Patrick Cox Shoes Up for Grabs Unlike Liz Hurley!
Friday, May 19th, 2006
Patrick Cox, the Canadian born London-based and Cordwainers College trained footwear designer has put his company on the market for a whopping £10 million!. Patrick Cox is a globally recognised brand, which has enjoyed 20 years of success in the business, predominantly in the UK, France, Hong Kong and Japan. Since the launch of the exceptionally significant and successful ‘Patrick Cox Wannabe’ collection in 1993 the brand has gone from strength to strength, with an ever-increasing celebrity following.
The intellectual property rights to the loafer design, however, are ownbed by Italian footwear manufacturer Ruggeri and a second diffusion line called PC’s is licensed out. One observer said: “The problem is that a lot of the success and volume sales are not owned by the company.â€
Patric Cox is listed at Companies House as Cobblers. It has signed actress Elizabeth Hurley to front its spring advertising campaign and is owned by Patric Cox, along with managing director Peter Sells and entrepreneur Richard Thomson, who took a state in the business early last year.
Through the years Cox’s humour and flamboyance has ensured notoriety on both fashion and social scenes; thus making him the ’sole’ ambassador of the brand, which begs the question: What is Patrick Cox the company worth without Patrick Cox the man?
This is a preview of the ultra rare RMC Jacket. The Red Monkey Company produced such a limited number of these Denim Jackets that even a photo of the real thing is hard to find. This is a photo of an authentic Red Monkey Company “Bondage” Jacket which will shortly be available online in very limited numbers. Stay posted for availability details!
Madonna will be wearing the inimitable Jean-Paul Gaultier designs during her “Confessions” tour. In a re-run of Madonna’s “Blonde Ambition” Tour sixteen years’ ago, Mad Madge will be dancing and perhaps even singing (although that’s a matter of interpretation)Â clad in the equally mad Jean-Paul’s garb. This collection is destined to cause an even bigger outcry than the “pointy breasts” of the “Blonde Ambition” Tour. The theme is reputed a tad kinky and includes a rural chic element and, perhaps most controversial, an outfit accessorised with a crown of thorns; no doubt an attempt to jump on the Da Vinci Code bandwagon and partake of some Catholic-bashing, which is reputedly one of Madge’s favourite sports.
Edwin Japan can trace its roots back to the 1950s. However, it’s generally accepted the brand started in 1961. The name “EDWIN” comes from playing with the 5 letters of “DENIM” Reversing the DE to ED and then reversing the NIM to MIN and then flipping the M to make a W: EDWIN!
“Sugar is made from sugar cane, that seems simple enough, but not everyone knows that sugar cane and its byproducts contain essential amino acids and enzymes necessary to fuel and rejuvenate our bodies. Likewise, byproducts from sugar cane are used to fuel automobiles in Brazil in order to have a less harmful impact on the environment than found in burned fuels of a purely fossil origin. Following these facts in a rather philosophical approach, the textile specialists at Sugar Cane were the first in the world to produce a selvage-denim fabric made from woven cotton yarns and sugar cane fibers. Cotton and sugar cane yarns are dyed completely by hand (no machines of any kind are ever used) following an ancient Japanese technique using only 100% all-natural indigo dyes (no artificial or blended dyes are ever used). In this specific selvage dungaree style, the indigo plants, cotton and sugar cane are all harvested from the Japanese island of Okinawa, hence the style name. The naturally dyed yarns are turned into the prized, coarse-weave Japanese selvage denim on slow-moving, vintage shuttle looms from the “good old days†of manufacturing in the USA. Capturing the essence of true vintage selvage dungarees can only be achieved using vintage machinery, so goes the philosophy behind Sugar Cane, so it logically flows that this sumptuous selvage-denim fabric is lovingly crafted into the finished product by the most meticulous technicians using sewing machines from the 1920’s. This philosophy of obsessive attention to detail, historical purity, unsurpassed quality and cutting-edge innovation gives birth to a Hand-Dyed, All-Natural Indigo Okinawa Selvage-Denim Dungaree weighing in at a super-coarse and beefy 14.25 ounces that dazzles the senses with deep, dark indigo coloring and an intoxicating, delicately sweet scent, thanks to a strong helping of sugar cane in the fabric. Over time from wear, laundering and use, this luscious denim yields fade marks, whiskering and striations that could never be achieved with machine-dyed selvage denim made from the typical diluted man-made dyes. Other features of this Premium Selvage Denim include: pockets lined with colorful fabrics made from sugar cane, in this instance it is a centuries-old Japanese print; leather patch on the waist is dyed with pure indigo and features the Kenji characters of Sugar Cane and the area of origin of the dye and fabric; detail stitching on rear pockets is sewn by hand using heavy cotton thread made from sugar cane, and this style has its own unique green-line selvage edge on the denim that distinguishes it from one any of the other Sugar Cane styles. Topping off this style is an Okinawa-theme bandana fabricated from sugar cane in a traditional Japanese print derived from ceremonial robes, plus a matching heavy sugar cane carry sack tote bag. This is the finest denim in the world, where the exotic meets luxury and durability. This is Sugar Cane. Or, as the Japanese call it – Satokibi!”
A joint men’s and women’s fashion show was held at the 798 SPACE, in the ART AREA, in Chaoyang District in Beijing.Around 500 guests including Chinese celebrities, Chinese architects, graphic designers and fashion editors enjoyed a drink at the venue before the show started, which was transformed into the same set as the Women’s S/S06 show in London.
