Alexander McQueen's McQ line is one of my favourite designer diffusion lines. It has all the edge of McQueen's mainline collection but is catered to a much younger audience with it's fan base including London scenesters Daisy Lowe and Alexa Chung.
Last Thursday the latest McQ Spring line was revealed in London's Soho in a pop-up showroom. 
If the credit crunch is limiting your shopping habit then the unveiling of a cool second-hand clothing store should be right up your street! This month the children's charity Barnardos have opened a temporary 'pop-up' store off London's Carnaby Street offering shoes donated by celebrities.
Many stars have parted with their favourite footwear for the occasion including Peaches Geldof, Holly Willoughby, Helen Mirren and Mary Portas. 
This economic climate may seem like an unusual choice of timing for a store to expand. Cos, however, are seemingly throwing caution to the wind as they unveil plans for a third store just days after the opening of their second.
Cos, which is the big sister of H&M, launched in the UK in March 2007 with a store on Regent Street. 
Hussein Chalayan has twice been named the British Designer of the Year so it's about time an exhibition was dedicated to his name! The Design Museum, London has just announced plans to host an exhibition of his work next year looking back at fifteen years of creativity.
Chalayan is famed for his inventive, architectural fashion which includes a line of furniture that changes into various garments (see after the jump for a video). RSS Feed 
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