Founded in 2001, Clae helped to pioneer the fusion of sneakers and smarter footwear. Proving that ‘smart casual’ can sometimes be a very good thing, their hybrids of athletic and traditional styles found favour with a generation who had outgrown the skate shoes of their youth but weren’t ready to hang up their sneakers just…

The Winter ’09 Bright tradeshow took place in Frankfurt last weekend and we were on hand to bring you the pick of the show. A wide range of clothing was represented, from technical snowboard gear to smart, high-end apparel. This being the Winter show, the real gems were the outerwear and the more rugged winter…

Influenced by Native American patterns and a sprinkling of the occult, London-based designer Sacha Knight creates intricately detailed handmade bags for her brand Hyde S.K. Previous collections have used leather as their primary material, but this clashed with the designer’s vegetarian lifestyle so she set out to find an animal-friendly alternative for the A/W ’08…