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Lucia & Isabella Bueno-Mallarino Mallarino Jewellery
With a shared passion for design and strong bond to their native Colombia, sisters Lucia and Isabella Bueno-Mallarino launched their jewellery label earlier this year. The filigree technique they use to make their delicate designs involves hand-sewing jewels with silver thread. Read more
Sister Act
Mallarino Jewellery Launches
When you were young she pulled your hair, stole your toys and made you cry. When you were older she brought home better grades, fewer problems and much fitter men.
Time to forgive and forget?
Follow the lead of Lucia and Isabella Bueno Mallarino. The cosmopolitan sisters, who split their time between Europe and their native Colombia, cast aside sibling rivalry to set up jewellery line Mallarino.
Inspired by nature, pieces reference exotic jungle plants whilst retaining the urban sophistication of the girls’ adopted home, Paris. From delicate leaf necklaces to floral motif earrings, each lace-like filigree is hand-sewn by artisans in Colombia.
The collection is hot, so grab it while you can.
Before a certain someone beats you to it.
Available online at astleyclarke.com. To see styles, go to mallarinobijoux.com.
Josh Goot Josh Goot Clothing
Australian-born Josh Goot fuses urban sportswear with clean, minimalist tailoring to create easy-to-wear styles that are both comfortable and smart. Read more
Wizard of Oz
Josh Goot Clothing
Whether coveting a bespoke Hermès Kelly bag or ogling Dior couture, you appreciate the merits of high fashion. Sometimes, however, you should look a little lower.
Like Down Under.
Sydney-based designer Josh Goot has won over many an Aussie with his magnificent designs. Now they’re available in the UK.
Goot’s signature style combines everyday sportswear with executive chic. From work-worthy pocketed pencil skirts, easy tees and jersey trenches to less restrained splash-print dresses and multicolour stretch shifts, the collection lets you be quietly prim and proper one day and attention grabbing the next.
Which means it’s just as easy to dress up.
As it is down.
Available at Browns Focus, 38-39 South Molton Street, W1K 5RN (020 7514 0063 or brownsfashion.com); online at start-london.com. To see styles, go to joshgoot.com.
Michael Kopplstätter C.r.a.f.t. Denim
Michael Kopplstätter (ex Helmut Lang) dreamed up the idea for his edgy denim label – which stands for Cantrememberafxxxingthing – after a drunken night. His signature skinny jeans have since been spotted on London's ultimate rock chick, Kate Moss. Read more
Stitch Craft
C.R.A.F.T. Jeans
Ideas conceived after too many vodkas (hip-hop on the kitchen table, sex with an ex, kebabs at dawn) aren’t always the best.
But occasionally brilliance finds those under the influence.
Just ask designers Michael Kopplstätter and Gideon Day (ex-Helmut Lang and Paul Smith respectively), whose new denim label is the result of a drunken stroke of genius.
C.R.A.F.T. (Can’t Remember a F***ing Thing) is an ode to girls with a rock ’n’ roll soul and a carefree attitude. Choose from stovepipe skinnies, high-waisted straights or baggy boyfriend jeans in washes like Morning After, No Headache and Ash. Then prepare for a night of debauchery.
Just remember to drink responsibly.
Especially if you have alcoholism in your jeans.
Available online at bunnyhug.co.uk. To see styles, go to craft-jeans.com.
