Despite the name this super chic t-shirt brand is London based and was founded in 2011. Les Benjamins pride themselves on their four main components, luxury, quality, trends and identity.
This super eclectic range of t-shirts are amazingly diverse and can literally be worn with anything and for most occasions.
With prices starting at £45 you will definitely get your money’s worth (work it out price per wear) Everyone needs at least one of these little treats in your wardrobe.
Obviously safe sex is a must in this day and age but forget Durex, forget JLS, it is all about these fabulous Chanel condoms. This chic contraception comes with the rather fitting slogan, ‘Keep it classy’.
This new fashion film from Prada brings new meaning to the term retail therapy, depicting Helena Bonham-Carter as a ‘poor little rich girl’ who goes to see therapist (Sir Ben Kingsley). She comes to the conclusion that the root of all her misery and discontentment is down to the fact that she is wealthy. Meanwhile, her therapist becomes infatuated with her fabulous fur coat and unleashes his cross-dressing fantasies.
Graduate fashion shows kicked off last week starting with Westminster which brought us an eclectic mix of colours, textures and styles. So much amazing and diverse talent that worked the catwalk beautifully, we are expecting big things from these new graduates so watch this space!
We managed to grab a couple of the designers to get The Blow Down on some fresh talent!
LUCY UPSHER
If your collection was a puppy what would you name it?
Zelda. And she’d be a bright pink poodle thats just a big diva that loves wearing doggy hair bobbles and doggy socks
What was your inspiration for your collection?
I was initially inspired by the spider trees that emerged from the recent floods in Pakistan- these amazing and shocking web structures. I wanted to capture the energy and intricacy in my own woven pieces that respond to the body and different textured fabrics as the webs responded to the shapes and silhouette of the trees. I also obsessively watched the nature films of Jean Painleve that equally elevate the overlooked miniscule goings on in nature. They have great colours and patterns that really influenced my print work.
Which one would you Fuck, marry and murder? Your options for each are… Tom Ford, Stella McCartney, Hussein Chalayan?
I think fuck Stella- I’d be too scared to do either of the others to her I feel like she could be quite fierce..in a good way too. Marry Hussein Chalayan- I’d be really intrigued to how his mind works and what he has for breakfast, just general behind closed door secrets. and Murder Tom Ford.I think I’d shoot him. I think it that would be the most glamorous murder of the 3.
If you could get 1 celebrity to wear your collection who would it be and why?
I’d quite like the Queen. for her birthday :) or Bjork - I really like her.
What is your biggest fashion faux par?
I once served a shift at a pub dressed as a giant prawn. I then took it home and put a zip in it and thought it would make a nice winter coat. I used the legs as a little belt …. hmmm.
If aliens landed in front of you and offered you the chance to go back to their planet, would you go?
Oh god yes. Obviously not if they were scarey killing ones and I think I’d take a really strong and healthy friend to protect me from if they all try and kill me or want to do experiments on me they could use them instead.
If someone wrote a biography about you, what do you think the title would be?
The woman that changed the world forever
How would you describe your collection in three words?
Insect Monster Queen
ANNIE PHILLIPS
If your collection was a puppy what would you name it?
Dotty but he’d have to be a dalmation
What is your inspiration for your collection?
Its basically a celebration of the most eccentric old women like Iris Apfel, Barbara Cartland or Zelda Kaplan who have fun ‘dressing up’ everyday. It sort of aims to destroy idealized beauty and create an odd charm by layering textures; baroque and Zen, or patterns ethnic and contemporary and try and make them work together as though one of these fascinating senior woman is wearing her life of fashion in a gross, amusing, light and joyous way.
How would you describe your collection in three words?
Amusing, bright and fluffy
If you could only wear one designer for the rest of your life who would it be?
Easily Meadham Kirchhoff
If you were to be invisible for a day what would you do?
It doesn’t take much to amuse me so probably spend the day scaring everyone I know
If you had to be an item of clothing for a day what would it be and why?
Well anything around the crotch doesn’t particularly appeal to me…maybe i’d be an accessory…probably a hat
If aliens landed in front of you and offered you the chance to go back to their planet, would you go?
My friend and I are enjoying a nice drink and a cigarette outside a nice Soho pub… when a man stops in front of us looking lost… then we notice this in his hand!
We HAD to ask… and aren’t we glad that we did, We met the illusive SmackBottomist Mr. Green, who then very politely asked me whether I would like to drop my pants, bend over his knee and have a spanking! … I declined his offer.
MORE ABOUT MR. GREEN
Mr. Green makes spanking paddles for a living, each one is custom made as no two bottoms are the same. When I emailed him to get more info for this very post he told me this,
“I’m in a bit of a rush tonight - I’m on my way to administer a Spanking over in Shepherds Bush and a Spanking Disciplinarian has to set a good personal example when it comes to punctuality . Briefly , I call myself a SmackBottomist. A Smackbottomist is an older man - I prefer Experienced Gentleman -who know how to smack younger women’s Bottoms . The Spankings are Punishment Spankings - there’s no sex involved - just a Good Old Fashioned Spanking - you’ll be over my knee with your pants pulled down for a Bare-bottom Spanking. A very thorough Bottom-warming.”
If you had been naughty would you feel the need to visit a Smackbottomist?
This über chic jewellery brand has graced many-a-magazine but this shoot for VoltCafe is pretty damn fabulous, this gold cigarette holder is definitely one of the most quirky bjorg pieces.
Bjørg is a Norwegian jewellery designer whose raw, playful and elegant pieces are famed for their individuality and and tribal edge. Every piece is hand crafted and each collection consists of jewellery made of chains, gold plated silver, bangles, cuffs, body chains and rings with many unusual added extras such as the chained glasses pictured below. Most items are unisex.
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