Leather is back. Adorned by traditional punks, rockers and now the trend forgoers. No, we don’t mean the typical jacket, or the leggings that we saw last season, fashion has moved forward to focus on the skirt. Playing with contrasting perspective, feminine yet masculine, this is the perfect item to adopt and work into your look for AW09. We love this button leather...

We’ve all debated thoroughly over the available at e-luxury). The corset waist enhances every woman’s curves, and evokes the feminine figure. Yet if you just can’t manage to afford the $1395 $837 price tag, then do not fear, trusty Topshop have come up with an affordable alternative. At $90 a mere snippet of the price, the open cage skirt is perfect to layer...

Ever had an especially gawdy floral card from a well meaning but clueless elderly relative? You know the sort, neon yellow and pink flowers, maybe a tangerine coloured rose and leaves in a weird lilac tinged green. Well, like to many things we once looked upon as being the epitomy of bad taste, they’re now cool. Acid flower prints are on their way in for spring and...

According to the Observer newspaper, dresses are out and skirts are in. Fact. Skirts dominated the Spring Summer runways in New York with designers like Marc Jacobs and Jonathan Saunders showcasing a variety of skirt styles from romantic tiers to calf length metallics. I don’t know about you, but I am yet to be convinced – I just love the simplicity of the dress....

Sophisticated lustre in our autumn/winter wardrobes is essential for the upcoming party season. For me, silky, metallic jacquard is undoubtedly the chicest way to inject your winter wardrobe with some glistening vibrancy with zero risk of looking cheap or over the top. Perfect to dress down with a cashmere jumper, woolly tights and boots or dress up with heals and a...

It’s one thing to take on androgynous styles like flinging on your boyfriend’s slightly oversized shirt and transforming it into a svelte shirt-dress or casually throwing on a checkered shirt atop a dress and calling it a carefree chic day. But when you take a masculine dress shirt and deconstruct it down to a distinctly feminine piece of clothing in the form...

In an ideal world women would be able to wear whatever they want to work. Unfortunately, this world does not exist. Whenever starting a new job most women ask themselves, “Is this shirt too low?”, “Is my skirt too short?” and “Will I offend anyone with my outfit?” The answer to all of these questions usually stands that if you are...

Recently added to my all-consuming and ever-growing skirt collection/ addiction (depending on your point of view….) is a high waisted, button through pale denim number which I have literally not removed from my little legs for seven days. This shape, with the buttons that run down the front and the apron-style triangle silhouette is not only inherently 70s ( trend...

We have a new addiction, trawling through Topshop’s archives of vintage treasures. There are gems from Givenchy, Dior, Lanvin and more. The collections are limited to say the least and items are selling out quicker than you can click “buy now” but there are still some great pieces that have yet to be snapped up. Here are our picks. 1. Biba sequinned Waistcoat, £220

The Mini Skirt has been voted the favourite fashion item of all time followed by jeans and the little black dress. The mini skirt first arrived on the scene in the 60’s and has become an essential wardrobe item for many…. read more with the mirror