Friday the 29th of May marks the launch of Benaiah Matheson's #MyHuddersfield capsule collection. Benaiah has lived in Huddersfield for all of his life and the collection itself is an expression of his encounters and experiences growing up in the market town. The age old saying " To know where you're going, you have to know where you have come from" rings far too familiar with all of us. Huddersfield is just one important piece
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Safa Şahin, an avant-garde shoe designer from Turkey, makes this entry of the Want List. The talented craftsman and designer graduated at the Turkish Shoemakers Industrialists Institute Foundation (TSIIF) in the Department of Shoedesign in 2008. When you look at one of his creations it is clear that Safa's ideas know no boundaries and he is inspired by a multitude of things such as geology, entomology and botany. One may even consider Safa's designs
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Take a look at some never before seen Benaiah Matheson garments at the Crep City event at Old Truman Brewery (London) on Saturday 25/04/15. For those unfamiliar, Crep City is the UK's Original Sneaker Event, featuring 1000's of rare kicks for sale and unique fashion pop up stores. Click here for tickets. Address Old Truman Brewery Brick Lane London E1
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We've all wondered what it would be like to be invisible. It may seem like we're not quite there yet but, in the meantime spending the night in an invisible cottage could be a nice little taster. This new inventive cottage has an outside made out of mirrors, making it almost impossible to spot among the Swedish tree tops. The cube is part of a small hotel in Sweden called the treehotel located close to
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It feels like in every single aspect of life, there is a tendency for people to expect from you to produce something original, to be original, to demonstrate originality, and to think outside of the box. The phrase “to think outside of the box” seems so overused that it has lost its semantic value; it just shows that the person saying it has done the least “outside of the box” thinking for coming up
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The eagerly awaited release of the Apple watch took place today. Going by popular demand, it seems like everyone is extremely hyped up about the release of the Apple watch, but what makes it so special? Let's take a closer look. The watch of course features a speaker and a microphone that makes it possible to use Siri and make phone calls. The phrase “Talk to hand” will soon have a whole new meaning. Moreover,
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Earlier this week the eagerly awaited collaboration between artist and Fashion Designer, Benaiah Matheson and Creative Consultant, Ste Wing, took place at THE VAULT in Manchester. You'll find this unique creative hub hidden away in the depths of CLOSE MALE GROOMING – Bridge Street, Manchester. The front window of the space was transformed with free-hand artwork from Benaiah signaling his presence in THE VAULT, and a little taster of things to come. The space
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For all the Manchester people! Get down to THE VAULT for an exclusive look at the Benaiah Matheson BAD PANDA collection on Sunday 29/03/15. This is an RSVP only event, please send an email to Ste.wing@hotmail.co.uk to confirm attendance and for more
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Derek Zoolander and Hansel, also known as the alter-egos of Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in the movie Zoolander, made a surprise appearance at the Valentino fashion show in Paris last Tuesday - a great PR stunt to announce the release of the new Zoolander movie. The first Zoolander movie aired in 2001, making it 14 years since we had the honour of meeting the “really really ridicules good looking” two male models. Since the
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Some people dream of a having a private island, others dream of a luxury yacht, but now you do not even have to choose. Yacht Island Designs and BMT Nigel Gee have put their heads together and created a yacht-island named Project Utopia. And this is exactly what the vessel looks like, a futuristic utopia. This project combines the privacy of a private island, the luxury a floating city and
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