It’s difficult not to feel overwhelmed after fashion month. All those shows, all those new clothes and all those new designers to choose from. But in London one woman has been quietly forging a name for herself, emerging slowly from under the radar to become a firm favourite with London-based fashion editors and the girls at Vogue. Olivia Rubin is a graduate of...

Yes, we know, IT bags are so 2007. We’re not meant to want to splurge out on a must-have bag anymore - we’re supposed to go for discreet classics, or ’stealth’ bags that look great but don’t shout too loudly or look too familiar. But there is one bag that had almost every fashion editor drooling at fashion week. And it’s certainly...

It’s hard to remember how we managed to keep up to date with the new collections before style.com came around. After all, only a very few key journalists, buyers and VIPs get invited to the serious fashion shows and magazines rarely show more than the edited highlights, so style.com is always there ready to give us a quick fix if we’re craving inspiration on...

While the Fashion’s Night Out event organised by Vogue in New York may have attracted most of the media attention, here in London the event was equally fun and a unique opportunity to meet some of our favourite designers and fashion icons. With so many designers about, this was not an occasion to dress down for, but the champagne and cocktails being served in almost...

Harold Tillman, owner of Jaeger and chair of the British Fashion Council, has bought the 150year old British heritage label from its Japanese owners, ending months of speculation over the future of the brand. Rumours that Tillman and Jaeger chief exec Belinda Earl were looking to buy the company began to gain momentum at the end of the weekend and the news was confirmed...

Ingeborg Van Lotringen has the kind of job that most girls dream of. As beauty editor of Cosmopolitan, one of the world’s best known glossy magazines, she’s in charge of a beauty cupboard full to the brim with amazing goodies. Forget having to pay £100 for the latest face cream, Ingeborg gets sent it for free before its even available in the shops. But it’s...

1. Serious devotees and bargain hunters buy at auctions and house clearances - you are much more likely to find real treasure - but these tend to take place during office hours making them fairly inaccessible to most shoppers. 2. Don’t worry too much if there are buttons missing, these can always be replaced by your drycleaner or tailor. 3. Rips and tears are harder...

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A vintage lovely can so easily become a retro mistake. Walking into a jumble sale and decking yourself out in head to toe 80’s and 90’s does not mean you understand vintage shopping. It will not make you cool, despite what the legions of identikit 80’s Madonna tributes walking around Hoxton might like to think. Nor is dressing in head to toe fifties...

Who doesn’t love a bargain? Especially at the moment, when every penny counts. So it’s hardly surprising that charity shops appear to be having a bit of a ‘moment’. Oxfam was the first to catch our eye in May by opening a couture boutique in Westbourne Grove. This was swiftly followed by the launch of Mary Queen of Charity Shops, a BBC television...