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I am the Resurrection.

Lovely Lovisa — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:32:24 +0000

They say if you’ve lived in a city for 8 years then you can class yourself as a local. So if this is the case, then I guess I would be called a scouser? However, style wise, do I want to be?

In the sixties Liverpool was known as a city at the heart of trend setting and style. Yet these days, from an outsider’s point of view, Liverpool style is viewed as over done, orange, shell suits and fake. Now, I don’t have fake hair, my eyelashes are my own and I would class myself as pale if not pasty. Pretty much everyone I know, that lives here, is the same as myself. And yes, from time to time the odd orange person does pass me in the street but don’t they inhabit every town centre? So why is there such a stigma in Liverpool? I cannot answer the question, I can only raise the debate, and give you my own personal spin on why I feel it’s time the myth about Liverpool’s shops and style is broken.

Since moving to Liverpool I have never been so inspired by style. My personal style has evolved and grown over the years, thanks to the many cultures that inhabit the city, there is a vibrant individuality amongst its people. There is so much music and art and music breeds fashion. Steeped in history the shops are also thrilling and interesting places to be, with a bustling vintage demand running throughout the city.

Out of the many fantastic places to shop in Liverpool, Resurrection is the stand out store. Resurrection began life as a little vintage shop in Quiggins, Liverpool, and has now over a few years developed into a 3-floor mega store. Still based in Liverpool, Resurrection has now relocated to the very trendy Bold Street. The store has a strong identity selling both to men and women, shoes, bags and accessories.

Resurrection stocks an array of garments, ranging from one of a kind vintage dresses to independent labels, and even clothes altered by the staff themselves. The basement and ground levels of the store are dedicated to men’s clothing selling brands like – Converse, Ringspun, and Ben Sherman. The ladies clothes are on the top level and apart from the fantastic section dedicated completely to vintage shoes, clothes, bags and coats they also sell Lipsy, Peoples Market, Sugarhill, and Religion to name but a few.

Myself I have been a customer for many years and with the electric vibe and friendly staff it’s a place that makes you want to continuously return to for that once of a kind piece. So if you ever visit the city be sure to stop by Resurrection to get a piece of Liverpool style and I guarantee not a shell suit in sight!

Check out Resurrections website or follow them on facebook

A True Carrie Moment

Lovely Lovisa — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:49:02 +0000

Like every girl on the planet I love Carrie, the character famously created by Sarah Jessica Parker, for the cult TV programme that was Sex in the City!

When I first moved away from home to go to drama school, I lived next door to the most wonderful vintage store that weighed the clothes, so there began my love of very light, very cheep, vintage clothes and also the start of my ever growing vintage collection!

Don’t get me wrong, I also love shoes, bags and all the other stuff that goes a long with creating an outfit, however I must admit, unlike Carrie, I don’t spend thousands on my shoes! I wish I could, but unfortunately I do not earn the funds, I do not have the overdraft extension and I do not have an understanding bank manager. I spend on my dresses, however my shoes are often a second thought…. not anymore!!

I just purchased a lovely pair of Vivienne Westwood shoes and in true Carrie Bradshaw style; they are to be worn with my £20.00 hot pink vintage dress!

They are jelly shoes with a mid length heel, they are super comfy, I wore them to dinner last night and had lots of comments! When you walk they are very quiet and you kind of feel like you are walking in high heel trainers?

I think they are a must to any girlies closet especially the Carrie lovers out there!!

Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee

Guru — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:59:34 +0000

Sabyasachi Mukherjee, the young designer from Kolkata is making waves in the Indian fashion horizon. After +2 from St.Xaviers college, he graduated from NIFT Kolkata with three major awards in 1999. Just after graduation, Sabyasachi launched his own label by the same name and currently has retails at New Delhi -Carma & Ogaan, ; Mumbai -Melange & Ensemble ; Kolkata-Espee & Intrigue, and Hyderabad- Origins and Oorja.

In 2001, Sabyasachi won the Femina British Council most outstanding young Designer of India award, which took him to London for an internship with Georgina Von Etzdorf, a designer based in Salisbury. He made his International label by bagging the grand winner award at Mercedes New Asia fashion week in Singapore in 2003.

Sabyasachi’s design philosophy is very simple and clear ‘ Personalised imperfection of the human hand’. Deserts, gypsies, prostitutes, antique textiles and cultural traditions of his home town, Kolkata have been a lifelong inspiration for this designer who believes that clothes should just be an extension of one’s intellect. He uses unusual fabrics, texturing and detailing, ‘fusion’ of styles ‘patch-worked’ with gorgeous embellishments in a vibrant eclectic colour palette to make the feeling of going back to the ancient and medieval ages. He describes his own collections as ‘an International styling with an Indian soul’.

In 2004, he went global with the Kaula Lampur Fashion week. His collection ‘ The frog princess’ at Lakme India fashion week established him as one of the most promising young designers for years to come.

He earned the distinction of being the only Indian designer invited to showcase at the Milan Fashion week 2004 and was voted by Asia Inc, a Singapore based business magazine as one of the ten most influential Indians in Asia, alongside Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Gandhi, Sabeer Bhatia etc.