Darkstar recently launched their 3rd album 'Foam Island' on Warp Records at intimate event at Bates Mill in Huddersfield. They also performed some new material from the album which followed a discussion featuring Warp Records A&R Steven C, James young of Darkstar, Anthony Caton moderating, Dominic Mills of Global Diversity and, artist and designer, Benaiah Matheson. The pre-discussion helped to articulate the lengthy research process, which involved exploring and integrating into
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Net-A-Porter has become the first luxury fashion online retailer to bring out Tom Ford’s ready-to-wear collection. The women’s collection will be on the Net-A-Porter’s site this month (July) followed by Mr Porter releasing the men’s collection in September. This is a real opportunity for followers of the brand to try out Tom Ford’s new apparel collection. In April, Chanel paved the way for Tom Ford’s foray into digital media and placed a great deal of
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According to Social Bakers, a social media analytical tool, the number of followers for both L’Oreal and Chanel have increased tremendously within the past three months. The fashion and beauty industries appear to be the two most efficient industries at utilising social media and the majority of leading fashion and beauty brands been using social media for quite some time to connect with new and existing audiences, ultimately resulting in an increase in popularity and
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Earlier this week we had the honour of attending the Patek Philippe Watch Art Grand Exhibition. The show ran from May 27th – June 7th, the first week alone saw over 25,000 people visit the Saatchi Gallery which hosted the event marking the 175th anniversary of the Patek Phillipe brand. The exhibition gave the opportunity for owners of the luxury time pieces or newbies alike to learn more about the heritage, artisanship and craftsmanship involved
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Friday the 29th of May marks the launch of Benaiah Matheson's #MyHuddersfield capsule collection. Benaiah has lived in Huddersfield for all of his life and the collection itself is an expression of his encounters and experiences growing up in the market town. The age old saying " To know where you're going, you have to know where you have come from" rings far too familiar with all of us. Huddersfield is just one important piece
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Safa Şahin, an avant-garde shoe designer from Turkey, makes this entry of the Want List. The talented craftsman and designer graduated at the Turkish Shoemakers Industrialists Institute Foundation (TSIIF) in the Department of Shoedesign in 2008. When you look at one of his creations it is clear that Safa's ideas know no boundaries and he is inspired by a multitude of things such as geology, entomology and botany. One may even consider Safa's designs
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We've all wondered what it would be like to be invisible. It may seem like we're not quite there yet but, in the meantime spending the night in an invisible cottage could be a nice little taster. This new inventive cottage has an outside made out of mirrors, making it almost impossible to spot among the Swedish tree tops. The cube is part of a small hotel in Sweden called the treehotel located close to
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It feels like in every single aspect of life, there is a tendency for people to expect from you to produce something original, to be original, to demonstrate originality, and to think outside of the box. The phrase “to think outside of the box” seems so overused that it has lost its semantic value; it just shows that the person saying it has done the least “outside of the box” thinking for coming up
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The eagerly awaited release of the Apple watch took place today. Going by popular demand, it seems like everyone is extremely hyped up about the release of the Apple watch, but what makes it so special? Let's take a closer look. The watch of course features a speaker and a microphone that makes it possible to use Siri and make phone calls. The phrase “Talk to hand” will soon have a whole new meaning. Moreover,
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For all the Manchester people! Get down to THE VAULT for an exclusive look at the Benaiah Matheson BAD PANDA collection on Sunday 29/03/15. This is an RSVP only event, please send an email to Ste.wing@hotmail.co.uk to confirm attendance and for more
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