Dash magazine: September Issue Launch

Looking after the baby today has been more challenging than usual as I spent last night at the launch party of issue 2 of Dash Magazine {a beautiful magazine, published biannually and focusing on fashion illustration.}

Prior to receiving an invitation to last night's event, I have to admit that I had not heard of Dash magazine, as it only launched earlier this year. I am however a big fan of fashion illustration and fashion photography (having a David Downton poster for the V&A in my kitchen and a Tim Walker print in my bedroom) and was therefore thrilled to be invited and to find out about the magazine.

Last night's party was held in an industrial warehouse space on Vyner Street, home to pressplayfilms, with the magazine both physically suspended from orange ropes from the ceiling (as you can see in the photo above) and virtually suspended on tv screens and a projector, showcasing the content of the magazine. The suspended magazines shouted out to be examined - almost literally in one case as the momentum of people moving past kept causing it to bump into my shoulder.

We left with a lovely goody bag, containing a copy of the magazine, before heading onto another party in Shoreditch.

Thank you to Dash magazine for a lovely evening, and to my friend F for the kind invitation and introduction.

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I am wearing an (old) sample dress by Teija Eilola (who else!) and chain mail necklace by Anathema Designs (it is made out of real armoury).

(photos via Dash magazine (top). iphone photos by me)

Fashion Fringe 2012: TEIJA

My sister-in-law is a finalist in Fashion Fringe 2012. Fashion Fringe is a fashion business award and allows the winner to set up a fashion label. (Previous winners include Erdem, Basso & Brooke and Corrie Neilsen.)

Teija (Teija Eilola) is one of three finalists with the competition culminating in the presentations of the three collections at London Fashion Week in the middle of September.

If you are interested, Teija has been writing about the experience on her Fashion Fringe blog, with her first entries here and here. Her facebook page is here. Teija has also been interviewed by Fashion Fringe sponsor ShopStyle, where you can read more about her inspiration for her collection.

I am longing to see the finished collection - I am lucky enough to have worn one or two pieces that Teija has made in the past, both samples and pieces which she has designed for her previous job and I can honestly say that they beautifully combined precision cutting and draping with comfort and practicality of a garment which is actually designed to be worn. I cannot wait to see what she has come up with for this show.

“A Finnish girl arrives at the party: shoes in her bag and a huge, crisp mackintosh over her little silk dress. On the way to the party she crossed a forest and a couple of fields.” TEIJA S/S 2013

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images  - logo and drawings from Teija's collection, layout by Fashion Fringe via FF Pinterest