Angels Are Go

Updated Friday July 13, 3.16am: Victoria's Secret Angel Miranda Kerr has confirmed that the brand's first UK store will open on July 24 at Westfield Stratford - in time for the Olympics - with the New Bond Street flagship opening "a couple of weeks later - the exact date is still a secret".
"I'd love to be in London for the opening - we passed through on the way to France for the wedding of Orlando's cousin last week, so I hope to make it back," says Kerr, who married actor Orlando Bloom in July 2010 and had a son, Flynn, in January 2011. "But these days it's complicated to work the schedules: mine, Orlando's and the baby's - and then of course all the other Angels. The only time the girls are all definitely together is the Victoria's Secret show which is booked so far in advance, but it's hard to say which of us will definitely be in London for the launch just yet."
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The best thing about being an Angel, says Kerr, is that "we are actually treated like angels - we get to work in the most beautiful places in the world, wearing the sexiest underwear in the world - and the whole team becomes like a family."
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Updated Tuesday July 10, 8.03am:  Victoria's Secret has postponed the opening of its two London stores. The US lingerie giant had planned to open a store on Bond Street and another in Stratford's Westfield Shopping Centre just in time for the Olympics' opening ceremony, but it seems that sports fans visiting the city for the event won't be able to catch a glimpse of the Angels after all.
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No date has as yet been confirmed, but a spokesperson for the label has revealed that the stores won't open during July.
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Updated Monday May 21, 8.27am: Victoria's Secret will open its first UK store, on London's Bond Street, on July 25. The following day will see the launch of the brand's Westfield Stratford store, just in time for the Olympic opening ceremony on July 27. The Angels will almost certainly be in town en masse for the launch - with even new mother Alessandra Ambrosio hoping to be there.
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"I only have a few more jobs to do before I have the baby - all editorial, no more catwalk now - and then I hope to be back in London for the opening of the Victoria's Secret store in July," Ambrosio told us earlier this year, before the birth of her baby son, Noah. "I should definitely be back for the next Victoria's Secret show - I have quite a while until then."

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Updated Friday August 19, 2011, 9.17am: Victoria's Secret is coming to the UK next summer, with a store on New Bond Street. The company, currently enjoying healthy sales in its native US, plans to open two or three new stores in the London area, before considering a nationwide expansion of "mall stores".

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"The mall-based stores will be large box units with full assortments, but they're in the UK, not the US, and we have to learn," Martyn R Redgrave, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, told WWD. "That's what we're looking to do as we expand, in the UK in particular, and those will be company-owned and operated."

The brand, who has recently launched a new sportswear collection named VSX Sexy Sport, is most famous for its catwalk show featuring its supermodel Angels - who have included Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Gisele Bundchen, Adriana Lima, Chanel Iman, Lily Donaldson, Lily Aldridge, Karolina Kurkova, Candice Swanepoel, Miranda Kerr, Doutzen Kroes, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley over the past few years

Dolce's Girl

BRIT girl Lara Mullen was one of the models chosen by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana to showcase their label's debut couture collection in Sicily earlier this week. Here, the Vogue favourite - who also walked in the Dolce & Gabbana ready-to-wear show in Milan in February - tells us her experiences of the momentous fashion event.

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"It was such a privilege to be involved in Dolce & Gabbana's couture debut, and definitely a story to tell the grandchildren."

"The clothes were exquisite; beautiful fabrics with flower detailing and hand-painted dresses. The cage skirts were probably my favourite. The show setting was incredible; it was so intimate with a live opera that added to the ambiance and the brand's Sicilian heritage."

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"It was also so nice to spend three days in Taormina, Sicily, with all of the other girls; swimming in the hotel pool until the early hours and going out for dinner. All the local people would stare and ask if we were models. To which we would reply 'no'."

Lara Mullen is represented by Premier Models.

YOU SHOULD SEE: Lara Mullen on the Dolce & Gabbana catwalk...

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Angels On Hold

Victoria's Secret has postponed the opening of its two London stores. The US lingerie giant had planned to open a store on Bond Street and another in Stratford's Westfield Shopping Centre just in time for the Olympics' opening ceremony, but it seems that sp

orts fans visiting the city for the event won't be able to catch a glimpse of the Angels after all.
SEE THE LATEST VICTORIA'S SECRET SHOW
No date has as yet been confirmed, but a spokesperson for the label has revealed that the stores won't open during July.
SEE VICTORIA'S SECRET ANGELS IN VOGUE

Updated Monday May 21, 8.27am: Victoria's Secret will open its first UK store, on London's Bond Street, on July 25. The following day will see the launch of the brand's Westfield Stratford store, just in time for the Olympic opening ceremony on July 27. The Angels will almost certainly be in town en masse for the launch - with even new mother Alessandra Ambrosio hoping to be there. 

SEE THE LATEST VICTORIA'S SECRET SHOW

"I only have a few more jobs to do before I have the baby - all editorial, no more catwalk now - and then I hope to be back in London for the opening of the Victoria's Secret store in July," Ambrosio told us earlier this year, before the birth of her baby son, Noah. "I should definitely be back for the next Victoria's Secret show - I have quite a while until then."

SEE VICTORIA'S SECRET ANGELS IN VOGUE

Updated Friday August 19, 2011, 9.17am: Victoria's Secret is coming to the UK next summer, with a store on New Bond Street. The company, currently enjoying healthy sales in its native US, plans to open two or three new stores in the London area, before considering a nationwide expansion of "mall stores".
SEE THE LATEST SHOW HERE

"The mall-based stores will be large box units with full assortments, but they're in the UK, not the US, and we have to learn," Martyn R Redgrave, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, told WWD. "That's what we're looking to do as we expand, in the UK in particular, and those will be company-owned and operated."

The brand, who has recently launched a new sportswear collection named VSX Sexy Sport, is most famous for its catwalk show featuring its supermodel Angels - who have included Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Gisele Bundchen, Adriana Lima, Chanel Iman, Lily Donaldson, Lily Aldridge, Karolina Kurkova, Candice Swanepoel, Miranda Kerr, Doutzen Kroes, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley over the past few years.

Karl In London

KARL LAGERFELD will celebrate the opening of Selfridges' new dedicated space of his signature brand - the second collection from his Karl line, launched this year - by attending the launch in person on July 24. The legendary designer will host a private cocktail party in honour of the event.
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As well as the Karl launch, the store will debut the Chanel creative director's new premium line, Karl Lagerfeld Paris Man, and will also host a womenswear pop-up store housing an Olympic-themed collection of apparel and accessories named Team Karl. The range will feature his recent collaboration with London-based company I Love Dust - a selection of limited edition T-shirts.

Vuitton And Kusama

Ella Alexander

09 July 2012

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LOUIS VUITTON has finally unveiled its Yayoi Kusama collection in its entirety, ahead of its store landing date tomorrow, and we have it here to show you.

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Bold, playful and not for the faint-hearted, the offering features the artist's signature bold spots - which cover every item, from bags to dresses. The range is the house's most significant artist collaboration since it teamed up with Steven Sprouse in 2001 to create his now-iconic graffiti bags. Highlights from the Kusama collection include a yellow drop-waisted dress with a frill skirt; cropped trousers in red and black; classic trench coats, given a surreal twist with the artist's vibrant spots; and silk scarves - which offer a more subtle way to buy into the collection.

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Louis Vuitton creative director Marc Jacobs first met 83-year-old Kusama in 2006 and became enraptured by her "endless energy" and her ability to create, through her work, a " world that never ends".

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YOU SHOULD SEE: What Jacobs thinks of the collection...

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An Olympic Opening

OPENING CEREMONY has revealed its new collection in collaboration with Adidas Originals, created in celebration of the London 2012 Olympics - which starts on July 27.

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One of the most stylish Olympic-inspired collections that we've seen to date, the range offers a sporty twist on the New York-based label's urban, fresh, youthful signature aesthetic. Highlights include neoprene dresses and skirts covered in vibrant prints (as pictured left); bandeau bikinis with knotted detailing; zip-through, sleeveless jackets and and hi-tops with hidden wedges.

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The range will be available from the brand's pop-up store, which opens in Covent Garden on July 19.
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YOU SHOULD SEE: The best Olympic fashion campaigns...
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The August Issue

VOGUE pays homage to autumn/winter 2012-13's key trends in its August issue and, more specifically, the return of the trouser suit - a look seen on the catwalks of Haider Ackermann, Stella McCartney and Giorgio Armani. But, if you still aren't swayed, the Vogue View supplement provides a veritable feast of new season inspiration - from the oversized silhouette to the colour to be seen in (purple in case you were wondering).
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Trends aside, Emma Stone makes her Vogue cover debut and talks to Alexa Chung about sex scenes, suffering from anxiety and the problems with fame. Fellow actor Gary Oldman opens up to Guy Adams about his "kitchen-acting" and why Christopher's Nolan's new Batman film will be truly unmissable, while Vogue fashion director Lucinda Chambers recalls her life in fashion - from making "hideous" jewellery in her bedroom to working with Mario Testino, Kate Moss and Cindy Crawford.
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Kathleen Baird-Murray finds out why more and more French women are moving to London, while Vogue deputy editor Emily Sheffield meets cosmetic heiress Aerin Lauder to talk about her new lifestyle brand, proving herself and her famous late grandmother.
YOU SHOULD SEE: Emma Stone's style evolution...
YOU SHOULD SEE: Next season's key trends...