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Katy Smail - who has written 77 posts on My Fashion Life.

a Illustration graduate from Edinburgh College of Art in 2007, and has spent the past year in a world of words, pictures, fashion and stories. She works as a freelance fashion writer, while her illustrations 'like candyfloss sticking to wind blown lips' are found in publications like 'The Talent' and 'Curvy Annual 08', and are sold in 'Luna and Curious', Brick Lane, London.

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Beauty Inspiration: Chloe A/W 08

Thursday, August 21, 2008

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Summer already seems to be drifting into the recesses of distant memory. Which would all be “oh so depressing” if it weren’t for all those lovely autumn/winter trends to be disappearing into.

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Beauty Inspiration: Chloe A/W 08

Thursday, August 21, 2008

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Summer already seems to be drifting into the recesses of distant memory. Which would all be “oh so depressing” if it weren’t for all those lovely Chloe AW08. A blurred vision of stained berry lips and scruffily pleated hair, the girls strode out like the lovechildren of the Bloomsbury group and some 70s folk musicians; [...]

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Style Icon: Penny Lane

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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Last night, during what may easily have been my one hundredth ever viewing of “Almost Famous”, it occurred to me that Penny Lane seems somewhat prematurely to have the A/W 08 trends all sewn up. Penny, also known as Kate Hudson peaking before a lifetime of rom-coms and Matthew McConaughey stole her away, has been [...]

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Inspiration: Make Like A Mermaid

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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Perhaps it was my recent holiday that involved copious amounts of sea-swimming, mermaid style, but I think I may have found my late summer/early autumn style inspiration. Not wanting to abandon the look of sunlit days entirely, but looking forward to the darkly romantic fashion of winter I’m stealing looks from folklore mermaids. Scantily clad [...]

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Tartan: Trendy or Tacky?

Thursday, August 7, 2008

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As a real live Scottish person, I must admit to finding the perennial appearance of tartan on international catwalks a bit, well, tricky. Even when fashion falls head over hills for all things Scottish, I find the whole look somewhat tacky and faddy. So it was with a heavy heart that I watched the faux [...]

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Key Items for AW08: Bowler Hat

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

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Ever since spying one of the new Topshop ‘on the buses’ ads, I am suddenly harbouring an irrepressible urge to buy a bowler hat. They’ve been creeping in for a while of course, a quaint and charming replacement for the over-exposed trilby or ubiquitous headband, but I’ve always admired them in a vaguely detached “yeah-they-look-quite-good-on-Clemence-Poesy” [...]

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We Heart Bebaroque!

Monday, August 4, 2008

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As something of a hosiery enthusiast, I am predictably exited by the abundance of pretty pretty tights on the A/W catwalks. Trouble is, whilst I can admire the illustrated legs of Chanel, Chloe and Rodarte from afar with an adoring sigh, the chances of ever getting my chipped-nail-varnished paws on such items of beauty are [...]

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All Eyes are on the Neck for Autumn

Monday, August 4, 2008

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Perfect your swan like poise and ballerina posture because the neck, it would seem, is having something of a moment. A quick scan of the A/W runways suggest it as the body part de jour. From the regal ruffles of Givenchy to neck-encircling jewels at Marc Jacobs to the furs at Dries van Noten, this [...]

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Designer Profile: Edward Sexton

Monday, July 21, 2008

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