Philip Iyegbe is an actor and director who visualises, develops and creates unique stories and concepts.He honed his acting skill in various establishments, including RADA – the world-renowned dramatic arts training academy. Philip wrote and directed the empowering short film titled “A Tale of Free Fittings”, which was very well received; in fact, it was also shortlisted for a National Charity Film Award. The international pandemic (Coronavirus) required self-isolation and lockdown for everyone including filmmakers. Unfortunately, Philip was in preproduction for his directorial feature length debut which would have been a Bollywood movie titled “Bollywood Burlesque”. Due to be filmed later…
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British Fashion Council Launches Platform for the Institute of Positive Fashion and Announces Partnership With Parley for the Oceans The British Fashion Council today launched the Institute of Positive Fashion (IPF) website in recognition of World Ocean Day. The IPF has been developed to help the British Fashion Industry lead in the goal to be more resilient, circular, equal and fair through global collaboration and local action. The website brings together global resources, information and campaigns to help businesses increase knowledge and embrace sustainable and people led best practices. To tie in with this launch, and World Ocean Day, Cyrill…
Coffee is a popular beverage loved by many, but did you know it can also work wonders for your skin and hair? A lot of people spend money on luxurious beauty products, without knowing that they can achieve similar results with ground coffee. Natural products tend to get the job done better at a fraction of the price, coffee is very versatile and can be easily integrated into your beauty regime. While we’re all stuck inside during lockdown, it’s a perfect time to experiment with a few DIY beauty coffee treatments. To help you turn your morning coffee into your…
Producers to Trial Re-opening of Immersive Shows This Autumn With The Great Gatsby Gatsby’s Party Re-imagined as a 1920s Masquerade Ball Enabling Audiences to Wear Masks and Gloves With Temperature Checks and Reduced Capacity to Enable Social Distancing. The Guild of Misrule and Immersive Everywhere’s critically acclaimed THE GREAT GATSBY, created and directed by Alexander Wright- which had previously set a record as the UK’s longest running immersive production – is planning to re-open at West End venue IMMERSIVE | LDN on THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2020. As with all UK theatres and productions, the show was forced to close down in March, due to the coronavirus…
A woman disappears in the mountains of France – and it’s her death that links several people in the very dramatic French film ‘Only the Animals.’ The opening shot in this film is of a black man with a goat on his back riding a bike through the streets of Abidjan, but then the film quickly swings to France. But the goat scene is a metaphor for when, later in the film, a man (Damian Bonnard) carries a dead woman’s body, on his back, in the mountains in a trek to find her a final resting place. But who is…
British Fashion Council (BFC) is announcing today the launch of ‘Great British Designer Face Coverings: Reusable, for People and Planet’, a joint campaign with Bags of Ethics, to manufacture and retail internationally, sustainable and reusable non-medical face coverings to use alongside existing social distancing measures. Designed in London by six British designers, Halpern, Julien Macdonald, Liam Hodges, Mulberry, RAEBURN and RIXO the project aims to raise £1 million with 100% of sale profits going to charity and split between NHS Charities Together Covid-19 Urgent Appeal, BFC Foundation Fashion Fund and Wings of Hope Children’s Charity. The non-medical face coverings are…
With summer finally rolling around, it’s a fantastic time to be out in the garden. But what if you’re not quite fortunate enough to have a garden that’s fit for the purpose? If you’re a beginner, it can be difficult to know exactly where to start. But even if you take just a few simple measures, you’ll have an appreciable effect on your outdoor living space. Let’s take a look at the steps you might take to plan and implement a perfect garden. The basic elements The walls and boundaries of your garden demark its outer limits. Decide early on…
Romulo Café and Restaurant now doing takeaway which means delicious Filipino food straight to your door! Romulo Café and Restaurant – the five star (yes it’s five star – read our review of it here from last year (fabukmagazine.com/romulo-cafe-london-review) is now doing takeaway – great news! Located on Kensington High Street, Romulo will deliver their unbelievably delicious food to your door. The family run business (they opened up their first cafe in Manila to celebrate the legacy of grandfather General Carlos P. Romulo) had to shut down, like every other restaurant, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. But lucky for us…
A film about the author J.D. Salinger that was originally shot in 2016 is now released in the UK and is actually not half bad. ‘Rebel in the Rye’ is about J.D. (Jerome David Salinger) and the years leading up to him writing what is perhaps the most famous novel of all time – Catcher in the Rye. It’s a book that almost everyone has read at least once while a million copies are still sold every year. The film did have its premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and a U.S. release followed – earning an eye-watering pittance…
The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the fashion industry from every angle and severely impacting all of the global fashion capitals, and while there is no immediate end in sight, there is an opportunity to rethink and reset the way in which we all work and show our collections. From the onset of this crisis, the Council of Fashion Designers of America and British Fashion Council have been in close communication, sharing feedback from their members and stakeholders. The BFC and CFDA can share the common perspectives of their members and the organisations. We are united in our steadfast belief that…