Summer’s Almost Gone

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Feathersfashion.com, Hyde Park, London Olympics 2012, Olympics

But for now, Summer has finally arrived in London… Just in time for the Olympics. We spent the recent sunny Sunday in a wall-to-wall Hyde park getting our yearly dose of Vitamin D.

We found these wish trees just outside the Serpentine quite charming and positive. We knew exactly what to wish for…

A Bit of History…

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byblas, feathers, Feathers Fashion, Feathers Knightsbridge, Feathers London, feathers notting hill, hiroko koshino

Thanks to Leslie Creasy, we’ve been reminiscing some of the old Feathers adverts. Very 80’s indeed. What do we all think of the old Feathers logo? Maybe it should make a comback…

Thanks Leslie for pointing these out again!

World McQueen

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Alexander McQueen, Sonia Rykiel

We’re digging the latest McQueen campaign for A/W 12. McQueen has really become a complete world of its own, completely disconnected from all other designers.

Slowly making its way to us here at Feathers – in the mean time, Pre-A/W has arrived ;) – , McQueen A/W12 currently sits on the latest cover of Harpers’ Bazaar. In which, there is a fantastic read in the first person by Sonia Rykiel, in which she speaks quite frankly about her life, her brand and her battle with Parkinson’s.

For more Sonia, check out her Spring/Summer collection currently in our SALE ;)

Echo Morgan

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Echo Morgan, Feathersfashion.com, Feminist Performance Art

I Am a Brush from Echo Morgan on Vimeo.

8-year loyal Feathers gal Echo Morgan is a keeper. Currently completing her MA at the Royal College, Echo spends her time away from Feathers exploring her history and herself through performance art. Inspired by 1960’s and 70’s feminist performance artists including Marina Abromovic, Carolee Schneemann and Yayoi Kusama, Echo’s performances act as excercises, exploring notions of trauma, identity and the [female] body.

For her most recent exhibition, Morgan took on action painting with her hair as paintbrush. The result is both an incredible abex painting, somewhere between Pollock and Motherwell, and an effectively active, physically enduring performance.

Enjoy the above short of the occasion with the narration by Echo herself.

Thanks for sharing Echo!

To Lulu, With Love

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BBC special, David Bowie, Feathers Knightsbridge, feathers notting hill, Feathersfashion.com, jillie murphy, Lulu, Raquel Allegra, the Man Who Sold the World

In last week’s issue of Hello Magazine, LuLu – one of our favourite regulars here at Feathers – looks ever-so-lovely in our Spring/Summer ’12 collections. Raquel Allegra seems to have been a favourite of the Scottish singer.

Funny enough, we’ve recently had the OBE’s 1975 cover of Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World on repeat after seeing it on the BBC’s Bowie special last weekend… We can’t get enough.

Special thanks to stylist Jillie Murphy.

La Petite Anglaise X Feathers

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Alexander McQueen, Alexander Wang, Camilla Skovgaard, Carven, Castaner, Current/Elliott, Feathers Knightsbridge, feathers notting hill, Feathersfashion.com, Markus Lupfer, Massimo Palomba, Preen, Roksanda Ilincic, Sonia Rykiel, Vince

Together with farfetch, the lovely Ella of La Petite Anglaise came by last week to have a look through our current Sale and composed some fantastic Summer looks.  Isn’t she lovely?!

Ella wears dress by Markus Lupfer, shoes by Camilla Skovgaard and bag by Alexander Wang.

Jumper by Markus Lupfer, shorts by Vince, shoes by Sonia Rykiel and bag by Massimo Palomba.

Dress by Roksanda Ilincic, shoes by Camilla Skovgaard and bag by Alexander Wang.

White vest by Vince, jacket by Carven, jeans by Current/Elliott and shoes, bracelet and bag all by Alexander McQueen.

Lace jumper by Carven, skirt by Preen, shoes by Castañer and bag by Alexander Wang.

Photos by Paul Gonzales.

More Art: John Currin at Sadie Coles

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John Currin, Sadie Coles

A precise response to John Berger’s Ways of Seeing: John Currin’s nudes are currently on display at Sadie Coles South Audley Street.

John Currin Honeymoon Nude, 1998.

The American painter’s technically impressive canvases perfectly confuse and promote oppositions between past and present, neo-classicism and contemporary, viewer and voyeur, subject and object, etc, etc, etc…

A great show both visually and conceptually. Again, we wouldn’t mind a Currin nude feathering our nest…

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It’s Our Seasonal SALE!

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feathers, Feathers Fashion, Feathers Knightsbridge, feathers notting hill

Come down to Knightsbridge or Notting Hill, or check us out Online for our Spring/Summer ’12 Sale!

Today’s SS 2013 NewGen Announcement

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BRITISH FASHION COUNCIL, CATWALK SPONSORSHIP., Christopher Raeburn, EXHIBITION SPONSORSHIP., Feathers London, Huishan Zhang, J.JS Lee, J.W Anderson, Lim Cooper, Lucas Nascimento, Marques Almeida, Michael van der Ham, Nasir Mazhar, NEWGEN, Palmer Harding, PRESENTATION SPONSORSHIP, Simone Rocha, Sister by Sibling, Sophia Webster

This afternoon we head over to the BFC at Somerset House for one of our favourite seasonal moments: the council’s announcement of their NewGen Winners.

And the winners were…

Michael van der Ham, J.W. Anderson & Simone Rocha for the CATWALK SPONSORSHIP.

Christopher Raeburn, J.JS Lee, Lucas Nascimento, Marques Almeida, Nasir Mazhar and Sister by Sibling for the PRESENTATION SPONSORSHIP.

and lastly,

Palmer Harding, Huishan Zhang, Lim Cooper & Sophia Webster for the EXHIBITION SPONSORSHIP.
Congrats to all! We’re so looking forward to LFW S/S ’13!

Picasso Prints at the British Museum

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Nest In Feathers, Pablo PIcasso, The British Museum, The Vollard Suite

If you’re looking for something to do this weekend in London – if the sun doesn’t come out of course – you should stop by the British Museum to check out their recently acquired set of etchings by Picasso.

Produced by the artist between 1930 and 1937, ‘The Vollard Suite’ commissioned by Ambroise Vollard was gifted to the museum in its complete set of 100. It is the first time we are able to view the complete collection in the U.K.

Brilliant in its entirety, the works, in sequence, illustrate a narrative of the artist’s life during this period, reflecting his erotic and artistic obsessions.  We see his relationship with Mistress Marie-Therese as well as his Minotaur alter-ego; each print presupposes the next.

 If you like a good narrative, not to mention a good Picasso, and fancy a free exhibition, pop over TBM to check out the Vollard Suite and enjoy the Rembrandts, Greek and Roman vases, antique marbles, Ingres drawings that sit alongside the Spanish artist’s work.

We wouldn’t mind a few prints from the suite up on the walls of our Nest…

While you’re out, come down to Westbourne Grove for our sale of up to 30% off selected Nest items!