Scottish Fashion Awards 2012
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Last night the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow saw the 2012 edition of the Scottish Fashion Awards. This is the 7th consecutive year of the awards and it looks like they're getting bigger and bigger. I am a big supporter of new independent initiatives like this because, even though the CFDA or the BFC help give exposure and tutor young talent, they're a bit limited to their areas. Hayley Scanlan was the winner of this year's Scottish Young Designer of the Year. You must check out her designs. You may notice certain influences from other British designers in her work, which is a great symptom of how much the British fashion scene is growing at the moment.
Alexa Chung hosted, once again, the award ceremony dressed in one of Kane's designs and following on the shirt-under-dress trend she started herself at the Met Ball. I'm still unsure about it.

Click below on read more to see the full list of winners from last night's Scottish Fashion Awards.

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TFS

Vogue Italia has been the last of the big titles to release it's September cover. And what a cover!

Stella Tennant emaulates Ethel Granger –the late 1920's woman who held the world record for the smallest waist (13 inches/33 cm) until 1998. It is a very avant-garde indeed concept, very Vogue Italia.
To pull off the impressive cover the magazine brought together the most prestigious group of professionals –Steven Meisel for photography, Karl Templer as Fashion editor, Pat McGrath as makeup artist, and Guido Palau as hair stylist.
It's such a daring cover concept to actually carry out but the result they've got is very impressive. A Prada coat perfectly photoshopped at the waist top it all off. If you look for pictures of Ethel you'll be impressed of how close this image is to the real ones.

Now I just can't wait to see what's inside. And the cover has created such high expectations...