Has anyone watched The Duchess yet? Along with Brideshead revisited, The Duchess is one period drama that has us excited for one reason and one reason only, the costumes. The footage above gives a little insight into the planning behind the hair/makeup and Hayley Atwell – who plays Bess Foster […]
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The Queen, the New Kate Moss?
Between the lace, the cocoons and those sheepskins you might think you’ve exhausted all the trends, but never fear there’s another trend for you to dabble in! I am of course talking about tartan, how could you miss it?! It’s everywhere, the magazines filled with tartan-clad models. Those D&G campaign […]
Read MoreIt’s the Return of the Hairband
Previously spotted on the shiny heads of schoolgirls only, the faithful covered headband has made a fully-fledged comeback. Thanks in part to Blair Waldorf and co. the fashion world has embraced Queen B’s signature accessory with vigour, interpreting it in a variety of ways. Blair’s own go-to for hair accessories […]
Read MoreWinter Style: Shiny Nylon Jacket By Moncler
The nights are drawing in and the days are getting colder, yes ladies it’s time to start pulling your winter wardrobe forward from the recesses of the cupboard. Personally I’ve always been a winter person, and my wardrobe certainly reflects this, in fact I often find myself counting down the […]
Read MoreCheck This New Trend Out!
It seems as though designers have found inspiration from the Scottish highlands this season as runways at the Autumn/Winter 2008 shows saw the return of the check.
Read MoreSkinny Jeans Get a Makeover
It is with much regret that I feel I should be waving goodbye to the skinny jean this autumn. Admittedly, I could not wait to purchase my dark-wash kick-flares this week and revel in the 70s heritage look that saturated the A/W o8 catwalks, but there is something inside me […]
Read MoreGet America Ferrera’s Emmy Look!
One starlet that stood out for us at this year’s Emmy’s was America Ferrera. Her make-up was flawless, her lipstick gorgeous, and she looked radiant to say the least. Now if you loved her look just as much as we did then we have a treat for you! Read on […]
Read MoreLimited Edition YSL: The New Black
Black is back. Despite being articulated across the A/Wo8 catwalks in Prada lace, razor, Mqueen tailoring and Givency leather, the black theme at Yves Saint Laurent was not only portrayed through the designs that swept the runway, but also reiterated through the Matrix-style ‘look’ of the individuals that made up […]
Read MoreLuxe Essentials: Body Butter
There is nothing more satisfying in the brisk autumn months than a quality body butter. Skin tends to get dry and cracked and it’s important to keep your skin hydrated without feeling greasy and gross. Not only is the texture important, but the scent is crucial to any body butter’s […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: The Round-Up
The Trends: Stepford Wives , Ladylike glamour with a sexy edge, think form fitting dresses and pencil skirts. Playschool , A childish trend to embrace the sun, think primary colours, childlike prints, dinosaurs, trapeze tops and tent dresses. The Orient , Grace and elegance are seen in Obi belts, silk […]
Read MoreGod Save McQueen
Britannia fashion is something that is appearing more and more this season, and Alexander McQueen is, as usual, one of the
Read MoreSkirts Are The New Dresses.
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 […]
Read MoreWin London Fashion Weekend Tickets, £200 and a years supply of Chambord. Hurry! Giveaway Ends Tomorrow
***UPDATE***: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to the winner – Victoria Obar. Thanks to EVERYONE that entered! Thanks to Chambord, the luxury French black raspberry liqueur and sponsor of this seasons Fashion Week, My Fashion Life is offering one lucky reader the chance to win two tickets to
Read MoreThe Gilet: Do You Dare to Wear?
The 70s invasion has continued to dominate the catwalks. We’ve seen flares, stars and stripes, graphic t-shirts not to mention those lumberjack shirts and I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a crop top or two. Well now you can welcome the shag pile, and this isn’t a shag pile for your […]
Read MoreMischa Barton Bag: Accidentally Tried and Tested
Here at My Fashion Life, we have (more than once) expressed our dismay towards celebrity fashion labels. In fact, one OC related launch in particular drew a bitter response little more than one month ago… (Read here) So imagine my predicament when I actually get bought a new bag from […]
Read MoreNew Designer: Go glam with CC Skye
Combining old fashioned glamour with a fashion forward edge LA Jewellery designer, CC Skye boasts an impressive celebrity following, with style icons such as Nicole Richie, Cameron Diaz and Hilary Duff seen out and about flaunting her take on bling. This young LA crowd are perhaps indicative of CC Skye’s […]
Read MoreBebaroque and Roll!
It appears Autumn has well and truly set in and any hopes for an Indian Summer now seem pretty farfetched after the deluge of rain we have just experienced. But is this all doom and gloom? One thing I love about the onset of the colder months, before it gets […]
Read MoreI Heart Vivienne Westwood!
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Read MoreAvsh Alom Gur’s Amazing Prints
Some would argue but I think Avsh Alom Gur’s prints were the best I’d seen on London’s catwalks for Spring/Summer 09. Inspired (quite obsessively) by the chair, this was the theme running through Gur’s collection. It appeared in the accessories, the prints and his summer wedges. Firstly, the prints. The […]
Read MoreModel.Live Episode 6: Game, Set, Match! New York Fashion Week in the Bag!
New York Fashion Week has come and gone and we couldn’t be more proud of the girls of Model.Live! Considering that walking New York is a first for Austria, Cato and Madeline, they’ve each gotten off to a solid start to their respective careers with plenty to build on. Last […]
Read MoreBackstage: Note to the Models at Ashish
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Read MoreThe Emmys. The Stars Come Out to Play.
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Read MoreTaylor Momsen: All Grown Up?
It’s easy to forget Gossip Girl’s Taylor Momsen is only 15 these days. Our little Jenny Humphrey has gone from prom queen to full-on rock chick in black and metallic leathers and lace, thigh-high minis and barely there basques – set off with an edgy bob and lashings of racoon-style eye […]
Read MoreMan?Scara Anyone? YSL and Stuart Pilkington of Big Brother UK Launches Touche Éclat for Men
Stuart Pilkington, Launch of the 'Touche Eclat For Men' by YSL at Selfridges London From murses to man?girdles, manties to man leggings, the feminization of all things men is reaching fever pitch in the fashion world. Nothing, literally, is safe from being stripped of its gender exclusivity so it doesn’t […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: SADO
SADO presented their Spring/Summer 09 collection this week to much applause. The utterly wearable line had strong influences from tropical art deco Miami with a colourful palette of blues, pinks, salvia green and brick orange. Combine this with a geometric pattern inspired by the Egyptian pyramids, add a dash of […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Aminaka Wilmont
As winners of last seasons Fashion Fringe trophy Aminaka Wilmont have quickly established a name for themselves, most often associated with avant-garde shapes and innovative use of fabrics. There was certainly an air of anticipation amongst the audience as the onset of heavy guitar music boldly indicated the beginning of […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Modernist
On arrival at Modernist show guests were presented with a single pastel pink rose setting the tone perfectly for the uber romantic, dreamy collection which followed. It was by far my favourite show of the day, which is not surprising when taking into account my unconditional love for all things […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Osman Yousefzada
The sun finally decided to shine on the last day of London fashion week creating a particularly fitting atmosphere for Osman Yousefzada’s exotic ‘savage pagoda’ show. Following on from last season, South Asian influences punctuated this collection coming in the form of luxurious embroidery, draping fabrics and stylised shapes accessorised […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Bernard Chandran
Bernard Chandran is running up his sixth season at London Fashion Week, and it’s obvious why the fashionista’s keep wanting more. For his SS09 the theme was Eastern Pop Culture versus Asia, without the cliches often witnessed at the mention of the orient. Traditionally sticking with the flamboyant nature of […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Vivienne Westwood Red Label
Even standing in the queue for this show was an event; it was a who’s who of celebsville, from Pamela Anderson to Mischa Barton to Kate Moss to Erin O’Connor and Dita Von Teese, yes they were all there en masse. Oh, and I must add that Dita really is […]
Read MoreGrab the tissues. Its the last day of LFW
We’ve lost all sense of feeling in our feet, our concealer is nearly finished from trying to hide the persistent bags under our eyes and we think we’ll have a fit if we see yet another ruffle. But yet we’re SO sad guys…. If you’ve missed some of our LFW […]
Read MoreFive Minutes With: Fashion Director, Nina Garcia
It’s no secret that we’re big fans of Nina Garcia here at My Fashion Life. Both her books The Little Black Book of Style and The One Hundred sit on our bookshelf, slightly battered and worn from us constantly flicking through and in our humble opinion Project Runway wouldn’t be […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Olanic
The show started with a rainstorm, ok it was lighting and but this was to set the theme of the quirky weather girl. The collection was certainly quirky but entirely wearable. A truly consumer friendly collection, every piece could be worn time and time again. With an 80s feel, jersey […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Fashion East
Natascha Stolle Spring Summer 2009 Fashion East is a project that supports promoting new (or newish) designers. It originally started in The Old Truman Brewery in 1997; the brewery hosted a few shows and later became committed to helping recent graduates step up the design ladder. But the crowd gathered […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Basso and Brooke
Standing patiently in a cloyingly warm Science Museum, I awaited the much anticipated Basso and Brooke S/S 09 show. As previous winners of the inaugural Fashion Fringe award, the industry’s keen eye has been closely trained on this pair whose pioneering use of digital printing in their designs has got […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: On|Off presents
Alexander Koutny Spring Summer 2009 With a celebrity riddled front row, Girl’s Aloud’s Nicola, Peaches Geldoff, Jodie Kidd, Jasmine Guinness, to name just a few, I settled down quite comfortably and eagerly awaited the show. The show was split into three sections for each of the three designers who were […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Ana Sekularac
The eighteenth century dwelling on 33 Portland Place was the ideal setting for a slightly risque display of non-saintly fashion. With hints of bondage, deadly stunning stilettos and rather big knickers, this for me was Tuesdays highlight. Panelled bodices and perfectly fitting mini dresses were order of the evening, lace […]
Read MoreKey Items For AW08: Lace Booties By Nine West
Lace. Being that its one of the hottest trends of the season I’ve spotted it on many a fashionista at London Fashion Week , mainly in the form of lace leggings. Anyone else feel that lace leggings if not done well end up looking tacky? Here’s a quick tip. To […]
Read MoreScottish Fashion Council. Should London Be worried?
It isn’t exactly a secret that Scotland and the rest of the UK, namely England, aren’t best buddies. I’ve never quite understood it myself but it is apparently a given that those north of the border are somewhat disparaging of their southern counterparts. In fact, when I just asked my […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Afshin Feiz
Glamour seemed to be on the agenda on day three of London Fashion Week. Afshin Feiz pioneered grown up girliness in his Spring/Summer 09 collection. Gorgeous pastels set against dove greys was the Feiz colour palette. Gowns and jumpsuits of varying lengths glided down the runway. In draped chiffon Feiz […]
Read MoreRogan Service Belt Calls for a Slim Silhouette
London Fashion Week: Eley Kishimoto
Eley Kishimoto showcased in the large BFC tent: on possibly one of the dreariest days of the year the collection was a lovely window into next years sunnier seasons. The show was dominated by a schoolgirl kitsch, big floaty dresses that kept the lines very simple with hardly a ruffle […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Ashley Isham
In perfect contrast to
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Nicole Farhi
Nicole Farhi is a brand that either pulls out all the stops or just flops. Last Spring/Summer was a pulls-out-all-the stops affair, chic playsuits and jumpsuits, unusual patterns and prints; there was something for everyone. This Spring/Summer sadly did not follow suit. Whist there were some nice pieces, pretty cotton […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Steve J and Yoni P
Heralded as ‘the ones to watch in the fashion world’,
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Reem
If Beatrix Potters’ Mrs. Tiddywinkle had decided to design haute couture with Vivienne Westwood it may have looked a little like Reem. The creations are fantastic; skirts are layer upon layer of rich lace, like the material equivalent of an apple strudel, but the seams are rough and uncomplicated – […]
Read MoreGiles Deacon Does Menswear
New Look must be pretty chuffed with the fact that they will be the proud stockists of Giles Deacons first ever menswear collection. That’s right, the designer whose previous womenswear collaboration with the high street retailer went down a treat, has now designed a range just for the boys. Something […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: John Rocha
Before going to John Rocha yesterday I thought I knew what to expect. I was mistaken. Rocha’s presentation was a surprise – thankfully in a good way. The collection was breathtaking, stunning, gorgeous…I could go on.
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Qasimi
Military Britannia meets the Orient. Neat tailoring, slinky shirts and khaki colouring dominated the catwalk at Qasimi’s Spring Summer collection. Luxury silks, delicate colouring and waist high, form-fitting skirts had diminished the austere cut of trouser suits; replacing it with a far more enticing outlook on conservative dressing. Interspersed with […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Spijkers en Spijkers
In a frenzied mix of lace, silk, satin and chiffon there was a sense of Stepford Wives meets Barbarella. This is not to say that it was bad, but it was not all good. Known for their futuristic looking creations, this collection followed on nicely from last seasons, however I […]
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