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Category Archives: Fashion History

Great Gatsby Guide

Great Gatsby Guide   If you haven’t heard all the buzz about The Great Gatsby, you must have been in hibernation. From kicking off the Cannes Film Festival to being the theme at this years British Soap Awards, The Gatsby is set to stick around!   The 20′s style is already making it’s way to the red carpets and is … Continue reading

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World Of Armani..

The World of Armani Arrives at Psyche!   The world of Armani opens exclusively at Psyche tomorrow. From 9am in our Middlesbrough flagship store the Armani collections will be on display to browse at your leisure.   The Giorgio Armani group is one of the biggest and foremost luxury fashion brands in the world today. Designing, manufacturing and distributing to … Continue reading

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Arts & Culture: Living Fashion

  Living Fashion: Women’s Daily Wear 1750-1950 .   Women’s Daily Wear (WDW) Exhibition is showcasing in Antwerp’s Mode Museum exploring the changes in fashion due to economic, social and industrial changes over 200 years between 1750-1950. Running from Wednesday 21st March – Sunday 12th August 2012.   The displays represent the middle-class fashion impact on European women categorised by … Continue reading

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Tuxe Luxe

The womens tuxedo has become an alternative to a dress for years. Thanks go to designer Yves Saint Laurent and photographer Helmut Newton back in the 1960′s for the creation of ‘le smoking’, giving the tuxedo a spotlight amongst a sea of dresses and lady-like styles. The photograph places a young women in a Parisian back street wearing black high … Continue reading

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Nautical- A History & How to

‘Nautical’ is not an every-year trend, but it is a style that appears each spring/summer and holds timeless elegance for both men and women. This love of sailor style originates back to the 19th century when Queen Elizabeth dressed her four year old son, Albert Edward, in a sailor suit to wear aboard the Royal Yacht. Since that viewing, it … Continue reading

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Farah Vintage Autmum/Winter ’11 Menswear

Coming to Psyche this Autumn is Farah Vintage’s menswear collection. Launched in the 1920′s, it wasn’t until the 70′s that it became a huge success in Britain. Adopted by the youth sub cultures Mods and Skins, Farah Vintage had become one of the top selling trouser brands in the UK loved for their stain resistant technology unlike anything Britain had … Continue reading

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Shoe of the Summer

Whether it’s at a festival, down on the beach or on the high street everywhere you look people are sporting espadrilles, but were you aware of their history and how the fashionably sought after item was once just a humble peasant shoe? Originating from the Pyrenees it is believed that espadrilles have been made and worn since the early 14th century. … Continue reading

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