acclaim. He produced his last collection for Chloe - now designed by Phoebe Philo - in 1983 to move to Chanel (though he did return briefly in 1993, to replace outgoing designer Martine Sitbon).

At the same time as taking on the title of director of collections and ready-to-wear at Chanel, Lagerfeld launched his own-name label, now synonymous with strong tailoring, combining easy-to-wear cardigan jackets in his favourite bright colours and softly shaped knitwear to create what he describes as “intellectual sexiness”.

Meanwhile his designs for the super-chic French fashion house, a fusion of pre-war Chanel and contemporary trends, carried the label to the pinnacle of high fashion in the Eighties and Nineties. Notable moments of his career at Chanel include teaming the traditional box jacket with denim mini skirts in 1991, combining club-influenced black fishnet body-stockings with the traditional Chanel camellia placed cheekily over the breasts and matching hefty lace-up boots with flowing georgette skirts and leather
jackets.

By 1997, Vogue had crowned him the “unparalleled interpreter of the mood of the moment”. - vogue.com

Popularity: 21% [?]