We arrived in London on an amazingly sunny Sunday morning just in time for the Eley Kishimoto show. After basking in the sun for a while (well actually melting - all of us dressed in black and prepared for rain!) we met up with our good friend Jade who joined us for the show. Some glasses of Champagne and show bags put us in a great mood - everyone loves free stuff!

The collection called “Beyond the Chintz” had a nice balance with feminine shapes mixed with some killer prints. We talked with Mark Eley in Paris and he gave us an incite into the direction they are pushing the label, bringing a lot of production back into the London studio and concentrating on their trademark prints.

Here’s our favorite…

View the show images here =>

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I have been going to LFW for many years now but i have never been as impressed as i was this year. The whole setup was excellent with the exhibition showrooms set in two venues, Somerset House and 180 Strand - its so refreshing to view collections in a good space with natural light! All of the designers we talked to were equally impressed so well done London!

One of the definite highlights for us was the SHOWstudio Fashion Revolution exhibition in the Somerset House location. The retrospective show featured lots of archived projects from the nine years SHOWstudio has been live. My particular favorite was the behind the scenes video of Alexander McQueen captured in his studio - it gave a great insight into the processes he uses to create his work. A close second was the giant Naomi Campbell sculpture that took up two floors of the exhibition space. Interactive graphics tablets and projectors allowed you to write whatever you liked across the sculpture - we managed to write Circus Store across her back!

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Circus is at Paris fashion week! We just finished up with the wonderful Eley Kishimoto and Carin Wester. The Kishimoto prints blew us away and Mark Eley is a really great guy. Carin Wester’s new collection is really great, Aisling and Fiona are in love with the wedges!We’re off out now to enjoy Nuit Blanche - all of Paris open for the night! Diana Orving and Marjan Pejoski in the morning so fun fun xxx

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I don’t know about anybody else but i spend my morning with a coffee reading my favorite blogs. The last one i added to my bookmarks was Male Mode. Cillian, Male Modes writer is a very talented guy. What sets him apart from the rest is the quality of his writing and his great eye for new designers.

I hope you like it as much as me…

http://www.male-mode.com/

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At last! A new collection to grace our rails.

Arms which is designed by multi talented Renate Henschke has won the race to be our first Autumn/Winter collection to arrive this year.

Each piece is thoughtfully designed and laden with clever detailing - we especially like the the little pockets were you can place your pencil (Arms branded pencil included!).

Arms now available on circusstore.net

www.madeforyoubyarms.com/

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Our new Online Store is go!!! CIRCUSSTORE.NET

Its taken us ages but we got there in the end. A massive thank you to Conor and David www.conoranddavid.com for our new identity and the late night coding session.

Enjoy it and all feedback is appreciated

Circus x

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Circus Store is proud as punch to present Cheap as Chips an exhibition of mixed media work.

This a unique opportunity to see a mix of Irish and international, fashion, art, music and design people working in, and outside of, their respective mediums.

From the 29th of January until the 28th of February Circus store will give up it’s white walls to a colourful selection of work from a host of innovative people, including designer Henrik Vibskov (Copenhagen), stylist Celestine Cooney (London), musician David Kitt (Dublin) and visual artist Gavin Murphy(Dublin/ Melbourne).

All work will be on sale in Circus Store in the Powerscourt Centre and in our online store, www.circusstore.net, for a maximum price of €99.99.

Please join us for the launch event taking place in Circus Store from 5pm to 8pm on Thursday the 29th of January.
RSVP info@circusstore.net
xx Circus xx

www.circusstore.net

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Happy New Year to all!

Circus would like to thank everyone for their support in 2008 and we hope that 2009 will be even better!

We will be introducing lots of new designers for Spring Summer 09 so drop into the shop or have a look on our online store for news.

Our January sale is now on and as an extra special promotion we are offering 40% off at our online store.

So again, Happy New Year!

Circus x

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Join us next Thursday December 4th at 6.30pm for Tea with Svenja Specht (www.realitystudio.de) and Yoske Nishiumi (www.roots-magazine.com/nishiumi), two of our favourite Berlin designers.

Looking forward to seeing you all there! RSVP: barrystea@thinkhousepr.com

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The AW 08 collection by Gaspard is called “The Beautiful Fall” , which is taken from the title of a novel by Alicia Drake, the book recalls tales of a 1970’s Paris, he takes inspiration from seventies style icons Paloma Picasso and Loulou de la Falaise who feature throughout the novel. The AW 08 collection is reinterpreted to modern times by the use of giant exposed zips and graphic colours, one electric azure dress comes with an option of zipping off its sleeves. Also in the collection is a fantastic dress that can only be described (en francais) as ‘frou frou’, it consists of spirals of silk tubing, jagged edges and of course features the habitual chunky zip fashioned into a neckline. The menswear collection although untitled is equally interesting and innovative; hoodies have chunky pull strings attached and the jackets have giant silver riri zips and have a slightly quilted look.

The centre piece of this collection was a specially crafted full length dress which featured cascading folds of silks in degrading shades of purple and is a couture piece in its own right. This intricate dress by Gaspard was selected to appear as the main image for the invite to Rendez Vous for this seasons Paris Fashion Week.

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