Alt fashion; end of year poll '08- the final results!
The votes are in & all counted from our poll, & email votes. It's been a really close vote this year, with scores of you dropping by
to vote your favourites in our 4 categories; UK designer, UK company, UK webshop & UK shop.
You can re-cap all of our nominations here, but the important thing is who's won!
Winner 2 years running; Collectif produced a knock-out collection in '08 with their cupcake skirts, cheerleader inspired jackets, & flock prints.
Worthy of the title for not just their rockabilly attire; but also the high-quality of each item, & inclusion of smaller sizes in their ranges.
With the newest collections available including Menswear, & the "Fatal seduction collection" with our favourite, leopard print; adorning frocks & shimmy
dresse's; they're set for another fantastic year in 2009.
Newcomers, Gore couture have taken the title as 'Designer of the year'. With their gorelesque & deathrock inspired custom attire, they've already made quite
a mark on the alternative fashion scene.
With a bespoke service, & made to order stock they have certainly taken on the couture aspect in their work. Putting the designer firmly into the alternative
scene, & certainly worthy of the title.
Alienskin clothing have been at the helm of the alternative scene for years, providing a wide range of gothic, cyber, fae, kawaii, & most recently, Bridal attire on the site.
2008 saw the launch of their Bridal wear range, a feature in Gothic beauty magazine, & a feature on one of the site's key designers; Technodolly, in Alt fashion (#7).
With excellent & friendly customer service, quality items, & clothing available from sizes 6-30; Alienskin clothing. are worth winners of the title, 'Webshop of the year'.
Winner 2 years running; Shrinking violet outdid themselves again. With a continuous range of eclectic, alternative attire in store, & fantastic customer service.
Shrinking violet have a plenthora of alternative designers, & companies in store, & online. With exclusive designs, original finds, & a wide range of
alternative designers under one roof.
Shrinking violet certainly have everything you'd want in a shop, & in an exciting splash of neon colours, & prints. More than worthy to take the title
2 years running.
