Charity gala event FashART takes on Marvellous Communications

                                        

FashART®, the yearly charity gala event held on the eve of London Fashion Week, has hired boutique PR agency, Marvellous Communications to look after its consumer and celebrity PR for its second yearly event.

Brainchild of fashion and art enthusiast Andy O, the owner of events company Soiree Nights, FashART® was born out of a need to give something back and to both the fashion and art industry. The event in its second year will raise the profile of up and coming Fashion and/or Art individuals involved whilst also raising money for charity.

The event will take place on September 15th, at the recently opened One Mayfair, a beautiful deconsecrated church built in 1825 and situated in the heart of Mayfair.
This year FashART® will raise money and awareness for Kidscape, the first national charity dedicated to preventing bullying and child sexual abuse.

FashART® is also supported and endorsed by the Lord Mayor of Westminster.

The lifestyle agency Marvellous Communications has been appointed to work on press and publicity across lifestyle, consumer, and celebrity for the FashART® event. Founded in 2009, Marvellous Communications has also worked with brands including TfL, Zandra Rhodes and Pure Fiji as well as boutique brands beauty, grooming and interiors brands.

For further event information, interviews with owner Andy O or further information on FashART® please contact:

Coard-Anthony Henry at Marvellous Communications

E: coard@marvellouscommunications.com | T: 020 7629 5970

1 year ago 

COPPAFEEL! Hires Marvellous Communications for it’s UK PR

CoppaFeel!, the breast cancer awareness charity has hired boutique PR agency, Marvellous Communications to look after its latest consumer PR campaign.

Founded by Kristin Hallenga, CoppaFeel! aims to stamp out late detection and misdiagnosis of breast cancer by ensuring that people know the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, and check their boobs regularly.

After being diagnosed at the age of 23, Kristin decided it was time to flip the switch on breast cancer awareness and bring it to the forefront of young people’s attention, as they are the ones too often overlooked by breast cancer awareness campaigning. CoppaFeel! encourage young people  to know what their boobs look and feel like normally, check their boobs regularly throughout their lifetime and have the confidence to seek medical referral when they detect abnormalities.

CoppaFeel!’s celebrity patrons include Fearne Cotton and Dermott O’Leary and the charity uses fun and innovative ways of engaging young people to check their boobs so that breast cancer can be found early.

The lifestyle agency Marvellous Communications has been appointed to work on CoppaFeel!’s press and publicity for lifestyle and consumer press on specific projects across the year. Founded in 2009, Marvellous Communications has also worked with brands including TfL, Zandra Rhodes and Pure Fiji as well as boutique brands beauty, grooming and interiors brands.

For images or interviews with founder Kristin Hallenga or further information on CoppaFeel! please contact:

Coard-Anthony Henry at Marvellous Communications

E: coard@marvellouscommunications.com T: 020 7240 0588

1 year ago  2 notes

Luxury interior brand Rocomara hires Marvellous Communications

Rocomara, the new Moroccan-inspired luxury lifestyle company has hired boutique PR agency, Marvellous Communications to look after its consumer PR.

Brainchild of city lawyer and interior enthusiast Jennifer Agar, Rocomara imports luxury Moroccan furniture to England.  The sophisticated bespoke furniture, lightings and accessories conjure an elegance that compliments any interior.  Whether it is rustic farmhouse, contemporary or classic – Rocomara will add a unique touch to its surroundings.

                          

As well as bespoke furniture, the launch collection includes screens, stunning mirrors, opulent hand-woven throws, a select range of antiques and the exclusive range of L’Orientaliste parfums – all sourced in Marrakech and which capture the exotic nature of Morocco with many items featuring  luxurious and reliably sourced mother of pearl and camel bone.

Rocomara sources the highest quality designs and products directly from local designers in Marrakech.  Each piece is hand-selected and painstakingly checked pre and post shipping.

Chess bone inlay chest of drawers

A huge advantage for those requiring a specific, size, colour and pattern, is the option of customized bespoke pieces that are made to measure.

The lifestyle agency Marvellous Communications has been appointed to work on Rocomara’s press and publicity across lifestyle, consumer, interiors and trade press as well as working on specific projects across the year. Founded in 2009, Marvellous Communications has also worked with brands including TfL, Zandra Rhodes and Pure Fiji as well as boutique brands beauty, grooming and interiors brands.

For product images, interviews with owner Jennifer Agar or further information on Rocomara please contact:

Coard-Anthony Henry or Kim Sorkin at Marvellous Communications

E: coard@marvellouscommunications.com | kim@marvellouscommunications.com T: 020 7240 0588

2 years ago  3 notes

LMC “Don’t Mess With The Client”

Our partner LMC Worldwide does it again with it’s latest editorial in Client. Client Magazine is the independent new kid on the block rocking the men’s fashion market with it’s quarterly dose of high fashion.

In this jawdropping editorial, creative head of LMC, Luke Miley works with Red Model Management’s stars Wendell Lissimore and Salieu Jalloh.

Seen through the lens of LMC’s Jeremy Willams with casting by Luke Miley, styling for the hard edged editorial was put together by Ryan Davis with grooming by Kelly Budd.

The black & white photography, overexposed lighting & the combination of dark skin captured the moments perfectly. The shoot is masculine and the styling keeps the shots, clean & still rugged.

Add the artists of LMC to your list, they are certainly of ones to watch. www.lmcworldwide.com

2 years ago  2 notes

Marvellous media comment: Americans step in to help the Queen

Although Britain has hit the headlines for invading the American media, with Piers Morgan and Anna Wintour continuing to make waves, there is a reverse reaction occurring.  American executives are hot property for British luxury brands who have their eye set on global expansion.

At Marvellous Communications, were especially drawn to the ‘America’s got talent’ article in the FT, 19/2/2011.  It went into detail about how the Americans are infusing the UK fashion market.

Last month, the London boutique Browns, steeped  in English heritage, announced that US born Ruth Runberg, formerly of Barneys New York, was taking over as buying director.  At Kurt Geiger, American Scott Tepper (formerly at Bergdorf Goodman) has now claimed his position as head of luxury.

Natalie Massenet takes this pro-American approach a step further by consciously employing US talent at Net-a-Porter’s HQ in Westfield.  Alison Loehnis has been made vice-president  of sales, and Holli Rogers as buying director. But before we jump up in (patriotic) arms complaining of an American invasion, we have to remember that us Brits have been doing it in reverse for years, although some might argue that the export of  Anna Wintour, Piers Morgan, the Beckhams and Simon Cowell is a small blessing.

Although we won’t admit that, we will admit that Miss Queen of Shops AKA Mary Portas could do with a little help as UK customer service is practically non-existent in comparision with our US counterparts.

Could this shift towards the US be just be a coincidence?  We think hope not!  More likely, the answer is their capitalist culture - in the US people are trained to make money!  Fashion is not only seen as a creative outlet, but as a business. 

Americans have a much more global view of business, thus having a great advantage by already operating internationally.  It allows employees to go head and shoulders above the UK by gaining experience with a wealth of territories. Whilst UK brands are all about ‘local’, which is generally more sustainable, having a bigger picture and global view would certainly help drive UK businesses forward.

At Marvellous Communications we don’t take things by halves.  However we will not be overly hasty, as every situation has a flip-side.  We do not want our creative flare to suffer by focusing all of our energy on boring profit margins. The US should take note.

2 years ago  1 note

culturejunkie: ShortList unveils fashion magazine ShortList Mode. The new bi-annual men’s fashion magazine from the publisher of free titles ShortList and Stylist, will be unveiled tonight across the UK. The magazine edited by ShortList’s style director Adrian Clark has secured launch advertising from fashion and grooming brands including Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, Diesel, Ugg and Clinique, and the first issue features a bespoke four-page advertorial for Selfridges. In total, the 76-page glossy title contains 34-pages of advertising. The cover features Essex-born supermodel David Gandy, who is best known for appearing in the advert for Dolce and Gabbana’s ‘Light Blue’ fragrance Each issue will have a different fashion theme and will appear in March and September to support the key fashion seasons.The launch issue “celebrates masculine sex appeal” and references stars from the 70s, such as Burt Reynolds. The magazine will include a regular feature called The Art of Inspiration, in which a fashion or design luminary explains their influences, and a feature called Scene, which showcases the season’s key trends. The twice-yearly title has been put together by a team drawn from ShortList Media’s existing magazines. (via brandrepublic.com)

culturejunkie:

ShortList unveils fashion magazine ShortList Mode.

The new bi-annual men’s fashion magazine from the publisher of free titles ShortList and Stylist, will be unveiled tonight across the UK.

The magazine edited by ShortList’s style director Adrian Clark has secured launch advertising from fashion and grooming brands including Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, Diesel, Ugg and Clinique, and the first issue features a bespoke four-page advertorial for Selfridges.

In total, the 76-page glossy title contains 34-pages of advertising.

The cover features Essex-born supermodel David Gandy, who is best known for appearing in the advert for Dolce and Gabbana’s ‘Light Blue’ fragrance

Each issue will have a different fashion theme and will appear in March and September to support the key fashion seasons.The launch issue “celebrates masculine sex appeal” and references stars from the 70s, such as Burt Reynolds.

The magazine will include a regular feature called The Art of Inspiration, in which a fashion or design luminary explains their influences, and a feature called Scene, which showcases the season’s key trends.

The twice-yearly title has been put together by a team drawn from ShortList Media’s existing magazines.

(via brandrepublic.com)

(via culturejunkie)

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Marvellous Loves: Interior designer Lee Brooms

We’ve had our eye on Lee Broom for a while. Since his days as the cutest VIP guestlist boy in London, to his transformation of one of the UK’s best bar chains into trendy venues and more recently his Elle Decoration award for best new UK designer. In current years Lee has emerged as one of London’s brightest new interior designers.  Having trained with Vivienne Westwood and graduating from Central St. Martin’s we always knew he was one to watch.  At Marvellous Communications we were very excited at the launch of his new store inside London’s leading lifestyle hotspot, The Shop at Bluebird on Kings Road.


We were immediately impressed with his latest pieces, including the popular disco themed collection, ‘One Light Only’.  An instant hit, they are beautifully displayed, and were first showcased at the London Design Festival.

Not to be missed is the decadent Decanter range, our personal favourite, although we also loved the Heritage Boy range.  Broom’s new limited edition Decanterlight is sold exclusively at The Shop, and we could not leave without making ourselves the happy owner of one!  The stunning Decanterlamp also makes its debut here.  Needless to say, we left the store with much lighter wallets!

Check out the fantastic collection at www.leebroom.com

2 years ago 

London Fashion Week Stuns with it’s 2011 Designs

And so yet another marvellous Fashion Week ends as fashionistas and celebrities from around the world hot foot it to Milan.

With 65 catwalk shows, 170 designers and 45 presentations setting London ablaze, this seasons fashion week was undoubtedly one of the biggest and most exciting London has seen for years.  The £100m worth of orders reinforced this.

With last Monday shows including Burberry (the most viewed show in the world) Christopher Kane and Giles Deacon as well as the young guns such as Richard Nicholl- there was plenty to keep even the most cynical fashion editor scribbling into their notebook.

Hilary Alexander could not have put it better when she described London’s Fashion Week as a ‘dazzling display of technical virtuosity’.

Overall the key trends included: below-the-knee skirts; pleats; collage fabric mixes; spots and dots; wine, olive, red, pink, orange; hoods, capes and cloaks; fur-trim knits and jackets; the sleeveless, tailored vest; devore and velvet; jewelled sweaters; buttoned-up shirts with neat collars; epaulettes; fake and real fur; wooden heels, rubber soles; dropped-waists, hip-belts.


The men have not been left out, with 2011 being one of the most exciting ever.  This has been proven by Net-A-Porter launching it’s new menswear brand Mr. Porter.  The Mr. Porter look is James Bond meets Saville Row- super slick.  Collars are strong and upturned and there are some seriously luxe leather accessories going down!

2 years ago 

A small collection of Marvellous London Fashion Week invites

A small collection of Marvellous London Fashion Week invites

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2 years ago 

Charity gala event FashART takes on Marvellous Communications

                                        

FashART®, the yearly charity gala event held on the eve of London Fashion Week, has hired boutique PR agency, Marvellous Communications to look after its consumer and celebrity PR for its second yearly event.

Brainchild of fashion and art enthusiast Andy O, the owner of events company Soiree Nights, FashART® was born out of a need to give something back and to both the fashion and art industry. The event in its second year will raise the profile of up and coming Fashion and/or Art individuals involved whilst also raising money for charity.

The event will take place on September 15th, at the recently opened One Mayfair, a beautiful deconsecrated church built in 1825 and situated in the heart of Mayfair.
This year FashART® will raise money and awareness for Kidscape, the first national charity dedicated to preventing bullying and child sexual abuse.

FashART® is also supported and endorsed by the Lord Mayor of Westminster.

The lifestyle agency Marvellous Communications has been appointed to work on press and publicity across lifestyle, consumer, and celebrity for the FashART® event. Founded in 2009, Marvellous Communications has also worked with brands including TfL, Zandra Rhodes and Pure Fiji as well as boutique brands beauty, grooming and interiors brands.

For further event information, interviews with owner Andy O or further information on FashART® please contact:

Coard-Anthony Henry at Marvellous Communications

E: coard@marvellouscommunications.com | T: 020 7629 5970

COPPAFEEL! Hires Marvellous Communications for it’s UK PR

CoppaFeel!, the breast cancer awareness charity has hired boutique PR agency, Marvellous Communications to look after its latest consumer PR campaign.

Founded by Kristin Hallenga, CoppaFeel! aims to stamp out late detection and misdiagnosis of breast cancer by ensuring that people know the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, and check their boobs regularly.

After being diagnosed at the age of 23, Kristin decided it was time to flip the switch on breast cancer awareness and bring it to the forefront of young people’s attention, as they are the ones too often overlooked by breast cancer awareness campaigning. CoppaFeel! encourage young people  to know what their boobs look and feel like normally, check their boobs regularly throughout their lifetime and have the confidence to seek medical referral when they detect abnormalities.

CoppaFeel!’s celebrity patrons include Fearne Cotton and Dermott O’Leary and the charity uses fun and innovative ways of engaging young people to check their boobs so that breast cancer can be found early.

The lifestyle agency Marvellous Communications has been appointed to work on CoppaFeel!’s press and publicity for lifestyle and consumer press on specific projects across the year. Founded in 2009, Marvellous Communications has also worked with brands including TfL, Zandra Rhodes and Pure Fiji as well as boutique brands beauty, grooming and interiors brands.

For images or interviews with founder Kristin Hallenga or further information on CoppaFeel! please contact:

Coard-Anthony Henry at Marvellous Communications

E: coard@marvellouscommunications.com T: 020 7240 0588

Luxury interior brand Rocomara hires Marvellous Communications

Rocomara, the new Moroccan-inspired luxury lifestyle company has hired boutique PR agency, Marvellous Communications to look after its consumer PR.

Brainchild of city lawyer and interior enthusiast Jennifer Agar, Rocomara imports luxury Moroccan furniture to England.  The sophisticated bespoke furniture, lightings and accessories conjure an elegance that compliments any interior.  Whether it is rustic farmhouse, contemporary or classic – Rocomara will add a unique touch to its surroundings.

                          

As well as bespoke furniture, the launch collection includes screens, stunning mirrors, opulent hand-woven throws, a select range of antiques and the exclusive range of L’Orientaliste parfums – all sourced in Marrakech and which capture the exotic nature of Morocco with many items featuring  luxurious and reliably sourced mother of pearl and camel bone.

Rocomara sources the highest quality designs and products directly from local designers in Marrakech.  Each piece is hand-selected and painstakingly checked pre and post shipping.

Chess bone inlay chest of drawers

A huge advantage for those requiring a specific, size, colour and pattern, is the option of customized bespoke pieces that are made to measure.

The lifestyle agency Marvellous Communications has been appointed to work on Rocomara’s press and publicity across lifestyle, consumer, interiors and trade press as well as working on specific projects across the year. Founded in 2009, Marvellous Communications has also worked with brands including TfL, Zandra Rhodes and Pure Fiji as well as boutique brands beauty, grooming and interiors brands.

For product images, interviews with owner Jennifer Agar or further information on Rocomara please contact:

Coard-Anthony Henry or Kim Sorkin at Marvellous Communications

E: coard@marvellouscommunications.com | kim@marvellouscommunications.com T: 020 7240 0588

LMC “Don’t Mess With The Client”

Our partner LMC Worldwide does it again with it’s latest editorial in Client. Client Magazine is the independent new kid on the block rocking the men’s fashion market with it’s quarterly dose of high fashion.

In this jawdropping editorial, creative head of LMC, Luke Miley works with Red Model Management’s stars Wendell Lissimore and Salieu Jalloh.

Seen through the lens of LMC’s Jeremy Willams with casting by Luke Miley, styling for the hard edged editorial was put together by Ryan Davis with grooming by Kelly Budd.

The black & white photography, overexposed lighting & the combination of dark skin captured the moments perfectly. The shoot is masculine and the styling keeps the shots, clean & still rugged.

Add the artists of LMC to your list, they are certainly of ones to watch. www.lmcworldwide.com

Marvellous media comment: Americans step in to help the Queen

Although Britain has hit the headlines for invading the American media, with Piers Morgan and Anna Wintour continuing to make waves, there is a reverse reaction occurring.  American executives are hot property for British luxury brands who have their eye set on global expansion.

At Marvellous Communications, were especially drawn to the ‘America’s got talent’ article in the FT, 19/2/2011.  It went into detail about how the Americans are infusing the UK fashion market.

Last month, the London boutique Browns, steeped  in English heritage, announced that US born Ruth Runberg, formerly of Barneys New York, was taking over as buying director.  At Kurt Geiger, American Scott Tepper (formerly at Bergdorf Goodman) has now claimed his position as head of luxury.

Natalie Massenet takes this pro-American approach a step further by consciously employing US talent at Net-a-Porter’s HQ in Westfield.  Alison Loehnis has been made vice-president  of sales, and Holli Rogers as buying director. But before we jump up in (patriotic) arms complaining of an American invasion, we have to remember that us Brits have been doing it in reverse for years, although some might argue that the export of  Anna Wintour, Piers Morgan, the Beckhams and Simon Cowell is a small blessing.

Although we won’t admit that, we will admit that Miss Queen of Shops AKA Mary Portas could do with a little help as UK customer service is practically non-existent in comparision with our US counterparts.

Could this shift towards the US be just be a coincidence?  We think hope not!  More likely, the answer is their capitalist culture - in the US people are trained to make money!  Fashion is not only seen as a creative outlet, but as a business. 

Americans have a much more global view of business, thus having a great advantage by already operating internationally.  It allows employees to go head and shoulders above the UK by gaining experience with a wealth of territories. Whilst UK brands are all about ‘local’, which is generally more sustainable, having a bigger picture and global view would certainly help drive UK businesses forward.

At Marvellous Communications we don’t take things by halves.  However we will not be overly hasty, as every situation has a flip-side.  We do not want our creative flare to suffer by focusing all of our energy on boring profit margins. The US should take note.

culturejunkie: ShortList unveils fashion magazine ShortList Mode. The new bi-annual men’s fashion magazine from the publisher of free titles ShortList and Stylist, will be unveiled tonight across the UK. The magazine edited by ShortList’s style director Adrian Clark has secured launch advertising from fashion and grooming brands including Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, Diesel, Ugg and Clinique, and the first issue features a bespoke four-page advertorial for Selfridges. In total, the 76-page glossy title contains 34-pages of advertising. The cover features Essex-born supermodel David Gandy, who is best known for appearing in the advert for Dolce and Gabbana’s ‘Light Blue’ fragrance Each issue will have a different fashion theme and will appear in March and September to support the key fashion seasons.The launch issue “celebrates masculine sex appeal” and references stars from the 70s, such as Burt Reynolds. The magazine will include a regular feature called The Art of Inspiration, in which a fashion or design luminary explains their influences, and a feature called Scene, which showcases the season’s key trends. The twice-yearly title has been put together by a team drawn from ShortList Media’s existing magazines. (via brandrepublic.com)

culturejunkie:

ShortList unveils fashion magazine ShortList Mode.

The new bi-annual men’s fashion magazine from the publisher of free titles ShortList and Stylist, will be unveiled tonight across the UK.

The magazine edited by ShortList’s style director Adrian Clark has secured launch advertising from fashion and grooming brands including Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, Diesel, Ugg and Clinique, and the first issue features a bespoke four-page advertorial for Selfridges.

In total, the 76-page glossy title contains 34-pages of advertising.

The cover features Essex-born supermodel David Gandy, who is best known for appearing in the advert for Dolce and Gabbana’s ‘Light Blue’ fragrance

Each issue will have a different fashion theme and will appear in March and September to support the key fashion seasons.The launch issue “celebrates masculine sex appeal” and references stars from the 70s, such as Burt Reynolds.

The magazine will include a regular feature called The Art of Inspiration, in which a fashion or design luminary explains their influences, and a feature called Scene, which showcases the season’s key trends.

The twice-yearly title has been put together by a team drawn from ShortList Media’s existing magazines.

(via brandrepublic.com)

(via culturejunkie)

Marvellous Loves: Interior designer Lee Brooms

We’ve had our eye on Lee Broom for a while. Since his days as the cutest VIP guestlist boy in London, to his transformation of one of the UK’s best bar chains into trendy venues and more recently his Elle Decoration award for best new UK designer. In current years Lee has emerged as one of London’s brightest new interior designers.  Having trained with Vivienne Westwood and graduating from Central St. Martin’s we always knew he was one to watch.  At Marvellous Communications we were very excited at the launch of his new store inside London’s leading lifestyle hotspot, The Shop at Bluebird on Kings Road.


We were immediately impressed with his latest pieces, including the popular disco themed collection, ‘One Light Only’.  An instant hit, they are beautifully displayed, and were first showcased at the London Design Festival.

Not to be missed is the decadent Decanter range, our personal favourite, although we also loved the Heritage Boy range.  Broom’s new limited edition Decanterlight is sold exclusively at The Shop, and we could not leave without making ourselves the happy owner of one!  The stunning Decanterlamp also makes its debut here.  Needless to say, we left the store with much lighter wallets!

Check out the fantastic collection at www.leebroom.com

London Fashion Week Stuns with it’s 2011 Designs

And so yet another marvellous Fashion Week ends as fashionistas and celebrities from around the world hot foot it to Milan.

With 65 catwalk shows, 170 designers and 45 presentations setting London ablaze, this seasons fashion week was undoubtedly one of the biggest and most exciting London has seen for years.  The £100m worth of orders reinforced this.

With last Monday shows including Burberry (the most viewed show in the world) Christopher Kane and Giles Deacon as well as the young guns such as Richard Nicholl- there was plenty to keep even the most cynical fashion editor scribbling into their notebook.

Hilary Alexander could not have put it better when she described London’s Fashion Week as a ‘dazzling display of technical virtuosity’.

Overall the key trends included: below-the-knee skirts; pleats; collage fabric mixes; spots and dots; wine, olive, red, pink, orange; hoods, capes and cloaks; fur-trim knits and jackets; the sleeveless, tailored vest; devore and velvet; jewelled sweaters; buttoned-up shirts with neat collars; epaulettes; fake and real fur; wooden heels, rubber soles; dropped-waists, hip-belts.


The men have not been left out, with 2011 being one of the most exciting ever.  This has been proven by Net-A-Porter launching it’s new menswear brand Mr. Porter.  The Mr. Porter look is James Bond meets Saville Row- super slick.  Collars are strong and upturned and there are some seriously luxe leather accessories going down!

A small collection of Marvellous London Fashion Week invites

A small collection of Marvellous London Fashion Week invites

Charity gala event FashART takes on Marvellous Communications
COPPAFEEL! Hires Marvellous Communications for it’s UK PR
Luxury interior brand Rocomara hires Marvellous Communications
LMC “Don’t Mess With The Client”
Marvellous media comment: Americans step in to help the Queen
Marvellous Loves: Interior designer Lee Brooms
London Fashion Week Stuns with it’s 2011 Designs

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