FASHION + MUSIC + ART OFFICIAL TOP 10 FOR 2010

ROX

At 21, Half Iranian, Half Jamaican musician Roxanna Tataei is bringing conviction to your sound-system with her debut album “Memoirs”. After an elegance performance on “Later with Jools Holland”, she is carving her way in the music industry and is set to be a house hold name in 2010. Having started writing her debut album in America she returned home to work with friend Al Shux, who’s credits include Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind”, to create this beautiful album with lyrics that strip down to her raw emotions. The BBC have even dubbed Rox as the one to watch for 2010. Previous artists in this list have included international successes such as Lady Gaga!

http://www.myspace.com/roxmusik

Jonny Makeup

After following his dreams to New York City, Jonny Make-up became part of the NYC club scene’s favourite hip-hop trio the ‘VIP Party Boys’. However, nothing good lasts forever so , with a very public split on the Tyra Banks Show in 2008, he has since become an internet sensation with his much viewed blog. Whilst fans include Beyonce Knowles and Roseanne Bar, his solo career has taken off and he is now part of the world renowned brand America Apparel. Penning his debut album and writing for Missbehave Magazine, as well as being the full time BFF to Peaches Geldof and designer Jeremy Scott. Fun, frivolity, irony and Legally Blonde type intelligence, Jonny Make-up is the official antidote to the depressing credit crunch. With his 2010 plans extending to conquering London Fashion Week with extra secret projects, he is set to officially cement his name in the fashion industry once and for all.

http://www.misshapes.com/blog/jonnymakeup/

DUVAL TIMOTHY

As part of the ‘Plantain Collective’, Duval Timothy is creating waves in the underground arts scene. A Central St Martins and Beaux Arts student, his work speaks for itself. Encompassing sculpture, invention, painting and digital art his eclectic style has got the art world talking. Having had his work exhibited in the Sasson Gallery already as well as maintaining an online gallery/portfolio on the Saatchi website, he is the only artist on our list and someone you should follow!

http://www.myspace.com/duvaltimothy

DEAN QUINN

Inspired by Blade Runner, Dean Quinn’s graduate collection went down a storm earlier this year at the Central St Martins showcase show at LFW for which he won the womenswear designer of the year 2009. With celebrity fans including Rihanna, this young designer is set to be huge in 2010. Using 3D glass beads as a visual link throughout the collection, the highly structural tailored pieces, reassert femine power. He will be presenting his next collection at London Fashion Week and it promises to be the one to watch. For Quinn, I predict he will follow the foot steps of designers such as Hussien Chalayan in terms of teaming up with brands such as Puma and Adidas on future collaborations and defusion lines. Maybe.

http://www.deanquinn.com/

AVIGAIL AND DAMIAN

Avigail and Damian are the definition of the 21st century power couple. Uber cool, uber successful and uber uber nice. When working together, these two super star stylists operate as if they were ‘one person’. Working under there label ‘’silver spoon attire’’ and counting a client base to die for including Rihanna, Ciara, iD magazine, Kanye, Daisy Lowe and Nike, these New York/ London based stylists having just recently styled rihanna for her performance on xfactor, in 2010 plan on turning there attention to high profile fashion show art direction, creating diffusion lines with some top secret brands and perhaps doing another pop up store project, that they so successfully curated back in May 2009 with graphic designer Kate Morross. Oh, that and get married! Get ready for the year of the Da-vigail.

www.avigailclaire.com

DEVLIN

With over a million hits on Youtube and 10 weeks at number one on Channel AKA and Community Outcast, Dagenham born MC Devlin is a force to be reckoned with. At just 20 he’s already realesed 3 E.Ps and been played on commercial stations including Kiss FM, Radio 1 and Rinse FM with live sets with Tim Westwood and Grime DJ don, Longan Sama to name a few. Having worked with some of the big names in the underground scene he is getting ready to release his first album “Bud, sweat and Beers” which features some of his hits from 2009. 2010 is going to be Devlin’s year, are you ready for him?

http://www.myspace.com/devlinot

SBTV

SBTV is nothing less than an underground youtube channel sensation! With over 7 million video views and an average of 100 thousand hits per video. Jamal, from Acton, London, is not some big boy producer or editor that has retired from a job say at mtv and decided to go it alone, he is a 19year old teenager who through growing up around The uk’s most talented MC’s, and obsessing over youtube, decided he could created something much better than any of the videos he was watching and therefore started SBTV. Documenting freestyles and exclusive interviews from the biggest names in grime such as JME, Griminal, Skepta, Kano, BBK, and Tinchy Stryder, he has firmly established himself as THE young filmmaker to watch for 2010. He exclusively revealed to iamsarahyoung.com that future plans include expanding SBTV to international territory. World better hold tight because even if you don’t dig uk urban music, SBTV is coming to a screen near you!

http://www.sbtv.co.uk/

RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY 2010

The Red Bull Music Academy is once again hitting London in 2010. This annual event is set to kick off in February for 2 weeks of fun packed musical goings on, including lectures, workshops, song writing sessions, studio time and much more. The Red Bull Academy was created to inspire, champion and showcase new music talent , and with past acts including Goldielocks and Random Impulse its encouraging that big brands such as Red Bull are providing an antidote to the X factor hype and are giving real talent, a real chance. I can’t wait to hear the products of this great event.

www.redbullmusicacademy.com

Ryan Babel

Although he may be playing football for one of the most successful football clubs in the country, Liverpool star Ryan Babel has hooked up with Rapper Sway on his new Album Signature 2. The Dutch international player is one of many talented individuals to feature on Sways new album, due for release in 2010. He has also started producing music and set up his own studio in Liverpool, championing new talent with up and coming MC’s and singers such as Perry Mystique. He is also the one and only liverpool player to utalise social networking sites such as twitter and facebook to promote his creative projects. At 22, with football and music on this players side, as well as big brands such as Nike behind him, he is sure to succeed in 2010 in more ways that one.

http://www.babelofficial.com/en/

FASHION AIR
19 entertainment owner Simon Fuller brings you Fashionair, an online interactive e zine. ‘Not another’ i hear you say. But Fashion air is slightly different. Without sounding star trekky, it represents the future . A cross between net- a porter, asos magazine , your favourite fashion blog and youtube, fashionair represents what we are going to be seeing much more of in 2010. A multi media platform, It’s the first fashion site to fully combine original and high-quality editorial films with interactive shopping solutions, so if you fancy something featured in an editorial you click on the feature or product and you’re linked straight to a website where you can shop to your hearts content. With a predicted 22 millions visitors, it is undeniable that interactive multi media magazines are the way forward!