Last Updated on 3rd September 2012 Like a sickening Heston Blumenthal recipe of bacon ice cream, one wouldn’t consider stringing ‘Kim Kardashian’ and ‘charity’ along in the same sentence. I’m […]
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Return of The White Shoe
It is with a mixed sense of relief and reluctance that I am writing this post. Relief, because the fiercely guarded fashion circle has decided to allow back into its […]
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Battle of the September Issues – Vogue vs. ELLE
Last Updated on 15th August 2012 We love telling you about our fave glossy covers, the hot women (or men, in the case of ELLE UK’s July 2012 issue – […]
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Return of the statement earring
Pre spring/summer 2012 if you’d asked me to take a pair of ‘Pat Butcher’ earrings to my earlobes, I would’ve promptly jumped on the pun and butchered you. However, this […]
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Should designers have the right to ban celebs from wearing Couture?
As you may know by now, Dolce and Gabbana hosted its very first Couture show in Sicily this week. But I won’t blame you for not knowing, because Domenico Dolce and […]
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The slipper! To wear or not to wear? Now that is the question
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 While flicking through the Browns website earlier this week, I came across a lovely selection of slippers by Avec Moderation and was quite tempted […]
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Kim Kardashian finally gets her “Vogue” cover!
Last Updated on 22nd June 2012 A slap on the face for a certain editrix who slapped a Met Ball ban on the woman with over 15 million ‘twitters’, or […]
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Why 12 magazine’s ‘Victim of Beauty’ editorial fails to shock…
We’re all accustomed to seeing rather disturbing imagery and advertising campaigns that highlight the plight of victims of domestic violence, child abuse, and poverty and horrific crimes such as rape […]
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Bright young things, those Olsen twins
Last Updated on 8th June 2012 Quietly, patiently, and super-stylishly, the world’s most famous twins took home the most coveted award in the fashion industry. That’s right. The doe-eyed, visually […]
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Has Kanye turned Kim into a demure goddess?
“Where have they gone?” I euphemistically and, rather rhetorically, ask myself every time I lay eyes on a post-‘Kimye’ Kim Kardashian. As the world became aware of the blossoming love […]
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Would you say ‘I do’ in UGG boots?
Last Updated on 25th May 2012 Oh, dear! Dear, dear, so sadly dear. This is the exact reaction that echoed through my mental tunnel as I laid my Choo-expecting, famished […]
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Is Alber Elbaz the only ‘real’ designer left?
Last Updated on 18th May 2012 It’s rare, these days, for a designer belonging to a fashion house owned by a large conglomerate to truthfully speak their mind. Expectations, expected […]
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Why we need to stop interfering with The Skinny People
Last Updated on 3rd May 2012 Reading the title of this post may make you want to scream abuse at me, and indeed label me a blind-eyed bat who has […]
Read MoreH&M Conscious Collection: Can glam be green?
Last Updated on 13th April 2012 Yesterday saw the launch of the Conscious Collection by Swedish high street retailer, H&M. The eco-friendly collection boasts an Exclusive Conscious collection; red carpet […]
Read MoreFashion’s Brazen Copycats: Inspiration or shameless imitation?
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But I say, is it really when the imitation is so blatant that you can’t tell a difference between the imitated […]
Read MoreMad Men, dressy kids: Is Don Draper’s daughter only 12?
Last Updated on 30th March 2012 I came across a piece charting the style evolution of 12-year-old actress Kiernan Shipka, who plays Sally, the on-screen daughter of Betty and Don […]
Read MoreLana Del Rey’s Style: Eccentric, experimental or explain, please?
Last Updated on 26th March 2012 This is not a post to knock down, smash to smithereens, and then build back up a singer, who by many, is held in […]
Read MoreDoes the Rodarte – Aboriginal art fiasco call for cultural inspiration to be policed, or even worse, killed off?
We we’re a little concerned after coming across an interesting tale of cultural and commercial conflict, and the restraint this conflict has tried to introduce into the borrow-and –take world of […]
Read MoreYes, paying celebrities to attend fashion shows is a big deal, a huge one in fact.
Last Updated on 9th March 2012 Sitting front row at a modern day catwalk show is the equivalent of being front of the ration line in the 40s. You have […]
Read MoreKaty Perry: An emotional, post-Russell transformation
Last Updated on 5th March 2012 Many of us can sympathise with the excruciating emotional pain Katy Perry has endured in the past few weeks. A messy divorce; unashamedly womanising […]
Read MoreCome out of the dark, Rooney Mara
Last Updated on 24th February 2012 We wrote earlier this week, that it grates on us when uber-talented celebs adopt a wardrobe so damned; it looks like they’ve never seen […]
Read MoreRolling in the Deep – trouble that is, Mr Lagerfeld
Last Updated on 10th February 2012 We’re gearing up to kick off fashion month – well, NYFW is well under way with several reports of FROW-gracing celebrity IT girls- and […]
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The fetish trend: was it really so good being bad?
“It’s so good being bad,” said Rihanna in her mega hit S&M, and rightly so. They’re the lyrics some fashion designers swore by when translating their inspirations for AW11 onto […]
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What we really thought of Kanye West’s first fashion collection
Last Updated on 20th October 2013 I must admit that, perhaps unlike others, when I first heard Kanye West was launching a womenswear line, I was rather excited. Not excited […]
Read MoreTo boob boost or not to boob boost?
Last Updated on 27th September 2011 Looking down at my excuse-for-a-woman’s-pride of a chest, I feel particularly apologetic about my lack of wholesomeness. The very assets that are the pinnacle […]
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Amy Childs’ Essex ‘allure’ in Vogue? Shaaat uppp!
Last Updated on 12th September 2011 If the elongated title has already confused you, imagine the flummoxed expression when I learnt that Essex’s finest had landed in the holy grail […]
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The purse-friendly models: Alexa Chung for Vera Moda and Daisy Lowe for Peacocks… why?
Last Updated on 1st September 2011 Events in fashion often occur in twos. Two Kate’s got married in phenomenal dresses in the same year; two high-end designers recently collaborated with […]
Read MoreJohn Galliano: Excuses of a fallen angel
Last Updated on 6th August 2011 As I pick up yet another issue of Vogue, filled with uncontrollable excitement at the thought of feasting my eyes on rich editorials, I […]
Read MoreModelling prodigy or exploited pre-teen? Meet Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau, the 10-year-old French model
Last Updated on 3rd August 2011 We’ve become accustomed to seeing spotty teens take centre stage and call the showbiz shotguns in the music and film industries. Selena Gomez, Justin […]
Read MoreZara Phillips’ wedding dress….granny-chic?
Last Updated on 3rd August 2011 The Second Wedding as it will probably come to be known took place on July 30, when the Queen’s granddaughter wed long-term beau Mike […]
Read MoreLet’s talk: what’s with all the girl-on-girl hating?
Last Updated on 6th June 2011 Last week I read an article in the Daily Mail – where else? – that bashed Kate Moss for not looking as good at […]
Read MoreLet’s Talk: the girl who let Terry Richardson exploit her
Last Updated on 23rd May 2011 It was only a matter of time before someone came up with another Terry Richardson sex story, though I admit, this one’s a little […]
Read MoreLet’s talk: would women really rather die than be fat?
Last Updated on 17th May 2011 As far as stupid statements go, Kate Moss’s “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” is pretty high up there. Then again, she could […]
Read MoreLet’s talk: Crystal Renn’s curves, where they’ve gone, and why we shouldn’t care
I’m almost disappointed at myself for writing this. I’ve never been one to jump in the discussion of Crystal Renn’s curves – talking about when they shift an inch or […]
Read MoreFrom football to fashion: Victoria Beckham’s rise to designer darling
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 I’ll level with you, I really like Victoria Beckham. I always have (even when all she could do was pout and mime), except, perhaps, […]
Read MoreIs Facebook to blame for anorexia? Franca Sozzani thinks so
Last Updated on 22nd March 2011 Y’know, we’re beginning to think we need a new column dedicated to Franca Sozzani’s blog posts. A place for Vogue Italia readers to feel […]
Read MoreGalliano: the industry reacts, but why not harshly?
Last Updated on 21st March 2011 After what seems like a whirlwhind week of events, the shock of John Galliano’s dismissal from Dior is slowly starting to sink in. He’s […]
Read MoreLet’s talk: what does Galliano’s controversy mean for Dior?
Last Updated on 1st March 2011 Update: John Galliano has now been dismissed from Dior. Read the full story here. We all know the story by now. Last Thursday, John […]
Read MoreLet’s talk: Franca Sozzani disses bloggers; likens them to “an epidemic”
Last Updated on 7th February 2011 We’ll be honest, we’re a little sick of hearing old school editors slag off bloggers, and we’re growing increasingly tired of them showing their […]
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