Vlieger & Vandam is an accessories line based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Founded by Carolien Vlieger and her husband Hein van Dam. The duo created the label combining Graphic designs and 3-D elements to their pieces. The finished product of Vlieger & Vandam is an edgy and delightfully humourous accesories for men and women alike. Some of the Vlieger & Vandam men’s pieces include beautifully crafted leather wallets and dopp kits with varying cutout images including the very popular ‘mustache.’

Bonnie&Cyde’s has been lucky enough to be the only retail space to carry the line as the only other place the line is physically sold is the MoMa (Museum of Modern Art) in New York.

Ivan Grundahl, known for his avant-garde silhouette, has developed his reputation starting in the Scandinavian countries and around then world over the last three decades.  Ivan is known as one of the most innovative designers from northern Europe and has assisted in putting the Scandinavian fashion market on the map.

Ivan Grundahl has been carried at Bonnie&Clyde’s for several seasons, and has remained one of the favorite collections by customers and employees since first being brought on.  Ivan’s interesting take on a woman’s figure has kept customers loyal to and curious about his line.  His attention to detail and perfect garment construction have resulted in his being one of the best selling collections here at Bonnie&Clyde’s.

Ivan Grundahl’s SS10 collection has recently arrived at Bonnie&Clyde’s and looks absolutely fantastic.  Spring suede, light knits and fitted suit coats are among some of the great styles that we have in for spring.

Be sure to come into the shop or stop by http://www.bonnieandclydes.com/store/brands/ivan-grundahl.php to check out what we have.  Hurry and you can even catch some of Ivan Grundahl’s FW09 at 80% off!

-Alex Razzano

Horace is a label not altogether easy to come by.  Information about the brand is sparse online, and the production is fairly limited.  The minimal information seems a willed obscurity, a notion further affirmed after seeing the lines and their accompanying titles.  And as you will see, Horace is right at home at Bonnie&Clyde’s.

Horace was started roughly 9 years ago by British designers, Adam Entwisle and Emma Hales. The two had run the label successfully for 7 years before their first showing at the AW/08 London Fashion Week. Though the designers are from the UK, they have opened up a production house in Bali.  This location is far more than a means to cheaper labor. For Horace is very much a hybrid of nomadic, tribal influence with the ever cool British street sense.

The design of Horace conveys an almost apocalyptic aura. Each of their lines offers voluminous layers of fabrics, often with a serious draping effect. Hoods and rips and a tattered wholeness. Their first larger scale collection in AW/08 is entitled Desert Survivor, and the name is not misleading. Many of the runway looks appear to be attire scavenged from a ravished desert land or put together in preparation for the impending dissolution of civilized society. Tunics and dense scarves are paired with tight pants and tattered denim.  Hanging knits seem custom made for creatures of night.

Tribe-less nomads stalking phantoms of a world yet seen:

Distress echoes through many of the pieces.  Whether it is butter soft leather or an over-dyed hooded shawl, each piece displays Far East elements with a grungy, edgy contemporary street feel.  Black is the foundation of all their collections, though it is always tempered with various colors and patterns to avoid wallowing in dark monotone. With plaids, stripes, grey, taupe and occasional red, Horace seems to pull from the extreme ends of the contemporary Western fashion world and the eastern, tribal functionality of traditional Eastern desert garb.

Though Horace boasts both men’s and women’s lines respectively, androgyny is paramount.  Most of their pieces are technically unisex, nonuniform uniforms for an androgynous generation.

Here are some of my favorite pieces available at Bonnie&Clyde’s:

Tattered Denim and Suspenders On Sale at Bonnie&Clyde’s.

A wonderful Horace piece that is more wearable here in Western Civilization. Sweater is On Sale!

Shawl, Cape or Drape? Wear it as you please, but just make sure to get it at Bonnie&Clyde’s.

INJURY: is a new line for us at Bonnie&Clyde’s for SS/10 that we are very excited to carry. Eugene Leung of Sydney Australia started Injury in 2004.

A very exciting element to the Injury line is the modern silhouette the clothing makes against the body and the dark almost gothic undertones of the graphic prints throughout the collection. Injury has a certain minimalist architecture to the cut of the jackets and pants, which mixes street-wear ethics with the cleanliness of fine European tailoring.

Most of Injury’s line is unisex, further mixing gender norms in fashion by bridging personal style and overall confidence of individuality by transcending the limits that gender can play in fashion. Because Injury is on the pulse of the present in fashion and steering the path of fashion tomorrow, it is a growing and increasingly finding its way to the global fashion market.

The recent news of the passing of Alexander McQueen was a tragic shock to everyone and an enormous loss for the fashion industry.  Bonnie&Clyde’s has had the pleasure of carrying Alexander McQueen Puma gym shoes in our store for FW09.  The shoes have received a great response from customers.

The theme of McQueen’s line for Puma incorporated the sport of boxing represented in Photographer Nick Knight’s photographs and Alexander McQueen’s design of ‘Crane vs. Tiger’.

Here is a blurb from alexandermcqueen.puma.com:
“Unexpected and unique, Alexander McQueen PUMA defines a new provocative horizon in Sport Fashion. Founded on the union of tradition and technology, the collection juxtaposes influences delivering a visually contemporary line that is conceptually sophisticated, powerful and intricately crafted.”

McQueen was an incomparable innovator and designer in the fashion community, and as these shoes convey, his vision and design will be deeply missed.

Please stay tuned for Bonnie&Clyde’s charity auction for our remaining Alexander McQueen Puma shoes.  All proceeds will benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. We will announce this auction soon.