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Where does all that dynamic, creative fashion taught at Central St. Martins and presented at London Fashion Week anyway? Two See, for one, is where. A fervent supporter of the young and upcoming fashion designer, most of the labels wont be recognized by all but the most dedicated of fashion followers. Yet, the talent and creativity of the designs themselves--that is easy to recognize.

Tillman Lauderbach

Patrik Rzepski

Jean-Pierre Barganza

Tillman Lauderbach

Patrik Rzepski

• Opening Ceremony in New York and LA starts its "blowout" sale today. Up to 75% off.
• Sefton in London starts its Spring sale today.
• This weekend only Anica in San Francisco is having a Spring sale. 30% off.
• Le Sous Sol in New York is having a 1st day of summer sale on Monday, June 23rd. Enjoy wine, music and great deals from 6pm-9pm that day.

• Silho Furniture in Los Angeles is having a closing sale now through June 15th, offering 50% all current inventory.
• Stand Up Comedy in Portland is having a 20% off "Yam" sale now through May 31st on all clothing and select jewelry.
• Jake in Chicago and online is starting its big semi-annual sale, offering 40% off most pre-spring and spring items.
• Jil Sander in New York starts its spring sale on Tuesday, May 27th.
• On May 25th and 26th, from 10am to 7pm, Dover Street Market will be hosting a one-off "DOVER STREET MARKET Market," offering selections from 2004-2007 from designers like Comme des Garcons, Pierre Hardy, Martin Margiela, Raf Simons, Dior Homme, John Galliano, Nina Ricci, Undercover, Number (N)ine and many, many more. The market will be held at auctioneer Phillips de Pury. Click here for a map of the location.

• South Willard in Los Angeles has started its winter sale. 40% off Raf Simons, Veronique Branquinho, Bless, Patrik Ervell, et plus.
• Jumelle in Brooklyn starts its sale today! All fall and winter merchandise is 30-50% off. Whatever's left by January 2nd will be further marked down, up to 75% off.
• Creatures of Comfort in Los Angeles and online is taking 30-50% off all fall/winter merch.
• Sefton in London is taking up to 30% men's and women's clothing accessories from Acne, Martin Margiela, Vivienne Westwood, Paul Smith, Neil Barrett and others.
• Gimme Shoes in San Francisco is marking 30% off its fall/winter women's and men's shoes. Limited styles are also on sale online.
• Livestock in Vancouver is taking up to 75% off its collection of hip men's sneakers and streetwear.

• Dover Street Market in London is starting its annual holiday sale on December 27th at 11am. If you live in London: lucky bastard.
• Oki-Ni is taking 50% off its superb collection of men's clothing and accessories. Look here for the full lineup.
• Jake in Chicago and online is taking 60% its fall collection of men's and women's clothing and accessories. There's still a good variety of items left for women so get while the getting's good.

• Jumelle's summer solstice sale has begun. Save 20% in store and online now through June 24.
• Haberdash in Chicago is taking 40-75% off their spring selection starting Saturday, June 23.
• Dover Street Market in London starts its spring/summer sale at 11am on Saturday, June 23.
• Acne Jeans' online shop is taking up to 50% off it's spring/summer selection. They do ship worldwide.

In its latest newsletter, Dover Street Market has announced the spring's new spaces and collections.

There will, of course, be the latest collections from Comme des Garçons and Junya Watanabe.

New designers for the season include Rohka, Katarzyna Szczotarska and Jens Laugesen (top to bottom).

New spaces for the season include Lanvin's newly designed space, a new shoe space carrying the likes of Nicholas Kirkwood and Olivia Morris, and a new lobby space that will have special items from Comme des Garçons the first being a series of products featuring Oswald the Rabbit, the first ever Disney character!.

Our next report about DSM will probably be when they add new items to their online shop, supposedly in mid-February.

• Starting this very day, is I Heart's (of NYC) fall/winter sale. Get 25-50% off Cacharel, Lover, Sonia Rykiel, Isabel Marant and friends. A purchase of $250 or more gets you a free I Heart tote designed by Kenzo Minami.
• London's No-One has started it's fall sale as well. You'll get anything from 10-50% off Henrik Vibskov, Karen Walker, PPQ and other labels.
• Washington DC and online shoe haven Sassanova is hosting an "insane" sale of its fine selection of shoes and bags. The sale officially starts tomorrow at 10am, but it's already begun at the online shop. 50-80% off all shoes and boots online and in-store! Great deals on bags and jewelry in-store.

• 69 Vintage in Toronto will be hosting a 2-day sale December 26th and 27th.
• Dover Street Market's (in London) autmn/winter sale begins at 11am on December 27th.
• Lileo in Toronto will start its sale at 8am on December 26th.

Since graduating from Central St Martins in June, identical twins Daniela and Annette Felder have hit the fashion jackpot with Felder Felder... The look is pretty – think pleated dresses with plunging necklines - with a dash of strength...

Wallpaper reports on Felder Felder, a most intriguing clothing line and shop in London. If you can't make it to their London store, the line is available at Dernier Cri in New York. More information about the line is available at their website.

From JC Report's London gift shopping guide we found BStore an ambitious boutique with quite a well-groomed designer lineup, combining edgy, progressive labels from Europe, Japan, the UK. The shop opened in 2000 on Conduit Street but recently moved to a larger Savile Row space. Like in all our International Online postings, international shipping is available.

Their online shop sells only a fraction of their stock but there is quite the selection of men's and women's shoes. The clothing however is limited to a handful of pieces.

Bernhard Willhelm sneakers

Cambridge boots

Eley Kishimoto sneakers

Eley Kishimoto heels

Marrie blue flats

Marrie boots

Christine Bec officer's cap

Bernhard Willhelm jacket

Bernhard Willhelm skirt

Bernhard Willhelm hoodie

Cosmic Wonder trenchcoat

While searching for online sources to buy Henrik Vibskov we ran into No-one, a remarkable little shop in London that appears to also ship overseas. We thought it would be a perfect shop to feature in our International Shopping, Online series.

At this point in our blogging/shopping-guide-building lives, we're particularly into stores that introduce us to new, promising brands. In No-one's case, one of their buyers actually worked with designer Maaike Mekking to create a line of "classics with a twist" under the store's own label (that gets bonus points with us).

Also new to us was PPQ (Pretty Personal Question). The cult British label focuses on careful tailoring to create a chic, stylish collection that's particularly strong in dresses.

Naturally No-one is quite the supporter of British labels, with selections from Mine, Bi La Li (which you might've seen before on Le Train Bleu) and Emma Cook (not pictured).

Men are also taken care of here. Alongside Henrik Vibskov's funky wares are sweaters from Scottish knitwear co. Lyle & Scott . . .

and shirts from Rushmoor, a label we couldn't find any info on at all.

Be sure to also take a look at No-one's accessories. They're unique and fairly affordable.

In our minds anyway, Christian Louboutin and Pierre Hardy form the dynamic duo of French shoe designers. And while Louboutin shoes are now available around The States in many high-end boutiques and department stores, Pierre Hardy has not quite reached the same level of exposure.

If Louboutin is known for his candy red shoe bottoms, Hardy is known for his stripes. Every season's collection will have one if not several shoes covered in thick stripes.

Of course there are other equally interesting styles as well. His shoes usually come in two varieties: high-heeled and super-high-heeled, but they're known to be comfortable for what they are.

He also designs a men's collection but these are even harder to find than the women's!

As to where you can find Hardy's shoes, Aloha Rag carries a few styles of Pierre Hardy shoes in their shop.

Otherwise, you'll have to head to the Old Country to visit Hardy's shop in Paris or his outpost inside Dover Street Market. To see more of Hardy's collection, see a full stocklist and to get addresses of either of the stores, visit their website.

Yikes! We've been getting some great suggestions for our shop guide recently. We thought we'd take a minute to intro some of a new stores we just added to guide thanks to our super-cool readers.

Owner Florence told us about her new shop in Silverlake (LA) called Vamp. Vamp's idea is to stock cute shoes and bags that are affordable at the same time. It's the first shop in LA we've seen carrying F-Troupe and Ananas. A good start we say.

Tania let us know about another great clothing/art/music shop/gallery in LA called Ooga Booga. This funky shop carries a mish mosh of music, art books, T-shirts and hoodies by indie artists, along with some labels like Opening Ceremony and Keep.

Next we received an anonymous tip about a cool clothing gallery/shop in Vancouver called Eugene Choo. The shop stocks an impressive selection of smaller international labels, along with the best of Canadian clothing designers. Check out some pics from their site:

The cosmopolitan site that we are, Helena let us know about a Kabiri, a great little jewelry shop in London. Here, we found a ton of jewelry designers we hadn't seen on this side of the big pond.

Keep those suggestions coming!

If you find yourself anywhere near London anytime soon do yourself a favor and swing by Dover Street Market to gawk at the latest from Comme des Garçons, Dior Homme, Junya Watanabe, TAO and more. If you're not going to be London, fear not. DSM had a little note in their latest newsletter saying an online shop is coming soon. Did you hear that? That was the sound of our credit cards exploding.