Exhibitor Preview + IFF Tokyo + Vacant
| VACANT Stand T-32 + West Hall + TERROIR + Big Sight + | |||
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As well as returning to exhibit at Margin in February 2008, Brighton label Vacant, along with their sister label Pretty Vacant, were selected by Terroir to bring their music influenced range to Tokyo in January 08. Initially inspired by the Sex Pistols, Vacant adopted the Rat as their logo to represent the urban aspect of their range of mens and womens tops and knitwear. Vacant is proud to boast that the design and production of the garments are of UK origin, working closely with UK manufacturing to ensure the label remains resolutely cool Britannia. Vacant has a vintage-style range of Dennis the Menace garments under license from The Beano and has newly added a range of Bazooka Joe clothing. |
Margin London x IFF Tokyo Exchange Results
Margin is pleased to announce the results of the exchange programme with International Fashion Fair Tokyo +Organised by leading Japanese fashion industry publisher Senken Shimbun, the International Fashion Fair (IFF) is one of the largest fashion trade exhibitions in Japan.British brands Vacant and Reveller Clothing Co who are exhibiting at Margin London in February 2008 have been selected by the IFF committee to exhibit free of charge at the IFF Tokyo show in the directional hall called “Terroir” for international brands +By return Japanese labels Cyrhyme and Toumei-Manila have been selected by Margin to exhibit their unique ranges of reworked menswear and directional womenswear respectively in the 101 area for new labels at Margin London.
Below are previews of all four labels taking part in the exchange programme with details of where they will be exhibiting at both Margin London and IFF / Terroir Tokyo.
Senken Shimbun have regularly visited to report on Margin since the shows started in 2002 and selected Margin as the only UK event to take part in the exchange programme based on the directional offering of labels.
Margin London takes place on the
10th 11th & 12th February 2008 with the
IFF Tokyo / Terroir exhibition taking place from the
23rd to the 25th January 2008.
Relevant Links +
www.margin.tv
www.senken.co.jp/exhibition
Exhibitor Preview + GILD + Punky Pins
| PUNKY PINS Exhibiting in GILD at Margin |
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Punky Pins made their successful trade show debut at Margin in August 2007 and will be returning to GILD in February 2008 to showcase their new range of colourful handmade jewellery and accessories. Punky Pins are rapidly creating a name for themselves within the fashion industry and further afield, with celebrities such as Peaches Geldof and Kelly Osbourne being huge fans. They have also been featured in high profile titles such as Glamour, Grazia, the Mirror, and Heat. Strongly influenced by Japanese street fashions and bold pop art prints, Punky Pins will be exhibiting their new lines of jewellery at GILD in Margin including the Comic Book badges and necklaces pictured here. |
Exhibitor Preview + GILD + Prod
| PRODGlobal Trade Show Debut in GILD at Margin |
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Making their international trade show debut, Prod Leather will be showcasing their array of one-off hand screenprinted leather belts and accessories in GILD at Margin London.
With a background in graphic design and illustration, Prod create original designs and through their signature multi-layering screenprint process each item becomes an individual. In addition to their belts for men and women, the range includes wristcuffs, badges, cufflinks and earrings, all of which are hand-made from high quality materials. |
Exhibitor Preview + GILD + Cyclus
| CYCLUS Making their UK debut at GILD in Margin |
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Cyclus is a range of bags, accessories and footwear with a conscience. Distributed in the UK by Brandnativa, the Cyclus collection takes some of the millions of inner tubes that are otherwise dumped or burnt each year to recycle them into mens and womens bags, laptop bags, belts, wallets, and footwear including mens sneakers through to womens heels. Having spent time in Colombia and recognising the value of the eco-friendly products being produced there, Brandnativa returned to the UK determined to promote Colombian products. With their ethical range of recycled accessories, Cyclus will be exhibiting on the cusp of GILD, the accessores area at Margin, and TraidFare, the new area at Margin for eco-aware brands. |
Exhibitor Preview + GILD + Pik & Pokket
| PIK & POKKET Global debut in GILD at Margin |
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Making their international debut at GILD in Margin, new accessories brand Pik & Pokket aims to inject some fun, colour and visual interest into mens leather wallets. Finally a brand takes on the humble leather wallet in the same way t-shirts and caps have been treated for decades and applies a mixture of screenprinted and embossed designs. Taking inspiration from street & pop culture, music and film, the collection comprises a range of graphic mens cowhide leather tri-fold wallets each containing ID window, plenty of card slots, notes section & snap closure coin pocket. Pik and Pokket will be exhibiting their new range exclusively in GILD at Margin. |
Exhibitor Preview + GILD + Esska
| ESSKA Exhibiting in GILD at Margin London |
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Exhibiting in GILD at Margin, Esska is a new casual footwear brand making unique, high quality, and comfortable ladies footwear. Souraya Karami, the designer behind Esska, originally trained and worked as an architect before studying footwear design at the renowned Cordwainers in London. It was not only her passion for shoes that led Karami to this shift in career, but mainly the fact that she and her friends could not find the shoes they liked. Shoes that are comfortable, beautiful, feminine and not over-designed. Shoes they could wear day and night. Karami’s style is clear and unique: No embellishments, no clutter, no stilettos. The collection is created from organic silhouettes, clean lines, and dominant shapes. |
Exhibitor Preview + GILD + Zillion
| ZILLION UK Exhibition Debut in GILD at Margin |
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Zillion will be making their UK debut in February 2008 with their range of streetwear accessories inspired by old-school Japanese Kimono fabrics. French designer David Guarino found a way to revive old Japanese traditions with a stylish streetwear twist. His brand Zillion has your usual urban apparel required items + caps, hoodies, belts, laces + but all in either colourful or minimal Kimono patterns. Whilst traditional, the rediscovered textiles become strikingly modern and desirably wearable in their new context as streetwear accessories. With ethical manufacturing in Japan, caps and belts come in their own collectable wooden box. |
Exhibitor Preview + GILD + Mimoco
| MIMOCO Exhibiting in GILD at Margin |
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Mimoco made their successful European debut at Margin in August 2007 and will return to the accessories area GILD in February 2008. Mimoco have expanded their range, with recent releases including Star Wars, Halo, the web cult hit Happy Tree Friends, and Artist Series crossovers with graffiti artists, and cool hunter Josh Spear. Each series are limited-editions and contain preloaded digital content, such as screensavers, animations, and digital magazine, mimoZine. Available in 512MB to 4GB capacities (Mac and Windows compatible) Mimoco will be showcasing their new lines of mimobot Designer USB Flash Drives which fuse the usefulness of USB memory keys with the style & design of the Art Toy world. |
International Herald Tribune
International Herald Tribune
Shopping with a conscience: debates and displays +
Ethically sourced street gear will hit the catwalks during London
Fashion Week. From Feb. 10 to Feb. 13, the Vinyl Factory Gallery in
Soho will play host to the Margin exhibition, TraidFare, showcasing
fair-trade and organic clothing. www.TraidFare.com
