October 22, 2009 – 9:42 am
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 [...]
October 18, 2009 – 12:44 pm
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.
By Jeni
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Also posted in Musings
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Tagged animal, by-products, Fashion & Beauty, fur, heartless, industry, leather, mccartney, meat, morals, stella mccartney, style, vegan, vegetarian
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October 17, 2009 – 6:13 pm
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 [...]
October 14, 2009 – 2:32 pm
After my lovely floral Dr Martens were stolen from my hostel in Buenos Aires, there’s a void in my life that can only be fixed with another pair! These suede ones are even better than my last pair; a more subtle colouring, and on-trend with the suede factor, they would be perfect with a floral [...]
October 13, 2009 – 1:43 pm
tFS A word of warning; normally where Mary-Kate Olsen leads, fashion trends follow. Expect to see a plethora of clogs, woven bags, velvet skirts and eighties-style wetlook jackets in a store near you soon! Any flares I owned were thrown out along with my crop tops and scrunchies back when I was about eleven, but [...]
By Jeni
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Also posted in Celebrity & Media, Inspiration
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Tagged 80s, bags, Celebrity & Media, chanel, clogs, eighties, Fashion & Beauty, flares, jacket, mary-kate, olsen, olsen twins, olsens, style, trend, velvet
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