FASHION WEEK

THE GIRLS SHOW OFF
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MORE TEXT THAN FABRIC

Fashion Week comes but twice a year and when it does, girls get bulimic…
Nestled in the art hodgepodge that is Hoxton, Junky Styling or Annika Sanders & Kerry Seger have been producing a formidable translation of fashion for the past 10 years. Born from necessity and a love for the individual, Junky garments transcend the pre-conceived ideas of British fashion.
The team at Junky have an ethical approach to their garments and each are lovingly created from an existing garment. Add to this the dynamics of the team and the beautiful twist, it’s a recipe for addiction.
For the show itself Junky took us skiing. Salopets go on the roughest rides of their lives. Mixed up with organic cottons these garments would take you directly from the slopes to the nightclubs. Elegant dresses, extraordinary trousers and un-believable shirts made up this collection.
The show itself was static (models hanging around looking gorgeous) had a large attendance. With familiar faces from the London club and fashion scenes, plus people who looked like they were there for the free drinks and goodie bags.
Re-cycled fashion in itself is not a new thing but with the hype that is global warming, it wasn’t long before fashion became involved. Fashion herself is a frivolous, flirty animal, wanting things for a week then discarding them. With the advent of the ethical GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK, the bitch that is fashion has had to re-examine herself. Though I feel this can only be a fad, as all fashion is built on the ideas of the next big thing and next season.
“The young Hegal proposed as a possible definition of man a formula that today, in the midst of the ecological crisis, acquires a new dimension: nature sick unto death. All attempts to regain a new balance between man and nature, to eliminate from human activity it’s excessive character and to include it in a regular circuit of life, are nothing but a series of subsequent endeavors to suture an original and irredeemable gap”. Page 37 LOOKING AWRY An introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture Slavoj Zizek