Beauty, High End Department Stores, Opinion, Retail News, ShinyStyle Investigates
I’ve had a bit of a brand crush on Elemis ever since I was given one of their goody bags – sorry, a toiletries bag – the one and only time I ever flew business, long haul. (Work trip, old job, celebby stuff, PR company paid – and the return flight cost nearly three times [...]...More
Beauty, Features, Health, Reviews, ShinyStyle Investigates
Our intrepid Daisy Buchanan tests the Avatar facial at West London’s Pro Hands Salon. Blue? Quite the opposite, she discovers… “No, your face won’t be blue,” laughed the Pro Hands team as I made a hilarious joke about their brand new Avatar facial, which they definitely hadn’t heard before. “But it is incredibly powerful. You...More
Beauty, Beauty of our youth, Celebrity Style, Movie fashion, Style Icon, Uncategorized, vintage
Writer Janina Matthewson recalls her relationship with the most coveted hairstyle of the nineties… Summer drew to a close. The new school year approached. I, a new teenager embarking on that mysterious era known as “high school,” was getting my first real haircut. I’d had my hair cut before, obviously, but it had always been [...]...More
Beauty, Features, Nostalgia, Opinion, Top Five, vintage
Perfume should be a classified substance – it’s the most lethally evocative liquid in existence. Sprayed or unstoppered, it can trigger more unedited recollections than a bad cop who’s exceptionally good at their job. These fragrances make up an olfactory photo album of all my triumphs and disasters. Tommy Girl, December 1997 I am grown [...More
Accessories, Affordable Fashions, Beauty, campaign, Celebrity gossip, Celebrity Style, Features, Get the look, Uncategorized
I’ve had a fashion crush on Little Mix since I first clapped eyes on them when Tulisa was using the X Factor as a perfume product placement vehicle, with a subtle arm tattoo. Jesy, Perrie, Leigh Anne and Jade make the sort of brilliantly bold style choices that inspire us to layer, clash and burn [...]...More
Beauty, Beauty of our youth, Features, Nostalgia, Opinion
Remember Spectacular, the 90s pre-teen make up brand of choice? Lauren Bravo pays tribute to their disco-fabulous lipstick… The obvious path to successful lipstick-wearing is probably to start light and work your way up. First red Smarties and spit, then Chapstick, then something pearly pink that smells of cream soda, before graduating on to ...More
Fashion Tips, Fashion's biggest myths, Features
Never wear navy with black? Or brown with black? Or colour with black? Don’t be ridiculous, says Lauren Bravo. I can’t claim to have traced this one back to its historical roots, but if I did I’d bet my Nan that it originated in a warmer clime than this one. Because the main problem with [...]...More
Beauty, Features, Opinion peice, Uncategorized
As a lapsed Catholic, I still put a lot of stock in the mystical powers of water based communion. Also, I am very fond of sitting down and struggle in the shower because there’s no good surface to rest a Kir Royale. I prefer the bath. If I were to be offered the Marquisdom of [...]...More
Features, vintage, Wardrobe stories
The Made in Chelsea set aren’t the only ones who can pull off a family heirloom. In the first of our Wardrobe Stories series, co-editor Lauren Bravo explains how her grandmother’s old coat became her go-to for winter glamour My grandmother was a glamourpuss in the old school sense. Always coiffed, always manicured, but not [...]...More
Fashion News, Opinion peice
After hearing the word on the street – I had the calling this week end to go and check out Regents Streets new premium concept store: & Other Stories, brought to us by H&M and COS retail owners. Unusually, this new store opening had immediate appeal for me – mainly due to it’s reported influences [...]...More
Affordable Fashions, dresses, Features, Gallery, New Fashions, Tops
Thinking about white stuff at this time of year can still evoke images of snow (- apparently more likely to fall now than at Christmas). But when signs of Spring pop up, white in fashion terms can mean a fresh new start – the hope of dry warm days ahead, and how a crisp white [...]...More
Ethical Fashions, Events
Topshop and PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) have joined forces draw attention to the treatment of exotic animals killed for their skins. The high street store has created a display at its flagship Oxford Street store in London. The display, which can be seen in the shop’s main window today until Monday, [...]...More
Accessories, Features, New Fashions, Swimwear, Tops
With momentary whiffs of spring in the air, putting on a pretty floral number can be more of a statement of “I’m officially now over this drab winter” than (foolishly) leaving your coat at home. And when you do, it’s difficult not to wear a smile when you’re dressed up in floral – whether it’s [...]...More
Fashion News, Features, Gallery, vintage
Being a devoted MM fan and in desperate need for series six to come into my life, the news of a Mad Men inspired clothes range hitting our shores courtesy of Banana Republic (-or at least the US for now) presented fantastic promise – almost as good as the real deal. Everyone likes to own [...]...More
Advertorial, Celebrity Style
Sponsored post The heavenly choir has spoken as Fashion Priest delivers his sermon on this seasons hottest look and declares Leather, is it Heaven or Hell?...More
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