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I have rather selfishly been putting off thinking about the LBD, mainly because like the wicked step-mothers, I am raging with jealousy about the fact that I have absolutely no need for anything so formal. Ok so I am not about to poison all the apples in Sainsbury’s to take out those of you with Christmas dos, but it is nice to get dressed …
Never mind your spangly ‘going-out’ top, what you need for the party season is a jacket. I am definitely not talking about the top half of your suit – if you wear one, but an LBJ that will see you through a whole host of events. In fact, scrap that, it isn’t even about the party season because let’s face …
Way back in February when all the designers were showing their AW15 catwalk collections, amid the 70’s glam rock and 60s Mod, there was another big influence on trends for this season: gothic Victoriana. Now while this might sound quite unapproachable, what with the ruffs and all that jazz, there is something extremely wearable that has come from all this. …
The bare leg is back. So before you reach for your thick black opaque tights, think again as the fashion pack are foregoing sensible winter warmth and going with a nude leg. In particular, the bare ankle is fashion’s erogenous zone this season. EEEK! This is not exactly where I am at – I would rather have hot water bottles …
I am beginning to feel the love for bags once more. For the past few years I have been consigned to the nappy bag brigade and now I am finally out the other end. For a while there it was pretty grim – I needed one of those gigantic compartment ridden behemoth’s in which to stash nappies, wipes, hand gel, enough snacks …
A slight hiatus in the boot chat last week to look at coats, but back on it this week to look at some more styles to delight your tootsies. I haven’t worn a pair of knee-high boots for a long, long time. Other than wellies, which I don’t really count. I do have a couple of pairs that I have …
Do not be fooled … we may be experiencing a bit of an Indian Summer but that does not mean you should be lulled into a false sense of security and delay your coat purchase for the season. Retailers follow an insane buying calendar which means that coats are in stores in August before we have really had a chance to …
Once I am dressed, that is it. I don’t tend to look back or fret. However, this weekend I was at Blenheim Horse Trials in the glorious sunshine and found myself woefully out of kilter with the sartorial mood favoured by 99% of the people there. Clearly I had missed the memo about the dress-code and I kept wondering if they all …
Knitwear: the term just sounds a bit old-fashioned and conjurs up images of twinsets or dowdy cardigans. And if ‘knitwear’ sounds frumpy, then ‘shumper’ definitely sounds even worse: more cleaning product than clothing. This blog was supposed to be about how to create the layered look yourself, not about how to cheat. Nor did I ever think in a million years that this …
I feel like I might have to become a weather-man because so many of my musings seem to be dictated by the weather. There is just no getting around it though, what is going on outside has a huge impact on what we put on. So if like me, you are not sure whether you are coming or going when …