DKNY Watches-Invoke a little New York glamour
Nothing sums up New York fashion quite like DKNY. Taking inspiration from the dynamic city, Donna Karan injects the essence of New York into all her designs, from clothes-wear, to perfume, watches and accessories.
Donna Karan is renowned for her body hugging sensuous dresses, luxurious fabrics, black cashmere and leather. Where her clothes designs are uncomplicated and neat, the watches she produces is intricate, dazzling and beautiful. Leaving simplicity for her dresses, Donna Karan weaves all her marvellous magical zest into her women’s watches.
The DKNY watch range at Shade Station is brimming with exotic looking timepieces and arresting designs. Many are silver and have beautiful bracelet straps, often interlacing to create really interesting silhouettes. Some of the designs feature highly polished stainless steel links, which form lovely patterned bracelets and occasionally displays the DKNY logo. Amongst the silver is plenty of diamante, either studded on the bracelet or bangle strap, or on the dial itself.
DKNY watches would appeal to a woman who really prides herself on her appearance. If beautiful, sophisticated wristwear rates highly on your agenda we would urge you to seek out a DKNY watch for the ultimate in delicious wrist-candy.
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Nixon Watches-Worn by Sportsmen and Rock Stars
Here’s a biggie…. Who do you turn to if you need a watch that can tell you the tide charts for the next 15 years? Why Nixon of course! Surfers all round the world can finally rejoice, the leading extreme sports accessory company, favoured by sportsmen, rock stars and joe public alike, has produced a cool, stylish watch with impressive credentials. The ‘Lowdown‘ has pre-programmed tide charts for 200 beaches around the world for the next 15 years, as well as an armful of other useful features.
But it’s not just one super cool watch in an arsenal of duds; the whole Nixon watch range is famed for combining functionality and stylish presentation. It is this whole package that attracts big names to the Nixon brand, including star skateboarder Tony Hawk and rapper / actor Mos Def. Current hot property, singer Santigold, is a the new face of Nixon’s women and represents the energy, youth and uniqueness that encompass Nixon watches.
Popular with both men and women Nixon wristwear offers more than the conventional watch. Pitching itself in dangerous territory between fashion and sport, Nixon has won an army of fans by creating fabulous, high quality designs. From the ‘Ceramic Player’, a dream watch costing £1,100 to the colourful ‘Time Teller’ watch at just £50, Nixon offers beautiful, tough watches for everyone to enjoy.
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Ltd Watches at T4 on the Beach!
If you’re a regular reader of our blogs you’ll know how much we love LTD watches. Ltd watches are the ultimate summer watch. Designed in a spectrum of bright, funky colours these on trend watches have ‘summer fun’ written all over them. As predicted the stars have caught the Ltd Watch ‘bug’ and this month’s T4 on the Beach in Weston-Super-Mare saw a host of celebrities sporting them.
Bonkers favourite, Dizzee Rascal, performed to an audience of thousands wearing his Ltd watch, as did Scotsman Calvin Harris and Girls Aloud pretenders, The Saturdays.
The beauty of Ltd watches is their exclusivity. Every style is on a limited run (hence the name) and no more than 150 copies are made in each colour – so you can own a virtually unique timepiece. Because the designs change so often it means new colours are constantly released, so there’s always plenty of choice for Ltd lovers! New colours to hit Shade Station are violet, green and red. The violet Ltd watch would look fabulous with a yellow skirt or trousers – contrast your colours to great effect!
Ltd watches are perfect for injecting a dose of colour. They lift an ordinary outfit and single the wearer out as being a fearless fashion-forward individual. For the ultimate summer wristwear you’ll be hard pushed to find anything as cool and fresh as Ltd watches and at an amazing £49 you can go wild!
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Accessorise with Tokyo Flash!
Every fashionista knows how to work the ‘boyfriend look’ this season. Creating a feminine silhouette with menswear is a massive trend and certainly not one to be overlooked. From low slung ‘boyfriend jeans’ and tailored over-sized jackets with the sleeves casually rolled up, to quiffs and brogues – rummaging through your boyfriend’s wardrobe is the easiest way to nail this summer’s laziest trend. But once you’ve liberated his jeans and teased your hair into a style Elvis would be proud of, why stop there? Swipe his watch too to complete the ‘look’!
You’re in luck if your other half has a penchant for flashy, geeky, space age looking watches. Particularly if it’s a Tokyo Flash watch. With flashing LEDs, unique displays and ‘space invader’ inspired designs these cutting edge timepieces are the ultimate way to accessorise your new look. The brains behind Tokyo Flash like to challenge the wearer somewhat, so before you take his watch without permission it may be wise to ask him exactly how you read it! Tokyo Flash wristwear embodies the advance of technology and innovation within interpretation of time, so throw any thoughts of traditional time telling out the window.
Once you’ve mastered the art of reading a Tokyo Flash watch, slap it on your wrist and consider yourself fully accessorised and totally ready to rock the ‘boyfriend look’. After all why should boys have all the fun?
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Ted Baker Watches – True Brit Style
Ted Baker is the label universally loved by all Brits. Dominating the luxurious end of the high-street, Ted Baker is know for it’s quirky classic designs and the quality of it’s materials. Although perhaps best known for its classy clotheswear Ted Baker does a very natty line in accessories and mens and women’s watches.
Ted Baker watches for men are traditional and sturdy, yet manage to ooze an enviable cool. Making good use of expensive looking leather for the watch straps and large arresting faces with retro graphics to tell the time, Ted Baker wristwear looks appropriate whatever the event. These sophisticated timepieces look great dressed up with a suit for the office and equally hip when paired with jeans for the pub or the park. Shade Station is offering 7 amazing men’s Ted Baker watches at credit-crunch prices to help see you through the recession in perfect style!
Ladies are also spoilt for choice with Ted Baker’s fabulous range of dainty, pretty wristwear designed purely with sophisti-cats in mind. Using a smattering of diamante, some well-placed jewels and interesting detailing on the watch straps, Ted Baker’s watches for women will elevate any outfit and ensure your wrist is both glamorous and accurate! Ladies can pick up their Ted Baker watches for up to half their usual price at Shade Station right now! So hurry whilst our Super Ted watches are still in stock!
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Join the ‘Fash Pack’ with Adidas Oddity Candy Wristwear
Colour is big news this summer and Shade Station is spoiling you with our on-trend colour palette and amazing selection of designer watches and sunglasses. For your fashionable summer wristwear look no further than Adidas and their new Oddity Candy range. The equivalent to Lancôme’s Juicy Tube Lipgloss for lips these brightly coloured watches will arm you with perfect digital timing and the necessary pop of colour on your wrist to embrace this season’s trend.
“But I don’t ‘do’ sport!”
Yes, that may be the case but we bet you still wear Adidas shell toes to the pub and have worn an adidas tracksuit or hooded top to the supermarket at some point. Adidas is of course the premier sports label, however it is also a lifestyle label. Stella McCartney and Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto both know this, as does glossy magazine, Instyle, which featured the Adidas wrist-candy in last months issue. The point is; Adidas Oddity Candy watches are both functional and superbly fashionable.
With a rainbow selection of hues, the Oddity Candy range has colours to suit all tastes, from turquoise and dusky red to green and baby pink. For those with more traditional tastes, white and black are available and those who embrace colour will love the Adidas Oddity Candy watch in ‘vibrant orange’, which is exclusive to Shade Station.
For all your pursuits this summer, colour is a must and the easiest way to wear it, is a burst of Oddity Candy on your wrist!
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Be the first in line for a Replay watch!
Replay launched it’s first ever wristwear line in 2008, after more than 25 years at the top of it’s game. Collaborating with luxury watchmakers Christian Bernard, Replay has released a stunning watch and jewelry collection inspired by the 1950s Motor Sports Industry. In a nod to the era, all the watches have vintage-style finishes, using Italian leather, brushed steel and an engraved crown and back.
Each watch line is named after a cult car from the Fifties. So evocative names like Speed, Coupe, Torpedo, Pocket and Spaceliner, give an authentic appeal to Replays first foray into wristwear design.
Replay was created in 1978 by Claudio Buziol, at the tender age of 21. He was an Italian citizen who dreamt of making it big on the international fashion scene. Claudio named his company ‘Replay’ after watching a world cup football match in 1978 and seeing ‘replay’ flash across the screen!
Replay owed its early success to its innovative denim jeans. Claudio invented the double ring denim and introduced special stitching, along with many other details that can be found in Replay jeans today and in denim across other well known brands.
Although Replay is perhaps best known for it’s denim, the company has introduced other clothing and lifestyle goods over the years to great reception. Replay is now stocked in over 50 countries, which is a testament to its popularity and stylish design.
Shade Station will soon be stocking the new range of Replay watches and we predict great things for the collection. To be the first in line, keep your eyes peeled and we’ll be announcing it very soon!
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Keeping ‘Police Time’ with Police Watches
Police has been the advertising success story of the Noughties. Using superstars like David Beckham, George Clooney, Bruce Willis and Antonio Banderas, the Italian brand has boosted its popularity and global appeal to immense effect.
Prior to these incredibly successful marketing campaigns, Police was little known outside of Italy. However their ‘Poster Boys’ introduced men and women across the world to the Police way of accessorising. Police are arguably best known for their sunglasses and watches and neither line disappoint. Both are incredibly cool, stylish and contemporary.
Playing upon their brand name, the Police range of watches have suitably apt and involving names. Men’s models named ‘Patrol’, ‘Alert‘, ‘Rogue’, ‘Outlaw’ and ‘Trooper’, give a sense of masculinity and excitement to the meaty wristwear.
Police wristwear is designed for independent trendy men and women who enjoy standing out from the crowd and consciously avoid conformity. All pieces are built for action but are enveloped in a good looking, very tasteful exterior. The men’s range is entirely analogue and the straps are produced largely in leather or stainless steel. Throughout the collection, the watch faces are chunky and suitably muscly. Although there is less choice, the Women’s Police collection is highly covetable. Enjoying slimmer silhouettes and fresher colours, Police watches for women are a great choice for an active female who refuses to compromise on style.
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Brighten your Summer with LTD Watches
Summertime and bright colours go together like ’strawberries and cream’ or ‘a day at the races and champagne’. One without the other just ain’t so. If you look to the catwalk for inspiration you’ll see this year’s Spring/Summer ‘09 collections are all about pastels and eye-popping colours. Orange and purple are particular popular colours and are set to be big news in the coming months. Designers are on a mission to brighten the economy and our mood with lively hues and plenty of eye-pleasing, summer teasing colours and styles.
For colour inspiration for your wrist, look no further than LTD Watches. These limited edition beauties come in bright poster paint colours that will delight all those with a sunny disposition and a penchant for following seasonal trends. At spectacularly pocket friendly prices, LTD wristwear offers a universal design in a breadth of different colours. Yellow, baby pink and acid green are great choices for those who wish to stand out from the crowd and embrace all things colourful, whilst those who prefer a slightly more subtle approach to their wristwear may enjoy an LTD watch in white, royal blue or black, with perhaps a different hued face. Whatever your preference try to avoid the matchy matchy look that Paris Hilton seems to favour so much!
Colourful watches can add real appeal to an outfit. One idea is to match the colour of your watch face to a particular colour you are wearing to bring the whole ensemble together. Or perhaps opt for contrasting colours to set both your outfit and your wrist off to great effect. Yellow and Purple are fabulous contrasting colours and as such a yellow LTD Watch would add extra oomph to any purple clothing you are wearing. Finally for the brave fashionista’s amongst you, clashing hues can be very fashion-forward and style savvy, a pink LTD watch with a red belt for instance or red skinny jeans would be a great choice and mark you out as a real trend-setter.
Whatever the weather this summer, opt for a brightly coloured LTD Watch to supercharge your wrist with a vibrant hue and lift your mood!
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Nixon in the spotlight
Nixon is submerged entirely within the hip US extreme sports culture – to such an extent that it fields it’s own Nixon Teams in all major board sporting events (surf/skate/snowboard).
In addition to being embroiled in skate culture, Nixon positively courts rockstars, sportsmen and celebrities, many whom have worked in collaboration with the company to design one-of-a-kind watches inspired by their own unique artwork. 
Known as the Nixon LTD Collection, this enterprise is in its fifth successful year. Past contributors include Tony Hawk, Anthony Kiedis and Jennifer Lopez. The most recent celebrity intake for the 2008 collection boasted stars like Hero’s Milo Ventimigila, Jack Black and Ringo Starr.
The lack of high quality performance watches on the market led to the creation of Nixon Watches – the company decided to plug the gap with watches that growled attitude and could deliver the ‘whole package’. And they certainly stayed true to their word, the collections are always innovative, fresh and of the highest quality. Words like ‘electric shock’, ‘futuristic’, ‘geometric’, ‘synergy’ and ‘bold’ are bandied around to describe the current collection. Nixon have cleverly managed to combine functionality with eye catching, 
colourful and slick design. However such style comes with a price tag to match and some of their watches could do some serious damage to your wallet. Shade Station however, stocks a huge range of affordable Nixon wristwear that even the light of pocket can enjoy!
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