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March 2015

These are few of may favourite things. Another issue, another month. We are here for another month with Fashion, Music and Culture. Indeed a few of our favourite things in life.

This month seems to be a busy month for us women in particular. We kick off the month with the Women of the World Festival, celebrating all that is great about us ladies and empowering other women to see the greatness in themselves.

Shortly after we celebrate Mother’s day, giving thanks to that important woman who gave you life. Of course not forgetting St Patrick’s Day where we shall be going down to the pub to drink and be merry.

We have a little exciting segment with Gorgon City in this issue and they are “Ready for your love”, so flip over to the next page and see what all the fuss is about.

Noreen Chada Editor

Web: www.demur.co Email: info@demur.co Facebook: DemurMagazine Instagram: DemurMagazine Tumblr: DemurMagazine Contributors:- Noreen Chada, Editor – Fashion Editor, Shirley Dee Features Editor, Kaywana Samuels - Photography, Charlote Williams – Art Design,– Interns, Nicole Samoto, Stella Dzingai.

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07 - Food for thought

Fashion Pills - 20

09 - H&M Conscious

Conscious Art Collective - 23

10- Jet Setters

Demur Beats - 24

12 - Affrica on the CatWalk

Wake Up Call for City Amazons - 25

15 - Out & About with Demur

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Mother’s Day gifts

Because motherhood is a full time 24 hour job.

Limited Edition Disaronno Wears Versace Harvey Nichols £19.75 Olivia Burton Wonderland Blue Watch ASOS £65.00

East End Prints In bloom framed print Selfridges £60.00

Detox Pamper Pack Oliver Bonas £9.95

Sophia Webster Rosa Pineapple Heeled Sandals £220.00 Galassia Mirror Next £185.00

Jimmy Choo Blossom Fragrance The Perfume Shop £35.50

Mary Berry Cooks The Perfect Amazon.co.uk £9.99

Everyday City Bag Zara £49.99 Three Colour Court Shoe Zara £29.99

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Marled Fabric Short jacket H&M £29.99

Minimal Bicolour Dress Mango £34.99

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Fashion – 100 Fans of Kenzo Vans Calling all fashionistas out there.

Let’s stand together and unite through these trying times!

The challenge is to photograph this one pair of Kenzo Vans on the feet of a 100 different people across the globe. The challenge has been brought to us by fashion connoisseur Sug Sean, who is rather passionate about fashion and wants to share that passion with everyone else all over the world.

The name of the game is “ The 100 Fans Of Kenzo Vans”.

To join in the fun, all you have to do is sign up on Sean’s website www.sugsean. com/100kenzo-x-vans-project/.

After signing up you will receive Sean’s pair of Kenzo Vans and you will be given three days to blog,

review show off your trendy stylish self wearing these Vans.

Once your three days are up, you will be responsible for shipping the sneakers to the next nearest blogger to style and blog the same way.

An added bonus, for all those who take part in the challenge, you will receive £30 off Sean’s first shoe collection also available on his site.

The vans come in a size 6.5uk/40eur/7.5usa, the rules also allow you to style the vans on someone else’s feet and one lucky fashionista will win the pair at the end of the challenge.

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Culture

Food for thought Scott Hallsworth turns up the heat with Kurobuta

Having completed his apprenticeship at the Sheraton, Hyatt Regency and Lord Forrest hotels in Perth, Australian chef Scott Hallsworth began his culinary career properly in 1996 as Chef de Partie at Perth’s No.44 King St Brasserie, before being taken on in the equivalent role at Australia’s Hayman Island Resort. It is here that Scott’s love affair with Asian, and specifically Japanese cuisine and culture really began when he was asked to promote the Hay- Scott Hallsworth owner of Kurobuta Marble Arch: 17-20 Kendal Street, W2 2AW & man Resorts in Singapore and Taiwan.

Kurobuta Chelsea: 251 King’s Road, SW3 5EL Reservations line: 0203 475 4158

As Head Chef, he also had the responsibility for organising a number of high-profile events, including a special dinner in Madrid for the Beckhams, back-stage catering for Michael Jackson and seasonal catering for Roma Abramovich’s private box at the Chelsea Football Club, to name but a few.

Back in London, Scott spotted an opening in an apparently saturated market – there was no casual, mid-range venue offering fabulous Japanese cuisine to the masses in a relaxed setting. Kurobuta, a contemporary version of the traditional Japanese izakaya – a relaxed, social setting similar to a pub where guests linger over a drink with tapas-style food, began its life as a pop-up on the Kings Road and is now a permanent site. This stripped-back, ‘rock’n’roll’ concept serving exemplary Japanese food, with Scott’s signature East-meets-West twist, proved a huge success with the public, and Kurobuta has now opened as second permanent site on Kendal Street near Marble Arch, with further expansion planned, both in London and worldwide.

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most Ethiopian women spend a lot of time working within the household, they also have less time for paid work.

In this three-year project, CARE an organisation fighting global poverty and proH&M will forever stay viding life saving assisin our good books. tance in emergencies, Through their Conwill support women in scious Foundation, developing their own H&M and their faithbusinesses to ful customers have generate income, gain managed to raise ÂŁ1.5 million to go towards a unique project that will empower Ethiopian women from low-income urban communities.

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more power in their families and communities and to enhance self-esteem.

The women will be trained and coached in business skills and life skills in order to set up their own enterprises. A portion of their enterprises will deliver social services such as child care and catering, which will enable even more women to combine paid work with family responsibilities.

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Culture The 5-star Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel has a great Easter family package, and early April is a great time in Sagres, on the Western Algarve Coast. The Costa Vicentina Natural Park is covered with wild flowers; the Atlantic is a clear shade of turquoise and the air is full of the scent of eucalyptus.

With prices from about £40 per person per night, the Easter Special 5 Days package includes Why not head East for Easter to the four-night accommodawarm and sunny Portuguese Algarve? tions with buffet breakfast, one meal per day (lunch or dinner with 3 -course menu, drinks are not included), use of the spa, pools and activities such as tennis. And there is a free kids activities club and an Easter egg hunt, big kids are allowed to get involved too.

Portugal is just a couple of hours away. This deal is offered in late May and June 2015. During Easter kids clubs are FREE for kids 6 months to 8 years old.

Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel, a leading luxury holiday destination for families, opened in 2010. Located close to the historic town of Sagres, in the Western Algarve. The 100-acre beachfront resort offers

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luxury to couples and families - with a spa, extensive range of childcare and leisure facilities, sports clubs and several restaurants and bars to choose from. The resort is surrounded by the Costa Vicentina National Park and was recently awarded a “Europe’s Leading Villa Resort” and “Portugal’s Leading family Resort” at the World Travel Awards.

For more information about booking or the Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel visit www.martinhal.com .

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March 2015 To attend this event do sign up quickly as space is limited!

Fashion

“An African Revolution” On Friday 24th April 2015 strategically held on Fashion Revolution Day (in remembrance of the Rana Plaza factory collapse victims in Bangladesh in 2013), Social Enterprise Africa Fashion Guide will for the first time host a full day conference event! Held in London where the conferences started in 2011, and consisting of SIX PANEL discussions with international industry leaders - the Fashion Africa Conference 2015 is back on a big scale and is titled An African Revolution.

If you’re fashion retailer, fashion designer, student or fashion business who is interested in

sourcing and/or producing in Africa, with a strong, active interest in sustainability and ethical business practice - then you cannot miss this conference. The full day seminar event will act as a means to discuss and promote the full supply chain of African Fashion Design, Textiles, and Manufacturing and will be centred around the sub-topics Sustainability, African Fashion Manufacturing, Responsible Sourcing, Africa’s Retail Market and the new target consumer market, The Growth of the African Designer market, Africa as New Luxury.

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DATE: Friday 24th April 2015 TIME: 10.00am – 5.00pm (doors open 9.30am for registration) VENUE: Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA PRICE: £35 EARLY BOOKING FEE (full price £49 after March 31st!)

- includes tea, coffee and biscuits REMEMBER TO BOOK FAST as places are strictly limited!

Register at: http://goo.gl/d7GKNl And tee-shirts from the Africa Fashion Guide African Cotton Campaign will be available to buy on the day!!

And SALES DESKS WILL BE OPEN ON THE DAY. If you wish to exhibit at the event please contact

events@africafashionguide.com.

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Out & About with Demur

What: Invitation Strictly Personal (A collection of fashion show ephemera 1961 – 2015)

What: Get Rich or Tie Dyeing

Lizzie King will add some flavour to your month with her “GET RICH OR TIE-DYEING” masterclass. In this class Lizzie will talk you through how to fold, pleat, dip, crumple and swirl (No it’s not a new dance) giving your material that new glow.

Bring whatever material or old piece of old clothing you want to transform, alternatively you can buy a plain t-shirt on the day. The rest of the dyeing materials will be provided to you.

How much: £12 Where: : Boxpark, 2 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6GY London When: Tues 3rd March What: : Women of the World Festival

The festival is back again for another year, celebrating and empowering the women of our world. The festival is now in its fifth year will be held over a week with talks, debates, workshops and performances. Feminist Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Bridget Christie will be on hand to provide some laughs as part of the festival’s comedy lineup. 150 women will have the opportunity to be mentored by 150 leading women from various industries including music, fashion and the arts.

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Invitation Strictly Personal is an exhibition based around all the excitement associated with catwalk shows. Objects displayed range from invitations dating from 1961, in the main from the collection of Iain R Webb, to notes and sketches made by Webb from the front row critiquing the garments. Harking back to the pre-digital age where journalists’ reportage of shows was the only way to see images and gain opinions of the collections, this exhibition gives a truly intimate and fascinating insight into one journalist’s experience of attending catwalk shows throughout his career. We wonder how they managed without imminent Instagram and Twitter feeds?

How much: Free!

When: : until Sun 22 March (10.00-18.00 (last entry 17.30) Where: Somerset House, Strand, WC2R 1LA London (Great Arch Hall, South Wing) What: Vintage Poundstore This is every fashionistas dream. A store with over 60,000 vintage garments to choose from going for a £1 each, come rain or sunshine you are going to have to find a way to be there.

How much: £12 Where: : Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX London When: Sun 1st March – Sun 8th March -15-

How much: £1 entry to the Pound Store.

When: : Sat 7th-Sun 8th March from 11am Where: East End Thrift Store, Assembly Passage, E1 4UT London

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Demur Boutiques & Other Stories

256 -258 Regent Street , W1B 3AF, London This store is an H&M subsidiary and harbours a collection of clothes from the finest Swedish & French ateliers. & Other Stories are rather exclusive; they only have one store in the UK. There is plenty for everyone from beauty products, elegant blouses and cropped trousers, there is a perfect fit waiting for you.

For the fierce woman who likes to create her own style, this store is perfect for you

Iris

97 Northcote Road, London SW11 6PL Great things happen when two fashionable and intelligent women come together. Two local mums saw an opportunity when they realised there were no local shops in their area catering for their style, Iris was born.

Both Annie and Sarah have a fashion background so they know what they are talking about and what they are selling you. Iris have three stores spread across London stocking an array of brands including Etoile by Isabel Marant, ACNE and Ba&sh

Rough Trade East/West

Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL Rough Trade have been around for over 30 years now. We stumbled upon them on our stroll down Brick Lane. There are two stores in London and one in New York, however we recommend the Brick Lane one. The store has a vintage feel to it with a display of vinyl records as well as CD’s and books. The Brick Lane branch appears to be more spacious which would perhaps explain why they are able to hold performances in their store, all you have to do is purchase a CD in order to get a ticker to their shows. All in all it is a lively, vibrant store which has plenty to offer for a music store, especially their in store cafÊ where you can grab a bit of cake and tea.

69b

69b Broadway Market London E8 4PH 69b was founded by fashion stylist and magazine editor Merryn Leslie a few years and the store expanded into an online boutique. Merryn brings a lot to the table with 69b having worked with some of the top fashion publications including i-D and Vogue Sustainable fashion is the way to go these days and 69b know that. 69b stocks exclusive and contemporary collections from up & coming and established designers. 69b also offer a personal shopping service.

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Pure London upholds its reputation as key order-writing show following AW15/16 success Pure London’s recent Autumn Winter 15/16 edition, which closed its doors on last month, has affirmed the show’s reputation as a key order-writing trade event, with brands noting a high-quality and actively-buying audience of decision makers. This also helps to confirm we are definitely out of a hard

hitting recession.

With over 800 fashionable brands to see , buyers couldn’t keep away, some came back for a second and third day.

Leading independent retailers were out in force, including The Dressing Room, Sunday Best, Hurley, Lux Fix, Huttons, Luck of Louth, Vanilla, Sisters Boutique, Scarletts, Indigo, Hengelo, Tower London and A Hume.

Joining the multitude of indies were buyers from Anthropologie, ASOS, Bentalls, Debenhams, Fenwick, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, House of Fraser, John Lewis, JOY, Marks & Spencer, Office, Dune Group and Oliver Bonas.

Pure London welcomed over 300 new names to the show this season, providing a pivotal platform for new, emerging and launch pad brands to meet and engage with leading retailers. Designer and niche collections excelled this season, with the more premium sections of the show having completely sold out.

The next edition of Pure London will take place from 2-4 August 2015 at London Olympia. For more information or to register your interest to attend or exhibit, please visit: www.purelondon.com.

Make sure you do not miss it.

The Millinery brand Bernstock Spiers recently partnered up with Preen for their Autumn Winter 15 showcase at London Fashion Week. Models strutted their stuff down the catwalk in oversized hats drawing reference from the 1970s’ mixed with a 1930s’ cloche style.

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The watch brand Casio Baby G the female version of their G-Shock watch collaborated with SIBLING on their Autumn/Winter 15/16 collection showcase at London Fashion Week.

The watches very much complemented the colourful designs of SIBLING and indicated a possible commercial collaboration for next season.

Fyodor Golan decided to take us on an exotic trip beyond reality with their A/W 15/16 collection.

The idea was to rebuild reality in your mind yourself.

Both designers come from a Fine Art background infuse an expressive approach with clean geometrical silhouettes and sportswear aesthetics into modern luxury womenswear.

We saw Simone Rochas’ Autumn/ Winter 15/16 collection inspired by the work of LouiseBourgeois infusing tapestry and Tulle, tweed and lace.

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The Krah artist is back and this time he is in Bristol where he will be showing his surreal paintings in the Arts houses in Stokes Croft. On exhibiting in the town he once lived in and still rents a studio The Krah artist said:� I love the city so I am very glad to be doing my first show of 2015 in Bristol, to show all my new paintings�

The exhibition will open on 12th March 2015 and there will be sketches, limited edition prints and publications on sale on the opening night.

To attend this fine exhibition you will need to RSVP by email to hello@thekrah,com for your name to be added on to the guest list.

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Wake Up Call for city amazons everywhere!

Zibras’ playing headline show at Old Blue Last- London on 12th March.

Just before you head off to their show here are three facts about the boys that you may wish to know

Lead singer Sam Battle lives in a squat in Tottenham on the Broadwater Estate in London, which used to be a retirement home for the elderly.

When ZIBRA was formed, lead singer Sam had a job repairing broken synths, selling old music pedals, taking photographs of tourists visiting London, sold taxidermy on Ebay. Bassist Ben used to work in hospital theatres and has held every organ in the human body.

Sam has held an exhibition around his synth collection.

One model is a touch synth model, which needs a group of

people to hold hands and play it together. On the exhibition opening, someone got an electric shock so the event was quickly shut down for health and safety reasons.

Urban classic, sleek city style and chic avant-garde: Martina Mueller CALLISTI captures the buzz of the awakening cityscape and truly makes it her own in the new CALLISTI SPRING COLLECTION.

After a glamorous evening gown collection, Martina Mueller CALLISTI set out to awaken the city amazon in every CALLISTI woman. The new It-Pieces are sexy and body-con, with floral lace and modern prints adding a cool and elegant touch.

“I have updated the classic CALLISTI look with the trends of the season, making it very fresh, very now. Especially the avant-garde style inspired me to give the CALLISTI woman a new, urban style,“ said Martina Mueller CALLISTI about the the collection.

Overalls, full skirts, sheath dresses and wrap skirts are all decked out in the trend colors of the season: White, Beige, Nude and Black.

As always, CALLISTI is all about the details: elegant and sensual back cutouts, cool leather elements, a lot of transparencies and modern animal prints.

Minimalistic cuts, found in cropped tops, meet sporty-sexy racerback tops and are given a feminine touch with high waisted pencil skirts. A perfect look for the edgy city woman.

Martina Mueller CALLISTI offered a sneak peak into the upcoming summer collection too! It will be a collection of colors, opposites and mundane erotic. Typically CALLISTI.

Don’t you just love them more now?

The Queen of Hip Hop and R’n’B Mary J Blige is back and she will bless us with her presence here in the UK. After her show-stealing performance alongside Sam Smith at the Grammy Awards, Mary will be releasing her new single ‘Doubt’ on 30th March and is taken from her recent album.

‘The London Sessions’.

Photocredit: © Chris Ecker

Mary will also be playing with her full band in the UK on the following dates: Dress with full skirt, with transparent panels and perforated faux leather £204

Thursday July 2 Manchester O2 Apollo Friday July 3 Birmingham Barclaycard Arena Sat July 4 New Look Wireless Festival London Finsbury Park Chateau Marmont are due to release their second album Sound of Shambala on March 30th 2015 via their own label Chambre404 and Arista/ Sony Music. Welcome to Sound of Shambala- where Raphael Vialla and Julien Galner of Chateau Marmont have positioned themselves as today’s greatest heirs to a brilliant tradition of melodies and arrangements made in France; a science that naturally draws its inspiration as much from the legacies of Michel Colombier and Gainsbourg as from Michel Magne or Francis Lai.

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Backless Sheath Dress £204

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Black Overall - Giraffe print £204, Waist belt £109.

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Photocredit: © Chris Ecker Sheath Dress made of floral lace £204,- Wrap Around Belt £109

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Photocredit: © Chris Ecker Sheath Dress with leather top and back cut out £277

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Photocredit: © Chris Ecker Sporty-Sexy 2 piece, Cropped Top with Racerback £109, - High waisted pencil skirt £109

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Demur Music Hawks –Gorgon City Matt & Kye are the duo who make up Gorgon City. We caught up with Matt ahead of their performance at the Roundhouse, performing their track “Read for Your Love” featuring MNEK plus many more.

“I just got here and everyone is here getting all the stuff ready. It’s a big one for us tonight. We are performing at the Roundhouse which is a pretty massive deal.”

On success…

“It’s a bit mad for us. We have been so busy working , we haven’t had a chance to take it all in and see where we are and think about how far we have come.”

The whole experience is… “tiring there is a lot of travelling and moving about. Playing with the band we have is exciting, We are getting to know them when we hang out.

We feel like family now.

You also get to meet new people which is always a good thing.”

The relationship with Kye… “I haven’t know Kye for long. We met a couple of years ago. We were two separate DJ’s

working on our own and just got together and started creating.

What’s it like to work with someone you haven’t known for long…

“It’s kind of cool because you just concentrate on

the music, compared to when you work with your best friends you tend to waste time just talking about shared experiences and old times etc . Me & Kye work so well together, we still have a lot of fun together and we are very productive.”

Breaking through from an independent label…

“We’ve both been doing music for a long time separately. I was

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an underground DJ just playing at various clubs around the world. I was always doing music professionally but not on this scale, so it has been a long time coming. It has taken something like ten years to get here and we are both very happy.

Gorgon Citys’ music ingredients… “Our music is influenced by the music we grew up listening to.

We grew up listening to jungle, house, grime, hip-hop and garage. We like to make music that sounds good when played out loud.”

If it wasn’t a career in music… “Music is all that I know. If I wasn’t doing what I am doing now I would probably still be doing something to do with music. When I was younger I was into events organising so maybe I would do something to do with music promotion.”

The Jennifer Hudson collaboration… “We made the track, “Go All Night” and we knew we needed some vocals on the track. We sent the song to our American publishers who work with some of the American artists out there, like Rihanna and of course Jennifer Hudson. We had previously worked with Jennifer on the track “I Still love you” on her album “JHUD”, so when she heard this track (“Go All Night”), she already knew of us and was keen to work with us again. We heard the vocals she did and we were blown away by it, she is just amazing” In music right now… “People like MNEK, obviously we are quiet biased, but he is a great artist and is doing it for us in music right now. Kidnap Kid who is also signed onto Black Butter records, he is set to have a good year this year, so look out for him” When it comes to fashion… “We both like nice looking clothes. We get to see a bit of that world when we do photo shoots and music videos. The stylists we work with know their fashion and they project what we would like which quite cool”

For clothes shopping Gorgon City go to… “Kye and I both like Kenzo, Sandro as well for their jackets. Selfridges also sell good brands and some of the best collections. I never used to go to Selfridges when I was younger but recently I have started going there and I have started to appreciate what they have to offer. They kind of select your style for you rather than you having to go in there and rummage through to find what you want.”

One last thing … ”Go and get our album “Sirens” if you haven’t already and come and vibe with us at one of our shows.”

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