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This Sunday - A Walk Through London Fashion

Friday, June 18th, 2010

The Blue Badge Babes Are Back

Sunday 20th June at 2pm.   Meet Outside Exit 8 (The Argyle Street Exit) of Oxford Circus Underground Station.

Please note there are engineering works on several Underground Lines this weekend so please check the TFL Journey Planner to plan your route.

This Sunday 20th June 2010 you will have the opportunity to take a walk through London’s fascinating fashion history.

Make no mistake, this won’t be a dusty, dry march around historic London sites. This will be a breathe of fresh air. A breeze through the highs and the lows, the historical and the hysterical, the hideous and the heinous.. well you get the drift!

It’s going to be a great walk because it is being led by the Blue Badge Babes. These are newly qualified Blue Badge Guides who have spent months, honing and perfecting this truly enjoyable walk.

Sunday’s fashion walk will be guided by the terrific Themis and the angelic Anne Marie so it’s going to be a smasher.

London Fashion Walks - With The Blue Badge Babes

Monday, June 7th, 2010

THE WALK THAT’S A CUT ABOVE THE REST

The London Fashion Walk is due to launch later in June, and it’s going to be great.

Led by a team of top flight Blue Badge Guides, this totally unique walking tour will introduce participants to the intriguing and exciting world of London fashion.

Are you coming to London for the Clothes Show from 25th to 27th June? Do you have a group? Then why not enhance your visit with the London Fashion Walk?

Highlights of this journey through the highs (and lows!) of London fashion include:-

The studio where the Queen’s wedding dress was created.

The truly exclusive shops of the Queen of Fashion.

The shops and places where Royals and Celebrities come to view and buy the latest fashions.

As you walk, your Blue Badge Guide will regale you with fascinating insights into and intriguing facts about the history of fashion in London.

Do you know how the ”tuxedo” originated, or what it means to have a “bespoke” suit? Your Blue Badge Guide does - and she’ll tell you in the course of the walk.

There’ll be glamour and glitz, the garish and the garrulous, the daring and the disastrous, the milestones and the mistakes all presented with a breathtaking commentary that is guaranteed to make you a dedicated follower of fashion.

The London Fashion Walk meets outside Exit 8 of Oxford Circus Underground Station. This is the Argyle Street Exit (the street that the London Palladium is on).

It is not recommended for the under 12’s.

The London Fashion Walk costs £8.00 per person and takes place regardless of the weather ( so be sure to check the weather forecast and bring your trendiest umbrella if it looks like its going to rain).

Walk will take place on the The following dates.

IN JUNE

Sunday 20 June at 2pm
Thursday 24 June at 11am
Wednesday 30 June - at11am

 IN JULY

Thursday 15 July at 6.30pm

Sunday 25 July at 3pm

IN AUGUST

Thursday 12 August at 6.30pm

Sunday 29 August at 3pm

IN SEPTEMBER

Thursday 9 September 6.30pm

Sunday 26 September 3pm

For more details please email us at admin@discovery-walks.com