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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...

Two years ago I wrote a post considering the possibility that Victoria Beckham’s label DVB Style could be one of the next major brands to come out of Britain. (

So she kissed a girl and she liked it, yeah yeah we know the story, there is no denying that Katy Perry has become the latest reigning princess of pop. And why not?! She ticks all the boxes, pretty, catchy song, kitsch dress sense and goes around kissing girls, apparently. But I am still not sold, whilst I can’t help but sing along to her number one single, and yes...

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 realm as festival girls, pale denim and the saturated colours of 70s postcards.

So I can’t help but complain that regardless of which site I shop, they’re all trying to covince me that it’s autumn. According to Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom and

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It’s that time of the year again when us fashion types don our finery and feathers and head to the races. Yes, Royal Ascot is back and it’s classier than ever (well, trying to be that is). At Royal Ascot the fashion stakes are as high as the betting stakes, and this year organisers wanted to prevent it from looking like another social gathering at an Ibiza-style...

After surveying several new boutiques, it appears that the vintage/contemporary divide is now a love affair. Store owners, like those of Vancouver’s Mintage (

Alas, the time for me to leave New York City has arrived. With a move to sunny Southern California in the works for next month, I am totally excited to explore a new city and to have access to incredible beaches and to bask in perpetual nice weather…but it’s no secret that there are a list full of things that I will dearly miss from the place I’ve called home...