Antoni&Alison for Glamour Uk!

For the big fan of Antoni & Alison I am, this is such a mind-blowing exclusive to be hosting - for my side of the world at least. Seems like Glamour UK is planning to start Autumn with a fun, local approach and if you put fun next to fashion, there's none better to work with than the House of Mr & Mrs Antoni & Alison.

Eight limited edition tees have been designed by the UK based duo for Glamour's first ever regional issues. Specially created to reflect the mood of each city and modelled on the cover by Katy Perry in her own special way, they will be among us this September - or late August, glossies are early birds.
The special tees will be available from Antoni&Alison's website for one month only and are made to order. Got a favourite certain part of the UK? Here's a brilliant way to show your love in style. Love A&A? Start collecting! Here's how they went from drafts to flesh:
Presented to the Glamour team (from left to right: Alison, Antoni, Claudia, Jo, Helen & Charlotte).
Some finalised sketches. Simple, clear and loud:

*Looking forward to seeing how regional approach works out for print.

F for Fashion, F for Fun

If you scroll down my (long) right sidebar, there is a photo of the last show of Antoni & Alison I got to attend at a past London Fashion Week. The theme of the collection was "Fat & Lazy", and accordingly the soundtrack of the show was a loud loop of someone munching on crisps, complete with crisps packs placed on every seat (it was Tesco's crisps if I remember this right).

I thought it was clever and witty and ...shocking, so in line with their tongue-in-cheek unusual humour. Back then I was a student and all I could afford from their stuff were little purses and their collaboration with Debenhams.

Taking a look at their website the other day brought everything back: among skirts and t-shirts, the e-shop listed...money:) (pictured above). I then realised that's what they call their vouchers. Genius and hilarious in random order.

So I thought I might (re)introduce you to this brand by hosting peeps of their S/S 10 collection "Screen Tests":

This was their invite for last September's LFW show - which I sadly missed. I am using it here 'cause it gives you a good idea of what the concept was all about. Antoni (Burakowski) hand-drew prints of sketches for clothes he'd make for "screen tests" of actresses starring in classics like "King Kong", "Wizard of Oz" and "Dangerous Liaisons". Then Alison (Roberts) brought them to life through her designs and yet again, the F of "fun" was put into "fashion".

Celia from Celia Loves also shot some good pics, they are all here.