Yum! Preen’s S/S 2012 collection makes me think of a beautiful 1950′s housewife baking cupcakes in her all pastel color-coordinated island kitchen. But it seems the palette send my mind in a different frame of inspiration then what designers Thea Bregazzi and Justin Thornton had in mind. The streamlined silhouette modernized what seemed like a very retro inspiration to me. Bregazzi and Thorton were actually very inspired by Virginia Woolf when they began designing this collection, “She was such a strong woman in her time,” Bregazzi said after the show. Read the full story

I just fell in love with the beautifully decorated interior of Preen partners, Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi, West London home. “Together they have build a super-cool label. Now they created a romantic home, too.” Photographed by Dylan Thomas for British Vogue. Read the full story

Nostalgia Anew: Serenity Subversive

“It’s refreshing to see something that isn’t trying so hard to be new. There’s so much striving for newness now that newness feels less new.” – Marc Jacobs

Tough lowered its guard for the farewell wave to Bryan Park. And that was that. New York was quiet. Muted – the palette and the message both. Inspired by sleep, it felt like it. Not that we mind ambiguity every once in a while. Read the full story

Our Source at Colette send us the Press Release about the Charity collaboration: Six Scents Parfums between perfumers and 6 trendy designers : Gareth Pugh, Alexandre Herchovitch, Bernhard Willhelm, Cosmic Wonder, Jeremy Scott and Preen for “Designers Against Aids” (DAA) – Here is the Press Release in exclusivity : Read the full story