Clothing & Accessories

Think of all those little treasures, scattered across the world: a stash of emerald-green beads, a sunshine yellow resin flower, the plumes of an exotic bird… With a magpie’s curiosity and a keen imagination, jewellery designer Wendy Powitt travels the world collecting together those little treasures before returning home to re-shape them into more contemporary accessories. The latest collection from her label, Ghost & Lola, …

Every piece of swimwear by Eau Paix Vie is designed around sense of adventure, lust for travel, belief that life in general – and summer in particular – is about having fun. Hitting the right note for 2012's bikini trends, Eau Paix Vie's strapless bikini with lace trim straddles the space between retro pin-up and modern day girl. We have one set in the most dreamy soft baby-blue to give away. Read on for details about this upcoming new swimwear label, and on how to enter the draw to win.

It can be elegant; it can be tough. Created by master leatherworkers and with whipstitching detail that catches the eye, Alexander McQueen's Folk Clutch is the accessory that works with any outfit.

Friend Of Mine is a brand evolving. In a few short years designers Teale Talbot and Letitia McLean have turned the casual glam-grunge aesthetic the brand was born with into something more polished; something more equipped to stand alone on the international stage. And yet that original aesthetic has never had to pack its bags – only to grow up a little. For fall 2012 …

The product and the imagery are always in fierce competition with any ManiaMania campaign. In this campaign, as with all the previous, you get swept up in the mood; the mystical, sensual mood. And as you’re being swept away on the white-water rush of dreamy imagery, your eyes scramble to fixate on the jewellery and accessories that should be the true stars of the campaign. …

Quite literal in its meaning, a detachable collar is a jewel for the wardrobe and adding it to an outfit is like varnishing your antique furniture – not obligatory but always appreciated. Brimming with character, personality and charisma, this accessory is also responsible for adding an instant quirk to an outfit. Read on for the full report.

Gone is the dark high-gloss imagery: for their latest campaign, Agent Provocateur are channelling the ’70s. With sensual French actress Mylene Jampanoi in the starring role, the campaign takes its inspiration from the erotic imagery of David Hamilton as well as erotic films Emmanuelle and The Story of O. Hence the soft, hazy light, the retro cane chairs, the sapphic innuendo.

The concrete bowl of a skate park gives a visual clue as to the L.A-feel of Stylestalker’s latest collection. From an oversized tank emblazoned with a peace sign – something the ’90s might well have felt at home in originally – to dreamy pleated white skirts that somehow marry Marilyn with skater-grunge, it’s all fare that fits the brand’s effortless-meets-sexy trademark image. Look out for …

It’s been a huge week for Karl Lagerfeld. Just after Chanel’s Haute Couture spring 2012 runway show took the audience on a jet-lag-free flight, the master launched his very first independent collection for online luxury boutique, NET-A-PORTER. And so successful was the launch of KARL by Karl Lagerfeld, that within minutes of its worldwide exposé over a dozen pieces were tagged with a ‘more sizes …

Bellechasse are something of an Australian answer to the UK’s Agent Provocateur or Lascivious. They’re all the kind of brands where fashion and fetish and lingerie and luxury all tangle together into one intoxicating blend; where underwear begs to become outerwear, too good to remain covered. Peter Coulson shot this campaign for Bellechasse which plays to that desire to liberate your lingerie out into the …