After I have finished my shopping ban (three and a half months to go and counting), I have promised to think more carefully about the clothes that I buy. To only buy what I need, to look for quality items that will last and to buy more eco fashion including second hand, vintage, organic, sustainable [...]
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Bright colours - check
Bold Patterns - checkfresh, trendy and wearable - checkEthical, eco friendly and guilt free - check
Last week ASOS launched a new ethical and eco friendly section to their website, the Green Room and now they have launched their new Fairtade ASOS Africa collection. It includes so much that love about clothes [...]
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Blue Inc very kindly sent over this Ben Sherman Latimer Polo Shirt for Mr Style Eyes. He was a little camera shy and didn’t really want his photo taken but eventually, I managed to persuade him on his way out to the pub. I get the feeling he is not taking my blog very [...]
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Leave it to Diane von Furstenberg to give us a Fall 2010 look that takes the very best of seventies bohemian style, disco glam, and the rich, dark colors that seem to be so popular in the Fall 2010 collections, and create something wonderful, new, and original. Her clothes included lovely embellishments like metal half-moons, [...]
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I really loved the Gary Harvey eco couture show that signalled the start of the Green Shows for NYFW. It isn’t just because I have gone a little bit green lately (hopefully not just a phase), although that is the reason I checked out the collection in the first place, but the recycling aspect of [...]
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Leave it to Diane von Furstenberg to give us a Fall 2010 look that takes the very best of seventies bohemian style, disco glam, and the rich, dark colors that seem to be so popular in the Fall 2010 collections, and create something wonderful, new, and original. Her clothes included lovely embellishments like metal half-moons, [...]
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Only three more sleeps until LFW. Yay! Despite my bubbling joy, there’s the tricky little issue of what to wear. The will to stand out will always spar with the deep-rooted need for comfort - especially when running between shows. Then there’s the issue of styling it large without being profiled for credit card [...]
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As there were so many different examples of pattern mixing on the catwalk, I though I would try to make a few ore outfits from the clothes that I have in my wardrobe. Actually, I could probably go on and on. This outfit is a fairly subtle example of pattern mixing and a complete contrast [...]
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It’s rare that I get obsessive about clothes. Okay that’s a lie. Let me rephrase. It’s rare that I obsess ad infinitum about a particular item of clothing. Normally it’s a stormy tempestuous lust-fest which fades to a worn fondness with time. Not with this dress. This is THE dress I’ve not been able to [...]
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My next trend for the no more wants challenge is more of a micro trend really - denim and florals. Although denims were seen at quite a few of the shows (D & G, Chloe, House of Holland), it is specifically the mix of denim and ditsy floral prints that I wanted to create in [...]
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