{"id":446,"date":"2012-05-11T17:15:50","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T11:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/?p=446"},"modified":"2012-05-11T17:15:50","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T11:45:50","slug":"fly-the-flag-for-british-fashion-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/fly-the-flag-for-british-fashion-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Fly the flag for British fashion in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_542\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Queen-Elizabeth.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Queen Elizabeth\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" class=\"size-full wp-image-542\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ueen Elizabeth<\/figcaption><\/figure>British designers including Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen have been getting into the spirit of the upcoming Queen&#8217;sDiamond Jubilee celebrations and London 2012 Olympic Games with an array of patriotic creations ranging from high fashion ball gowns to practical Wellington boots.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating Queen Elizabeth II&#8217;s Diamond Jubilee, which takes place next month, Vivienne Westwood&#8217;s Red Carpet Capsule Collection includes three classic corseted gowns inspired by the Union Jack flag and past gowns worn by the Queen.<\/p>\n<p>Accessories wise, a host of slinky footwear options are available ranging from red, white and blue styles by designers including Rupert Sanderson, while those looking for something more practical should invest in Scottish-based brand Hunter Boot&#8217;sUnion Jack print  Wellington -bootsideal for the great British summertime.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, ladies wanting to stand out from the crowd should visit online shoe company Shoes of Prey, where they can create their own British flag-themed custom design.<\/p>\n<p>Those looking for something more regal should visit the Pretty Ballerinas site, as they have created a specially made black suede slipper with Swarovski crystal embellishment inspired by HRH&#8217;s crown in honor of the Queen&#8217;s Diamond Jubilee.<\/p>\n<p>Other labels embracing the Union Jack for this season include Alexander McQueen, which has gone patriotic with a gem-encrusted clutch, and jewelers links of london and Monica Vinader with their special edition friendship bracelets for London 2012 and the Jubilee respectively. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fly the flag for British fashion in 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retail-news","list-style-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}