A Day In The Life Of… A Fashion Consultant
Karen Youdell’s career in the fashion industry spans over 30 years, starting at Harvey Nichols and finishing, for the time being, with Zandra Rhodes, where she was appointed Commercial Director of…
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The lowdown on the latest fashions, homewares, design, gifts and gadgets
Why Buy When You Can Hire Designer Dresses?
With the wedding season in full-swing, as well as summer events such as tennis, polo, the racing and other soirees, your formal dress reserves can take a battering, particularly if…
The Inimitable Zandra Rhodes
Known for her vibrant pink bob, deliciously colourful textiles and punk, ‘who cares’ attitude Zandra Rhodes is a fashion icon who has been making her mark on the industry worldwide…
Bend Over Backwards For This Yoga Gear
[main picture Suki Shufu Suki Leatherback™ Legging in black foil gloss, £80] Going to yoga class used to mean pulling on your comfortable tracksuit bottoms and a vest top and heading to…
Limited Edition Valentino Mobile Case Helps Charity
The house of Valentino has teamed up with mophie, the #1 selling mobile battery case in North America, to create a limited edition mophie powerstation. This unique cross-industry collaboration among two game-changing…
A Touch Of Sugar Summer Fashions
[main image: Ophelia top, £54.12, Emma skirt both by Coco Bourgeoisie, £67.65 from Cityblis] Burberry lead the way on the catwalk with sugary shades and a modern take on summer…
Celebrity Style Envy
A new piece of research aimed at discovering the celebrity styles that British women most envy and attempt to recreate whilst shopping has revealed that Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Middleton and…
The Celeb Cheat Sheet For Red Carpet Radiance
Every woman has been there – it’s the day before the big date, the night before the big birthday, the weekend of the wedding. You’re idling past a shop window…
Trans Seasonal Fashion
[main image: jacket and reversible skirt, by Katty Xiomara at Cityblis.com] When it’s raining one day, sunny and hot the next it is hard to know just what to wear…
Golden Threads Of Cambodia
The Krama is the unofficial national garment of Cambodia, a woven scarf made of tiny squares, a bit like a chequered table cloth. Not particularly ornate, soft, or indeed beautiful,…