MFSouthsea Tees on SALE today

Missed out on the last runs of Morgans Motherfucking Southsea tees then fear not. Dave will be in The Little Johnny Russells this Saturday 12th from 12 till 4pm selling his world famous tees for £20. Available in black and also white in all sizes.

Tags: Dave Morgan, Motherfucking Southsea

LJRs Christmas Indoor Market

Gather round ladies and gents, after continuing success, Little Johnny Russells is hosting its second Christmas Indoor Market. There is a wide range of products such as CDs, Records, Vintage Clothing, Prints, Jewellery on sale from Edgeworld Records, Bored of Southsea, Dress Code, Deluded Clothing, Rokii, Style In The City, top fashion queen Beau Franklin Savage, Parmiters Antiques, artwork by Ramsey Sheriff, Tristan Savage, Paul Gonella, Laura Gracie Woo selling handmade cards and even Southsea’s finest baker Jill Gate.

Opens at Midday, with a wide range of refreshments including a licensed bar (obviously!)

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Urban Spark

Nikki Bruce from Urban Spark gave us a heads up the other day on what Urban Spark are up to at the moment. Based just across the harbour water in Gosport, Urban Spark is a small, local accessories fashion business:

“We would some up our style as intricately cheeky with a vintage sparkle. What makes our company unique is that it glows with its own personality. Thought, care and talent was been weaved through the designs, which can then flutter onto your doorstep as beautifully packaged gifts.

Urban Spark’s mission is to encourage real women to embrace their natural beauty through the striking and individuality of the accessories. There is no time or love for airbrushing here; Rachel, Hardip and Maddie who you can see here violating the height restrictions on the children’s indoor play area are gorgeous and genuine. Which is a fresh but rare combination to see in fashion today.”

Check out their items and find out more at www.UrbanSpark.co.uk.

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University of Portsmouth Fundraising Fashion Show

8th October will see the girls of the BA(hons) Fashion & Textiles enterprise course put on a fashion show feast in order to raise money for their end of year degree show up in London. This event will include many of the delights that can be found on Albert Road, including Bored, Rokii, Deluded, Style and the City, Preview and Dead Man’s Glory to name a few!

This all day event will be held at the University’s Eldon Building, where two catwalk shows will take place. One at 4:30pm and one at 6:30pm. As well as having a catwalk and a cheeky raffle, we shall be having a market stall type setup in the courtyard and in the long corridor where some of the boutiques and many more shall be selling their wares as well as promoting themselves to the freshers, students and local people of Portsmouth.

Tags: Fashion Show, Portsmouth University

Bored: Shop or Die

Bored are having a huge in-store sale this Saturday (19th) with loads of brands heavily reduced. Check the poster for more details and get down there early.

Tags: Bored, Sale

Dead Man’s Glory

Dead Man’s Glory, the vintage clothing store located opposite Porters on Albert Road, now has a website at deadmansglory.co.uk with loads of photos plus a new eBay store so you can buy online too. If you want to get in touch with Luci you can phone at 02392 822441/07951 237300 or email.

Photo by Craig Atherton.

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Indoor Market – LJRs

More Bank Holiday weekend goodness to keep you busy, Little Johnny Russells is hosting another indoor market on the Monday 31st. So far the stalls involved are Edgeworld Records (Brighton), Dress Code, Dead Mans Glory, ZoZo vintage clothes, Parmiters Antiques and Southsea Gallery plus there will be a load more. The market will be open from 12pm to 5pm and entry is free.

Tags: Indoor Market, Little Johnny Russells

YEAH Magazine: Issue 3 and New Website

Local YEAH Magazine have just released their third issue, based around the theme of retro. The magazine is only £1.95 and available via their new website at www.yeah-magazine.com which has the new issue and previous issues available plus a blog to keep up to date with what those guys are up to. YEAH are always looking for new contributors, writers, models, photographers so hit them up if you think you have something they could be interested in.

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Enterprise Challenge Awards

The Enterprise Challenge Awards are organised by the Portsmouth University’s Centre for Enterprise which provides advice, support and mentoring to enterprising students helping them learn and succeed in entrepreneurship through developing enterprise skills and experience. We missed this previously but back in June the winners were announced and friends of Strong Island The Four Seven Fives and Individual Threads took first place and second place respectively in the arts based awards. Congratulations on your well deserved awards!

To read more about the awards and the other winners check the Portsmouth University website.

Tags: Individual Threads, Portsmouth University, The Four Seven Fives

On The Rocks

Albert Road is now home to On The Rocks, a new accessories boutique open at number 227 with welcoming décor, friendly atmosphere and that relaxed community spirit Albert Road is famous for. On The Rocks will be hosting an opening party on the 1st July from 7pm with Matt Seeney DJing plus drinks and nibbles, be sure to pass by and show some support.

For more information check the Facebook event.

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Guildhall Fashion Show & RoKii

RoKii have been invited by Portsmouth City Council to take part in a fashion show outside the Guildhall on Friday 26th between 12 and 2pm. Highbury College and their Fashion Students will also be taking part. RoKii will be showcasing their clothes from both new and local designers, students, and established brands.

RoKii are also looking for Male & Female Models, if interested you need to be available on the day between, 10am-2pm. For more information check the Facebook event.

Tags: RoKii, The Guildhall

Yeah Magazine Issue #2

The second issue of Yeah Magazine is now available direct from their website and contains work from over 20 different contributors, with some really interesting articles, illustration and photography. Yeah are also offering a mini subscription of three issues for only £5 (+P&P). The third issue will have retro as it’s theme so if you want to contribute contact Yeah contact@yeah-magazine.com.

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Dead Man’s Glory – Grand Opening

Dead Man’s Glory will be opening their doors on the 28th March and will be stocking a wide range ladies and men’s vintage clothing (some items even date back to the 50s) plus stocking items by ZoZo, reworked vintage clothing by local fashion designer Zoe Laker. The store will be a new addition to Albert Road (it’s located across the road from Porters) and we at Strong Island wish them all the best. Really looking forward to this little shop, and it’s not going to be purely clothing. There will be various other vintage items flowing over from Parmiters Antiques.

For more info check the flyer below, the grand opening day’s Facebook event or the store’s MySpace page.

If you want to get in touch with Luci you can phone at 02392 822441/07951 237300 or email or deadmansglory.co.uk.

Tags: Clothing, vintage