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Double Edged.
Byline: MARK HOLGATE editor: Sally Singer
The London duo Meadham Kirchhoff has come up with a razor-sharp, richly inventive look for fall.
When we met, we immediately sparked," Edward Meadham says of his first encounter with design partner Benjamin Kirchhoff, in 2002. They've been sparking ever since, with the English Meadham and the French Kirchhoff joining forces in 2004 to design men's clothes, then switching to womenswear in 2006. They've evolved a look both raw (ragged rips and tears) and refined (delicate lace and beading), placing them in the vanguard of all that's currently good about London fashion: The risk-taking is still there, yet it's now allied to serious levels of craftsmanship and quality. "All of us here have the same desire," Kirchhoff says. "What we do we have to do ...
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- Magazine article from: WWD February 14, 2008 700+ words
...accessorizing them with huge lacquered wood bangles and brooches. Meadham Kirchhoff: Edward Meadham and Benjamin Kirchhoff's moody collection...attention. Caption(s): Nicole Farhi / Nathan Jenden / Meadham Kirchhoff / Roksanda Ilincic / House of Holland / Todd Lynn / Richard...
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- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) October 4, 2009 700+ words
...RICHARD NICOLL EUN JEONG BETTY JACKSON AMANDA WAKELEY MEADHAM KIRCHHOFF MATTHEW WILLIAMSON Touchy-feely Crumpled, gathered...dimension into play. MARIOS SCHWAB EUN JEONG MULBERRY MEADHAM KIRCHHOFF PRINGLE OF SCOTLAND BURBERRY Peppy prints It's been a...
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- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) August 22, 2009 700+ words
...under, their designs starting to produce the kind of buzz that makes news, sales, reputations... Mary Katrantzou, Meadham Kirchhoff, Mark Fast. They are worth remembering. Hell, they're worth buying - you may as well get 'em while they're young...
- ONES TO WATCH; A HOST OF FRESH - AND RETURNING - NAMES WILL DOT THE LONDON...
- Magazine article from: WWD Jones, Nina Costello, Brid February 5, 2008 700+ words
...much a feature of the collection as the garments. For fall, the designer has been inspired by Bauhaus architecture. Meadham Kirchhoff After cutting their design teeth on a men's collection in 2002, Edward Meadham and Benjamin Kirchhoff made the jump...
- Innocence and broken dreams
- Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune Suzy Menkes September 22, 2009 700+ words
...represented "either the primitive past or a post- apocalyptic future" -- which seemed like an uncomfortable place to be. Meadham Kirchhoff's collection also took two angles. In deconstructed clothes, swaths of white cotton and patchworks of blush pink chiffon...
- Capital city of seams; FASHION FOR LIFE MIMI SPENCER.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) August 23, 2009 700+ words
...under, their designs starting to produce the kind of buzz that makes news, sales, reputations... Mary Katrantzou, Meadham Kirchhoff, Mark Fast. They are worth remembering. Hell, they're worth buying - you may as well get 'em while they're young...
- Fit for the front row
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Harriet Walker September 21, 2009 700+ words
...winter show. I'm very excited about my white and blue cashmere striped sweater and double layer mini skirt in black from Meadham Kirchhoff, and for evening I'll be wearing a William Tempest strapless printed mini dress or long yellow printed gown by Erdem...
