UK former first lady Samantha Cameron launches fashion line

November 30, 2016 By admin

Nearly five months after leaving Downing Street, Britain's former first lady Samantha Cameron has launched a fashion label — revealed, naturally, in British Vogue magazine. The 45-year-old wife of former Conservative prime minister David Cameron won many fans for her smart but modern style during his six years in office, drawing comparisons with US first lady Michelle Obama. Art school educated, Cameron was formerly the creative director of luxury leather goods and stationery firm Smythson, where she remains a creative consultant, and has also been studying pattern-cutting.

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Gap goes street for latest RED collection

November 30, 2016 By creative

Gap has recruited an army of street artists for its latest fashion collaboration with RED. The US brand has launched a collection of its ‘utility jackets', revisited by six global female artists, to mark World AIDS Day on December 1. The unisex collection features a patchwork flower design by Olek, a Polish-born street artist specializing in crocheting, and a more urban, street-style offering from Japanese creative Shiro.

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Eagle gift from Reagan fetches top price in Thatcher sale

December 16, 2015 By admin

A gift from former U.S. President Ronald Reagan fetched top price in a sale of ex British prime minister Margaret Thatcher's personal possessions which raised more than 3 million pounds ($4.5 million) overall, auctioneer Christie's said. Reagan's gift to Thatcher of an American bald eagle figure fetched the highest sum, 266,500 pounds, and was sold to an online buyer. Known as the “Iron Lady”, Thatcher was Britain's longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century.

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