Archive for September, 2010
Designers, Milan Fashion Week
By Andrea Petrou on September 24th, 2010
Moschino picked up where Prada left off this morning sending models down the runway in banana yellows and block stripes.
50s style skirts in bright blues, reds and monochrome prints paraded down the catwalk, while cropped jeans with white blouses as well as tailored sailor style suits kept in with this theme. The talented designer also gave a nod to the cowgirl theme with rouched checked maxi dresses, cowboy boots and large straw hats.
However, our favourite outfit of the collection has got to be a short, Mexican style dress complete with a bodice top.
We’re saving all our pennies from now.
Tags: catwalk, Milan Fashion Week, Moschino, SS2011
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Milan Fashion Week
By Andrea Petrou on September 24th, 2010
Ahh you gotta love Prada. It’s unique and there’s always a little surprise at catwalk shows.
And this season didn’t disappoint, with the designer adding a little bit of monkey business into the mix.
Colours were bright with orange, green and purple forming the main hues of the collection.
V neck dresses, jackets, flamingo style dresses and wedges were covered in banana prints, a and colour-block stripes.
There were also a range of printed tees from a woman carrying a pineapple on her head to a nod to Renaissance art with a tee of cherubs. Will we be wearing these fresh styles next season? Of course we will.
Tags: catwalk, Milan Fashion Week, Prada, SS2011 trends, stripes
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Designer Fashions, Designers, Gallery, Milan Fashion Week
By Andrea Petrou on September 24th, 2010
Milan Fashion Week’s chic designer style continued yesterday as Fendi marched its models down the designer catwalk.
The styles were fresh, giving a nod to the 70s with loose shirts, floral embroidery and wide legged light denim jeans.
Lantern sleeves on roomy long shirtdresses and blouses that buttoned up the arm, displayed bold colors — purple, turquoise, red and peach — and there were also a fair share of kimonos.
We can’t wait to get our hands on some of these creations. However with the highstreet copying these styles next season there may just be thousands of clones of Timotei beauties (come on you all remember those 70s styled adverts).
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Tags: 70s chic, fendi, Milan Fashion Week, SS2010
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Gallery, Trend Alert
By Andrea Petrou on September 23rd, 2010
Bring your A/W 2010 wardrobe bang up to date and be a sexy caped crusader this season.
Lady Gaga and Nicole Richie have been spotted in them and they covered the catwalk with Givenchy, Celine and Hussein all displaying these throw on items. Erdem also made a lasting impression opening its catwalk with a stunning embroidery embellished cape.
The key thing about capes is that they not only keep you warm but also give a great silhouette, and they are fantastic for throwing over a tee or party dress for the upcoming festive season.
Here’s our top five capes.
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Tags: "winter fashion", A/W 2010 trends, capes, clothes, trends
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Features, Gallery, Yay or Nay
By Andrea Petrou on September 23rd, 2010
As we touched on this morning, Julia Roberts is no sheep when it comes to fashion. Yesterday the actress opted for a white trouser suit for the London premier of Eat, Pray, Love, shunning the standard frocks often worn by A-listers on the red carpet.
However, this is most definitely not the first time Ms Roberts has stepped away from traditional style. The actress who has in the past caused a stir with her love of hairy armpits (we’re sorry Jules but we just can’t see the attraction of having a hairy wet rainforest growing out of our pits) and made her name in the much loved Pretty Woman film. However her outfits couldn’t be more different to her character here, instead bordering more on her Erin Brockovich personality.
Trouser suits, knee length shift dresses and casual jeans form staple parts of the actresses wardrobe and although she’s been spotted in a rare ball gown at some events, the actress seems more comfortable in androgenous suits, flats, long sleeved dresses and frocks that hide away that gorgeous figure.
But what do you think? Is Jules a style icon or is her fashion sense a little bit on the frumpy side. View the gallery and then vote below to let us know.
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Tags: Eat, fashion, films, Julia Roberts, LOVE, Pray, Pretty Woman, style, style icon
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Gallery, Gossip
By Andrea Petrou on September 23rd, 2010
The first installment of the last Harry Potter film is nearly upon us, with the film coming out on the 19 November.
We can’t wait to get our bottoms on to those cinema seats to watch all the action from the first part of the last book, and we know there are thousands of you who feel exactly the same.
However, we know many of you won’t just be interested in the plot, like us you’ll be checking out Emma Watson’s (AKA Hermione Granger) outfits, and also lusting over Daniel Radcliffe.
For us it’ll be the first, since we’re a good few years older than Dan and unlike Madonna and Sadie Frost don’t have a penchant for the younger man, although that’s just us, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with being a Cougar.
Although Hermione doesn’t have the same style as Emma, who goes for designer chic such as Burberry and Chanel, her style over the recent Harry Potter films has developed.
In this film, her trademark jeans and top style continues but her hair has been magically tamed, we wish someone would wave a magic wand over ours too.
See the gallery below for all the latest film stills.
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Tags: "Hermione Granger", Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Waston, Film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Spotted, Spotted in London
By Andrea Petrou on September 23rd, 2010
Julia Roberts dazzelled the crowd last night in a white suit, when she stepped out to the premier of her latest film, Eat, Pray, Love, in London. The starlet stood out from the normal Hollywood stars , who usually opt for dresses but the risk paid off and left Julia looking like a trend setter rather than a disaster.
Julia was joined by Caroline Flack who went for a mini dress with ankle boots while Elizabeth Gilbet went for a black ballgown dress.
Across the London pond Kate Moss stepped out in a fur coat for an event at the W Hotel, while Pixie Geldof went for a grungy style frock with flat ankle boots.
Agyness Deyn also made an appearance at the event in skinny black jeans and trainers.
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Tags: Eat, Julia Robert, Kate Moss, LOVE, Pixie Geldof, Pray
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Designer Fashions, designer pick of the week, First Looks, Gallery
By Andrea Petrou on September 22nd, 2010
By Emily Borrett.
Nicole Richie’s got a lot to celebrate at the moment – yesterday she turned 29, and today the birthday girl launched her new autumn collection for her label “Winter Kate” on online mid-priced designer shopping site My-Wardrobe.
The star, whose style has made her a modern icon for LA fashion, is adding to her already booming business assets – she already owns jewellery line House of Harlow 1960 - with clothing line Winter Kate. The collection, which is named after her young daughter (aw), is a deliciously nostalgic assortment of slouchy, draped jackets and kimono-style jackets in oriental and velvet prints. Richie describes the inspiration behind the A/W clothes as “inspired by birds, peacocks .. cute prints on kimonos and waistcoats”. The jackets are a pretty, delicate way to dress up a LBD this Christmas or just wrap up warm without looking too overdone or try-hard.
Yes, the price tags aren’t exactly high street. But then again, you won’t need to take out a mortgage to buy one either, and each piece is timeless. To have a look at some of the prettiest pieces in the new Winter Kate line, check the gallery below.
Butter Jade Silk Burnout Velvet Drape Top
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Designer Fashions, Designers, dresses, Gallery, Milan Fashion Week
By Andrea Petrou on September 22nd, 2010
By Emily Borrett.
Celebrities and fashion luvvies may be clearing out of London as LFW comes to an extragant, air-kissing close, but the party isn’t over yet – Milan Fashion Week is here and we get to have a peek at what the most luxurious fashion houses have in store for us next S/S.
It seemed fitting that Gucci’s S/S collection should be first down the runway for the Milan leg of Fashion Week; NYFW was about edgy, understated grunge, LFW was about British quirkiness and having a bit of fun, but Milan is all about over-the-top European glamour and luxury. Gucci top dog Frida Giannini promised everybody “sophisticated seduction” for the SS2011 line, and seductive it was.
From the first outfit on the runway, the collection was screaming “MONEY MONEY MONEY!!! WEALTH!!!!!” in a practically edible mix of slippery, jewel-coloured silks with chunky gold accessories and some serious power-tailoring. All the models needed were some big floppy hats and a rich elderly Russian on their arm and they could have been walking down a port in St Tropez to get back on their yachts. Golds and camel tones, this season’s “it” colour, were also heavily present in the form of super-embellished and fringed little dresses and blouses, as was plenty of vampy black leather that wouldn’t have looked out of place on an Italian dominatrix.Very dramatic, very luxe and very, very Milan. Ooer, I’ve come over all Italian all of a sudden. As for the finale dress… well, check the gallery.
Tags: catwalk, designer, europe, fashion show, italian style, luxurious, Milan Fashion Week
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London fashion week
By Andrea Petrou on September 22nd, 2010
It’s been a whirlwind of leather, flirty girly dresses, lace, leopard print and some very eccentric designs, but now LFW is drawing slowly to a close.
Burberry, David Koma and Paul Smith came out trumps with their collections giving us a range of ready to wear designs coupled with some more eccentric catwalk pieces while Erdem and Ashish pulled out all the stops with their collections.
And lets not forget the pretty pieces from Mulberry and Nicole Farhi.
We could be here all day talking about the collections (if you want to see individual reports check out our LFW highlights), so instead we’ve put together a gallery of our favourite outfits from the catwalks.
Take a look and tell us if you agree.
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Tags: Designers, Eardem, Henry Holland, LFW, Mulberry, Paul Smith, Roundup
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Affordable Fashions, designer pick of the week, Fashion Crush, Gallery
By Andrea Petrou on September 22nd, 2010
By Emily Borrett.
If you’re looking for a few classic staples that you can wear both to work and out on the town this A/W, you don’t need to look any further than R-T-W designer Yuki, whose clothes take direct inspiration from Tokyo’s Shibuya Street and Japanese street style.
The current collection, which is for sale on various online designer boutiques such as Bunnyhug.com, are mainly comprised of classic tailored shirts that could be worn to the office or to a club, depending on how they’re styled. It’s a palette of rust, camel, neutrals and classic whites that have been seen all over the catwalks this season – but instead of spending a bomb on a blouse from Chloe, Yuki retails at high-street prices. I’m currently lusting over the rust-coloured shirt with diamanté detailing on the pockets and the preppy “unbalanced” shirt in cream.
You may think that Yuki has been somewhat below the fashion radar but not so – the brand has been slowly and surely getting love from the media world and celebrities such as Sienna Miller and Peaches Geldof are fans. Check the gallery below for some of their sharp designs.
Cream Preppy Unbalanced Shirt
Tags: designer pick of the week, Japanese Fashion, street style, yuki
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Gallery, Trend Alert
By Andrea Petrou on September 22nd, 2010
Buttons were left on designer’s shelves over the summer period as bold zips took the “must have” crown and pushed themselves onto the front and back of dresses, tops, jackets and of course trousers.
However, this season buttons have battled back landing the top position in A/W 2010 wear.
They swarmed over the catwalks proving a military look at Burberry, became bold and brassy at Balmain and formed centre pieces for double breasted coats at Oscar de la Renta.
The key way to wear this style this season is by giving a nod to the military trend by choosing jackets with brass buttons. If this doesn’t rock your boat go for something a little bit more subtle and choose cardi’s with bold buttons, or keep it simple with a single oversize button strategically placed beneath a princess collar.
If your feeling a little bit experimental then why not go for buttons down the sides of trousers and skirts.
Here’s our top five button buys for A/W 2010.
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Tags: AW 2010 trneds, Balmain, Burberry, buttons, military jackets, skinny military trousers, winter trends
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Celebrity Style, Fashion Crush, Gallery
By Andrea Petrou on September 22nd, 2010
By Emily Borrett.
London-girl Lily Allen has been a familiar face on the front row of pretty much all the London Fashion Week shows showing off her beautifully shiny dark bob and her new baby bump. Far from shying away from the fashion week events that would be inevitably be filled with supermodels and every size 6 in the country, she stepped out in some sharp maternity fashion and looked prettier than anyone else anyway.
Despite the bump she’s managed to maintain her classic, Lily Allen sixties style of smoky eye-makeup sweet little smock dresses, tailored coats and very opaque black tights to make her as leggy as possible.
In the past I’ve always thought that when I was pregnant all sense of style would go out of the window, and that I’d just wear literally whatever would fit over my stomach, be it a lycra tube top or a burlap sack. But Lily’s inspired me. Why should we start dressing like we got dressed in the dark just because we’re the size of a house? If you’re pregnant and looking for a bit of Lily’s London-girl style in your maternity wardrobe, check the gallery below for some of her best outfits since the appearance of her bump, and some of our favourite maternity pieces on the high-street.
At the Topshop Unique show at LFW
Tags: british style, get the look, Lily Allen, london fashion week style, maternity fashion, pregnant, TopShop
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Fashion Face Off, Gallery, X Factor
By Andrea Petrou on September 22nd, 2010
We’ve had our heads up in the London Fashion Week clouds over the past few days, getting all excited about all the Spring/Summer 2011 designs.
However, with the stages being packed up and put away until February, we’ve put our dreams of that SS2011 Burberry jacket and David Koma dress on hold until next year to concentrate on what’s currently going on in the fashion world.
And what better way to land back on fashion earth than with an X-Factor Fashion Face off between Nicole Scherzinger and Cheryl Cole.
If we’re honest we didn’t think anyone could stand out or be more stylish than the resident X-Factor judge but that all changed when Nicole stepped into the guest judge seat, and also filled in for poor Chezza who was ill with Malaria.
The Pussy Cat Doll went for three different outfits for her stint, two of which were by Ms Victoria Beckham. We were blown away by the grey structured round neck number Nicole wore on the first day, and then again by the black ruffled frock she wore the next day. Both fitted dresses showed off her toned figure, but showed you really need to be a gym bunny to pull off a VB design. Nicole’s next outfit, a red dress was equally as stunning.
Although Cheryl goes for tight dresses, her X-Factor style so far has been a little bit more casual than Nicole’s. She’s opted for tight skinny jeans, 50s style frocks and skirts with cute bow blouses. She’s also taken a few risks with crochet.
But who do you think is the most stylish? View the gallery below and then vote to let us know.
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Tags: Cheryl Cole, Face Off, judges, Nicole Scherzinger, stylish, X Factor
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Ad campaigns, Department Stores, Fashion News
By Andrea Petrou on September 22nd, 2010
By Emily Borrett.
It was an amazing step forward for fashion as Debenhams unveiled their new national window campaign, featuring 32 year-old disabled model Shannon Murray as its’ new poster girl.
The idea belongs to Nikki Fox and Natasha Wood, both of whom worked on the show “How to Look Good Naked”, the Channel 4 show that’s all about loving your body, no matter who you are. Fox said about the new campaign: “I am so happy and proud that Debenhams has used our disabled model for such a massive campaign. If seeing Shannon helps another disabled person, then we’ve done well.”
Debenhams have long pioneered revolutionary changes in the fashion industry, being one of the first retailers to have airbrushing vetoed in their campaigns, and also one of the first to use plus-size mannequins. Here’s hoping that this love for women of all types, ages, shapes and sizes starts to show in other stores too.
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