Military Britannia meets the Orient. Neat tailoring, slinky shirts and khaki colouring dominated the catwalk at Qasimi’s Spring Summer collection. Luxury silks, delicate colouring and waist high, form-fitting skirts had diminished the...
16th September 2008 3:47 pm / 3 comments
This flamboyant head arrangement throws me into a quandary of confusion. It certainly catches the eye, screaming at me to pop it on and go for a burlesque audition. The piece has been made for dress-up: I like to imagine that if I kept it long...
12th September 2008 8:54 pm / no comments
Everyone has their fashion idols. Kate is always up there, Chloe Sevigny is often a penultimate winner for pure indulgence and mine was always (secretly) Patricia Arquette in True Romance. Yes, I wanted to look like I shopped in Vegas and...
9th September 2008 3:00 am / no comments
Belts are such dignity savers. Unsightly love handle hangover? Buy a belt. A slightly dowdy one-colour ensemble? Buy a belt. Wearing a vintage dress that isn’t exactly the right size and needs a bit of definition? Buy a belt.
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3rd September 2008 3:00 am / no comments
A women’s wardrobe is unflinchingly temperamental. The emergency outfit bought for that perfect evening out last September, which at the time promised to be the future epicenter of what you wore henceforth, is now a disastrous mistake...
2nd September 2008 3:00 am / 1 comment