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John Rocha: desirable every day casual wear and lovely evening and occasion wear

admin — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:42:32 +0000

‘Designers at Debenhams’ launched in 1993 ,with the revolutionary idea to put designer names at high street prices, the creation of Belinda Earle and Spencer Hawken the brands include Jasper Conran, John Rocha, Betty Jackson Black, Butterfly by Matthew Williamson, H! by Henry Holland, Star By Julien Macdonald, Frost French, Erickson Beamon, Eric Van Peterson, Janet Reger, Pip Hackett, Melissa Odabash, Ted Baker, St George by Duffer, Jeff Banks and Ben De Lisi. In October 2010 Debenhams announced the launch of four new designer names to its fashion range; Jonathan Saunders, Preen, Jonathan Kelsey and Roksanda Ilincic, who will be working with the retailer on a fresh new concept called Edition. “Editions” features collections from a clutch of fresh, young designers who have already made their mark on the international catwalks and have now set their sights on something closer to home. Preen, Jonathan Saunders and accessories designer Jonathan Kelsey are bringing their signatures to the shop for summer, and will be joined next season by the fabulously elegant Roksanda Illincic.

For desirable every day casual wear and lovely evening and occasion wear, you can rely on Rocha.
With plenty of items for the home and furnishings too, it’s easy to add a little of the style to your home as well as your wardrobe.

Born in Hong Kong and of Chinese and Portuguese descent, John Rocha moved to London in the 1970s to study fashion. The choice of Irish linen for his graduate collection inspired his move to Dublin in the 1980s where he has lived for the past 30 years, working closely with his wife and business partner Odette.

Creating a relaxed and contemporary collection through a mixture of beautiful textures, luxurious materials and exquisite embellishment, John Rocha offers an easy approach to designer styling with a unique and distinctive twist for the wardrobe or home.

From gorgeous formal wear to lovely casual pieces, the Betty Jackson.Black collection at Debenhams has clothes for all occasions.

Inspired by artists and painters, Betty Jackson creates excellent outfits with strong visual elements and our Betty Jackson.Black range features choices ideal for all circumstances.

Betty Jackson has become one of Britain’s most celebrated and best loved British designers. Lancashire born designer Betty demonstrated her unwavering creative vision from the very beginning of her design career. She studied at the Birmingham College of Fashion under Designer, Zandra Rhodes and started her own career as a fashion illustrator during her final year of college.

In 1973, Betty started her professional career working with Wendy Dagworthy and later went onto work for Quorum, before setting up her own design company Betty Jackson Ltd.

Vero Moda

admin — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:56:48 +0000

A pitfall to Internet fashion buying is the inability to try items on. You may know your measurements but that may not mean that a skirt from Vero Moda online shop ( great site, by the way) will fit you. Some fashionable pieces in particular are manufactured more snug than normal sizes, this means so unless you have previously bought a similar item from said site, you cannot be sure of a satisfactory fit.

When surfing the net for clothes, make sure that you are buying from a reputable company. Be Sure that you can return the garment back if you are not happy with them. Online shoppers are covered by law in this area however you have to make sure that you collect all the businesses details should something go awry.

If you are purchasing on the net you are not impeded by location. Many people take advantage of the cheaper prices that are to be found in other countries. Chinese fashion sites in particular seem to have lower prices. Be aware that you need to add the price of postage to the overall cost. As soon as you have paid for mailing, you may not have saved as much as you originally thought.

When shopping on the net you need to be conscious of the fact that the colour of the jacket you may be buying may not be an exact match to how it appears on a PC. Some LCD screens could show colours a little differently to what the item actually looks like in sunlight. In this instance, be willing to mail the purchase back to the site if you find the colours to be different.

If you have the desire to buy clothing online then there are many online stores flighting for your custom. There are actually loads of online shops all committed to selling clothes. Ordering from a online store such as boozt usually means that the business has less overheads and these savings can be passed on to the consumer. Another plus point to the shopper is that there is a better collection of brands to select from. Physical shops have a limited selling space where to display their clothing, online stores do not have this drawback which means that they can offer a more varied variation to the buyer.

The Foamy Gnome is on the roam!

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:55:22 +0000

Here it is the second Rowntrees RANDOM video below, following the adventures of a ‘foamy gnome’, Random’s special pink sweet. As is the case with Random’s, most of the time you have no idea what is going on, which is half the appeal. Also, if anyone is following the Facebook group you may find this even more confusing than the video’s: ‘Hi ice creams! I am a teapot flower feeling monkey bike! I like Randoms, they are very squidgy chess piece. Bye post boxes!’….um, ok?
So the story starts with the Foamy Gnome who has left his flatmates, Jedward, behind and is off on a random adventure in his giant hot air balloon. Where will he go? What will he do? And will you get anything for free? Interested parties can follow the gnome on Facebook, Flickr and Twitter to find out! www.rowntrees-randoms.co.uk
In the second video The Foamy Gnome continues his random adventure. Included is a massive people washing machine. See how much Jedward are missing him. Follow the Foamy Gnome’s antics on Facebook, Twitter and Flickr! www.rowntrees-randoms.co.uk
Want to get involved? Want to know where Random’s little foamy friend roams? Visit the site, or the Facebook group. But we need your seahorse help keeping track of him! If you spot him take a picture and upload it onto our Facebook Fanpage for a chance to be added onto our Foamy Gnome Adventure map!

Hand Washing a Sweater

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:55:03 +0000

All those sweaters you own that say they are “dry clean only” can be hand washed at home. It will turn out smelling better and it is better for the environment. To get started you will need natural shampoo, natural conditioner, three basins of water,two hangers and a towel.
Put some of the shampoo into your hand and then swish it in the water to create warm soapy water. Then put your sweater into the water and swish it around like washing, then when done, squeeze it to get the soapy water out. Next, put your sweater in the clean water for a rinse. Squeeze out as much water as possible without twisting the sweater. Now it goes in the water that you have put conditioner in. Swish around the same way.
Lay your towel out flat on a table. Take your sweater out of the water and squeeze one more time, again, no twisting or wringing as this will misshape the sweater. Lay the sweater as flat as possible on the towel, roll up the towel and push on it so the towel absorbs the water. Hang up the sweater and put the second hanger across the waistline, like a hammock.