This has come as quite a shock! What are your thoughts on this?

SIENNA and Savannah Miller are leaving Twenty8Twelve to focus on new ventures, after a six year stint as co-creative directors of the label. The line will continue under its existing design team.

“We felt it was time to move on,” Savannah Miller told us this morning. “We had an amazing six years and we wish the brand all the best for the future.”

The label’s London Fashion Week show will still take place on February 18 as planned, but from autumn/winter 2012-13 the brand will be renamed Twenty8Twelve London, rather than Twenty8Twelve by s.miller.

“We’ve had a great partnership with the Miller sisters,” said the brand’s managing director Nish Soneji. “From the beginning, our mission was to create a contemporary label with its own identity and strong directional design, as well as an emphasis on quality, cut and finishing. That vision, along with the uniquely British style the collection has become known for, will continue under the direction of the Twenty8Twelve design team. Sienna and Savannah will forever be a part of Twenty8Twelve’s history and we wish them all the best.”

- Vogue.co.uk

“We have had a brilliant six years at Twenty8Twelve and are now looking forward to pastures new,” the siblings said in a statement. “We wish the brand the best of luck for the future.”

- eonline.com

I’m finally getting round to catching up on missing appearance photos from this year (sorry about my absence!), and to start with I’ve added over 100 HQ photos of Sienna and Savannah launching their (then) new Twenty8Twelve collection at Selfridges earlier this year. Sienna looks so pretty and her hair and make-up are perfect!

Photos are in the Gallery, and further down this post is an article and several videos from the event.

  Twenty8Twelve S/S 2011 Collection Launch at Selfridges x116

Savannah Miller of Twenty8Twelve Talks Fall Fashion & Dream Collaborations

While Twenty8Twelve might not be showing on the runway this fashion month, we’re sure to see looks from the British label’s latest collection on the streets. Co-creative directors (and sisters) Savannah and Sienna Miller have turned out another stellar season for their celebrated line, which is favored by a laundry list of celebrities, bloggers, and editors for its modern approach to retro fashion. To ring in the debut of the brand’s AW11 offerings, Savannah took some time out to give us the scoop on “The Burnettes and Burlinson” collection’s inspiration, her and her sister’s favorite pieces, and the two high-fashion designers with whom she’d love to design a capsule collection.

How was the label started? Were you and Sienna always into fashion?
From day one, Sienna was writing plays, and I was creating her costumes. She’s my other half, and creating a line seemed like the most logical next step to take. When we were approached by Spanish entrepreneur Carlos Ortega to turn that dream in to a reality, it felt like a logical and organic step to take. Twenty8Twelve was born, and the rest is history. Our emphasis is on quality, cut and finishing – beautifully finished denim, luxurious knitwear, perfectly cut dresses, casual pieces and coats. The vision and essence for the label lies in old time tailoring techniques. We create sophisticated garments with a vintage feel but contemporary vibe, with a strong directional design.

What inspired the AW11 collection?
This fall, we tried not to get to weighed down by theme. Instead, we tried to create the ultimate winter wardrobe – the perfect coat, the perfect trousers, the perfect dress, etc. We let our themes lead us for color. I stumbled across an old Italia Vogue shoot that was done at our boarding school, Heathfield. The girls had been styled as boys in a ‘90s rockabilly tribute. It was beautiful and very inspiring. I remember the casting director wandering around the school, picking the strangest looking girls and all the pretty girls complaining because they wanted to be in the photo shoot. We all thought the hair and make up and styling was really weird, but looking back on it now I see how directional and visionary they were. These pictures totally led our delivery. We paid tribute to the restraint of school uniform and the magic of rebellious schoolgirls somehow managing to break the confines and make it their own.

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Miller sisters couldn’t be closer

SIENNA Miller is bouncing off the walls with excitement. The reviews are out for Flare Path, her new play on London’s West End.

And for perhaps the first time in her career, the 29-year-old has been given rave write-ups across the board in what critics universally consider to be a five-star production.

“It’s a wonderful feeling – and a new one for me – to be in something that’s well-reviewed,” she says, her blue eyes welling up.

Her family was there in force last night. “The theatre was full of people whooping and cheering,” says the actor’s older sister, Savannah, 32. “It’s nice that the world is finally seeing my sister the way I do.”

The Millers don’t normally read Sienna’s press if they can avoid it (“We have a ‘no Google’ policy,” explains Sienna), but today they’ve made an exception. This morning, her publicist called with the good news and was permitted to read her a few lines. “I’d said to everyone, ‘I don’t want to know.’ I wasn’t expecting great reviews.” says Sienna.

“I just don’t read things. If you believe the good, you have to believe the bad, and I’d rather not give any belief to anything.”

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A video of the new Twenty8Twelve Spring/Summer 2011 lookbook has now been posted at Twenty8Twelve.com:

“Really elegant and classy – the perfect winter wardrobe,” says Sienna Miller about the autumn/winter 2011-12 collection from Twenty8Twelve. Watch Sienna and her sister Savannah as they pick out their favourite pieces from the new range, and talk through the challenges of staying true to their design aesthetic.

Twenty8Twelve.com have posted their full Spring/Summer 2011 lookbook on their site now, and there are more super-pretty photos of Sienna modelling the clothes! Have a peek at them HERE. I’ll add the photos into our Gallery this weekend.

What are your thoughts on this collection?

Nylon magazine have posted a sneak peek at Twenty8Twelve’s new collection! We previously posted photos from Style.com‘s first look at the A/W 2011 Lookbook, but this set has a much different feel to it. The light, pastel colours are so pretty and Sienna looks fabulous in the pics. They totally get me in the mood for summer!

I’m pretty sure this is a Spring/Summer 2011 collection … ?! Based on what Nylon and T8T said on their Twitters.

Paris Fashion Week is underway, but we’ve got one more treat from London to share: This exclusive first look at Sienna and Savannah’s new Twenty8Twelve collection.

It borrows from Navajo and vintage ’40s prints the sisters found in English thrift stores and antique fairs, and has enough different silhouettes to suit your body, however it rolls out of bed in the morning.

And since this range hits stores this month, you can actually buy it when you want it – as opposed to the other fashion reports we’ve been sharing, which sadly won’t arrive in anyone’s closet until Fall.

- nylonmag.com

• Spring/Summer 2011 Lookbook x5

Style.com have posted photos from Twenty8Twelve’s Autumn/Winter 2011 Lookbook, and as usual, Sienna is modelling some of the new line! She, and the clothes, look fantastic. See the full collection at the link I just posted (Sienna pics are now in our Gallery), and read Style.com’s review below – Savannah sounds like such a pro, and looks like they’ve done some very impressive work!

Last season, before Twenty8Twelve’s Spring show, a scrum of photographers pretty much turned into a pack of flash-wielding hyenas as Jude Law took his seat in the front row. Today that scene seemed a galaxy away, as Savannah Miller guided editors through a rack of her and sister Sienna’s new collection in a day of private appointments. “We wanted to focus on intimacy and building relationships,” she said. “It’s hard with a show and it can get quite theme-y. It’s fun, but it ended up looking like a bit of a circus. Like, ‘Crikey, who’s going to wear that?!’”

The one-on-one approach allowed her to show off the new level of quality that she’s achieved by finding not-exorbitant manufacturing in the U.K. Is domestic production sexier than Jude Law? Well, it could be, when you’re shopping for a perfect tuxedo blazer or a heavy gray wool flannel coat—both of which Miller’s managed to make quite impressively at a very nice price.

Other than a Parisian flair with a touch of beatnik chic, there wasn’t much of a theme. Instead, Miller described the collection best as a “perfect capsule winter wardrobe.” Along with strong basics, like a long gray cardie or smart unlined tweed coat, were more individual pieces like a lacquered lace and pleated chiffon party frock and a Fair Isle trompe l’oeil sweater dress and cardigan, all in one piece.

It’s a smart direction, as long as Twenty8Twelve can maintain a distinct viewpoint—part of which obviously comes from the famous half of this sister act, who was missing in action today. On that note, both Millers are planning a series of PAs in the U.S. in late spring.

- style.com

• Twenty8Twelve: Autumn/Winter 2011 Lookbook x5

3rd update of the day for you today is photos from last month’s London Fashion Week events! Sienna and Savannah launched the Spring/Summer 2011 collection for Twenty8Twelve, and Sienna also attended the S/S 2011 Show of her friend Matthew Williamson. She and Savannah looked fabulous at their show, and I love the photos of the two of them chatting during the show! 140+ photos have been added to our Gallery for you.

Photos from the Dinard Film Festival will be added next, probably tomorrow all being well.

• London Fashion Week – Twenty8Twelve S/S 2011 Show x126
• London Fashion Week – Matthew Williamson S/S 2011 Show x16

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