Zakee Shariff

October 13th, 2009 | Categories: 5 Star Q's, Pop-up, Zakee | No Comments »
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ROXY BLOUSE £90

The Shop at Bluebird, plays host to the Roxy Heart by Zakee Shariff pop-up shop this Autumn.  Launching with a private party on Tuesday 13th October, the pop-up shop will be open to the public from 14th October – 31st October…  The pop-up shop will exhibit exclusive prints by Zakee Shariff alongside the exclusive collaboration collection. The Roxy Heart by Zakee Shariff collection taps into the designers signature style of “street but chic”. With music, nature and the four elements: air, water, fire and earth being a huge inspiration for Zakee’s artwork, the Roxy Heart Collection also encompasses these influences.

The spirit of the collection is based around the lines from a song by the Steve Miller Band called “Fly Like an Eagle“.

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ROXY EAGLE TEE £40

Working with Roxy, Zakee Shariff developed a collection of fluid and relaxed, separates, jackets and pants together with footwear and denim. Zakee’s use of vibrant colours and prints plus extravagant graphic embroidery means that the collection has been created for a strong, sensitive girl who loves individuality and doesn’t need to slavishly follow trends to express herself.

Zakee’s illustrative flair embraces hand drawn eagles, mountains and seascapes across the collection incorporating vibrant pops of color within each illustration, tempering the vibrancy with deeper, translucent or neutral tones.

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Asymmetric Leather jacket £285

Also exclusively instore will be Zakee’s range of limited edition snowboards. These boards aren’t for sale but one lucky winner has the opportunity to receive a board chosen by Zakee. The competition prize is only available on the new Shop at Bluebird website

TO WIN THE ONE OFF SNOWBOARD DESIGNED BY ZAKEE AND ON VIEW ONLY AT THE SHOP AT BLUEBIRD SIMPLY ANSWER THIS QUESTION:

APART FROM DESIGNING THIS COLLECTION WHAT ELSE DOES ZAKEE SHARIFF DO?

A. DRIVE FORUMLA 1 CARS

B. WRITE MILLS AND BOON NOVELS

C. SHE IS A GRAPHIC ARTIST AND DESIGNER

PLEASE SEND YOUR ANSWERS TO info@theshopatbluebird.com, the winner will be informed by 31.11.2009

 ZAKEE answers this months 5 star questions below:

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5 STAR Q’S
1. Where is your favourite holiday destination?
Jamaica or Thailand

2. What item do you never travel without?
My sketchbook/notebook

3. Favourite London venue?
Hampstead Heath

4. Must have for AW09?
A thick warm  parka by Patagonia for the chilly nights

5. Favourite Bluebird item/ thing/ person/ treatment?
Thing- The stuffed Fox
Person- PB!
Treatment- well I haven’t had one there yet but if I did it would be a Micheline Acier massage for sure

Kitsuné

September 26th, 2009 | Categories: 5 Star Q's, Kitsuné, Pop-up | No Comments »

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The Paris based brand Kitsuné opened its first Paris flagship store in the Palais-Royal area in March 2008 after launching their first ready to wear collection in 2005 with collections for both men and women.

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The boys are known for the special attention given to the quality of the fabrics and fit giving a classic interpretation art French art house chic. The house prides itself on the sourcing of factories that still embrace artisanal methods to produce timeless product. We love the brands style as it reminds us of those subtly chic French textbook illustrations where all the guys were handsome as hell with the louche elegance of Alain Delon and the girls had the impeccable impressions of Leslie Carron in all those great Technicolor 50’s movies.

Kitsuné have chosen their collaborations wisely with French style leaders Petit Bateau, Pierre Hardy, Colette, and apc and the English trainer brand New Balance.

Their clean laidback look is not only loved by SAB but some of the globes best style Mecca’s including: Barney’s New York, Dover Street Market and Lane Crawford.

The best selling men’s brand for SS10 at SAB has now set up camp in the first of our take over stores, previewing the women’s wear collection at the store along with the full music collection. The area is finished with a specially designed furniture collection in collaboration with German concept design brand E15.

The Boys have also curated New York’s guest edited only magazine ME, interviewing and chatting to those around their circle that inspire humor and challenge them. It’s a great read and has previously been GE’d by SAB website cover star PHILIP LIM, THAKOON & THE RIVINGTON ARMS TEAM.

Following the London Fashion Week launch Party including the amazing live performance from Kitsune Records stable mate The TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB the Boutique Kitsune Maison is at the Shop at Bluebird from September 22nd to October 12th with men’s wear carried all season.

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5 Start Q’s

1. Where is your favourite holiday destination?
Masaya: south of Sardaigna in Italy.
Gildas : Guéthary, French Pays Basque.

2. What item do you never travel without?
Masaya: my Moleskin note-book.
Gildas : my Longchamps Jeremy Scott trolley bag.

3. Favourite London venue?
Masaya: Victoria&Albert museum.
Gildas :some dirty warehouse in East London.

4. Must have for AW09?
Masaya: 1 button corduroy jacket flap pocket in brown.
Gildas: some denim shirt; we are making ours in  good fabric

5. Favourite Bluebird item/ thing/ person/ treatment?
Masaya: I love their interior display.
Gildas  the location , the shop at blue bird  building is beautiful.