Having endured weeks of outfit slating during her highly-documented pregnancy, being Kim Kardashian couldn’t have been easy over the last few months. An unflattering dress here, a hem too short […]
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Conde Nast College: A school only for the rich, or everyone?
Aristotle once said, “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet”, and that’s the kind of heavy philosophical note we’re starting on. Drummed into us from a […]
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Image and Insanity: Will the visual torment ever stop?
The ‘selfie’ culture has mostly destroyed all realms of the personal. From self-obsessed celebrities sharing half naked pictures, showing off toned limbs and abs to maximum effect, to the star […]
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The Colour Issue: Is Fashion Really Racist?
The courtship between controversy and fashion seems like a concept that has been alive since the hour dot. Scrambling for the spotlight in the dark and dangerous pit of political […]
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Stiletto vs. Sneaker: Is fashion’s ugly shoe taking over?
When Isabel Marant presented the fashion world with her deceptively stylish shoe-cum-trainer-cum-leg elongating wedge, we thought the bane of our lives (sore ‘fashunn’ feet) had forever been banished. But no, […]
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Are these the 8 Most Controversial Fashion Photographers of All Time?
The fashion industry is built on dreams; the internal desire to shine brighter than our counterparts, to have ‘the best’, and be considered ‘perfect’ in a world which increasingly demands […]
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Designer sunglasses: Splendid or a sorry waste?
[noskim] Accessory shopping, I’d like to think, is my forte. Drawn far too easily to a just-landed bag or the latest crop of eye-popping statement jewellery pieces; during a financially […]
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Could eBay kill our charitable side?
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 not talking about financial charity – […]
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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
We love telling you about our fave glossy covers, the hot women (or men, in the case of ELLE UK’s July 2012 issue – phwoar!) gracing those covers, and how […]
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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
While flicking through the Browns website earlier this week, I came across a lovely selection of slippers by Avec Moderation and was quite tempted to snap a pair up. Just […]
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Kim Kardashian finally gets her “Vogue” cover!
A slap on the face for a certain editrix who slapped a Met Ball ban on the woman with over 15 million ‘twitters’, or maybe a symbol of a star […]
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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
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 alike, stylistic pole opposites, Mary-Kate and […]
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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?
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 eyes on what is probably the […]
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Is Alber Elbaz the only ‘real’ designer left?
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 silences and a certain submission are […]
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Why we need to stop interfering with The Skinny People
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 no regard for those wasting away […]
Read MoreH&M Conscious Collection: Can glam be green?
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 ready pieces crafted from sustainable materials, […]
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?
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 Draper in Mad Men that made […]
Read MoreLana Del Rey’s Style: Eccentric, experimental or explain, please?
This is not a post to knock down, smash to smithereens, and then build back up a singer, who by many, is held in high regard, but a complimentary offering […]
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.
Sitting front row at a modern day catwalk show is the equivalent of being front of the ration line in the 40s. You have a need(hunger, mouths to feed; fashion, […]
Read MoreKaty Perry: An emotional, post-Russell transformation
Many of us can sympathise with the excruciating emotional pain Katy Perry has endured in the past few weeks. A messy divorce; unashamedly womanising ex-husband who deems it perfectly fine […]
Read MoreCome out of the dark, Rooney Mara
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 the flash of a pap camera […]
Read MoreRolling in the Deep – trouble that is, Mr Lagerfeld
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 it’s all getting a little heated. […]
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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
I must admit that, perhaps unlike others, when I first heard Kanye West was launching a womenswear line, I was rather excited. Not excited in the way that Miu Miu’s […]
Read MoreTo boob boost or not to boob boost?
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 of womanhood; the prominent markers of […]
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Amy Childs’ Essex ‘allure’ in Vogue? Shaaat uppp!
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 of fashion publications. The reasons for […]
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The purse-friendly models: Alexa Chung for Vera Moda and Daisy Lowe for Peacocks… why?
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 US department store Macy’s, and even […]
Read MoreJohn Galliano: Excuses of a fallen angel
As I pick up yet another issue of Vogue, filled with uncontrollable excitement at the thought of feasting my eyes on rich editorials, I feel a sudden rush of sadness […]
Read MoreModelling prodigy or exploited pre-teen? Meet Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau, the 10-year-old French model
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 Bieber, Elle Fanning and Hailee Steinfeld […]
Read MoreZara Phillips’ wedding dress….granny-chic?
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 Tindall in what was a surprisingly […]
Read MoreLet’s talk: what’s with all the girl-on-girl hating?
Last week I read an article in the Daily Mail – where else? – that bashed Kate Moss for not looking as good at 37 as she did at 17. […]
Read MoreLet’s Talk: the girl who let Terry Richardson exploit her
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 different to the other disturbing tales […]
Read MoreLet’s talk: would women really rather die than be fat?
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 have declared her love for Hitler […]
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
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, for that awful wag phase, but […]
Read MoreIs Facebook to blame for anorexia? Franca Sozzani thinks so
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 more personally connected to the magazine’s […]
Read MoreGalliano: the industry reacts, but why not harshly?
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 now headed to rehab to resolve […]
Read MoreLet’s talk: what does Galliano’s controversy mean for Dior?
Update: John Galliano has now been dismissed from Dior. Read the full story here. We all know the story by now. Last Thursday, John Galliano was arrested at a bar […]
Read MoreLet’s talk: Franca Sozzani disses bloggers; likens them to “an epidemic”
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 inability to get on board with […]
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