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Delaney is now one of the few women leading a top London creative firm. We are meeting in EYC LTD’s office on Charing Cross Road - a blank white space, when I visit, other than a coffee table stacked with Polaroids of the creators that they work with. They outgrew the premises almost as soon as they moved in last year, Delaney tells me. “We were considering a storefront in Soho but this is practical and was ready for us.” It’s an exciting time for EYC LTD. As well as the record label, they’re getting ready for fashion month - the usual mix of parties and placing their talent at shows, she says. In the past that has included one of their early signings, poet and model Kai Isaiah Jamal, walking for Louis Vuitton, the first black trans model to walk for the brand. “We work with a lot of rappe...

Keir Starmer is odds on to become the Prime Minister later this year. But little is known about the personal life of the 62-year-old Labour leader and former human rights lawyer. A new biography by writer and former Labour adviser to Ed Miliband Tom Baldwin gives the clearest picture of the man so far, with details of his tough childhood and information about his romantic life. Here are some of the things you need to know:He constantly feared his ill mother would dieRodney and Josephine StarmerRodney and Josephine StarmerThe book reveals the extent of Starmer’s mother Josephine’s health problems – she suffered from Still’s disease from her teens. That meant severe joint pain, and using a wheelchair throughout Starmer’s childhood. Josephine (known as Jo) had her four children in her early t...

In more unlikely TikTok trends to note, Gen Z are now very much into what their parents wore to work in the Noughties. The new nine to five wardrobe has all the swivel chair staples — pinstripes, white shirts, narrow reading glasses. At Dilara Fındıkoğlu, the Turkish-British emerging designer’s collection, Barbie actor Hari Nef draped herself against church pillars in a banker’s shirt and jacket coiled into a skirt, while the top half was all breast exposing, sheer panelled corset vests and latex gloves. Emilia Wickstead mirrored the 50/50 approach; sweaters and shirts on top, pop-shade, floral embellished mini skirts on the bottom. But it was British-Nigerian designer Tolu Coker who brought her more jovial touch to the fad; grey waistcoats were worn with oversize-striped shirts, cargo tro...

Into the dark came the hefty vocal of Amy Winehouse’s No Good and set the reference point of Britishness which Lee has successfully mined. The casting was on point, tapping into the fashion-faces of that indie sleaze late Noughties era, Agyness Deyn opened the show, Lily Donaldson and Lily Cole (in a skinny leather over the knee boot) both walked (Cole hasn’t been seen on a catwalk for years), as did Jean Campbell, Karen Elson, Lennon Gallagher and Naomi Campbell. Rivetingly, Maya Wigram, daughter of designer Phoebe Philo (whom Lee worked under when she was creative director of Céline) - last spotted at the ES magazine party on Friday night - also walked in the show. Source link

While before the Royal Festival Hall main event, some stars including Margot Robbie started early and donned their favourite Chanel sparkles or tweed at the brand’s party with Charles Finch to mark the BAFTAs. Kicking off the weekend was a bash hosted by our very own ES Magazine team at the Savoy to celebrate an epic fashion issue, covered by Beth Ditto. Attendees included everyone from Saltburn’s Archie Madekwe, to Gene Gallagher and model of the moment Kai-Isaiah Jamal. And on Saturday a party by David Koma to celebrate its autumn / winter show saw a host of London’s finest models and DJs don their favourite cutout looks and chic prints from the house. Source link

“I definitely feel men are becoming more confident in what they’re wearing,” says celebrity stylist Jay Hines, who has styled Barry Keoghan, Mads Mikkelsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh O’Connor, Willem Dafoe, Matt Smith and Daniel Caesar. “A lot of straight men are diving into silhouettes they previously may have considered feminine. But a bit of gender fluidity with clients that may not be used to it introduces them to a world of different styles and silhouettes. I think once a lot of people see the clothes on them, the confidence starts to brew from there.”  Source link

London Fashion Week, which continues until Tuesday 20 February, has plenty of highlight shows to come. Look out for JW Anderson, Conner Ives and Dilara Fındıkoğlu on Sunday and Burberry, which last season was the starriest front row, on Monday. Faces of their Spring 2024 campaign included Bukayo Saka, Rachel Weisz, Damon Albarn and Iris Law — we will likely see them reunited on show day. Source link

Raised by a single mother, she says it made her reassess her own quick judgement of absentee parents, like her father. “Over time, you know, listening to these mothers, it started to feel like there are so many circumstances, so many layers to being a parent, and a black parent, so many layers to being young and not knowing what decisions you're making…it forced me to just sit and listen. And oftentimes, we don't do that, we don’t sit and listen to parents that aren't parenting - we just don’t give them the space, you know?” Source link

The street casting positions them in a category of so called diversity and an inclusive attitude to who can appear on a catwalk, and who these clothes are for. But in the reality of retail, it’s not so simple. ‘It’s hard to convince buyers, especially at the moment, budgets are so tight, no one wants to try something different,’ says Chopova. The issues crop up in quantities requested too; a store might want to buy say, one piece in a size 16, the cost of then grading the piece and the restraint of minimum orders means that it’s incredibly expensive to follow through on this. Source link

Gloriously, they also delivered the first sunshine of spring, too, as they presented their succinct collection on the gently rocking quayside by Waterloo bridge, the sun shone brightly with the Houses of Parliament twinkling behind. A fabulous London moment, and one that makes you think the riverside is an excellent and underutilised show venue. Source link