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Some great vintage graphics for inspiration view story

Was back at the Charing Cross Road campus of Central St Martins College Friday night for the 1st time in 12 years for the farewell party of a building which has seen some of fashions most influential people trend its worn corridors. view story

As the influence of the once-humble style blogger rises, so does their ambition it seems. Increasingly they're expanding their brands into the retail realm; both online and bricks-and-mortar. view story

It's a commonly heard gripe that globalization and the information age now have all of us worldwide sporting pretty much the same looks. It's reassuring then to step out onto the streets of Tokyo and be confronted with styles seemingly unique to Japanese shores (and if you can't make the trip, street snap sites such as DropTokyo will take you there). view story

Loveless is one store I never miss when visiting Tokyo. Its situated in Aoyama across the road from the famous Prada store. view story

Vintage labels for graphic inspiration view story

Beautiful stained glass window inside Sagrada Familia cathedral - Barcelona view story

American minimalist sculptor Richard Serra's famous sheet metal works, Snake, at Guggenheim Bilbao Museum. view story

Some great vintage mug shots from Australia taken from the book: City of Shadows: Sydney Police Photographs 1912-1948 view story

Antoni Gaudi's multicolored mosaic work on the main terrace in Barcelona. view story

With fashion etailers leading the high street charge towards mobile shopping, we cannot ignore the impact the digital revolution has had even to our industries untouched up until now. Significant investments are being made by high street firms such as ASOS and Net-a-Porter. Asos reported over £1m made from online sales through mobile channels alone in December. Etailers are already building upon this success by adapting their offerings based on consumer need. view story

It's London Fashion Week and although it's hard to try and do all the shows, one show I try not to miss is that of an old college friend of mine. Bora Aksu's Jeckyll and Hyde inspired collection was as usual beautiful, intricate works of art. Check out catwalk photo's at http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/show.aspx/full-length-photos/id,10126 Bora Aksu backstage. view story

Yesterday marked the first of this years Retail Trading Updates from BDO & we at The Ragtrader had the pleasure of being invited. view story

London Fashion Week kicked off yesterday and the city is full of fashionistas, designers and journalists. First out to show yesterday was Paul Costelloe, followed by Bora Aksu, Sass & Bide amongst others. view story

Please open the link below to see Esra the founder of The Ragtrader being interviewed for Anzaja about how the idea for the site came about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta4STz5Y65Q view story

Great video for all you denim heads out there. Shows why you should rarely wash your jeans! http://vimeo.com/8050293 view story

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In the last blog post we mentioned Esra won the 'Next Women' pitching event. Well the prize was a place on an Astia 'Doing it right' program, & as Astia say on their website (www.astia.org) 'Doing it Right London is a program where exceptional entrepreneurs enhance their company's ability to attract funding and cultivate invaluable relationships.' So a great prize. view story

Esra (who founded www.theragtrader.com) had to do a 'Dragons Den' style pitch last night at a NextWomen event. She was pitching our business against 9 other entrepreneurs & won! view story

A report on The White Trade Show from Eclectic Milan view story