Alternative Christmas Shopping
It’s December this week, which officially means that every single event taking place in London town will be linked to Christmas. There’s no getting away from it, so here’s a few fashion-based ones for you to pop down to, get cracking with the Christmas shopping and maybe pick up a few vintage bargains for yourself [...]
121 Libreria A Tempo
A new pop-up shop in Via Savona, Milan is the hottest new place to pick up a copy of Free Style Magazine this season.
Not only does it boast an impressive selection of books on design, architecture, art, photography, fashion, illustration, cooking and gardens, as well as a dedicated children’s book area, you can also pick [...]
Goodbye Luella!
Luella Bartley made the switch from fashion journalist to fashion designer in 1999 when she presented her debut collection, brilliantly entitled ‘Daddy, I Want A Pony’. It showcased her eccentric yet modern take on classic British designs and got rave critical acclaim. Luella’s star has been on the rise ever since, her clothes are firm [...]
Get to know Lee!
Lee Jeans are 120! This and the typical Lee DNA were the inspiration for their Spring/Summer 2010 collection which they have been showing around the globe this month. Freestyle Magazine were among the lucky few to be invited to an exclusive viewing at Kauf Dich Glücklich in Berlin last Thursday.
In a delightful location (attached to [...]
Florence and the Machine – You Got the Love
Carrying on the covers theme of recent ‘7 inches of week’, this week’s is Candi Stanton’s classic You Got the Love covered by Florence and the Machine (and then remixed by The XX).
‘You Got the Love’ was originally released in ‘86 but was never a big hit; it was made famous in the early 90’s [...]
HERE / NAU / NYC
If you happen to be in New York anytime soon, do not miss this exciting environmentally conscious pop-up store opening in the middle of Soho on November 11th. Promoting sustainable business and considered design, it will feature green products from brands like Timberland, Toms, Freitag and Stewart+Brown for six weeks in a row.
Interestingly enough, the [...]
Betsy Bloomingdale and the Haute Couture
The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising of Los Angeles was the lucky recipient of a donation of over 100 Haute Couture garments from fashion pioneer Betsy Bloomingdale, and is now showcasing sixty of them in an exhibition running until December 13.
From Christian Dior to Gianfranco Ferré, Valentino to Pierre Balmain, the collection highlights the [...]
Mulberry for Apple
British fashion house Mulberry is responsible for producing the most covetable bags around and now it has added another style to the range – the computer bag, more specifically, the Apple Mac computer bag.
Apple approached Mulberry and asked them to create a collection to house their technical wares; Mulberry dutifully came up with a nine-piece [...]
Estethica Debate
Utter the phrase ‘ethical fashion’ and the general response is for people to wrinkle their nose and conjure up images of hippies in sackcloth. Ethical fashion has backed itself into a frumpy corner but Estethica – the ethical branch of the British Fashion Council – is working hard to change this.
They held a talk with [...]
Jewellery Designer Kiel Mead
Kiel Mead is a young Brooklyn based designer. Inspired by common objects like bubble gum, pieces of string or used matches he makes edgy conceptual jewellery that can certainly be defined as wearable art pieces.
And if you can’t make it to NYC any time soon, the good news is that you can buy these fantastic [...]





