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The Mayor of London has launched a campaign to promote the city’s menswear industry showcasing iconic fashion looks invented in Britain.

Brogues, tartan and the three piece suit feature in Tube posters advertising London as ‘the home of menswear’. The campaign was launched to coincide with London Collections’ men’s fashion week and aims to highlight the industry’s contribution to the UK economy while helping promote independent labels based in the city, says creative director Tom Lancaster.

Images were shot in and around Smithfield Market and at Beppe’s café in East London by street photographer Jonathan Daniel Pryce. “Our brief was to find a way to communicate the cultural ambition of being ‘the home of menswear’ with making a creative industry story about menswear attractive to real Londoners,” explains Lancaster.

“To do that, we put clothes in everyday settings – on the street, in a café – to make them accessible rather than nice. The overall tone was London shown in a real light, with models that look like real Londoners, but with a premium finish to show clothes in their best light,” he adds.

The campaign builds on a heritage map Lancaster worked on with the British Fashion Council, GQ and the Museum of London in 2013 which identifies ten famous styles invented in Britain and made famous by London designers or public figures: Vivienne Westwood adapted tartan and tweed for the catwalk, the three piece suit was introduced by Charles II in 1666 and brogues, which can be traced back to Scotland and Ireland, were made famous by the Duke of Windsor, who wore them on golf trips.

“With the new campaign, we wanted to tell that story to Londoners in a way that would showcase London’s menswear brands to a broader male shopping audience – not people with a specific interest in the industry already – and give exposure to small and medium businesses that aren’t generally running out of home campaigns on their own. [We also wanted to] stake a claim to being the menswear capital of the world… and show how the creative industries are helping the economy and creating jobs in town,” adds Lancaster.

Posters are supported by a social media competition inviting Londoners to share their postcode’s fashion highlights using the hashtag #londonmenswear, and winners will receive items featured in the campaign.

Credits
Creative direction: Tom Lancaster
Design: Vivienne Lang, Glen Birchall, Sergio Fernandez
Photography: Jonathan Daniel Pryce
Copy: Helen Booth

Comme le récapitulatif Reuters Photos of the Year 2013, le New York Times a mis en place leur « review complète » de l’année 2013 en images. Un récapitulatif des 12 derniers mois racontés à travers les clichés des photographes et journalistes aux quatres coins du monde. Tous les détails dans la suite de l’article.

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PORT SAID, EGYPT 01/28/2013 Egyptians mourned the death of Mohammed Yousra, 27, who was one of seven antigovernment protesters killed in clashes with the police.Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times

SAIDNAYEL, LEBANON 01/19/2013 Raeda, 15, and her baby brother are among 11 relatives sharing a tent here, after an explosion near their home in Aleppo, Syria, partly blinded her.Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

TEHRAN 01/20/2013 Iranians at the public execution of two men, whose stabbing of a man, caught on a video camera and posted online, caused an uproar.Ebrahim Noroozi /Fars, via Associated Press

ALLAHABAD, INDIA 02/10/2013 A man cradled his wife, who was killed in a stampede at a train station at the height of the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu religious festival.Kevin Frayer/Associated Press

GRANJENO, TEX. 02/13/2013 United States Border Patrol agents detained migrants from Guatemala.Kirsten Luce for The New York Times

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LOS ANGELES 04/11/2013 Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, left, and Thomas Bangalter of the French duo Daft Punk watched Coan Buddy Nichols skateboarding. Chad Batka for The New York Times

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SAVAR, BANGLADESH 04/24/2013 A Bangladeshi woman, who survived the collapse, was rescued. Kevin Frayer/Associated Press

DOVER, DEL. 04/27/2013 Staff Sgt. Miguel Deynes prepared a final uniform for Capt. Aaron R. Blanchard, at the Dover Air Force Base mortuary. Captain Blanchard and his Apache co-pilot, First Lt. Robert J. Hess, were killed in Afghanistan on April 23. Ashley Gilbertson/VII for The New York Times

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MADRID 05/12/2013 Serena Williams served to her opponent, Maria Sharapova, in the women’s singles final at the Madrid Open. Williams won and retained the world No. 1 ranking. Susana Vera/Reuters

WASHINGTON, D.C. 05/16/2013 President Obama and a helpful Marine at a news conference in the Rose Garden. Doug Mills/The New York Times

MOORE, OKLA. 05/21/2013 Dead horses were piled near an intersection after a tornado plowed through the area. Kirsten Luce for The New York Times

MOORE, OKLA. 05/22/2013 James Akin, 12, outside his home after the devastating tornado. Christopher Gregory/The New York Times

ISTANBUL 06/01/2013 Demonstrators against the Turkish government’s plans to develop Gezi Park clashed with the police near the prime minister’s office. Daniel Etter/Redux

ISTANBUL 06/11/2013 Demonstrators took cover behind a barricade during clashes with riot police officers at Taksim Square. Angelos Tzortzinis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

MANHATTAN 07/15/2013 Having braved the long lines, visitors experienced Random International’s “Rain Room” at the Museum of Modern Art. Karsten Moran for The New York Times

NEAR GOGLAND ISLAND, RUSSIA 07/15/2013 President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia rode in the Sea Explorer 5 underwater research vessel to view the remains of a warship that sank in 1869 in the Baltic Sea. Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti Kremlin Press Service, via Associated Press

CAIRO 07/15/2013 Protesters threw stones at supporters of the ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi near Ramses bridge. Narciso Contreras for The New York Times

LONDON 07/23/2013 Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, emerged from St. Mary’s Hospital with their infant son. Jocelyn Bain Hogg/VII

ALLAHABAD, INDIA 08/06/2013 After a monsoon, a boy dangled from a power line before diving into an overflowing Ganges River. Sanjay Kanojia/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA 08/19/2013 The double-amputee track star Oscar Pistorius was indicted in South Africa in the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. European Pressphoto Agency

FORT MEADE, MD. 08/20/2013 Army Pfc. Bradley Manning headed to a hearing in the WikiLeaks case. He later was sentenced to 35 years in prison for espionage and changed his name to Chelsea. Patrick Semansky/Associated Press

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LONG BEACH, N.Y. 08/25/2013 Children played on the beach as the first summer vacation season after Hurricane Sandy was coming to an end. Karsten Moran for The New York Times

WASHINGTON 08/28/2013 President Obama greeted Yolanda Renee King, the only grandchild of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., after a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial. Doug Mills/The New York Times

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IDLIB PROVINCE, SYRIA 09/17/2013 A Syrian rebel fighter rested in a cave. Russia claimed that it had new information tying rebel forces to nerve gas attacks on the capital. Narciso Contreras/Associated Press

NAIROBI, KENYA 09/21/2013 Plainclothes officers searched the Westgate mall for gunmen. Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

THE BRONX 09/26/2013 Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees closer who had pitched on five of their World Series-winning teams, played his last game at Yankee Stadium. Barton Silverman/The New York Times

NEAR SIRACUSA, ITALY 10/02/2013 Syrian refugees aboard an Italian Coast Guard vessel after they were found floating adrift off the coast of Italy. Bryan Denton for The New York Times

LAKE KIVU, CONGO 10/05/2013 Aaron Kubuta, a military chaplain, prayed following a baptism ceremony for members of the Army of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Pete Muller for The New York Times

LONDON 10/20/2013 Malala Yousafzai, 16, the Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by Taliban fighters, signed a copy of her memoir, “I Am Malala,” before an event at the Southbank Center. Olivia Harris/Reuters

BROOKLYN 10/30/2013 In Julie Taymor’s new production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn, Kathryn Hunter, as Puck, arrived from above the stage.

BROOKLYN 11/06/2013 Justin Timberlake performed at the Barclays Center. Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

ADELANTO, CALIF. 11/15/2013 Immigrant detainees exercised at the Adelanto Detention Facility, which houses an average of 1,100 immigrants, who are in custody pending a decision in their cases or are awaiting deportation. John Moore/Getty Images

SAMAR ISLAND, THE PHILIPPINES 11/18/2013 A boy swung in front of Saint Michael the Archangel Church in Basey. Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

KIEV, UKRAINE 12/03/2013 A man looked out at a street teeming with protesters demonstrating against the government near the Parliament building. Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

BROOKLYN 12/05/2013 The 2013 graduating class of New York City firefighters, the most diverse in the city’s history, at the Christian Cultural Center. Todd Heisler/The New York Times

EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA 12/15/2013 Mnikelo Ndagankulu, draped in a South African flag, sat on a hill overlooking Nelson Mandela’s ancestral home and burial ground, Qunu. Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times

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In 2013, the Core77 team visited design festivals, exhibitions, conferences, design studios and manufacturers around the globe bringing you a firsthand look at stuff that made us look twice. This collection of images is not so much a narrative in itself as it is a broad survey of design happenings and projects that we documented over the past year. All of our international photo correspondents are practicing designers, and we are always excited to see how they capture these events with a designer’s lens (both figuratively and physically).

Going into 2014, we are looking forward to having lenses and tripods on the ground in more cities—if you’re interested in contributing, have a decent camera and a sharp eye for design that counts, send me a short bio with a link to your photos: glen [at] core77 [dot] com.

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