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Seasonal Schizophrenia: Sandals or Sweaters?
I’m confused. This past week in NYC was unseasonably balmy (75 degrees Fahrenheit in mid-April) and I found myself relegating my black tights to the back corner of my closet […]
Read MoreLike a Virgin: Vintage Madonna
All of this recent Madonna exposure makes me a little sad. Too many pumped muscles, too much shiny purple and too much shiny hair. Not that I am going to […]
Read MoreDover Street Market: Pretentious, Moi?
I pride myself on being quite open-minded when it comes to fashion, trying any look and trend at least once. So, when I had my first trip to London’s infamous […]
Read MoreWendybird: Fashion in motion
Getting dressed the other morning, as I twirled in my flippy little skirt and enjoyed that brief moment of bare legged joy before pulling on the black opaques and enjoying […]
Read MoreT-Shirt Recycling: Loomstate for Barney’s
Okay so I admit that I have been on something of a bender lately, but I rarely have time to go into the big department stores in Manhattan and do […]
Read MoreArt Over Function: The Statement Shoe
If the catwalks for Spring 08 are any indication, owning a pair of “statement shoes will be the biggest fashion essential for the upcoming months. With sky-high heels that are […]
Read MoreStyle Profile: Victoria Beckham & Dita von Teese
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Read MoreChannel Your Inner Geek: Keyboard Shopping Bag
I spend most of my time consuming an unhealthy amount of fashion information both online and in print, so I try to break things up a bit by keeping up […]
Read MoreThe Denim Saga: Continued
Thanks for all of your advice, ladies! As many of you suggested, I found my answer to
Read MoreEye love this season: Oversized Sunglasses
Oversized sunglasses are still hot! Popularised in 2007 by the likes of Nicole Richie and her ex-stylist Christian Dior’s squared off version.
Read MoreH&M: A Tribute to Marimekko
I’m sure you’ve seen the African prints on the runways for SS’08, you only have to look to Christopher Kane and Donna Karen to see where the look of the […]
Read MoreReesycakes: A Shopper’s Best Friend
Love to shop but lack the time? Head over to reesycakes.com – a shopping database with useful store reviews, sizing info by label, and an amazing codes & coupons section. […]
Read MoreLoving Your Look: Norah Jones
Way to go, Norah! This lovely songstress has flown under the fashion radar for quite a few years, although she is gorgeous and always elegantly dressed. She had definitely flown […]
Read MoreUnlikely style icon: The Artful Dodger!
“You’ve got to pick a pocket or two.” Such were the immortal words sung by the Artful Dodger (in ‘Oliver’, most famous of all orphan musicals) and suprisingly apt advice […]
Read MoreSock it to me Spring!
Apparently, Spring has sprung! Although the wild blizzard I had to navigate through this morning would beg to differ…..And so we launch into the difficult fashion territory that is the […]
Read MoreNatalia Vodianova: A Determined Brow
If the cover of May’s British Vogue is anything to go by, my much ridiculed but determined quest to grow out my eyebrows has been totally and absolutely validated. Ha! […]
Read MoreiPhone: Cool Covers
So, you go and buy yourself a stylish iPhone and then discover that the only protective covers out there are made of a very unstylish plastic or rubber. You have […]
Read MoreNew Fashion Territory: Art Purses
You probably haven’t heard of Kathleen Dustin. I hadn’t even heard of her until a few days ago, when a friend of mine who knows that I’m always looking for […]
Read MoreStyle Crush: Cassie-style cool
Not usually one to idolise the style choices of fictional teenage girls (childhood ‘Skins‘ as my new style crush. The show, which chronicles the debaucherous antics of a group of […]
Read MoreCeleb Designers: No thanks!
Well, it seems as though every young celeb and their mother has decided to design their own line. We have Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan and others joining the roster of […]
Read MoreMy Trusty Chucks!
Last weekend during the only snowstorm of the year, my trusty Converse trainers broke. I was wondering why my toes were feeling damp, when I looked down and saw a […]
Read MoreFashion Speaks Louder than words: Just ask Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy may have given her first real speech yesterday, since touching down in the U.K on Wednesday, but it’s her outfits that have had the first and last diplomatic […]
Read MoreWalk the tights-rope!
I have always been an enthusiastic ambassador for the joys of coloured tights, so it is with a heavy heart that I announce my resignation. That is not to say […]
Read MoreHandbags on Steroids: Oversized Mania
I’m very much a minimalist when it comes to carting around personal possessions – the lighter and smaller the bag, the better, unless I’m purposefully aiming for an arm workout […]
Read MoreTrends: Ballerina Fashionista!
Contrary to what the magazines would have you believe, there is a way to float through Spring’s romance-spun reverie withough having to overload your garden with never-ending floral prints. A […]
Read MoreEthical Fashion: We are Eco-Warriors!
Going green might be old news in the fashion world, but it’s having an effect on high-end designers and British high street brands as we speak. More than a year […]
Read MoreParis Je T’aime!
It is something of a style cliche to say that Paris is a site of style inspiration but a recent trip to the City of Lights has reminded me why […]
Read MoreJessica Stam: More on how to walk like a model
This time, model Jessica Stam
Read MoreGwyneth Paltrow: Short Story!
You can’t swing your long locks at the moment without hitting a whole bevvy of style icons who have taken the chop (most recently Gwyneth Paltrow). Short hair seems to […]
Read MoreHow to: Walk like a Supermodel
Models and their infamous walk has been subject to much ridicule over the years. The thing is, can we imagine them walking any other way? If you are in fact […]
Read MoreWhen Good Bags Go Wrong!
Who was it that said “less is more,” or to rephrase, that “more is just more?” Whomever it was, word does not seem to have reached the bag design team […]
Read MoreMadonna: More Material for the Material Girl?
Eek! Even though we love Madonna and will always think of her as “untouchable, we couldn’t help but cringe at her chosen red carpet look for her induction into the […]
Read MoreTrend Alert: Dream in denim
Denim seems to be having a bit of a moment. More than usual, that is. Pale and, more alarmingly, stonewash denim is invading our nation’s streets and magazines at a […]
Read MoreBrogues: Fancy Footwork
I don’t know about you, but a whole season later and I am still in love with brogues. Flat patent brogues, shoe-boot brogues, brogues with heels, and the list continues. […]
Read MorePronunciation guide: Say what?!
There is nothing so embarrassing as mispronouncing someone’s name. It’s even more more of a faux pas if it is in reference to something you’re supposed to be something of […]
Read MoreGet All Dressed Up!
Call me crazy, but I periodically like to go onto the net-a-porter/Barneys/shopbop etc designer lists and click on unfamiliar names. I am forever getting emails declaiming the latest DVF, Louboutin, […]
Read MorePharrell Williams talks about his collection with Louis Vuitton
You may remember a while back we
Read MoreArticles: The Search for the Perfect Bag
I woke up one dark winter morning earlier this year and decided then and there that I had to become the owner of a soft, leather designer bag. No longer […]
Read MoreAW08 Trends: Headwear
Hairbands, headpieces, elaborate hats and all decoration in the general head area has been the crowning glory of the fashion world for a while now, but it is a trend […]
Read MoreThank you, Marc Jacobs!
I am a longtime fan of Marc Jacobs, and I usually don’t make any effort to hide it. If the man ever needed a kidney transplant, I’d probably offer him […]
Read MoreHelp: What to Wear to a Wedding?
A friend of mine has been searching for an outfit to wear to her good friend’s wedding and as much as she loved the idea of wearing a dress, she […]
Read MoreThe Hills’ Lauren Conrad: Spring 08 Collection
I hate to admit it, but I’ve been slightly obsessed with watching The Hills on MTV for the past few seasons. Part of it is that there’s something about watching […]
Read MoreOpinions: Garments as Art
It’s easy to criticize the fashion industry. Promoting eating disorders aside, the clothes are well beyond the price range of most people and it can be fairly pretentious (read an […]
Read MoreIt Bags: Mulberry Mabel Madness!
I think the unwritten rule is that if you see more than three hot Tinseltown “it girls photographed carrying the same purse, it automatically becomes the next “it bag. So […]
Read MoreSome Things from the Past: Should be Left There!
There were quite a few enjoyable things about the 80s. Duran Duran. Old-school Madonna. The Cure. There were also a lot of things that should be forgotten, such as shoulderpads,
Read MoreFighting Talk: Let the battle begin!
Fashion is a fickle creature; her moods are fleeting and her tastes volatile. Not too difficult to predict, then, that there would be an autumnal backlash against spring’s romance and […]
Read MoreArticles: Fashion Secrets in Unexpected Places
When it comes to fashion and beauty, there are several magazines that many of us ladies turn to: Vogue, InStyle, Allure, etc etc … but when we’re all reading the […]
Read MoreFeatures: Cute & Comfy
Most of the time, fashion is all about dressing up. There are times though when high heels, pencil skirts and pantyhose are beyond unappealing, but you still want to look […]
Read MoreBeauty: Too Faced Mood Swing
Remember those kitschy mood rings or hyper-color t-shirts that we used to love in grade school? I used to think it was so cool that something would change colors based […]
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