Wolf & Badger

When I heard that  Wolf & Badger had opened earlier this year - with the intention of leasing space to up-and-coming designers - I had visions of a student style trunk sale.

Oh how wrong was I. This chic retail space in the heart of London's Notting Hill is more urbane art gallery than degree show.

The store showcases the coolest in emerging fashion, accessories and jewellery labels. Giselle Ganne's bird skull knuckle duster is just brilliant. ♥♥

Window dressing

Skulls by Stuart Richards

 

Inside Wolf & Badger



Wolf & Badger's Josh

Giselle Ganne bird skull knuckleduster

Florence B

Cecilia Mary Robson

Gwendolyn Carrie

Evthokia

Sophia Mann

I heart top hat lights

Josh's tatoos

Denham the Jeanmaker

 Cohesive branding? Check. Beautiful product? Check. Awesome store? Check.

 Dutch denim brand Denham opened it's first London store and showroom last week on Shoreditch's Charlotte Road and I interviewed founder Jason Denham for Drapers [which is out on November 5].

Denham is one of the most exciting new entries to the denim market. It's design ethos is: 'worship tradition, destroy convention'. Rather than being marketing spiel, the ethos is visible in the brand's production of denims - which is rooted in traditonal jeanswear culture - and the brand's use of technical cutting and innovative laundering.

Denham the Jeanmaker
32 Charlotte Road, London, EC2

Roxy x Henry Holland

Injecting chic into snow wear is a challenge, but Henry Holland has delivered on a cool, cosy collection of post-piste skiwear for Roxy Heart.

The celeb studded launch was held at cool Carnaby Street indie Beyond the Valley this week, and with a mounted stag head on the wall and mulled wine by the gallon  glass it felt just like Whistler....sort of.

The Fashion Desk Daily loves the silk studded tops, cosy heart print chunky knit, quilted leather skirt and the printed column dress.

Studded tee

Quilted leather skirt

House of Holland's Jessica Fletcher and Henry Holland

Heart this knit

quilted leather bomber

Henry gets 'air'

stag

printed column dress

Future Beauty

To tie-in with an exhibition running at London's Barbican a sensational book charting the past thirty years of Japanese fashion has launched.

It champions the mind bending genius of Comme de Garcons founder Rei Kawakubo, and designer Junya Watanabe. Kosuke Tsumura's work with Final Home in the mid '90s is celebrated, as is the career of Hiroshima born Issey Miyake.

The book also highlights Japan's future fashion stars and explores the Japanese design aesthetic and the nation's unique street style.

Junya Watanabe Comme de Garcons

Final Home

Yohji Yamamoto

Rei Kawakubo

Jun Takahashi

Issey Miyake

Bleach London

Now not only can you get your nails arted at Haggerston salon WAH nails, but Bleach London has moved in too.

Bleach London offers the latest in folicle funk from '90s grunge, dipe-dyed hair to sun struck balayage or ombre tresses a la Alexa. The hair salon will dye roots in (rather than out), bleach your hair until it's ice white or streak it till it's blue.

Drew Barrymore had a stab at dip dye earlier this year, the less said about that the better.

Leading by example are Dazed & Confused fashion director Katie Shillingford  - who has long been my hair idol, that hot chick Saffron from Republica, and Aussie model Tallulah Morton.

Bleach London 420 Kingsland Road



Aussie model #1 Tallulah Morton





Aussie model #2 Abbey Lee Kershaw




Katie Shillingford dips white in black



Erin Wasson does ombre

Lady GaGa at the Grammys

Alexa Chung



Republica's Saffron