Lacoste x Kurt Geiger Spring/Summer 2010

Created exclusively to Kurt Geiger for Spring/Summer 2010, Lacoste's new range of men's styles are taken from their premium men's "Club" collection. "A range of superbly crafted lace-up's in luxurious calf leather that pay homage to its golf brogue ancestors. Featuring a sporty two-tone stripe at the ankle and a pull tab at the heel, lending a contemporary edge. The collection also includes a soft and sensible, driving-inspired, slip-on with a chic black, bronze and pewter stripe." The collection will be launched this November and will be stocked in selected Kurt Geiger retail stores.

Burberry Launches Art of the Trench Website

London, 9 November 2009 – Burberry today launches artofthetrench.com – an evolving celebration of the iconic Burberry trench coat.

Artofthetrench.com is a new Burberry digital platform with social networking functionality.

The site will be an ongoing project between Burberry and some of the world’s leading image makers, building a living testament to the trench coat with regular collaborations being announced.

Burberry will invite site users to submit their own portraits to feature on the site, creating a body of images reflecting personal trench coat style across the globe.

For the launch of the site, Burberry Creative Director Christopher Bailey commissioned a collection of photographs of trench coats wearers taken by photographer Scott Schuman of The Sartorialist.

For this first collaboration, Scott has been capturing street portraits of people in Burberry trench coats in London, Milan, New York, Paris, Berlin, Sao Paulo and Venice over the last few months.

Visitors to the site will be able to favourite and comment on the portraits and share these over their own existing social networks including Facebook and Twitter.

Burberry, which is a member of the FTSE100 and headquartered in London, was founded in 1856.

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Christian Westphal Duel Jacket

After seeing lots and lots of jackets being offered this season, why not change the concept of those traditional jackets with retained details into an oriental infused style. Just like this one, the Chinese collar isn't the usual detail you see on western inspired pieces. With an overall wool fabric, a warmer feeling with sharper looks would be achieve.

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VMAN Editorial: After-School Special (Georgina Vendrell Fall/Winter 2009)

VMAN shows us their new editorial entitled "After-School Special" featuring Georgina Vendrell's Fall/Winter 2009 offerings. The Catalan designer had a wonderful mix of modern design in classic tailoring and I am delighted to see the patented drop crotch pants and the distressed knitwear pullover in her collection. As for her motivational factor, it was Finland's dark winter and its contrasting approach to aurora borealis which inspired her to do this collection. Though vibrant colors weren't prevalent, her Catalan roots will take place in colorings as her S/S 2010 collection will be a new vibe. The editorial was photographed by Sara Coe, styled by Ana Murillas and modeled by Francisco Lachowski and Katya.

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The Burberry Looks at BAFTA Britannia Awards

Dev Patel and Stephen Fry graced the red carpet of the BAFTA Britannia Awards wearing pieces from Burberry which made them look sharp and stunning. Presenting an award at the ceremony, Slumdog Millionaire's Dev Patel wore a steel blue mohair 2-button suit, white tuxedo pleated dress shirt, tie and black smooth leather lace up boots. Hosting the event, Stephen Fry wore a black 2-button suit, white tuxedo pleat dress shirt and a black bow tie. All pieces mentioned were from Burberry which kind of showed their effortless fashionable looks.

BAFTA Britannia Awardts took place at The Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles last November 5, 2009.

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Slazenger Heritage Autumn/Winter 2009

The re-launched of Slazenger Heritage which showcased the brand's Autumn/Winter 2009 collection features contemporary collection of knitwear and polo shirts paying homage to its illustrious and sporting concept. The collection comes exclusively at Urban Outfitters within the UK and online via Microzine.co.uk.