Emma Hope has come a long way from the overbearing florals of Laura Ashley fashions. After designing and manufacturing six collections with the company, Hope jetted on to bigger and better things - namely, her eccentric Emma Hope collection.

Since the commencement of her designing efforts, Hope has garnered five Design Council Awards, the Martini Style Award, and the Harpers & Queen Design Award. Hope's eponymous collection began solely with shoes - footwear could be considered Hope's forte, she's designed shoes for Paul Smith, Anna Sui and Mulberry. Hope later expanded her offerings to include handbags with quirky creations like a henna suede tote bag with delicate floral silhouettes carved out of its base, or a pair of men's white leopard print sneakers fashioned from ponyskin .

The designer's most eye-catching number is easily a velvet sneaker bag which offered in bright hues of violet, gold and fuchsia, among others. The unlikely juxtaposition of luxurious velvet to hold your sweaty workout ensembles seems a perfect fit for the celebs who emerge daintily coiffed - with nary a bead of sweat - after hours-long training sessions. And for the obsessively coordinated amongst us, Hope even offers matching "Magic Basket" sneakers, which are swathed in the same unlikely shades of velvet. These indulgent workout fashions are available at either of Emma Hope's three shops in London (Sloane Square, Westbourne Grove and Islington) as well as 150 additional stores, including Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and Harrods. By Harper Walsh

In the 80's, there wasn't a corner store that didn't have a Space Invaders arcade game in it. Enthusiasts would line up their coins on the glass table console, marking their position as the next challenger in line.

Today, over 25 years later, that infamous digital design has a strong presence in urban fashion and accessories.



The hoodie is a staple for any urban wardrobe and we're loving this unisex Space invader Hoodie. An ode to the 80s, when space invaders was the coolest game in the world and Michael Jackson was a serious artist at the top of the charts (yes, it's hard to believe but there was such a time). The cool computer-test-pattern style graphics come in hot pink and black, giving all the generation Ys - who were just babies in the 80s - a chance to experience that fabulous fashion era for the first time. Note: the sizing is small so if you're ordering online best to go up a size or two if you like your hoodie loose.

Having just arrived exclusively in Australia, the Unisex Space Invader hoodies are now available to purchase through us. Over 300 of you submitted your orders last month and with less than 70 left, these won't last long. They cost $140, which includes delivery Australia wide.



Please note - we only have pink left

BLACK (3 fluro space invaders) -   (Sold Out)
B+W mini space invaders             (Sold Out)
Fluro Pink mini Space Invaders      SIZES: X-Sml (2 left) SML (15 left) Med (10 left)
Fluro Green mini Space Invaders   (Sold Out)

E-mail us your sizes and colours to see what we have left: [email protected]

Trussardi parade last week at Milan Fashion Week - such a fantastic concept using a luggage conveyor belt to showcase their Fall-Winter 2007/2008 collection.

If you're just a kid at heart, you'll love this fairytale range of clothes, shoes and other accessories by London brand, Eley Kishimoto. The label was formed by textile design duo Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto, whose fabric designs have appeared in collections by Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton and Alexander McQueen (to name a few). For their own the range, the team drew upon the innocent cartoon images of childhood. Now all you need is a lollipop and the look is complete. by Lisa Evans

The hoodie is hot. From the early days when Rocky wore one whilst pounding into meat carcasses, through to our modern day rap poet Eminem, the hoodie, unlike corduroy pants has stood the test of time. Now the infamous hoodie has gone to the dogs with a variety of poochie hoodies for your favorite Fido. Your Shitzu can look shit hot in any one of these awesome hoodies from new Amsterdam based dogsdepartment.com by Andy G

Forget what the designers say, most trends emerge not from their studios but organically from the street. Cool young things all over the world are the true pioneers of fashion, wearing clothes in new ways by customizing and accessorizing and creating a pastiche of retro and modern. Coolhunter's Paris correspondent, Yvan Rodic, has been so inspired by the street fashion in his native city that he's started to document it in his own blog, facehunter.blogspot.com.  And he's not the only one. Street style blogs have popped up all over the world, from London to Helsinki, New York, Shanghai, Moscow and Berlin, featuring pics of the what the cool kids are wearing right now. We can hear fashion's top designer's book-marking the blogs right now. by Lisa Evans

Here's the best of them: Helsinki, Finland  New York City London Berlin Stockholm  Moscow Australia Tokyo Shanghai Paris Sao Paulo Toronto Barcelona Zurich Vancouver Reykjavik Oslo Milan Mexico San Francisco Lisbon Munich

In the South of France lies an premium nano-country: the Principality of Monaco. It's a rich man's ghetto where everybody is obsessed by the size of their yacht and the definition of luxury. Enter Miss Bibi, aka Brigitte Giraudi, a young local creator, who has designed a jewellery collection in which each piece is an emblem of a luxurious but dark world of miniature chandeliers, chopping knives, saws, tools, mirrors, etc. From beautifully hand crafted killer earrings to sexy high heal shoe rings to infamously dangerous gun necklaces, anyone with a dry, dark, irreverent sense of humor and a taste for Monte-Carlo’s luxury will be richly rewarded. by Yvan Rodic