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Tatry Polish folk song and dance group was formed in 1962 by Barbara SławinskaBojanowska who came to England at end of World War II.  The group is now based at the Polish Social and Cultural Centre close to Hammersmith where RenataUrbaniak has been Artistic Director for over 30 years. Tatry, named after the mountain range in southern Poland, is a performing group with a wide range of dances and costumes.  The dancers are mostly of Poles either born here or from Poland and over the years there have been people of other nationalities.  The group also has a wide age…

Taking to our friend Miss Betsy Rose is one of London’s most prestigious headline performers and a star on the International Burlesque scene. Betsy Rose has dazzled audiences far and wide, on every continent around the globe, with her mesmerising and classic acts for almost a decade. Completely devoted to the original spirit of Burlesque, this vintage vixen lives and breathes the entire lifestyle. Not only has she has graced the most glamorous of Burlesque stages, she has also starred in two West End runs of The Hurly Burly Show, appeared in feature films, most recently The Muppets, music videos,…

Tasleem Mulhall is an artist deeply influenced by her Yemeni origins, came to England at the age of fifteen, bringing with her aspects of her own rite of passage and coming-of-age experiences, including witnessing the everyday subjugation of women living in a society that casually regarded male domination as the norm. When not engaged in painting or sculpture, Tasleem still follows her career as a freelance press photographer; finding in it’s factual reportage a counter-balance to the emotional demands associated with producing the surreal and abstract paintings and sculptures that largely characterize her creative output. An occasional return to photography, she…

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AUTUMN WINTER 2016 February 2016 see’s the fifth season of Fashion International take it’s designers to the catwalk at the Amba Charing Cross hotel. The main objective of Fashion Internationals seasonal showcases is to give designers a professional platform through which they can penetrate new and existing markets and achieve greater sales opportunities, while also discovering and promoting new talent, styles and trends to the watching media. The multi designer shows are styled to provide the participants with the setting, environment and ambiance to perfectly present their collections. Cube Estonia & Custom Hair Accessories Estonian stylist and TV presenter Anatoli…

Since 2009 Oxford Fashion Studio has worked with 362 designers from 34 countries around the world. Productions have been attended by Dolly Jones (Editor, Vogue.com), Caroline Rush (CEO, British Fashion Council), Claire Wilcox (Fashion & Textiles, Victoria & Albert Museum) and male supermodel David Gandy. Anna Wintour visited Oxford during our 2015 season of Oxford Fashion Week and spoke of her life and work. Oxford Fashion Studio has produced 67 runway shows, 9 speaker events, 4 retail events, 4 photography and art exhibitions, film screenings, networking events, live photo shoots, live fashion sketching, city-wide late openings of high street retailers…

Fashion DNA is a designer mentorship for emerging Pakistani designers organised by the British Council. The programme takes the format of a year-long intensive training, including face to face sessions, online sessions, UK catwalk shows and showcasing, Pakistani catwalk shows and showcasing.In addition to the mentorship, designers will be invited to apply their new skills through the production of a ready-to-wear collection with a clear brand positioning with a capsule collection presented at UK-based Fashion Scout during A/W 2016 London Fashion Week and the full collection at Fashion Pakistan Week in Karachi in April 2016. While in London, designers…

THE NEW CONCEPT OF LUXURY LIVING The eternal luxury from Italy with concept of innovation and inspiration Afford to Live in Italy Many tourists are under the impression that Italy is expensive and therefore the prospect of living in Italy seems unrealistic. Obviously, how much it costs to live in Italy is largely dependent on your own lifestyle and where you choose to settle. Cost of living in Italy is 15.85% lower than in United Kingdom (aggregate data for all cities, rent is not taken into account). Rent in Italy is 41.41% lower than in United Kingdom (average data for…

Founded in 2014, ISABELLA QUEEN is a British-based brand offering luxury Italian leather accessories hand crafted in London. The collections comprise clean, classic and structured shapes with a well-designed element of colour contrast throughout the styles. These elegant structures with a stylish flair and the quality of exceptional British craftsmanship are the hallmarks of the label, and strike a chord with discerning consumers and a sophisticated clientele who seek out the quality and unique nature of the London based craftsmanship that creates a truly unique selection of bags. Following the first (SS16) collection, which debuted at Pure London in August 2015,…

AUTUMN/WINTER 2016  “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” ― Leonardo da Vinci Ashley Isham found inspiration for his Autumn/Winter 2016 collection from Igor Skaletsky, a contemporary, young Russian Artist who creates thought provoking paintings and textural collages. Igor is based in Berlin but was born in Moscow and studied painting at the Surikov Art Institute in Moscow. Isham was particularly inspired by the way in which Igor freely manipulates the recognizable images of art history and high culture. Skaletsky works in mixed media, combining both collage and classical…