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Sleeves of the week! People Tree ‘Lauren Sweetpea’ dress, £65

Fairtrade, eco-friendly and frankly, fierce – this week’s sleeved dress is giving Laurens a great name You don’t get a lot of Laurens in fashion. Lauren Bacall was pretty much flying the flag for stylish Laurens by herself for several decades, before Lauren Hutton joined the cause in the ’70s and Laurens Goodger and Conran [...More

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The death of the ridicu-shoe: will unwearable heels just trot away now please?

When even Victoria Beckham hangs up her heels, it might be time to come back down to earth… There’s a thing in fashion, and actually in lots of other things such as water features and Mr Whippy cones, known as the ‘trickle down effect’. Most people will tell you this is the process by which [...]...More

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Dr Brandt’s CC Cream reviewed – Nothing to CC here – just clear skin

I confess that I would be much, much more comfortable if we all just used foundation. It’s all got so fiddly. There’s special primer for your eyes, now. We have to clean our faces with giant electric toothbrushes. We’re romping down the alphabet, giddly inventing more problems, more solutions, more stuff. Our bags, bathrooms and [...More

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“You have such beautiful eyes!” Meet Chantecaille Bio Lift Concealer

I LOVE spendy skincare like I love drinking wine and watching The Simpsons in bed. Throwing money at stuff for my face is a hobby. A pricey one, but no more so than smoking, gambling or attending the live tours of prime time reality shows. And as a splurging hobbyist, I bring you good news [...]...More

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Instant Sex Appeal, Bottled – What To Wear To Make People Want To Get Amorous…

Some days, you just want everyone to want to want you. To see you storm the street with a bounce in your step and your head held high, and not to think “I bet she’s going to an important business meeting!”, but to have a sudden flash of you with your mouth open and eyes [...]...More

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Beauty of our youth: Bonne Bell Lip Smackers

The year is 2002, the product is Bonne Bell and the scent is pure, sugary joy. Were Lip Smackers the start of a serious cake habit? Ever since the first cave lady crushed up a beetle and rubbed it on her face before a trip to the nearest water hole, we’ve used cosmetics to try [...]...More

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Sleeves of the week! Topshop tie-dye kimono £60

Ahh, the cover-up. A far less exciting term when it’s applied to clothes than to TV murder cases, cover ups are the maiden aunt of summer fashion – cumbersome and not much fun, but if you don’t invite them to the party you know it’ll end in the cold shoulder. When the vast majority of [...]...More

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Boom! The loudest prints on the high street

Still waiting for your prints charming? From tribal to tropical and even a touch of tie-dye, we’ve rounded up the loudest, proudest patterns around Long gone are the days when ‘print’ meant a polite little floral or a prim polka dot. This summer we’re pretty much being commanded to bedeck ourselves out like our Nan’s [...]...More

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The long-lasting nail polish that’s changing the world

Long-lasting, premium nail polish that helps support women in Haiti? Dielle gets the Shiny thumbs up Oh nail polish, wherefore art thou? Not on my nails anymore, that’s for sure. Probably on the pavement. The carpet. The floor of the bus. Dancing away on the wind, like glittery silver blossom. Nothing, not even the priciest [...]...More

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Fashion’s biggest myths: blue and green should never be seen

You’re most likely to hear this rule from your granny – but doesn’t she know it’s going against nature? Lauren Bravo explains why blue and green should definitely be seen So obviously false is this little platitude that we really shouldn’t have to waste screen inches debunking it – but just in case there are [...]...More

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Sleeves Of The Bank Holiday – M&S Denim Shirtdress

As we see it, the ultimate, tricksy, brow furrowing, chin stroking, difficult to solve 21st century dilemma is this: What’s a lady supposed to wear for weekend brunch? Obviously there are proper dilemmas about wars and poverty and the disintegrating moral fabric of society, but we don’t have a hope in hell of solving those. [...]...More

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So you want to look like… Carey Mulligan in The Great Gatsby

Pour yourself a mint julep and swing those pearls – thanks to Baz Luhrmann’s new release, the 1920s are roaring straight back into our wardrobes Are you a flapper? Do you flap? Not the type you do when you’ve got hot food in your mouth, but the fashion type, currently dancing its way across the [...]...More

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Wardrobe stories: The fairy dress

To fully explain my feelings about fashion, first I must tell you about my mother. For Mum, the seventies weren’t sexy, the eighties weren’t excessive and the nineties were about shielding one end of the family from their own raging, surging oestrogen levels and the other from their own baby sick. She grew up in [...]...More

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How can you wear leather? Let us count the ways… Unlikely takes on the hot trend

Writer Rachael Krishna explores some leather options. But not in a rude way… Last October I bought myself a little leather mini skirt from H&M. I was kind of in love with the concept of this skirt: so versatile, so form fitting, I could team it with heels and power dress or with a pair [...]...More

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How Benefit’s Posie Tint changed my life

Ever had an epiphany at the make up counter? Writer Amy Jones tells us how Benefit’s Posie Tint lip and cheek stain became the best thing in her life A few weeks ago, I was in Boots and paused in the Posh Make-Up bit. After roughly 2.3 nanoseconds a small, terrifying woman appeared and asked [...]...More

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