Venus Chen

When we speak of "Untold Designers", designers who the
world has yet to
discover. We can't help but go crazy for this designer.
The quality of her works
speaks for itself. Yet undiscovered her CV speaks great
things for her. Having
designed a dress worn by Leona Lewis at
the Beijing Olympics.

The care she puts into every designer she does makes
Venus Chen a designer to
look out for. A recent graduate from
London College of Fashion, Venus is seems
set to take the Fashion world by storm.

Her label VC, focuses mainly on Womenswear,
ranging from clothing to handmade
Bag, making it a label worth investing is.
My colourful shoes sees big things
installed for the label and designer.

Now if she only did shoes..................

My colourful shoes, we are Fashion

Samatha Cole London

There are a few designers in life worth knowing. And some whose work who fall utterly inlove with. Suffice to say Samantha Cole, the brilliant mind behind the now internationally known brand. She made a lot of moves this year, been featured in a couple of magazines.

SCL as brand is growing everyday and is followers are increasing. My Colourful Shoes has been a proud follower of her work. And at one stage was engaged to be married to one of pieces, but the wedding was called off due to irreconcible differences.

SCL currently has a high street fashion label entitled Love Cole and a diffusion label called Cole Gallery. But which a available online from various boutiqueMy Colourful Shoes sees big things instored for SCL and can't wait for the Flagship store in Mayfair to be open.

Rhoda's Fashion

The creative mind behind this amazing Fashion label is no stranger to My Colourful Shoes. The truth is that we've know her for years and aren't we glad that she has finally given birth to this awe inspiring Fashion label.

Elizabeth Folayan is Fashion Designer/ Stylist with an eye for making women look stunning. My Colourful Shoes had the privilege of viewing latest collection and let say this label should be re-named Rhoda has Fashion. Every piece in this collection screamed have me. And suffice to say that would we did. We got couldn't resist the chance of asking to borrowing pieces from this collection for our next shoot.

We see a bright future for this label. An possible a boutique called Rhoda's Fashion maybe.. Who Knows.

Najlaa Jabri

There is no cute about the work of this designer. She is her has been describe by many as cute and precious. But this LCF graduate creates with pieces with great attention to detail. And I am spending an entire day with her it is safe to say that Najlaa Jabri is truly and exceptional designer.

She is also a great advocate for using Fair Trade products. All of her design eco-friendly and 100%. She practice was she believes and her collection speaks this of her.

Watch out for an interview coming soon.

String NO

Lately all I have been seeing, is a lot of people wearing this "String Vest" and they think that they are cool. My Colourful Shoes was at this year's Afro Hair and Beauty Show and we saw not one but two people wearing this string style vest. Now from the back they looked well put together. In fact one of them had a very stylish jacket one that went well with her jeans. And My Colourful Shoes thought it was hott but then when she turned round, revealing this hideous monstrosity of a vest. My Colourful Shoes quickly switch our opinion from hott to NOTTTT. People this string vest can only work if you do it like this. See picture below for reference.

Coming soon...... My Colourful Shoes View on UGG and Sweatpants.

BARÜCH ME

The word means BAR.UCH (ber′ək, bə ro̵̅o̅k′) means 1 of 2 things:

The first is Etymology: Hebrew Literature: 'blessed'.

And the second is a Fashion Label by Angela Knowles

Angela is typical known those around as Angela “BARÜCH” Knowles or simple just BARÜCH. Whatever name you use to call her by, one thing you will come to recognise ,as we at My Colourful Shoes have, is that Angela is blessed with creative and Talent. Having never studied in a fashion school, Angela collections are elegant and beautiful. She is slowly craving a name for herself in the fashion industry have been in this year’s Untold LFW in only her first year of been a designer.

The concept of BARÜCH is to produce a limited number of capsule collections which are released each year. Each collection houses no more than 10 pieces and draws on different eras for inspiration. The items are handcrafted from carefully selected fabrics with an emphasis on fit as well as detailed finishing.

After every Fashion Show, hordes of people are constantly asking where they can purchase one of her garments.

The Fashion World needs to Stand Up and take notice of this Designer as she is here to stay. So ladies it’s time to start making some extra room in your wardrobes.

Get the BARÜCH style in your Life.

Bridal is Kosibah

Every woman wants to look a like a vision Elegance and beauty on her wedding day. I don't know one who doesn't want to have the "Wedding Dress" of their dreams. What I do know are the women who are queuing up to be draped Kosibah Creation on their wedding date.

The mastermind behind this beautiful fashion label that is the desire of every soon to be bride is non other than award winning designer Yemi Osunkoya. Yemi established the Kosibah Creations label in London in 1991 and named the company in honour of his mother. The name Cosiba comes from the Republic of Benin and is the day name of a female child born on a Sunday.

He has dressed many of celebrities from Kelly Rowland to Alesha Dixon. His clientele is worldwide, spanning from Nigeria to USA.

When he creates a wedding gown, he creates something that is designed to enhance the female body, to bring the beauty in her and make her shine.

Yemi Osunkoya is truly an amazing designer and someone My Colour shoes is proud to say we know and have worked with in the past and hopefully the forthcoming future. He will forever receive 2 massive thumbs up for his amazing, breathtaking creations.

Bridal is Kosibah

Tweed is Back

Now when I mention Tweed to some people, they think of old school, stuffy, uptight old people. They think of tweed as been outdated and with no place in today's fashion. But Tweed is making a revival now. It's this year's AW fabric of choice.

Tweed suits for women was first introduce by the Coco Chanel in the late 1950, she was criticised for going against the norm. But nearly 50 yrs on and tweed is back in vogue.

Tweed is Fashion.

Bite My Style

Three words "Bite My Style" and no this is not a curse but the latest fashion label out of Croatia by designer/stylist Zoran Aragović. He describes his fashion as chaotic mixture that incorporates different styles, materials, colours, patterns and as such creates a unique pret a porter BiteMyStyle collection!

I had the pleasure of meeting him yesterday at the Alternative Fashion Week. When I saw the name of his label, I turn to my designer friend and said to her that it was HOTT! Not only the name of the label but the clothes too. He does everything from dresses, skirts to bag. His work is for want of a better word "Unique".

When asked what the motivation/inspiration behind his label was. He said "... there are many designers trying to make their own individual style stand out, the competition is fierce so the most important thing today is to BE DIFFERENT, to be yourself - not the imitation." One thing about his label is that it's not created with a particular type of woman in mind. It is for anyone who wants to be creative and not afraid of being an individual.

So ladies if you what something a little different this year for your ward robe, "bite" his style and check out this website (www.bitemystyle.com.hr).

My Colourful Shoes is saying to all you beauties out there “Bite My Style”. Stay tuned for more

My Shoes

Many of you, by now are probably wondering where I got my funky fresh shoes from. There is only one place to go for my fresh kicks and no it is not TK Maxx. It's from www.yettyd.com. Go there and not only will you find funky fresh kicks like mine but also tons of other amazing pieces from Tees to Shorts. And for the ladies Dresses that would make any man's head turn.

Yetty D Designs is a label formed by Yetunde Ogunnubi, a multi-talented young designer who is also a conceptual artist. She has a flare for creating pieces that awe inspirational and stylish. If you haven't heard of Yetty D Designs yet, then it is time you got to know.

Been in the Fashion Loop

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True Men Have Style

I am sick and tired of the myth that men can 'tdress and if you are a stylish man that you have to be gay or something like that. Well I for one do not agree with that notion. I know plenty of stylish men out there that are not gay and have what I have nicely termed as "Swagger".

One such a man that has swagger is noted fashion designer Emmy Collins (www.emmycollins.com). I am proud to say I have worked with him and he is a man of true style and class. A man know how to pull of a suit effortlessly. Some have deem his work as been designed for Metrosexual Men. But I say that his work is designed for The Really Man who is have confidence and style and wants the world to know this.


To quote Emmy himself:

Am not interested in designing pieces folks will forget minute after they have seen them.I make them uncompromisingly strong,edgy,eclectic and elegant so that one can`t ignore them even with an effort.And when I die I like the epitaph to read "HERE LIES A MAN WHO STAYED TRUE TO HIS STYLE BELIEVES"....

Listen folks I say this just this once True Men Have Style. And don't you ever forget that.

British Summer Fashion

Yes it seems summer is here, sun is shining brightly. The sky is blue not solitary grey cloud in sight. So why is everyone dresses so dull. I'm on the northern headed to work and everyone look so droll. I see a lot of black and denim been worn especially by the ladies. Whatever happened to buying a nice summer dress. I saw one Karen Millen the other day. It looked amazing. Now I'm not a big fan of Karen Millen's clothing but she does have the habit of bringing out a few amazing pieces now and then.

I know we are in the middle of a recession but I'm sure people can still afford to shop are primark or peacocks. They have very stylish summer dress. There so much beautiful coloured prints in the shops but yet British Women choose to dressing rather plain and dull. Those who do decide to be more daring are looked down unto as being weird or the hippish. What'swrong with wearing a nice bohemian print dress with nice shawl to keep warm if the weather changes.

Yesterday I went to a view for the new collection of a few designers that were managed by CiCi Consultancy. I saw the most fabulous print dress by a label call Papillon Bleu (www.papillonbleu.com). The label is ran a designer called Vanessa and she is all about print garments made from natural materials. No polyester in her collection. 100% cotton or silk. And ladies her work is amazing.

I don't see why British Women are so scared of wearing prints. One of the reasons/excuse that iI have heard is that not everyone looks good in prints but I beg to differ. For every skin tone there is the right coloured print dress and accessories to compliment it. There are many celebrities are there that wear print and they look amazing in them.

I set this challenge to anyone who reads this try wearing print. If you need guidance or assistant leave me a comment. I will even take you on a shopping trip and style you

My Colourful Shoes

I was having drinks with some friends today after the Alternative Fashion Week and one of them suggested that I create my own Fashion Blog, sharing my views and fashion tip. So here it is my very own fashion blog called My Colourful Shoes. The reason for the title is because I always wear brightly coloured trainers and plimsole. I am a freelance stylist and aswell as a fashion journalist. Each day I'll be bringing you my fashion tips and advise aswell my thought on certain trends out in the market. This is really just my veiws on stuff, so you are more than happy to accept or reject it as you please.

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