Designer and stylist Michaela Jedinak takes her message of empowerment and choice to a global audience with a new website, range extensions and online style consultations 07.11.17, London, UK — Starting with just seven dresses four years ago, fashion designer, personal stylist and businesswoman Michaela Jedinak has come a long way in her mission to deliver a clothing range that provides the ultimate blend of empowerment and choice. Her dresses are now worn by royalty, TV personalities and some of the world’s most recognisable businesswomen. This month, Michaela has unveiled the launch of her exciting new website www.michaelajedinak.com which offers…
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London, England. Traditionally associated with impeccable style and manners, ‘gentleman’ as a term is being redefined in the modern era. The UK’s leading men’s luxury destination, Gentleman’s Journal, surveyed 2,000 respondents in the UK to find out the qualities that define a gentleman in 2017. Key findings include: 77% of respondents believe being considerate and attentive to the needs of others is the defining mark of a gentleman Chivalry isn’t dead – 68% think men SHOULD still open doors and offer their jacket to women Laddish behaviour and drunkenness is the biggest turn-off, according to 77% of women According…
Feel like having a poké? No, not a poke but a poké? I’ll tell you where. The restaurant Tombopoké will make this hawaiin-style sushi bowl with sliced raw fish for you. They also make superbly delicious Donburi – a traditional Japanese dish served warm with fish, meat or vegetables – over rice and assorted other ingredients, and both, are, for a better word, lovely, and also comforting. Tombo, with locations in Fitzrovia and South Kensington, as well as in Soho which is the branch me and a friend went to on a quiet Sunday night. Located on D’Arbly Street, a…
The National Portrait Gallery has acquired thirty-seven portraits of black Britons chosen for their achievements in politics, business, culture, religion and science, it was announced today, Friday 18 August. It is the Gallery’s largest acquisition of portraits of Afro-Caribbean sitters into its primary collection and will be the subject of a major display at the Gallery in November 2018. The sitters, representing a group of people at the height of their achievements, were photographed by Simon Frederick for a BBC TWO documentary Black is the New Black. Shown in 2016 the sitters disclosed heartfelt stories and opinions to paint a unique…
A Lucana evening at the Italian Embassy in Brussels to tell the Sacrality of Basilicata (Italy) through Art, Beauty, Elegance and the Charm of Italian High Fashion Tuesday 21 November 2017 at 6.30 pm at the Residence of the Italian Embassy in Brussels, at the invitation of Ambassador S.E. Elena Basile, the event “Sacred Basilicata” takes place in collaboration with the Basilicata Region, the Gruppo di Azione Locale “La Cittadella del Sapere” and the Apt-Basilicata Region. The event aims to promote the Lucania identity through its typical products using the languages of fashion and foodstuffs by placing itself in the…
Mimi Baldwin spent over 20 years working for some of the best known fine jewellery brands, including Tiffany & Co., Asprey, Dior and Kiki, before setting up her own company – Mimi Baldwin Fine Jewellery – five years ago. Mimi is known for her exquisite, feminine, timeless, elegant pieces for every day and formal occasions. She hand draws her designs in her studio in Battersea, London and all her pieces are made from 18 carat gold and the very best quality stones. Her husband Philip, who runs a diamond fund, sources interesting stones for her special commissions and her father-in-law,…
A workshop about the portrait, a photographic set, a model, a photographic concept, the creation of the set, the light, the model, the dress, the youthfulness… Mostly a stunning woman made of youth, this is the message that the Loriga sisters, the Eles Italia young fashion designers, wanted to capture with a striking shooting made by the talented photographer Sergio Derosas involving FelisjaPiana, known as Fishball, who perfectly interprets the concept of youth as hope, as faith, as future, “Everybody’s youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness” as Francis Scott Fitzgerald wrote, and Felisja is youth, modern, candid…
Asian Wedding Show & India Fashion Week London – A photographic review. FabUk covered Asian Fashion Show that happened in London on (11-12 Nov 2017), We are delighted to bring to you an exclusive gallery by photographer Paul Winstone.
CELEBRATE AT MOËT & CHANDON’S WINTER BAR AND BRING IN 2018 IN STYLE Set against the dramatic backdrop of London’s glittering skyline, Sky Garden, 35 floors above ground level, is the only place to celebrate the festive season this winter. Wildly creative catering and events operator rhubarb has teamed up with Moët & Chandon to create an alpine extravaganza to remember, and will also be bringing back the roaring 20’s for the city’s most infamous New Year’s Eve celebration. Après ski at the top with Moët & Chandon Sky Pod will be getting a merry makeover as it hosts an alpine pop up in…
Jasmine Hyde has been dressed by Misha Kaura. The dress that Misha designed for Jasmine is a one of a kind, haute couture gown, made exactly to Jasmine’s measurements. It is being made out of a gorgeous embellished material, dresses of this quality are usually worth around £30,000. The gown is being designed over in Misha’s studio in Miami and we are having it specially shipped to the UK over the weekend. Misha has trained with some of the most prestigious names in fashion. Prior to her debut, Misha has had private lessons from ESMOD professor of fashion. She has trained with couturiers at…