Shops

You can explore and buy a range of creations by self-proclaimed stars of the Urban Craft movement until the 31st August at a pop-up shop on Kingly Court behind London's Carnaby Street.

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If you want an unforgettable hair cut, head to Kingly Court where William aka Mister Ducktail and Vanetia aka Miss Betty specialise in creating rock'n'roll switchblade hair cuts for men and glamourous vintage cuts for ladies.

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Thursday 4 October 2007 sees the start of a four day fashion extravaganza taking place in Manchester's Cathderal Gardens and offering designer shopping and catwalk shows from a wide selection of designers from the north west as well as the rest of the UK.

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Tuesday 4th September 2007. The unveiling of a green plaque in honour of The Small Faces and their first manager, Don Arden. Marian Buckley talks to Val Weedon, who used to work with the 'boys' and was the driving force in getting the plaque put up and Donna Lambert, from Shaftesbury plc who run Carnaby. Lastly, we see the plaque unveiled by Kenney Jones. (9'14")

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Marian Buckley talks with Kenney Jones in Carnaby St on the day that a green plaque is unveiled to commemorate The Small Faces' and their manager, Don Arden. (9'29")

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On Tuesday September 4th at 2pm, crowds cheered on Carnaby Street as Kenney Jones unveiled a green plaque on the site of the Small Faces' and Don Arden's original offices.

The event was the culmination of over a year's of lobbying and negotiation with Westminster Council and English Heritage, who oversee the allocation of brown (for fictional characters), green (people who are still alive) and blue (deceased) plaques.

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Dublin-based designer John Rocha will open the doors of his first ever London shop in a listed London building at 10am on Wednesday September 5th. Rocha is a regular on London's catwalks and moved to London from his native Hong Kong to study fashion over 30 years ago. He is known especially for creating beautifully-crafted clothing in natural fibres and mixing classic techniques with modern interpretation. Experimentation with Irish linen in his Final Year sparked a love for Eire and he has been based in Dublin for 22 years now. With Chinese/Portugese parents, Rocha has no claim to Britishness but it's no surprise the Brits have pretty much claimed him. He was named British Designer of the Year in 1994 and awarded a CBE in 2002.

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Central Saint Martins is a lucky institution. Not only is it the only fashion college in the whole of the UK which is given a slot to showcase work by its MA students during London Fashion Week, but last February CSM secured a sponsorship deal with PUMA which included a design competition for students on the MA menswear course to redesign classic PUMAs and 10 shortlisted designs were selected in December 2006 and then appeared on the catwalk at LFW.

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This week, designer Karen Walker launched her jewellery collection in the UK. Walker's magical medley of precious stones and metals are distributed via a vast cast of international stockists and online shops, but it only became available to buy offline here in the UK on Tuesday June 19, and only from east London's Start boutique.

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Rough Sleepers is a 21st century charity shop set in a beautiful feng shui-ed space slap bang in the middle of Camden. It sells contemporary menswear, womenswear, accessories and art handpicked by manager Katsu, but instead of fat cats creaming off the earnings, all the profits from Rough Sleepers go direct to Novas, a charity which helps homeless and socially excluded people.

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