Last Updated on 19th October 2013 Getting dressed the other morning, as I twirled in my flippy little skirt and enjoyed that brief moment of bare legged joy before pulling […]
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Summer Buys: Leotards take to the stage
The lights have dimmed, the trumpets begin to play and the red velvet curtains get ready to part as spring’s travelling troup of circus performers tumble out of an oversized […]
Read MoreWhere the Wild Things Are: Emma Cook for Topshop
Last Updated on 14th April 2008 With the impending onset of summer (ha!) comes the inevitable announcement of those annual summer trends that will never go away (nautical stripes or […]
Read MoreUnlikely style icon: The Artful Dodger!
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 “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 […]
Read MoreSock it to me Spring!
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 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 […]
Read MoreNatalia Vodianova: A Determined Brow
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 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 […]
Read MoreTrends:Tangerine Dream
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 As a lifelong (well, so far) devotee to the endless joy that a good lipstick can bring, I am predictably enamoured with Spring’s paintbox […]
Read MoreBeauty: Tangerine Dream
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 As a lifelong (well, so far) devotee to the endless joy that a good lipstick can bring, I am predictably enamoured with Spring’s paintbox […]
Read MoreStyle Crush: Cassie-style cool
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 Not usually one to idolise the style choices of fictional teenage girls (childhood ‘Skins‘ as my new style crush. The show, which chronicles the […]
Read MoreMost Wanted: My new skirt
There is no greater joy than the discovery of one item of clothing which combines everything you have been lusting after into one beautiful little package. What makes my thrifty […]
Read MoreSpring’s Eccentric Old Ladies!
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 Collective muses of the season seem to be “Big Edie” and “Little Edie” of “Grey Gardens” fame. The cult documentary, which followed the squalar, […]
Read MoreWalk the tights-rope!
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 I have always been an enthusiastic ambassador for the joys of coloured tights, so it is with a heavy heart that I announce my […]
Read MoreTrends: Ballerina Fashionista!
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 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 […]
Read MoreGwyneth Paltrow: Short Story!
Last Updated on 24th March 2009 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 […]
Read MoreParis Je T’aime!
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 It is something of a style cliche to say that Paris is a site of style inspiration but a recent trip to the City […]
Read MoreGwyneth Paltrow: Short Story!
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 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 […]
Read MoreTrend Alert: Dream in denim
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 Denim seems to be having a bit of a moment. More than usual, that is. Pale and, more alarmingly, stonewash denim is invading our […]
Read MoreSpooky style!
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 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 […]
Read MoreAW08 Trends: Laced with style
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 I have always had a soft spot for lace. Any fabric which makes me think of veiled ladies from old novels and Victorian dolls […]
Read MoreTrends: Lips Noir
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 My name is Katy and I am addicted to lipsticks. Nor do I have any intention of abandoning the love(s) of my life as […]
Read MoreBeauty: Lips Noir
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 My name is Katy and I am addicted to lipsticks. Nor do I have any intention of abandoning the love(s) of my life as […]
Read MoreAW08 Trends: Headwear
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 Hairbands, headpieces, elaborate hats and all decoration in the general head area has been the crowning glory of the fashion world for a while […]
Read MoreTrends: Crimping my style
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 Oh horror of horrors! Sorry to break the terrible news, ladies, but crimped hair appears to be back. I could have predicted this, really, […]
Read MoreHillary vs. Barack: Politically Stylish Designer T-Shirts
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 Fashion has had a long and turbulant relationship with politics. From Vivienne Westwood’s manifesto, style can be shorthand for personal politics – without all […]
Read MoreBeauty: Crimping my style
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 Oh horror of horrors! Sorry to break the terrible news, ladies, but crimped hair appears to be back. I could have predicted this, really, […]
Read MoreFighting Talk: Let the battle begin!
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 Fashion is a fickle creature; her moods are fleeting and her tastes volatile. Not too difficult to predict, then, that there would be an […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week AW08: Rodnik
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 As the lights dimmed in a smoky East End venue, the Rodnik boys picked up their instruments and began to play. Girls decked out […]
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