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#1 Practise INFORMED sales shopping Hunting out wardrobe classics, ideally with a nod to SS14 trends, means you’ll get real investment from your sale buys. The perfect tuxedo jackets (as seen at Balenciaga SS14) or tailored culottes (as seen at Victoria Beckham) would fit the bill. Alternatively, get a statement fix by looking for well-cut, […]
Christmas gift ideas for the girl who has everything. Frivolity and fluff. That’s the basic essentials, then. Fake fur coat Something to throw on for an after dinner stroll. £277.55, scotch-soda.com Rudolph clutch I know you’ll got a clutch. But does it (sort of) have bells on? £325, charlotteolympia.com Feather clip earrings Steer clear of […]
Last night’s Rewind the tape event at the Design Museum was a nostalgic celebration of 80’s and 90’s subculture across fashion, film and music. In association with District MTV, the after-hours shindig essentially ticked all our dream boxes. If you’ve ever danced to Inner City’s Good Life (WORK IT fans take note), tipp-Exed RIP Kurt […]
In relative internet years fashcats have been around for an eternity. That’s cats with a fashion ‘tude – sasscats if you will. From accompanying designers, starring in campaigns, generally loving shoes, playing the muse or delivering hammy claw-swipe putdowns. They live online (digi–sasscats) as well in reality and their roles in the industry are varied. […]
Regular readers are never short of a (self) gifting idea and sometimes it’s rewarding to look beyond our bookmarked e-comm sites. Think of this as our gift to you – the Le Blow jewellery edit exists purely to provide fellow magpies with some glittering inspiration in good time for Christmas. As if we need an […]
Cast your mind back to AW11, Gucci’s 90th anniversary show gave coloured fur a grown-up luxe 70’s vibe. Fast forward to 2013 and statement texture is back on the radar. And although the 70’s influence is still apparent, our muses are less glossy than a Roxy Music album cover model. Think a touch of *sweetness […]
In trend world right now, we’re looking back to go forward. Designers seemingly fatigued by a saturation of colour and futuristic digital print, have moved towards a more romantic, muted palette for AW13. Note gently washed out pinks from Simone Rocha and Richard Nicoll along with Jil Sander and Marc Jacobs elegant cinematic styling. L-R […]
Fellow shopaholics – HOW exciting is November? Meadham Kirchhoff’s new collection for Topshop is due at the end of the month and Isabel Marant for H&M launches (count the days!) on the 14th. If that’s not enough, hundreds of coloured balloons (biodegradable, of course) were released this morning to mark the opening of the new […]
“In Girl World, Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” Cady, Mean Girls “Why are you dressed so scary?” Wise ol’Lilo nailed the school girl competitiveness that Halloween dressing can initiate in 2004 and it seems that very little […]
As all good The Craft fans know, Halloween is *debatably* the best festival of the year. Think trick-or-treating, Dead rappers specials, Boom nail art and dancing under a full moon to a mashed-up Bauhaus vs. RiRi soundtrack. Yeah you gotta go to work the next morning wearing sunglasses and sporting a few mysterious bites on your […]
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