The May Guide To Fashion
Stiletto it down to London’s glorious Victoria & Albert museum this month to drool over its new exhibition of some of Grace Kelly’s most gorgeous dresses. Feast your fashion-hungry eyes on her jealousy-inducing wardrobe, from her Rear Window and High Society costumes, to THAT 1955 Oscars gown to her stacks of Dior, Balenciaga and YSL beauties in this not-to-be-missed retrospective.
Grace Kelly: Style Icon, £4.90 - £7.40 at the V&A from April 17 – September 26 2010. Visit www.vam.ac.uk for more information and to buy tickets.
Don't miss this! Exhibitions, pop-up stores, sales and parties: see our insider's guide to the most stylish things to fill the month of May with.
SEE: Grace Kelly: Style Icon at the V&A
Stiletto it down to London’s glorious Victoria & Albert museum this month to drool over its new exhibition of some of Grace Kelly’s most gorgeous dresses. Feast your fashion-hungry eyes on her jealousy-inducing wardrobe, from her Rear Window and High Society costumes, to THAT 1955 Oscars gown to her stacks of Dior, Balenciaga and YSL beauties in this not-to-be-missed retrospective.
Grace Kelly: Style Icon, £4.90 - £7.40 at the V&A from April 17 – September 26 2010. Visit www.vam.ac.uk for more information and to buy tickets.
SHOP: At The British Designers Collective Pop-Up Store
Cut-price goodies from the best of Britain’s young designers? Yes please! Head on down to the British Fashion Council’s pop-up boutique at bargain haven Bicester Village this week to snap up discounted must-haves from the likes of PPQ, House Of Holland, Todd Lynn and new celebrity darling Erdem.
Until March 7 at Bicester Village, 50 Pingle Drive, Bicester, Oxfordshire , OX26 6WD. Visit <a href=http://www.britishfashioncouncil.com/bicester target=_new>www.britishfashioncouncil.com/bicester</a> for more information.
VISIT: West End Home Week
Bank holiday weekend looks like it’s going to be a bit of a wash-out – but instead of mourning your park and picnic plans, head on down to London’s West End for an interiors extravaganza. Stores like Zara Home, Selfridges and Anthropologie will be hosting a series of events until May 3, like competitions, discount offers, champagne and cupcake celebrations, lectures and exhibitions of new design talent.
Visit <a href=http://www.westendlondon.com/home target=_new>www.westendlondon.com/home</a> for more information and full listings.
BUY: Agyness And Emily Deyn’s Uniqlo Tees
Word on the street is that there’s not one, but two talented members of the Deyn family: supermodel Agyness’ teenage sister Emily – who already owns her own label, Hussaindeyn – has teamed up with her older sibling to design a collection for Uniqlo. The sisters’ line of tunics and tank tops features retro polaroids of their favourite things in New York and comes in hot pink, washed out grey or punky black. Can anybody say cool?
£12.99 each, available at Uniqlo stores and <a href=http://www.uniqlo.co.uk target=_new>www.uniqlo.co.uk</a>
SHOP: Peacocks.co.uk
We at the GLAMOUR.COM fashion desk love a Primark steal as much as the next girl, but we hate that you still can’t buy the store’s stock online. Luckily, our other favourite bargain mecca Peacocks has just opened the online doors to its brand new shopping site, which will sell everything from its mens, womens and childrens ranges, as well as the new collection by Pearl Lowe from May.
Floral print shorts, £14 at <a href=http://www.peacocks.co.uk target=_new>www.peacocks.co.uk</a>
BUY: Roxy Heart’s bambi by laura Collection
It might not be palm trees, exotic flowers and beach parties but if there’s one thing helping us dream this month, it’s Roxy Heart’s new collection in collaboration with bambi by laura. Inspired by the surf chic of 80s Hawaii, the range of shorts, blouses and tops feature prints from the pencil hand drawings of artist Sante Rodriguez – and are some of the prettiest summer pieces around. Excuse us, but we think we’re in love.
Visit <a href=http://www.roxy-heart.com target=_new>www.roxy-heart.com</a>
SEE: The New Louis Vuitton Store
No, it’s not just a shop, this is THE shop to visit this month. The dramatically opulent new Louis Vuitton space, which opens on London’s New Bond Street this month, features 1, 520 square metres, spread over three floors, with a glass staircase featuring animated screens and, of course, the fashion house’s new season couture creations. So what if we can’t afford the prices? A girl can dream...
Louis Vuitton’s New Bond Street store will open on May 28.
SHOP: Taylor Momsen’s New Campaign For New Look
Capture the teen cool of Gossip Girl Jenny Humphrey’s Upper East Side wardrobe – without the Givenchy price tag – at New Look this month, where the A-lister has modelled a bunch of must-have summer pieces in the store’s latest ad campaign. Check out this lace top and boyfriend jeans: perfect for mastering glam grunge like a pro.
Sheer Mesh Top, £16 at <a href=http://www.newlook.co.uk target=_new>www.newlook.co.uk</a>
BAG A BARGAIN: With Style Savvy Site Shopittome.co.uk
Think you’ll only ever dream about those Marc Jacobs heels? Think again, because if sale-searching site Shopittome.co.uk has anything to do with it, they will be yours, and they will be cheap! The new, personalised shopping service scours the web to find discounted products from your favourite stores in your size and your budget. Could it get any easier?
Visit <a href=http://www.shopittome.co.uk target=_new>www.shopittome.co.uk</a> for more information and to sign up.
PARTY: With Swatch For Free!
To celebrate the launch of its latest Swatch & Art Collection – a collaboration between the longstanding watch brand and designers Manish Arora, Casette Playa, Eniki Bilal and Ivan Navarro – it’s giving fans a chance to party the night away for absolutely nothing. Register for free tickets for the May 6 event, where there’ll be live music, interactive exhibitions and graffiti walls.
Swatch & Art Party, 9pm – 3am Thursday May 6 at Shunt, 20 Stainer Street. Visit <a href=http://www.swatch.com/london target=_new>www.swatch.com/london</a> to register for tickets.
Street Club Swatch by Grems, £59 from <a href=http://www.swatch.com target=_new>www.swatch.com</a>
