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Panorama exposes Primark: Will it make a difference?

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Loafing Around: The Return Of The Loafer

Whenever there is a stampede of vertiginous footwear like those of the current skyscraper climate, you can be sure there is a thoroughly horizontal backlash just around the corner. Not that I am advocating an utter abandonment of all things...

 

Why I love blogging.

I have an insatiable appetite for fashion. Nowadays, magazines just dont cut it. I used to be a mag hag. I always had a magazine in my bag. Now I live on the internet. To be specific, I journey from blog to blog soaking up information. Sometimes...

 

Trends: Checkmate

Not usually one to partake in any item of clothing that might come under the banner of “androgynous”, I tend to ignore any call to arms for “sharp masculine tailoring” or “boyish style”. There is one exception,...

 

Help: Which brand make the best skinny jeans?

I feel like a lot of mags have been pushing the whole

 

Spooky style!

I’m a bit of a wimp when it comes to horror films, but a quick scan of the A/W runways and it looks like I might have to suck it up and embrace this ghostliest of genres. From Japanese horror films at Rodarte to The Wicker Man at Luella,...

 

Menswear AW08: Clueless or Clued up?

Remember the sequence in Clueless where Alicia Silverstone’s character bemoans the fashion choices of the males of her generation? As she decries their “baggy jeans and backward caps”, an image of guys walking down the sidewalk...