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News: Le coq sportif open UK flagship store

If you haven’t already heard, Le coq sportif have just opened their first standalone UK store, located in the historic Seven Dials area of London’s Covent Garden. At an impressive 30,000 square feet, it is expected to become the key concept store of the iconic French brand, which celebrated its 130th Anniversary …

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Interview: Bas Kosters

Our very own Seb Law was the envy of the rest of us when he got the chance to catch up with eccentric Dutch designer Bas Kosters. His collections are always full of colour and energy, from shoes to hair and scarves to jewellery, no element is spared his

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Iris Van Herpen x United Nude Exhibition

Ahead of the launch of London Fashion Week this Friday, United Nude are hosting an exhibition the previous evening (yes, that would make it Valentine’s Day) at their flagship store in Covent Garden in collaboration with noted avant-garde designer Iris Van Herpen. The exhibition will present seven collaboration shoes …

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News: Original Penguin Plugged In Session feat Devlin and Willy Moon

Original Penguin’s ‘Plugged In Sessions’ are a brand new initiative engaging with both established and brand new artists in a series of live music recordings.

For their second live session,  The Hospital Club in Covent Garden hosted Original Penguin with Willy Moon supporting main act Devlin. The intimate underground …

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Barrel Tree in Covent Garden

We’re talking a lot about Christmas trees here lately, what with Gary Card’s “Electric Christmas” tree having just premiered.  But if you’re like me, you like your Christmas tree like you like everything else in the world: with Whiskey.

Okay, so that’s a bit misleading.  This tree isn’t made of …

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Replay get you warmed up for Bestival

To ensure you’re in the festival mind set (I mean drunk and lairy – trench foot is optional) Replay are hosting a set of warm up gigs in the count down to Bestival.  Last thursday, the Replay store in Covent Garden, played host to the second event. The line up …

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Another TOP store for TOPMAN

Shout out to the swanky street wear-dressed males: new general store in Earlham Street, London for TOPMAN is now open! The Arcadia group have given us more opportunity to shop and more goodies to get our hands on by opening another outlet for the TOPMAN brand. View Covent Garden shop …

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Fave Fives Of The Week #12

Hello, over the last few weeks I’ve met the one and only Christian Louboutin and had a down to earth, real chat with him about race, culture and not his beautiful shoes! Yet I will be singing the praises of another footwear brand that isn’t half as glamorous but much …

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Joe Brummell #16 – ‘Movember Rain’

There’s an unmistakeable void between Halloween and Christmas, a tangible dip in spirits when the joy of dressing up as a zombie fades and it’s still ages before the bountiful gift receiving of Christmas. Thankfully Movember has come to fill that gap with aplomb.  In case you don’t know what …

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The Prodigy’s Maxim gets creative with ‘LepidopTerror’ exhibition

The Prodigy’s Maxim reveals his inner-artist in his first ever exhibition, immersing viewers in a sensory experience of sight, sound and scent, revealing the hidden side of butterfly’s wings through hauntingly dark yet intriguing pieces of art. Having turned his focus to painting in 2002, he decided to start …

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