fashion & beauty

  We're all happy buying bright snowboard clothing and accessories - but what colour are the gloves you wear every day to go to work in the winter? A subtle brown?

Nikita have been working with a range of artists for the new autumn/winter collection so we asked the crew in Iceland to tell us a little about their new friends...AXEL PEEMOELLERAxel is not a new character to the Nikita fold. His designs have been seen in previous Nikita collections, like ‘The Sun is up and I’m so Busy Fizzy that I could Burst’ line featured in SS09.

People have been getting pretty exciting an artist collaboration Vans have launched this summer. They've worked with LA Ink tatoo artist Kim Saigh to produce a range of clothing, footwear and accessories for girls which is being rolled out in stores this month and next month.  The collection has two central themes Skulls, Cand & Hearts and Cherry Blossoms & Butterflies.

 A few weeks back I got to check out Roxy's autumn/winter collection.

 Students all over the world are handing in their final projects - and more than a few end up snowboard-related these days.  One art student - Stacey Galfskiy - is currently exhibiting at the Dundee Degree Show in Scotland.

 We've been enjoying the return of brightly coloured retro watches recently and were stoked to see this new G-lide from Casio's G-Shock range. It's shock resistant, water resistant to 200m and Casio say it's low temperature resistant too up to -20C - making it perfect for your winter snow trips. It has a stop watch, countdown timer, five multi-alarms and it flashes when the alarm go

European snowboarding fragrance crew Les Ettes have launched two new perfumes for spring/summer 2009.

The Vitality Show is returning to London’s Earls Court arena from March 26 to 29. It’s the 10th anniversary of the show which celebrates health, beauty and wellbeing.  There are seminars from diet and fitness experts, exercise classes, a full day spa where you can get some pampering treatments plus a ton of beauty and healthy food samples and bargains to snap up.

The winners of the latest Nikita photoshoot contest have just got back from Berlin where they’ve been shooting for next winter’s streetwear catalogue with the Nikita crew.The images taken

Check out the new collection of eka fairtrade knitwear and accessories, designed by pro snowboarder Gilly Seagrave.