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High Time For High-Waisted Shorts!
Wednesday, 9 Jul, 2008 – | One Comment
High Time For High-Waisted Shorts!

I am, and always have been, a dress girl through and through. The devotion to flippy skirts and girly dresses that carries me through dreary winters in a haze of opaque tights and scuffed boots …

Practically Posh: The Smart Girls’ Guide to a Glam Life
Wednesday, 9 Jul, 2008 – | 2 Comments
Practically Posh: The Smart Girls’ Guide to a Glam Life

We’re exposed to the world of wealthy celebrities every day, splashing their money around like it grows on trees. They make having children, throwing parties and looking fabulous seem very easy, but we seem to …

The Vintage Lace Dress
Wednesday, 9 Jul, 2008 – | No Comment
The Vintage Lace Dress

Having already written about, and fallen achingly and unashamedly in love with, the A/W lace trend way back in February, it is with a gleeful (and slightly territorial) heart that I watch the fabric start …

How to Accomplish Cute And Professional? The Pencil Skirt
Tuesday, 8 Jul, 2008 – | 5 Comments
How to Accomplish Cute And Professional? The Pencil Skirt

In an ideal world women would be able to wear whatever they want to work. Unfortunately, this world does not exist.
Whenever starting a new job most women ask themselves, “Is this shirt too low?”, …

WebSnob: A Roundup
Tuesday, 8 Jul, 2008 – | 4 Comments
WebSnob: A Roundup

nitro:licious compiled a list of alternatives for the “famous” Balenciaga gladiator wedge sandal, which one do you prefer?
The Brows Have It at 55 Secret Street. With a little help from Anastasia of Beverly Hills. …

Cover Girl: Lily Donaldson Lands Vogue UK
Tuesday, 8 Jul, 2008 – | No Comment
Cover Girl: Lily Donaldson Lands Vogue UK

Finally Lily Donaldson’s landed the cover of Vogue UK. She shares a full spread inside with Freja B. Clad in Gucci on the cover, Lily looks every inch the supermodel. Congrats!

Project Runway Season 6 now casting!
Tuesday, 8 Jul, 2008 – | No Comment
Project Runway Season 6 now casting!

Hurry! Just one more day left to enter for Project Runway Season 6. The application due July 9, consists of three (required) parts:
- A personal video
- A “virtual portfolio”
- A completed application questionnaire, available for …

Jodie Kidd Dumped by Agency For Piling On The Pounds
Tuesday, 8 Jul, 2008 – | One Comment
Jodie Kidd Dumped by Agency For Piling On The Pounds

So, when Lily Cole gained weight she told her agency who then called the Gaultier, Dior and Lacroix and told them to adjust the drug scandal she was still sought after. When Jodie Kidd found …

FrostFrench Accused Of Racial Discrimination
Tuesday, 8 Jul, 2008 – | No Comment
FrostFrench Accused Of Racial Discrimination

FrostFrench, the label founded by Sadie Frost and Jemima French has been ordered to pay out £5,000 to an ex-employee who claims she was unfairly dismissed because of her race.
Aba Yankah who is of …

Trends: On the fringe
Monday, 7 Jul, 2008 – | No Comment
Trends: On the fringe

For some time now, I have been trying to curb a creeping desire to adorn myself in fringing. Not so ridiculous as it sounds, really, when you consider that it dwells in the same oh-so-desirable-if-slightly-hippy …

Kate Reardon’s Top Tips For Girls!
Monday, 7 Jul, 2008 – | No Comment
Kate Reardon’s Top Tips For Girls!

Want to find out how to whiten your nails or get a zipper unstuck? Then I have the book for you. ‘Top Tips For Girls’ is the first book authored by former Fashion Editor of …

Grab Your Diary: Temperley London Sample Sale in Manchester
Monday, 7 Jul, 2008 – | No Comment
Grab Your Diary: Temperley London Sample Sale in Manchester

What: www.temperleylondon.com or call 020 7229 7957

Luella Bartley At Urban Outfitters. Yay!
Monday, 7 Jul, 2008 – | 2 Comments
Luella Bartley At Urban Outfitters. Yay!

Hold on to your purses ladies. In the next couple of weeks Luella Bartley’s AW08 collection will be available at high street favourite, Urban Outfitters. And for all you avid online shoppers, the collection will …