Category Archives: Fashion & Beauty

+ On the hunt for the perfect fur coat

Ever since the cold snap settled over England a few weeks ago, I’ve been trying to find my dream fur coat, preferably fur although I am willing to wear vintage fur (for the record I wear leather so I’m not about to get on my hypocritical high horse about wearing fur).

Fur Coat Wishlist….
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+ Hair Envy

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How to do a fishbone plait

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If I get bored i just decorate my hair with the generic plaits, but this fishbone plait is a great way to give a common-place hairstyle a unique spin.

Pin-up Hair

Pin-up style hair always looks too complicated to pull off, but with the help of a Youtube [...]

+ Fave Fashion Bloggers

There’s a growing number of fashion bloggers who, armed with little more than a camera and a blog, have managed to gain worldwide recognition for their sense of style and personality. What they all have in common is a seemingly endless amount of money to purchase Chloé, Alexander Wang, Marc Jacobs, much to the envy [...]

+ Before They Were Style Icons…

The public often has a case of severe amnesia when they begin to worship various style icons for their innate or unique take on fashion.
Sometimes, the most influential style icons have effectively had a wardrobe, style and personality transplant! Don’t believe me? Here are two examples:

Recognising the fact that many ‘icons’ are borne out of [...]

+ Taking Shoes to Another Level

Not content with basic ballet flats, stilettos and the humble ankle boot, Paris Fashion Week introduced to us shoes that defied description.
Shoes are not just there to sit pretty on our feet anymore. Thanks to Alexander McQueen, footwear is looking set to be all about making a statement. OK, so I can’t really imagine [...]

+ Does wearing leather make you heartless?

How many of you wear leather, or even more daringly, wear real fur? Stella McCartney, one of the world’s most successful designers argues that it is morally wrong to persist in wearing items made from animal by-products.

+ Fashion & Self-esteem

Do we follow fashion out of an underlying, bitter self-loathing? In response to a German magazine’s decision to cease using professional size-zero models, Karl Lagerfeld commented that “No one wants to see curvy women,” elaborating that it is fat women with low self-esteem who wish to see curvier figures: “you’ve got fat mothers with their [...]

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