Monday, 9 March 2009

Rundholz Clothing

Rundholz is a label which, promotes the avant-garde that is truly wearable and is adored by CollardManson as it reveals our darker side. When we wish to be mysterious and for our glamour to be intriguingly understated we turn to the fabulous Studio Rundholz for our angora armour against the plague of fast fashion.
Germany based design duo, Carsten and Lenka Rundholz have been producing wonderful clothing since their very first collection in 1993.
Regaled for their innovative clothing which is intelligently stylish and a pleasure to wear. Their collections are for women who think for themselves and have neither the desire nor the inclination to follow set trends. Displaying much of the same ideologies as Yohji Yamamoto, Comme des Garcons and Issey Miyake wearers consistently fall for Studio Rundholz’s innovative and thought provoking designs.
Rather than agreeing to run with the fashion pack, they set their own fashion. Collections attract creative women who are confident and individual in their choice of style.
Many pieces can be described as sculptural and certainly unconventional in cut. The beauty of a Rundholz item is in no small part represented by the finest natural fabrics often enhanced with special finishes and dye techniques.
A Studio Rundholz item is treasured for at least a lifetime and insists on its own special brand of attention grabbing understatement.

Tatty Devine Jewellery

Tatty Devine is famous for unique and quirky accessories, which elevate jewellery to art status. Well known for their cartoon style silhouette designs, the brand has mastered kitsch chic like no other. CollardManson’s favourites include the bold black, red or pink acrylic cat bangle, and Spring/Summer 09's beautiful printed wooden rose brooch.

Surprisingly, the brains behind the outfit; Harriet Vine and Rosie Wolfenden, have no formal training as jewellers. Whilst studying Fine Art at Chelsea School of Art in 1996, Harriet found some bags of leather samples on the way home from the pub one night. The duo made some leather cuffs to sell at Portobello and Spitalfields markets, and Tatty Devine was born!
Vogue magazine soon caught on, as did Browns Focus and Harvey Nichols, and the girls launched their first official collection at London Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2001.
The headquarters on Brick Lane have developed into a showroom, workshop, offices and shop, and are a jewellery Mecca for the droves of lusting Tatty Devine collectors and fans who venture there to track down quirky pieces which compliment their eclectic style.
They are greeted with jewellery that is an instant talking point and which injects fun, humour and cool into any outfit.