Amidst all the divcore, heaving muscles, bikini wax and coke fests that quite possibly characterise the annual dance music industry descent onto the golden climes of Miami there are but a few select individuals who don’t let the searing heat get in the way of the fine art of looking good.

Leading the way naturally were the organisers of Wednesday’s Sound Bellegrino event with SP overseer Teki Latex making a strong case for look of the season with the above YSL Aztec wool number (sultry female drapery is apparently an optional extra)

Not daunted by this behemoth look, Club Cheval’s resident crab battler Panteros666 opted for some below the belt dazzle in the shape of these fine Raf Simons floral print trousers – as you can see his bespectacled friend has been stunned into a blank stupor by the sheer awesomeness of them.

However, Jerome LOL BOYS wins out with this epic Lion print shirt which is more than enough to distract from Lou Brodi’s somewhat uninspired London Fields uniform of handlebar moo, slicked back hair, vest and shirt.

All photos from the night can be viewed here.

Friday afternoons are sown up by Oki Ni once again with a delightfully pieced together selection of music from Acephale and RVNG INTL mainstay CFCF.

The producer, currently residing in Paris, weaves between a generous smattering of his material along with gems like Olof The Knife’s glorious remix of Emmanuel Jar, Salem’s smacked out refix of These New Puritans, some John Roberts and How To Dress Well and plenty of other odditites.

Listen above or download here.

Being a fashion store, Oki Ni decided to knock up some tshirts emblazoned with the above artwork that you can purchase here.

The newly opened Late Night Chameleon Cafe, or LNCC for fans of initials, is many things to many men (and women)

A book store. A fashion boutique stocking mens and womens clothing for the affluent Dalston dweller. A record shop dealing in rare second hand vinyl and a select range of current imprints. A nightclub. All housed in a bizarrely crafted Shacklewell Lane space which is attendable by appointment only.

Luckily for some of you they do online shopping too.

Which brings us to the news that the shop has just taken delivery of a rather neat little stocking filler in the shape of an International Feel mix CD as modeled above.

The label supposedly run out of Uruguay by the decidedly grumpy Mark from Sheffield  - who incidentally took part in a rather good interview with our own Flo Wong recently – have enjoyed a superlative year releasing richly detailed disco, balearica and cosmiche oddities from an array of talented producers including Coyote, Gatto Fritto, Harvey and Maxxi & Zeus.

An Insight Into The Mind Of .. marks the labels first foray into the mix CD market and contains an array of tracks which helped influence the overall sound of the label taking in everything from afro beat to proto house to library music.

In other words neato and a steal at ten of your English pounds.

For further insight into LNCC check out the Heads Down blog for an interview the man Tubbs did with one of the founders of LNCC.

In what is a must attend event for all lookbook account holders seeking the next step towards personal enlightenment, Street fashion guru and anthroplogist Ted Polhemus returns to East London this week to discuss the themes and concepts behind The Supermarket Of Style, an addendum chapter to his hugely popular Streetstyle book at Leonard St venue The Book Club.

Taking place on Wednesday evening, the event which is organised by PYMCA will see Tedward  discussing his theory that modern fashion relies on “sampling & mixing diverse, eclectic, often contradictory elements into a unique, personal statement.”

Questions will be fielded and books will be signed and drinks will be drunk.

More info here

I’m currently torn between deciding what is best, the video above or this. Tough call.

Hat tip to Tim Noakes for the find.

Palladium Authenticity – Alice Dellal from Palladium on Vimeo.

I’ve got a pair of free Palladium boots which are the unwanted legacy of a night of free boozing.

They’re fucking rotten eye sores which will are still boxed and will never grace my feet.

Maybe it takes an authentically diiferent beauty like Alice Dellal to carry the look off…..

After  releasing a quite fantastic album earlier this year, Connan Mockasin has branched out into the luctrative world of designer apparel with a distinctive custard coloured teeshirt replete with a rather crude depiction of Connan smiling. These tshirts are now availble for purchase via Phantasy daddy Erol Alkan’s webstore.

(The Stokey dwelling parentals amongst you be sure to check out the Erol baby grower too)

Phantasy were so delighted with our words of praise back in May for the album they gave us one of these distinctive t shirts as a competition prize for the fashionista readers at Slutty Fringe!

For a chance of winning you need to form an impressive answer to the following quandry and direct it here.

If you possessed evil super powers what would you transform young Connan into instead of the requested Snat?

Competition closes 5pm Wednesday 14th July with the winner notified shortly afterwards.

Need to carry home a six pack of Special Brew but worried those gaudy gold tins will ruin your flossy new look. Never fear Garudio Studiage have just the answer with their All London Blue Bag Extravaganza series. The perfect chance to rep your postcode with pride.

In honour of the opening of my beloved ELL, i’ve chosen to illustrate this with the New Cross and Dalston efforts, which is handy as they’re also the best, in your face Notting Hill.

You know that empty feeling post-Fashion Weeks (of course you do) when you’re all free Evian-ed out and feel pretty vapid as a human being for fretting so much over your hosiery schedule over the week? Well come April, press days make up for it with a few goodie bags and holy crap a Dover Street Market bank holiday sale!

Mickey mouse gloves on sheer shirts and upside down hats await you this Sat -  Mon, 10AM – 7PM at The Old Depot in Angel. Actual woop.

Awesome London label/clubnight/promoters/foxy young things Young & Lost Club turn 5 yrs old later this year.

To celebrate this 1825 days of  existence as a rcrd lbl in wb 2.0 times Young & Lost Club are prepping a compilation of their most bestest releases which might include the likes of Golden Silvers, Othello Wolf and Noah and the Bottle Nosed Dolphin.

Being nice awesome label/clubnight/promoters/foxy young things they have also given Slutty Fringe a couple of fresh looking Young & Lost Club tote bags (as seen floating above this text) to give away to you – the reader.

Quite simple really – just reply with answer to following:

 What would you put in your Y & L Club tote bag?

Best Two Answers Win! Competiton closes Friday 19th March

When Tony Fringe was joking about massive Nixon headphones, Beirendonck for A/W ’10 took it one step too far.

www.waltervanbeirendonck.com/

A certainty to be added to the personal tote bag collection anytime soon is this new Beyond The Wizards Sleeve effort which is about as cosmic a tote bag you can get with mere cotton and ink.

Available now from the Erol Alkan store

After a line of worrying scrapheap denim for German ravers, Ellen Allien comes back with a rather palatable S/S 10 collection. Hooray! Expect black floral graphic ‘lace’ pieced from faces of crowds and dreamy patterned stitching on cotton from the monochrome line, ‘Night Flowers‘ designed by none other than the BPitch head honcho herself.