Art gallery, hair salon, vintage boutique and coffee shop, 10 Gales is the next big thing on the East London circuit. Hot on the heels of London Fashion Week, Ten Gales are set to illustrate the artsy side of fashion at its best. I'm a particular fan of Cherry Hurren's 'Cherry Dolls' and Momoko's momocreatura, inspired by fairy tales, folk tales, and ancient mythologies. She combines her Japanese aesthetic and European culture to create her uncanny fantasy world, have a look; http://www.momocreatura.com

ARTISTS SHOWING:

Christian Alegria - Christian graduated with an MA in Photography from the London College of Communications and has exhibited in a number of different galleries both in London and abroad. Christian’s fashion work has been published in art-fashion magazines such as Slashstroke.

Sara Bro-Jorgensen - Sara is studying for a Masters in Womenswear/Knitwear at the Royal college of Art. Prior to coming to London, Sara spent a year in Paris interning for Adam Jones, followed.

Chafik Cheriet - Has worked for Christian Lacroix, Lucien pellat-Finet and Vivienne westwood.
Influenced by such as Fassbinder, Dulac and Noé. Along with Duchamp, Sherman, Murakami and Yinka shonibare.
Chafik Cheriet works across media and genres where his main interest lies with objects and tools being taken out of their familiar contexts.

Kate Cox – Kate Cox is a London based photographer who has shot for major publications including Nylon, Flux, ponytail and Testmag as well as lookbooks for designers such Elliot Atkinson.

Cherry Hurren – Cherry is a textile artist and fashion illustrator and has a background in fashion promotion and imaging. Her signature fashion Cherry Dolls have been exhibited in Harvey Nichols and in the Graduate Fashion Week in Earl’s Court in 2009.

Jack Furnival – Jack is a self-taught artist from Scotland. His interests lie in nudity and voyeurism, or convey their personalities.

Louise Langkilde Larsen – A Danish native, Louise graduated with a MA in Womenswear at the Royal College of Art in 2009. She had done work experience with Costume National in Milan and Richard Nicoll in London. She is influenced by the narrative and playful fashion scene and her work captures an elegance that is colourful and feminine. Her graduate collection was selected by vogue.com as one of the 21 best graduate collections 2009.

Tian Wang – A fashion designer currently working and living in London. Founder of the eponymous fashion and accessories brand, she works in a wide variety of medium from textile to Womenswear.

Momocreatura (Momoko Tamura) – Momoko studied fine arts and jewellery making in Japan and graduated with a MA in Jewellery Design at Central St. Martins in 2009. She was selected by Janice Blackburn to display her unique pieces in the `Small Show, Huge Talent’ exhibition at Sotheby’s in London and currently showing her work in an exhibition at Selfridges until 7th of March 2010; 'Museum of Small Things' organised by POCKO and Kit Grover.

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