Archive for September, 2011
Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 1st, 2011
Alexa Chung has said that she finds the term “It girl” flattering, not insulting.
The 27-year-old TV presenter and model said: “It made me uncomfortable at the beginning … I always thought of ‘It’ girls as daughters of rich patriarchs who like to freeload. Now I think it’s a very nice compliment but it applies to a moment in time. One day I’ll be an old lady showing my children photos, going, ‘Look, I used to matter.’ I’m just enjoying the moment.”
Alexa is one of our absolute best style icons that the UK has – her clever combinations of boyish androgyny and classic, beautiful couture and vintage has got every teenage girl across the country in a spin.
The phrase is normally a slightly snide reference to a rich, pretty “DADDY BOUGHT ME TEN PONIES” kind of girl that is famous for not doing anything. But we have to say that Alexa is more than just that.. after all, she’s masterminding her own television show! Plus without her we wouldn’t all have dip-dyed hair or brogues.
We absolutely can’t wait for her new 24 Hour Catwalk show to hit our television screens.
Tags: 24 hour catwalk, Alexa Chung, celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, chanel, couture, it girl, model, Paris Hilton, Project Runway
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Affordable Fashions, dresses, Features, Gallery
By emilyborrett on September 1st, 2011
Ted Baker Orchid Print Jersey Maxi Dress
I love the minimal/eastern influences of this Ted Baker maxi. Pretty much all it needs is a pair of ballerina flats and some chandelier earrings to make this look fashion-perfect.
Maxi dresses have been in style for a while now, and their appeal doesn’t seem to be waning as we move from Summer into the Autumn/Winter fashion season. But in the winter you can’t rock those dreamy, floaty-hippy vibes in your maxi that you did in the summer – it’s just the wrong time of year. If you want to keep wearing floor-sweeping dresses then you’re going to need a new winter maxi.
In the winter, longer lengths are going to be great for keeping warm, especially longer-sleeved dresses with thick tights. It’s quite a grungey look, which is in at the moment so you don’t have to worry about looking like you’re wearing your nan’s old house-dress. The best way to brave the cold (and snow) in a maxi is to team it with ribbed tights, a slouchy cardigan worn under a biker jacket with some chunky boots for stomping the pavements. Et voila! One hot fashion look, built around your winter maxi.
Our absolute top pick has to be Ted Baker’s orchid printed dress, which we found on the Asos site today. High-necked and long sleeved with an eastern floral-printed skirt, it’s a really elegant piece that you could wear either in the day or the evening if you use some clever styling.
Check out the gallery above for our top 5 Autumn/Winter maxi dresses.
Tags: ASOS, autumn/winter, cold weather, dresses, features, orchid prin, Ted Baker, top 5 maxi dresses, warm clothes
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Celebrity Style, Fashion Crush, Gallery, Red Carpet, Style Icon, Style spotlight
By emilyborrett on September 1st, 2011
At the after party for Sex and The City 2's premiere, SJP looked sexy and seventies in a peacock-blue maxi
Many well-dressed celebrities come and go without us particularly noticing, but we do certainly have at least one true style icon for our generation: Sarah Jessica Parker (or Carrie Bradshaw if you refuse to believe the Sex and the City character isn’t actually a real person).
I don’t know about you, but the character of Carrie Bradshaw has been there for me in the good times and the bad with her oversized corsages and couture McQueen. And SJP is just as chic and stylish in real life as she is on the screen. Her trademark wavy hair, smoky eye make-up, diminutive frame and penchant for Vivienne Westwood have made her one of the red carpet’s most-loved celebs – it’s no wonder her wardrobe is so full of couture. If we were Lagerfeld we’d give her everything we’d ever designed.
We’ve noticed that the star has a bit of a thing for vintage-look maxi dresses recently. Maybe it’s her passion for Halston Heritage or just that the look is in this season, but SJP definitely has got a flair for working the high-glamour, Jerry Hall 1970s look. We’re pretty much obsessed with the outfit she rocked for Cannes this May: a purple high-necked maxi dress with a train, and a lace neckline. J’adore.
Check out the gallery for our favourite Sarah Jessica Parker looks.
Tags: Burberry Prorsum, Carrie Bradshaw, couture, London fashion week, Marchesa, Millinery, premiere, Red Carpet, Sarah Jessica Parker, sex and the city, SJP, Vivienne Westwood
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Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 1st, 2011
Kimberley Walsh says that her recent weight loss has given her the confidence to wear skinny jeans.
The Girls Aloud singer has always been one of the curvier, more womanly-shaped members of the girl group, but since losing 7lbs she feels a lot more comfortable to make daring fashion choices.
Kimberley revealed: “I’ve been doing a new workout programme for over a year now. It doesn’t happen overnight, but it’s changed my shape. I’ve lost maybe 7lbs – I put on a pair of jeans and think, ‘Oh! My legs didn’t look that shape before.’ That’s progress! It definitely opens things up a lot more. Now I’ve evened out my shape a bit, I’m getting slightly more daring. I’ve worn skinny jeans a few times, which I hadn’t done for a while.”
There is always the danger of getting “carrot legs” if you’re a curvy girl wearing skinny jeans, but to be honest we’ve never seen Kimberley look bad in a pair of jeans before. But congratulations to Kim on her new legs – now she can wear her Cheap Mondays til the cows come home.
Tags: Cheryl Cole, curvy, denim, Girls Aloud, Kimberley Walsh, legs, plus size, skinny jeans, weight loss
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Beauty, Celebrity gossip, Gossip
By emilyborrett on September 1st, 2011
The Saturdays singer Frankie Sandford has admitted that while she doesn’t want surgery right now, she wouldn’t rule it out for the future – because she doesn’t want to grow old gracefully. To be honest Frankie, you’re no way near having to worry about surgery…
Frankie said: “I wouldn’t rule cosmetic surgery out. Never say never. I always joke and say I’m not going to grow old gracefully. But you never what you’re going to do.”
Frankie is incredibly slim, but insists that she has the same body issues as any other young woman does.
She said: “It’s the same with any group of mates. You look around and think, ‘She’s got a nice stomach or boobs or bum.’ It’s the same with us. I look at Mollie, who’s got the skinniest, longest legs and I’m like, ‘Argh, you cow.’ I’m not a massive fan of my legs. But Millie is the same about my tummy. You can’t help it. We’ll look at a picture of ourselves and go, ‘Yuck! I look horrible,’ and they all go, ‘What are you talking about? You look gorgeous.’”
Well, we really don’t think the Saturdays have anything to worry about, at ALL. Just keep away from the surgeon’s knife, Frankie – no one wants you to look like Joan Collins.
Tags: Beauty, celebrity gossip, cropped hair, dougie poynter, Frankie Sandford, girl band, mcfly, plastic surgery, The Saturdays
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Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Gossip, Style Icon
By emilyborrett on September 1st, 2011
Sarah Jessica Parker has revealed that one of her top style icons is our very own Kate Middleton, now the Duchess of Cambridge. When SJP was asked to name her favourite style icons, the I Don’t Know How She Does It actress replied: “So many. Ingrid Bergman & the way Kate Moss dresses & the Duchess of Cambridge. It seems that K-Middy is having just as much an effect on the United States’ wardrobes as she is on ours!
As we all know, Sarah Jessica is a total style icon in her own right after playing Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City. When asked what her favourite Carrie fashion moment was, she replied: “The tutu in Paris. It was a real tutu & I’m sure it was from the Royal Ballet.”
The actress is always a familiar face at London Fashion Week because, as we all know, she loves the British fashion industry for its quirks. However, perhaps she’ll stay at home this year as she thinks that the American fashion industry is getting more daring. She said: “British fashion is more risky but we have some emerging American designers that seem inspired in that direction.”
And will SJP, freshly inspired by Kate Middleton, ever venture into fashion design again? “Definitely if I can figure out what it is I want to do.” Watch this space.
Tags: "Kate Middleton", Carrie Bradshaw, Celebrity Style, Duchess of Cambridge, London fashion week, royal wedding, Sarah Jessica Parker, sex and the city, SJP
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