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DAPHNE GUINNESS RELEASES HER FIRST MUSIC VIDEO

Breaking news: billionaire heiress (that should be one word, billionairess) Daphne Guinness, who famously got thrown out of her Manhattan apartment for letting the bath run over and leak into her downstairs neighbours ALL THE TIME, has recorded a single. Released by SHOWstudio, the video was shot by Nick Knight (who seems to freaking love DG), produced in part by Marie Schuller, and is basically the Gareth Pugh version of Tara Palmer Tompkinson's "5 Seconds". Still, while Guinness is, especially in the context of our current social climate, pretty easy to abhor with all her Twitter angst and moody selfies, she has always been incredibly supportive of young, penniless British Designers. And I suppose it's now our chance to support her. Or maybe just not be mean about her music. Or, I don't know, just avoid the subject ever again. Look at least she didn't use Kickstarter to raise funds for her video, right Zosia? Jeez.

RICK OWENS DESIGNS TRAINERS FOR ADIDAS

Fans of Rick Owens (so, anyone who dresses like they're late for a Matrix themed party because they got dragged backwards through Mordor) appreciate the designers erratic creative techniques. You may recall his signature perfume, which he described as smelling like "death," or maybe you read this extensive interview with him we did where he described himself as a "cunt." Twice. He's not really a cunt at all though (ya hear that, Rick?) he's a bit of a visionary. And the image of him sitting in the boardroom of a perfume manufacturer brandishing something dead is kind of amazing. Another board room he’s probably been sitting in a lot recently is that of Adidas, who have just announced a collaboration with him to be released on the 27th of June. No images have yet been leaked but he declared in light of the announcement that he “hate, hate, hate[s] cardio. I realised I’m in my fifties now and I need to do something for my heart and lungs. I’ve got to start running.” Hopefully the trainers will involve stress, sweat and rubber. Possibly directly. I'm pretty sure they will.

LONDON COLLECTIONS: MEN IS HERE!

Astrid Andersen AW13, Photo: Daniella Maiorano

Fashion week is fun and everything but a lot of the time seeing the same 11 girls recycled over the catwalk eight times a day can start to grate on you. Oh look, you cast the same model as everyone else except you managed to make her look even less healthy. Congrats. Anyway, that's why London Collections: Men is so spesh. Firstly, the casting for these shows often happens straight from the street, meaning you get a wide range of babes, one for every mood. Also the vibes are generally way less "I'll scratch you with the silver tip of my clutch bag if you sit in my seat, especially if you say their by accident, you nobody." Ouch. This week we're looking forward particularly to our favourite Astrid Andersen (above) and of course Meadham Kirchhoff.

ISABEL MARANT X H&M

The newest H&M collaboration was announced this week and I have to say, I'm a lot more excited by it than the prospect of wearing a bikini ghost-designed by Beyonce. It is, if you didn't see the title of the video literally right above these words, the queen of leather trousers, embellishment and killer jackets, Isabel Marant. I'm a big fan of Isabel Marant, even if you couldn't afford to buy one tassle off a £3000 pair of her cheapest pyjama trousers or whatever else they display upstairs at Selfridges, you have to appreciate the extent to which she's being ripped off hardcore by an onslaught of crappy overpriced high street retailers like The Kooples, Sandro and Maje. While I'll probably never see one piece of this collection in real life because gee, people freaking love queueing up outside H&M to hoarde all the designer shit and immediately throw it on ebay, I have a feeling it's set to be a great collection. More power to you, Marant.

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