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July 25, 2006

FeedMeCoolS**t.com Blog

Fashion And a Nice Breakfast. I am going to London next weekend to visit TBC and MARGIN fashions shows... Once again I shall visit Taylor's of Old Bond Street (actually in Jermyn Street) to pick up my gentlemans' toiletries and then pop along to Fortnum's for a late breakfast! So I will arrive at both shows full of bacon and eggs, and smelling like a 1920's gent 'dontcha no... say what?' (I might even wear spats). Should you see me at the shows, say hello and I may be so kind as to place you on the gentleman's daily FMCS.
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Menswear Buyer Magazine

July 7, 2006

Menswear Buyer
Margin Preview

AFTER MOVING TO A LARGER VENUE FOR THE LAST SHOW, THIS SUMMER MARGIN IS ATTRACTING A HOST OF NEW NAMES ALONGSIDE ITS REGULAR EXHIBITORS. MWBDIVERSION TAKES A LOOK AT A FEW OF THE BRANDS TO SEE THERE. F-RISK - F-risk's S/S 07 collection features jeans, trousers, shirts and jackets in all-natural linenes, cottons, denims and jerseys. Traditional Bristish tones and prints, with an urban twist, feature in the collection. Jeans and trousers wholesale from £60, shirts from £40 and jacketws from £75. ANON CLOTHING - The brand started by selling its T-shirts at the UK's summer music festivals in 2002 and will be showing its t-shirt line at Margin, with its vintage washed t-shirt in six original colours set to be popular. BEAUTIFUL EGO - Beautiful Ego launches its first collection, BEgin, at Margin. It is made up of T-shirts, sweats and polo shirts, as well as denims, and the founder and creator G. Franc hopes the show will increase brand awareness and introduce potential stockists. BLOCK HEADWEAR - Block Headwear is launching a limited edition range of men's bags at Margin and showing its scarf collection. The S/S 07 range is inspired by brach styling being brought to the city streets and the brand hopes to develop in the European and the UK markets. SEVENTYSEVEN - The brand's S/S 07 collection sees a range of directional pieces including T-shirts, Polo shirts, hoodies, kints, jackets and denim with the inspiration from the collection drawn from military themes and cult isoc graphics. UBIQUITY - Ubiquity started in 1991 as an independent record label in San Francisco. The label became notorious with big DJ names worldwide such as DJ Shadow and the Beastie Boys and, as the label's popularity grew, the clothing arm of the business was born. It started producing its T-shirt line in 1995 and this season sees the launch of new designs with musical tones. WEEKEND ROCKSTAR - In response to the inflitration of rock t-shirts on the market, Weekend Rockstar will be showing its line of distressed T-shirts and sweats with bold graphics and humour. The graphics for S/S 07 have been created by artists from illustrative magazine Le Gun. YAMAMA - With a flagship store in Brighton as well as being stockist in Sugarhill in Barcelona and Biscuit in Madrid, Yamama is showing its S/S 07 line fused with pieces from its a/w 06 collection at Margin. ISIS CASHMERE - Sultan Ansari and Naseem Akhtar launched printed cashmere label Isis Cashmere in A/W 05. This is the first time the brand has shown at Margin and it aims to open more accounts, with a focus on the overseas market. It is already available in high end independents in the UK including Cruise in Glasgow and Potassium in Marble Arch. CROSSFADER - Crossfader originated from a love of hip hop, skating and snowboarding and will be showing its range of swearshirts and hoodies at Margin, littered with bold design and vibrant graphics. SP:UK - SP:UK has a successful show last time out and this time is showing its a/w 06 collection comprising tees, hoodies and sweatshirts, each donning intricate design patterns. Ten artists feature in the collection promoting the brand's original remit of supporting independent artists. SP:UK currently has standalone stores in London and Bristol and a further 30 UK accounts. It hopes to use Margin to source other brands for its stores as well as potential stockists. UZI - US T-shirt brand Uzi is showing at Margin for the first time - its first ever show outside its home country. Fusing punk imagery with new inclusions taking inspiration from blow-up dolls, Japanese bondage scenes and gigantic patterns, the brand has a good following in Japan and its home city of New York, and hopes to increase its presence in the UK as a result of the show.

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Menswear Buyer Magazine

July 3, 2006

Menswear Buyer MWB
Feature on the London Store
and Buyers at Bread & Honey

When frenchman Laurent Roure - former Bond international manager and current Margin trade show consultant - opened his own retail store in East London two years ago, he got out a book on cockney rhyming slang to find a name for it. Tom Bottomley talks taking money with the owner of Bread & Honey. His friend Odysseas was setting up the Margin trade show with the idea to promote and show new designers, brands and labels and make it *dynamic and affordable to do.* Having been approached by a lot of new street brands during his time at Bond, Roure was asked to join Odysseas to help him build up the reputation of the show. *It's very exciting to be able to help the new kids in the business and to discover new talents,* Roure comments. *Some of them have grown with the show and are now recognised brands - like Supreme Being and Lazy Oaf. It's also useful for keeping in touch with styles and trends and for talking to other retailers and gauging what's going on in the market.* Initially full-time on Margin, Roure now works on it part-time as a consultant, as well as bringing in new brands for Odysseas' new concept spaceshowroom.com - a showroom on the internet which is *the next big venture.* Roure has already signed up Rushmoor, J shoes and Revolver Jeans among others for the concept.

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Drapers News

July 2, 2006

Drapers News

Online registration now open for Margin. Directional trade show Margin has introduced online pre-registration. Buyers can register at www.margin.tv/register for this summer's show which takes place at the Royal Horticultural Halls, Vincent Square, London SW1 on July 30-31.

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Drapers July 2006

July 2, 2006

Drapers Show Guide

July 30-31 MARGIN Royal Horticultural Halls, Elverton Street, London SW1 www.margin.tv STREETWEAR Product: a mix of graphic print T-shirts, edgy streetwear and directional tailoring. Who Goes: independents looking for quirky brands to supplement their main collections. Anything Else: Margin has now bought www.spaceshowroom.com allowing its exhibitors to show their ranges online throughout the year.

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Sport & Street

July 2, 2006

Sport & Street

NEVER STAND STILL How things are changing in London. Margin moved to a much better location and went on a shopping spree acquiring four existing showcase websites to assist brands, buyers and press throughout the season. I liked Kulte, Reflective Circle, Supreme Being, Concrete Hermit.

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Drapers News

June 27, 2006

Drapers News

Margin Lures overseas talent for next edition. A host of international fashion brands will make their UK debut at Margin this month. Five Finnish labels have chosen the streetwear show for their first UK appearance. These include women's streetwear brands Annukka Takala, Keto and Zukale & Huoviala. Directional womenswear label Tiia Vanhatapio and its sister kidswear brand Quelle Jolie Bebe will also be exhibiting. Japanese menswear label Agent Knock Peacefull is another new addition to the show, selling denim, tailoring and knitwear. The brand was selected by Margin to join the event as part of an exchange programme with International Fashion Fair (IFF) Tokyo. In return, Margin exhibitor Girlgang - a London-based women's streetwear brand - will show at IFF Tokyo, which takes place on July 19-21. Margin has doubled in size for its July edition and will now cover 9,000sq ft. Show organiser Odysseas said he had already signed up 80 exhibitors and he expected this to increase to 100 in the few weeks leading up to the show. Brands at the event will include Lost Property, Ubiquity, Block Headwear and Punkyfish. Margin takes place on July 30-31 at the Royal Horticultural Halls, London SW1. Visitors can pre-register for the show at www.margin.tv

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FeedmeCools**t.com + Blog

June 26, 2006

FeedMeCoolS**t.com Blog

Organised by leading Japanese fashion industry publisher Senken Shimbun, the International Fashion Fair (IFF) is one of the largest trade exhibitions in Japan. Directonal London-based womenswear label Girlgang who is exhibiting at Margin London in July 2006 has been selected by the IFF committee to exhibit free of charge in the directional hall called Creators Village. By return, Japanese label Agent Knock from the Creator's Village at IFF Tokyo has been selected by Margin to exhibit their unique range of mens denim, tailoring and knitwear in London. Both Girlgang and Agent Knock are showing exclusively outside of Tokyo at Margin London. 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. The IFF is collaborating only with CPH Vision (Copenhagen), Rookies (Stockholm), Upside (Milan), and exclusively Margin from London. Margin London takes place on the: 30th & 31st July 2006 with the IFF Tokyo taking place from the: 19th to the 21st July 2006
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Girlgang and Agent Knock swap territories.

June 15, 2006

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 trade exhibitions in Japan. Directonal London-based womenswear label Girlgang who is exhibiting at Margin London in July 2006 has been selected by the IFF committee to exhibit free of charge in the directional hall called “Creators Village“.

By return, Japanese label Agent Knock from the Creator’s Village at IFF Tokyo has been selected by Margin to exhibit their unique range of mens denim, tailoring and knitwear in London.

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.

The IFF is collaborating only with CPH Vision (Copenhagen), Rookies (Stockholm), Upside (Milan), and exclusively Margin from London.

Margin London takes place on the: 30th & 31st July 2006

with the IFF Tokyo taking place from the: 19th to the 21st July 2006

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Exhibitor Preview + Isis Cashmere

June 14, 2006

Isis Cashmere
Isis Cashmere
Using outstanding quality fine gauge and superfine gauge 100% cashmere, the collection offers quirky designs based on original English and Japanese prints and tattoos. Each sweater is hand printed to a very high standard in England, with prints placed on various parts of the sweater.

Isis Cashmere offers a bespoke service for private label buyers in 100% cashmere, cashmere/wool blends as well as super luxe cashmere/silk. The service includes garment design as well as print design to create exclusive pieces for multiples as well as independent stores.

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