Do PRs not know the value of their lives (read: careers) anymore? Have they completely gone off their collective rockers, so to speak, and decided it’s time to shift Planet […]
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Ruined: Runway to High Street looks that were destroyed in the process
Imagine something you hold so close to your heart taken away, replicated a million and one times (substandardly), then force-fed to the masses? Something like this, sadly, happened to the […]
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Sibling rivalry: Which Kardashian deserves to land an American Vogue cover?
“To be in Vogue has to mean something,” stated Anna Wintour, and, well, she’s speaking the biblical truth. Campaigning for this prestigious right are two siblings from the world’s most […]
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Is anyone really fit to replace Anna Wintour?
You might consider our proposition insane, if somewhat impossible, but it could totally happen. If the “new” age for women retiring in the UK is realistically lingering in the seventies, […]
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Skin lightening: personal choice or grave mistake?
Seems thinness isn’t the only endemic physical problem we face these days. The phenomenon of skin bleaching has been taking the globe by storm – and it isn’t new news, […]
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Is the Madonna-Miley collaboration another justification of over sexualisation?
Apart from looking freakishly similar – despite the 34-year age gap – the cowgirl outfit-clad MTV Unplugged collaboration that involved a Madonna-Miley gyration session before a bunch of fans hardly brought […]
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Golden Globe Awards Bring Electronic Cigarettes into the Spotlight
Electronic cigarettes are now treading a familiar path to many fashionable items – being brought into the spotlight by celebrities, criticised by the Government and authorities and then seeing their […]
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Due a wardrobe detox? So say the £400 worth of unworn clothes in your wardrobe
After witnessing the sporty spectacular that was the Chanel Couture show, you’re probably budgeting for your next haul of shimmering sneakers, right? Well, just hold fire! Because, according to a […]
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Are we overreacting to Mindy Kaling’s Elle US cover?
As the new crop of magazine cover stars emerge for February, controversy isn’t too far off. In the firing line this week for cropping the hell out of one of […]
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Would you use foot numbing spray to avoid wearing flats?
At the height of a heel addiction (pardon the pun), its surprising what some women will do to fill the Choo. After all, sporting flats is so not fashion, dahling! […]
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Here’s how to tear up the Christmas fun rule book
We’ve delivered your Christmas day outfit; organised for Boxing Day to be nothing but a lazy, super-comfy, turkey sandwich- laced day; and even your New Year’s Eve outfit is well […]
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Education vs. Experience: What is more important in fashion?
Much like the nature vs. nurture conundrum, fashion harbours its own double-sided issues. In an industry such as this, there isn’t necessarily a clear-cut path to career success, and those […]
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“Fashion isn’t art. It’s not even culture. Fashion is advertising. And for every dollar you earn, someone pays the price…”
What do you imagine when someone utters the word ‘fashion’? Unadulterated glamour? Power? Exploitation, maybe? It’s something Team MFL has recently been pondering, given our affection for this industry, and […]
Read MoreHave you tried the latest Energy Shisha trend?
A Givenchy-clad Audrey Hepburn made smoking look so chic and cool in Breakfast at Tiffany’s with her elegant cigarette holder, but fast forward to 2013 and the shisha pipe has […]
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Body jewellery. Yay or nay?
If you’re anything like us and, akin to a magpie, love all things shiny and sparkly, you might feel that you can never have enough jewellery either on your person […]
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4 Reasons why Nicholas Ghesquière is a godsend for Louis Vuitton
If you haven’t already heard about the second biggest fashion mover shaker story of the year, well, where have you been? Nicholas Ghesquèire – yes, he, the good-looking French man […]
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Electronic Cigarette’s Final Hurdle: Becoming Fashionable
Many consumer products released onto the market over the years have inexplicably been deemed flops due to having never been considered fashionable. Although you might have heard about those digital portable […]
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What we really think of Tamara Mellon’s debut fashion collection
When news of Tamara Mellon’s debut fashion collection fell on our ears – yes, she of the sexy Choo shoe empire – we were beyond ecstatic. Glossed to perfection, this business […]
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5 Positive things that could result from Condé Nast scrapping its internship programme
We’ve all experienced a Devil Wears Prada-esque ‘cerulean’ moment, hailed the unpaid victors of fashion cupboards when they’ve come out a lawsuit, ‘salary’ in tow, and agonised over the dark […]
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Cheap fashion finds: Embarrassing or exciting? (Well, the Duchess of Cambridge approves!)
If you’re frowning at the title of this post, frankly, we don’t blame you. Who doesn’t love starting a dinner table conversation about their latest Gucci snaffle at the nearest […]
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Inspirational vs. Inane: Is the lure of the luxury good worth dreaming about?
If recent research is anything to go by, then the luxury goods industry is booming. Booming beyond cultural and financial borders; letting the emerging economies ride the Prada-lined wave of […]
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The real reason behind Kim Kardashian’s baby wardrobe Insta-binge
When Kim Kardashian, world’s hottest-mama-right-now, decided to embark on an Instagram binge to introduce the world to her daughter’s teensy, top tier designer wardrobe, we looked at our sorry Zara […]
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6 things we learnt from Miley Cyrus’s latest (twerk-free) music video
OK, we had to. Had to what? We had to dissect the latest in-yer-face offering from the House of Cyrus and all things non-Disney: 23 Alluding to Michael Jordan’s jersey […]
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Smoking turns e-chic…or does it?
Some call it a sickening, oft-glamourised anti-health hype; others simply refer to it as “having a fag”. However you choose to approach the issue of smoking, opinion will always be […]
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Reflecting on London Fashion Week…(Spring/Summer 2014)
The hub of all excitable activity, and displaying a manner of dressing that even those residing across the Atlantic strongly envy (yes, those polished NYC queens), London is a melting […]
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5 Unspoken fashion week rules we’re breaking
Tomorrow marks the beginning of a 5-day celebration of fashion in the near future. Editors, bloggers, camera wielders and, sadly, some desperate-to-get-papped individuals dressed to kill (no, not literally) will […]
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Inspiration vs. Reality: Are Alexandra Shulman’s educational efforts beneficial?
Whilst bright-eyed and bushy tailed editors from notable publications all around the world jet into New York, for today’s highly anticipated kick-off of New York Fashion Week (wait till you […]
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The selfie-centred nation: Snap happy or plain crazy?
Hello, and welcome to the millionth conversation about turning the camera on yourself. The selfie really exploded this week, legitimising its existence by snapping up a place in the Beverly […]
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Ladylike style: Prim and proper, or just plain boring? (We can’t decide)
We want a twee twinset, live for Celine’s floaty, knee-length skirts, and can’t say no to a good old British afternoon tea: are we really turning into FLOTUS/K. Middy clones, with our […]
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Sweating the small stuff: Is fashionable gym gear important?
Sometimes, a brow-raising snapshot of someone committing an act of foolishness in the name of fashion is all it takes to get mouths moving at HQ. And this week, we’re […]
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Knee deep: Revival of the over-the-knee boot
Ankle boots, yes. Cut-out styles, OK. Cult (and costly) Saint Laurent suede versions, HELL YEAH! Thigh-highs, oh, wait… The above pretty much defines our reaction to the plethora of boot […]
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Are fashion free-for-alls really safe?
Aptly dubbed the “scariest s**t you’ll see today” by Fashionista, Alexander Wang’s recent T by Alexander Wang free-for-all was a lesson in sartorial bloodbath scenes. Rabid Wang fans, ravenous from […]
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Would you wear ‘mom’ jeans?
Feeling like painfully embarrassed teens, whose parents revelled in showing them up for want of being cool (but miserably failing), we relived our red-faced nightmares when we came across a […]
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Sorry, you’re not VIP enough: Is facial recognition technology a step too far?
Something more ridiculous than Mariah Carey’s snazzy take on arm slings this week, is the concept of VIP facial recognition to catch out potential big spenders. Yep, you read right. […]
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Rise of the luxury basics
Forming the foundations of a well-honed wardrobe, basics play an important part in everything from outfit recycling to look-building. Those vital pieces we return to repeatedly, without the fear of […]
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The (un)importance of the skinny male model
Desensitised to seeing otherworldly bodies stretched across the pages of our favourite glossies, mooching on the size zero debate doesn’t really illicit the same reaction it used to. Media, advertising […]
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Pea-sized prodigies: Meet the 5-year-old Scott Disick
OK. We’re pretty much speechless. Dumbfounded. Beyond words. Because we’ve just witnessed a miniature reincarnation of, maybe, Lord Disick, Justin Bieber and Danny O’Donoghue all rolled into one adorable and […]
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The beauty of (scary) feminism
Tom Ford is onto something. After providing the fairer sex with a super-luxe beauty range, complete with packaging to rival the clothes he creates, he’s now launching a new line […]
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The $68,000 dress: Saint Laurent’s golden shot, or just plain ridiculous?
OK, so we’ve discussed the $35,000 backpack and gawked at the £160,000 nail varnish, but when a certain designer with a habit of irking many in the industry gets in […]
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Is Vena Cava’s social media ‘slap’ the way forward for fashion?
Call it what you like, but the stratospheric heights that social media has reached in the past few years is no easy feat. Playing stress ball, anger management tool and […]
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Rihanna for River Island, take two: Here’s what we really think!
After enticing Ri-wannabe’s with her debut collection for River Island, the queen of everything is back with more fashion to feed our sartorial souls. Following her hotly anticipated London Fashion […]
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Is a brazen approach to the sheer trend inappropriate?
To boob, or not to boob? Well, that’s the question on our minds today, as we dissect a very brave fashionista’s take on one of spring/summer 2013’s biggest trends. Dangerously […]
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The art of ungratefulness, or is it?
If you’re one of these people who seethes with anger over the daily shenanigans of those swimming in pools of money, yet still bemoaning some petty aspect of their gilded […]
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Floodgates of flab, or fab? Kim Kardashian’s bikini flaunting is a welcome move
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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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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