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THE GRAND ANARCHO-DANDYIST BALL - Nov 29 2010

The Chap Magazine, in association with Bourne & Hollingsworth, puts its best brogue forward to stage the year’s most dapper shindig.

The Grand Anarcho-Dandyist Ball will give partygoers a chance to don their most splendid threads and jitterbug/Charleston/pogo the night away in London’s finest Art Deco ballroom. Entertainment includes an eleven-piece swing band, hip-hop sensation Mr B and table-top horseracing.

The event takes place on 4th December and requires a dress code ranging from 1890’s decadence, through to 1920’s villainy and 1930’s glamour.

Click through to The Chap for more info and to buy tickets.

Beyond Biba - Nov 26 2010

Barbara Hulanicki will always be remembered for BIBA, the shop that changed the face of UK fashion in the 1960’s and 70’s.

This film provides a rare insight into the woman herself, her memories of her father’s murder, the impossible glamour of biba, the impact of her husband Fitz on her life, her thoughts on modern America, and her refusal to give up and live in the shadow of the past.

The film focuses on these elements, and more, to create an all access portrait of an overlooked and elusive artist.

Somewhere - Nov 23 2010

Somewhere is the latest offering written and directed by Sofia Coppola and winner of the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival earlier this year.

The story is of a successful but bored Hollywood actor (Stephen Dorff) who spends most of his time drinking, smoking and womanising. That is until the arrival of his 11-year-old daughter (Elle Fanning) who is unexpectedly dumped in his care and accompanies him on a trip to Rome to promote his new film.

Well made, beautifully shot and superbly acted, Soewhere has gorgeous cinematography throughout and is truly in keeping with Coppola’s previous releases.

Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909 - 1929 - Nov 19 2010

This autumn V&A hosts an exhibition that explores the world of the influential artistic director Serge Diaghilev and the most exciting dance company of the 20th century, the Ballets Russes.

Diaghilev's dramatic performances transformed dance, reawakening interest in ballet across Europe and America. Celebrating the company's key period of activity, this major exhibition reveals Diaghilev's enduring influence on 20th-century art, design and fashion and includes more than 300 objects including giant theatre cloths, original costumes, set designs, props and posters by artists and designers including Léon Bakst, Georges Braque and Natalia Goncharova.

Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes is at London’s V&A until January 2011.

Uniforms for the Dedicated - March of No Coincidence - Nov 16 2010

Uniforms for the Dedicated was founded in 2007 as a collective of artists, musicians, film makers and designers – a playground of creative talent that provides the influence and inspiration for Uniforms of the Dedicated collections as well as stand alone projects under the Uniforms for the Dedicated creative umbrella.

Each clothing collection is accompanied by a music release, conceptual artwork and a short film, while garments carry passwords for downloading exclusive content from the Uniforms of the Dedicated collective.

Entitled 'March of No Coincidence', here is the music release for AW10.

To see what the guys in the video are wearing click through to the Uniforms for the Dedicated page on Coggles.com.

Wings: Making the Field Notes 2010 Fall Edition - Nov 15 2010

Chances are you haven't given that much thought to how a printing press works - neither have we.

Shedding some light on the process, this video shows how the Raven's Wing Field Notes are printed. It is fascinating to see how machinery and techniques that have been used for decades work so intricately to produce such a beautiful product.

Mary and Max - Nov 10 2010

From the creators of Academy Award winning Hervie Krumpet, Mary and Max is an animated feature film that tells the story of a pen-friendship between two very different people – Mary, a lonely 8 year old living in suburban Melbourne, and Max, a 44 year old with Aspergers Syndrome living in the chaos of New York City.

Innocent but not naïve, Mary and Max takes us on a journey that explores life’s ups and downs, addressing issues of friendship, autism, psychiatry, alcoholism, sexual differences and where babies come from…

With a string of awards already to its name, Mary and Max is well up there with this year’s best films and we whole-heartedly recommend you go and see it. Click here to go to the Mary and Max microsite where you can watch trailers and find out more about the characters.

Penfield AW/10 by Derived Thread and SHOT BY JFK - Nov 9 2010

SHOT BY JFK and Derived Thread take the Autumn/Winter 10 Penfield collection to Mount Orford in the Eastern township region of Quebec, Canada, which provides the perfect setting for Penfield's warm and hard wearing clothing.

You can find the AW10 Penfield collection online now at Coggles.

Warpaint - The Fool - Nov 8 2010

Warpaint’s debut album has been a long time coming but it was worth the wait.

Recently signed to Rough Trade Records, the all-girl LA band are far removed from what that normally entails; sweet their vocals may be but they are dangerously seductive too, pulling you beneath the surface of dreamy psychedelic rock and into darker, turbulent territory that’s definitely worth exploring.

Head over to Rough Trade for more on Warpaint.

Hayley Louisa Brown - Nov 3 2010

We first met Hayley not so long ago at the Ideas Tap photographic awards held in conjunction with Magnum photos back in September, where she was shortlisted along with 8 other young photographers between the ages of 16 and 30 competing for a dream internship with one of the world's most highly regarded photographic agencies.

Hayley's workreally stood out for its striking and arresting quality, reverence for traditional techniques and also the inspiration behind the project. Rather than risk reinterpreting her work, here's Hayley explaining it in her own words:

"These images focus on the idea of generational ambiguity, and the unavoidable effect of mass consumption (in terms of fashion) on today’s youth. As teenagers were only an ‘invention’ of the 1950s, adolescents of previous decades were far less amply catered for than today, and the minimal options in clothing made them extremely easy to categorize - for example: Hippies, Mods, Rockers, Skinheads and Punks. Caroline Evans states that Punk ‘was the last subculture that was, however briefly, oppositional’, and since then (in Britain at least) there have been no youth cultures or fashion movements with the power to define a generation. This project sets out to explore this extreme lack of visual coherence through photography, shooting a cross-section of young people in the manner of an image-based census. Mixing portraits of interesting and unusual individuals with traditional darkroom processes aims to create a strange atmosphere that shows how thanks to fast fashion and the removal of many social taboos (that prevented previous generations from expressing themselves), the young have lost the power to rebel, and drowned in nostalgia will become impossible for future generations to date.

The images are originally black and white negatives, which were hand printed using traditional darkroom processes. The colour was added later, painted on by hand, as was commonplace before the mass production of colour film in the mid 20th century."

Fantastic work from a very talented young photographer who we hope to see much more of in the future.

To see more from Hayley check out her blog and portfolio.

JOY DIVISION BY KEVIN CUMMINS - Nov 3 2010

Arguably the most important music photographer of his generation, Kevin Cummins started out documenting the bands of 1970s Manchester. His photographs contributed significantly to the rise of the city’s music scene and led to a 25 year association with NME and 10 years as their chief photographer, shooting bands such as the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Smiths and Joy Division – who, despite releasing just two albums in their short run remain one of the most revered and influential bands of all time.

Here, Cummins presents the band in full page black and white, set against the backdrop of an austere winter Manchester, along with intimate portraits of individual band members, their instruments, set lists and flyers.

Marina Aurora - Food Photography - Nov 2 2010

Food styling really seems to be taking off at the moment. We found these great looking shots on Wildfox Couture’s photo blog (full of all sorts of inspiration and eye candy).

Interesting ingredients and vibrant colours stylishly put together make for great looking photos that make us want to cook.

To see more from Marina Aurora click through to marinaaurora.com

Acne AW10 Stockholm Presentation - Nov 1 2010

Acne founder Jonny Johansson talks us through the men's and women's AW10 Acne collections at the brand's Stockholm presentation earlier in the year.

It’s another clean and cool collection with an emphasis on wearable but subtly luxurious pieces.

Both men’s and women’s AW10 Acne collections are available now at Coggles.

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