THE ASCENT OF CABOURN by Nigel Cabourn

‘This is a story of how, on 29th May, 2003, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, inspired by an unflinching resolve, reached the apex of garment design and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades.
Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Cabourn was not the work of one day, nor even of those few anxious, unforgettable weeks in which we prepared and designed this summer. It is, in fact, a tale of sustained and tenacious endeavour by many, over a long period of time… We of the 2003 Cabourn Collection are proud to share the glory with our predecessors.
And this will not be the …

For AW09, the relaxed elegance of the summer season is echoed but this time with a more eclectic edge.  The collection stems from the incessantly influential period around the late sixties and early seventies.  A muse is found in Janis Joplin, the rock and roll misfit with a confident, miscellaneous sense of style.  Vibrant use of colour displayed in distinctive stage pieces, clothes often heavily embellished and her body frequently adorned with an overabundance of jewels.

Moncler is a famous name that is familiar to anyone who loves the mountains and easy wear.
The name comes from the abbreviation of Monestier de Clermont, a place near Grenobie where, in 1952 Rene Ramillion and Andre Vincent founded what would become one of the most famous outerwear companies.
Ramillion was the best known manufacturer of mountain articles in the city, but he was also a versatile mind whose talent was demonstrated by dozens of patents.

Autumn Winter at Eleven sees the arrival of brand new menswear label MA.STRUM. The label is creation of Donrad Duncan who’s worked with the archive of outerwear innovator Masimo Osti to create a military inspired collection featuring pieces in cotton sateen, shape memory cotton and carbon coated cotton in a colour pallet of navy, white and khaki with higlights of yellow and orange.