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Katie Grand Talks To The Guardian

You know when you’re in your twenties and working out what you want to do with your life, you say OK, by the time I’m 30 I’d like to work for Prada, edit a magazine, buy a house – and I ticked all those boxes quite quickly. But during my […]

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We Love: Topshops Cotton Knickers!

As a long time lover of all things vintage, I am steadily becoming more and more obsessed with Topshops fabulous cotton knickers. They are so 1950’s, with their floral prints and gathered seams and are fast becoming the latest must-have underwear piece amongst those in the know.

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Designer Profile: Steve J and Yoni P

Who: Steve J and Yoni P – Korean-born and London-based duo who have carved a reputation as fashion’s newest prodigies in the space of three short seasons. Why: The pair already have a ‘Best Menswear Award’, obtained at the CSM BA graduation show in 2006, Samsung Fashion Design Fund in […]

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Tory Burch: How Chunky is too Chunky?

Circa 1997 the chunky heel was supporting the majority of female consumers. From there the heel naturally returned to a skinny stiletto and now has returned to its chunky past time. This consumer will buy it…reluctantly. I understand that certain styles come and go over the years, but this one […]

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Lindsay Lohan Unleashes Her Leggings

So we knew it was coming, but honestly we didn’t expect it to be so bad. Lindsay Lohan’s line (dubbed 6126 and named after Marilyn Monroe’s birthday) of leggings has hit shopintution.com. Fans can take their pick from (see image above, from left to right) quilted leather knee patch leggings, […]

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The Evolution Of Burberry

Like many other iconic fashion houses Burberry Prorsum has its signatures pieces. For Louis Vuitton it’s the eloping “L” and “V” and for Chanel it’s the luxurious incorporation of tweed that has existed within the threadwork of the house since it was well established in the 1920s. Like many of […]

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The Gladiator Mandal

Bernard Wilhelm Spring 2009 When the gladiator sandal sashayed down Chanel’s resort 2007 collection, a new mania was heralded. But with all this hype, fanfare and brouhaha over women and their newly beloved gladiator sandal, where do men factor in? The flurry of sprightly coloured and drab sandals Miu Miu […]

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MAC: Naughty Nauticals for Summer

Just when you think that the Spring/Summer nautical trend has reached its peak this season, MAC gets in on the action by launching a brand new range inspired by deep-blue oceans and sparkling luxury cruise liners. The Naughty Nauticals collection is designed to create the illusion of a summer spent […]

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Fashion Fix!

Men find comfort in pockets too! – [My Fashion Life: For Him] The latest denim trend? Baggy Jeans – [Fabsugar] We’re lusting after the JT Italia HB Satchel. Its beautiful! – [The Cut]

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High Time For High-Waisted Shorts!

I am, and always have been, a dress girl through and through. The devotion to flippy skirts and girly dresses that carries me through dreary winters in a haze of opaque tights and scuffed boots only intensifies with the sun. An excuse to let my dresses lead the life they […]

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Practically Posh: The Smart Girls’ Guide to a Glam Life

We’re exposed to the world of wealthy celebrities every day, splashing their money around like it grows on trees. They make having children, throwing parties and looking fabulous seem very easy, but we seem to forget that they have a gaggle of helpers on hand to make looking posh easier […]

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The Vintage Lace Dress

Having already written about, and fallen achingly and unashamedly in love with, the A/W lace trend way back in February, it is with a gleeful (and slightly territorial) heart that I watch the fabric start to trickle into the high street shops. Of course, vintage stores and markets will always […]

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Project Runway Season 6 now casting!

Hurry! Just one more day left to enter for Project Runway Season 6. The application due July 9, consists of three (required) parts: – A personal video – A “virtual portfolio” – A completed application questionnaire, available for download

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FrostFrench Accused Of Racial Discrimination

FrostFrench, the label founded by Sadie Frost and Jemima French has been ordered to pay out £5,000 to an ex-employee who claims she was unfairly dismissed because of her race. Aba Yankah who is of African origin was initially hired via a recruitment company last November as a temp for […]

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Trends: On the fringe

For some time now, I have been trying to curb a creeping desire to adorn myself in fringing. Not so ridiculous as it sounds, really, when you consider that it dwells in the same oh-so-desirable-if-slightly-hippy realm as festival girls, pale denim and the saturated colours of 70s postcards.

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Kate Reardon’s Top Tips For Girls!

Want to find out how to whiten your nails or get a zipper unstuck? Then I have the book for you. ‘Top Tips For Girls’ is the first book authored by former Fashion Editor of Tatler, Kate Reardon. It’s household tips mixed with things your mother never told you , […]

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Runway: Dior Homme Spring 2009

If there’s one thing that cannot be denied of the Dior Homme spring 2009 collection, it is the effective use of popping colours. The electric blues, fuchsias and metallic gold blots were placed at the perfect time to nudge the observers when their eyes grew tired of scoping out the […]

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Couture Fashion Week AW08: The Highlights

The whirlwind that is couture fashion week is over folks! What a week its been. Here are our highlights: 1. Alessandra Facchinetti’s successful debut for Valentino. The most anticipated show of the week turned out to be a hit, Facchinetti must be SO relieved. 2. Galliano never ceases to amaze […]

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Have We Skipped A Season? Is Autumn Here?

So I can’t help but complain that regardless of which site I shop, they’re all trying to covince me that it’s autumn. According to Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus the leaves should be changing to deep reds, oranges and yellows, the sun should be setting earlier and we […]

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Panorama exposes Primark: Will it make a difference?

Recently, Primark the fast fashion outlet of the decade has come across serious scrutiny thanks to shows such as the BBC’s Panorama and Channel 4’s ‘The Devil wears Primark’. Although The Devil wears Primark was the first to explore the really, really, cheap prices that Primark has to offer, the […]

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Lust of the week: Topshop Floral Print Corset

I try and I try and I try to be good and save my pennies but Topshop is a bad place. A bad, bad place that wants to see me fail. For, why else would it throw such a physical incarnation of temptation into my otherwise thrifty gaze? Alas, Topshop […]

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Russian Model, Ruslana Korshunova Commits Suicide

Dubbed “the next big thing, model Ruslana Korshunova fell to her death on Saturday afternoon from her ninth-floor apartment in Manhattan. With no signs of a struggle, police subsequently ruled the model’s death a suicide on Sunday. In addition the construction netting around the balcony from which she fell appeared […]

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Wimbledon: The Fashion Set

Its game, set and match for the fashion stars of Wimbledon. Every day sees a different outfit, each more daring and unusual than the next. But the question is, are headlines about Wimbledon fashion making bigger headlines than the actual game itself?

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