THE COVETED MAG

Bye then!

It's been a while, but we used to be regular users of Fashionspace which was an online showroom for new designers, as well as a swapshop for vintage, designer and second hand high street clothing. A cooler, slicker eBay if you will, purely for fashion and beauty items...not a knocked off mobile phone or imaginery ipod in sight! It also had a facebook-style profile feature where you could add friends, leave comments and upload images.

 

During our daily online search for Scottish designers and shops, we decided to search their database of thousands of members, ony to find, shock horror, that the site is no longer active. They didn't even bother to get in touch. Did our relationship mean nothing to them???

After we wiped away our tears, we realised that this may be an opportunity for the people behind Worn it Once who developed a similar concept that has, as yet, not experienced the success of the now defunct fashionspace. Founded by Emily Black, a fashion graduate from Glasgow wornitonce.com could be more user-friendly if it had a search function, seller profiles and a blog. Like fashionspace, they could also offer free listings for three months. This would definitely raise awareness and build up their member list. Aesthetically, the site needs updated, as the grainy imagery resembles something out of a fashion mag circa 1992.

So much potential, especially since eBay hiked up their seller fees to astronomical heights and let a monkey dictate the search results.

Are you an E-con?

During our recent interview/chat/humiliation on BBC Radio Scotland, we were asked what fashion blogs are the bestest. Naturally I mentioned Kingdom of Style as a blog obsession and it looks like The Guardian agree. Their Top Ten Fashion Blogging E-cons of 2009 contained some of our favourite blogs like Style Bubble and Cherry Blossom Girl and some (new-to-us) blogs like Atlantis Home and Obsessive Wardrobe Change Disorder. Of course the obligatory mention of Fashion Toast (a girl who seems to wander the streets with a look of permanent confusion on her face, apparently in desperate need of directions or at the very least, a map) was in there too.

Yup.

 

FASHION TOAST

 

CHERRY BLOSSOM GIRL

 

ATLANTIS HOME

It's getting cold out.

Thanks to a message from Emily at Magpie Market that takes place in Edinburgh on 6th December, I found Isobel and Cleo. Charlotte Hess, a textile student from Glasgow School of Art in Glasgow is a talented knitwear designer. You can read a fabby little e-interview with Charlotte over on the Liam Makes Blog.

Check oot these tasty yarns:

 

 

 

 

 

Isobel and Cleo will be at Magpie Market:

Etsy Gift Guide #2: The Lindstrom Effect/The Dandelion Project

While searching for illustrators for the January issue of The Coveted, I stumbled across The Lindstrom Effect, formerly known as The Dandelion Project, a design house based in Edinburgh. Multi talented Iain and Vala are illustrators, photographers and designers. Check out their limited edition prints available to buy here.

 

 

Immaculate Conception

The Coveted Mag simply cannot wait for the Go Reborn Pop Up Shop in Princes Mall, Edinburgh.

Behind this great idea are the good people of Godiva Boutique who, like us, are champions of Scottish talent and local design.

Go them!

Etsy Gift Guide #1: NELFIN

Searching Etsy for our Xmas Gift Guide is a lot of fun, especially when you stumble upon a new designer whose work instantly appeals to you. NELFIN incorporates Harris Tweed and vintage kimono silk into her fantastic designs. We only wish that her product images had more sleek consistency to them.  She had some other lovely pieces, but the photos simply did not do them justice.

 

 

 

Reunited and it feels so good.

As a student at Cali Uni, I always made sure to read the student magazine Re:union and contributed to it a few times over the years. The cover of the current issue is fab, featuring one of our favourite women here at The Coveted, Florence Welch from Florence & The Machine. Check oot that gold cape! They even bagged an interview with the lady herself. Jealous? Us? Yes. Very jealous.

Read the entire issue here.

Have a (goosey goosey) gander at this.

Grazia Magazine's Style Hunter Awards inspired blogger and illustrator Genya Yodko AKA Stylish Goose to recreate their looks in her own gorgeous handiwork.

Here Glasgow's Nicola and Edinburgh's Genia get the Stylish Goose treatment:

 

Have a look at all the Scottish entries and see if you can spot Genya's muses...

Glasgow

 

 

 

 

Edinburgh

 

 

 

 

numero uno?

I had tweeted about a new boutique in my hometown Milngavie called No 1 a couple of days ago. This is a big deal. Milngavie is not known for it's decent clothes shops. Other than Supermarket clothing ranges, and old lady clothing stores, it doesn't have much to offer.

After I finished at the BBC (still in shock...I really need a day for the dust to settle after what was an explosive interview before I go into much detail :P) I went in for a wee look around and found it quite wag-ish...tight body con dresses, slogan sparkly tees and flock wallpaper. However, I found a fab slouchy black, almost sheer baggy t shirt dress with large black beads all over the front, very similar to my Christopher Kane for Topshop white tee and rewarded myself for not swearing live on air by buying it.

It was a bargain at £25! However, the difference in quality between this and my more expensive CK tee is already noticeable, as I think I may have to reinforce the stitching on some of the beads before I wear it.

Two smallish complaints about the store, although having spoken to the owner, it just opened on Thursday, so we should probably cut the poor woman some slack. Regardless of this, most of the clothing seemed to stop at a uk size 12 which was a bit off putting and there was not a sniff of Scottish talent.

Perhaps this is something that may change in the future though.

Nervousness killed the radio star.

The Editor of The Coveted Mag, Sarah, will be on BBC Radio Scotland tomorrow (Tuesday 17th November) at 11am discussing fashion blogging and The Scottish Fashion Industry.

*eek*