Aug, 14
2013

AUTUMN/WINTER 2013 TRENDS YOU CAN WEAR NOW

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August 14 2013, Style In View

By the time you read this, I will not be in the SiV towers but on holiday (please, keep reading). This has thrown me into somewhat of a conundrum as I’m not doing the standard summer holiday location of somewhere hot and sunny, where all you need to pack is a few different bikinis (or in the case of Magaluf, just a thong and some ointment), but rather Dublin. Not only does this bring up the usual issues of what to pack for a city break — I can tell you now, every cocktail and party dress I …read more

FASHION
Aug, 12
2013

BIKINIS VS SWIMSUITS: THE TOP PICKS FOR THIS SUMMER

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August 12 2013, Couture Girl

Cellulite: it’s the buzz word of this season, isn’t it? The fuel behind those legions of ‘get fit quick’, ‘bikini boot camp’ features we see making the rounds. I mean, it’s summer now, so obviously we must be thinking about how our own bodies will be looking when we break out the swimwear. And this issue is made all the more problematic by the fact that we’re actually getting a summer this year: a cossie isn’t a nostalgic purchase anymore, but a genuine …read more

FASHION
Aug, 11
2013

RE-INVENTION OF THE RUCKSACK

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August 11 2013, My Love Of Style

Has ever an accessory been so unfairly maligned as the rucksack: dismissed as obtrusive and ugly; usually seen on schoolchildren too young to know better and strapped onto the chests of foreign exchange students. Using one past a certain age at school was practically the equivalent of using a briefcase or, God forbid, carting your books around in a wheelie suitcase, but this reputation is unjust and in need of an overhaul, which is precisely what has happened for Autumn/Winter …read more

FASHION
Aug, 08
2013

SUMMER SANDALS: HOW TO DRESS YOUR FEET THIS SEASON

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August 8 2013, Red Dress Studio

Readers, I speak to you as a damaged woman. Earlier this month a catastrophe occurred and I’ve been left reeling, lost and slightly confused as to my next step, if you will. My favourite (nay, only) summer sandals snapped.

White peep toe sling backs, they were the perfect shoe to get me through the summer. The fact they were jelly shoes, thus made of rubber (ultimately their downfall) only worked in their favour when the weather turned and I was caught in a sudden …read more

FASHION
Jul, 28
2013

REDHEAD STYLE ON TRIAL

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July 28 2013, Everything For Redheads

If the powers that be are to be believed, there lies somewhere an ancient tome detailing the Rules of Fashion, much like the 10 Commandments, which are never to be broken. ‘The pear shaped shalt not wear horizontal stripes’; ‘navy and black must be worn separately and never the twain shall meet’; and of course, ‘red heads must confine themselves to a small spectrum of the colour wheel and never venture into sunnier climes’.

Obviously, this is complete …read more

FASHION
Jul, 26
2013

KATE AND DIANA: FASHION FOR THE ROYALS

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July 26 2013, Style In View

What a week it’s been, with Kate Middleton leaving hospital looking flawless as ever in simple cream wedges and a pretty Jenny Packham polka dot dress. And of course, giving birth to the future King of England, whom we also got a glimpse of. Sky News viewers may have also been interested to hear fascinating nuggets of information such as ‘That’s what pregnant women look like directly after giving birth [though I may know a few mothers who would contest at least that part of that sentence]: theydo still have the …read more

CULTURE, FASHION
Jul, 11
2013

HOW TO DRESS IN A HEAT WAVE

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July 11 2013, Style In View

With the news of the heat wave continuing at least till Sunday, people the country over are realising one unassailable fact: it’s become necessary to dress for summer. All those summer trends we’ve been cooing over and remarking on for the past few months whilst cosied up in our woolly tights and cashmere, to either ignore completely or adapt into our wardrobe (by layering) are suddenly becoming viable options for leaving the house in. By themselves. Try …read more

FASHION
Jul, 03
2013

IT’S ALL WHITE, BUT IT’S OK

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July 3 2013, Imperfect Women

‘I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it.’

Oh Carrie. How perfectly you summate the sentiment every other woman in the Western world must have immediately felt in hair-pulling horror as the news that the all white ensemble is one of this season’s key trends hit the fashion newsstands. Admittedly, I actually quite like what my hair’s doing today, but wear all white? Why, I had jambalaya for lunch: the only …read more

FASHION
Jul, 03
2013

HOW TO DO: FESTIVAL FASHION

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July 3 2013, Health Beauty Spot

As the British climate moves ever faster towards a year round state of grey, with an occasional rise and dip in temperatures, our standard concept of the four seasons— spring, summer, autumn, winter— begins to merge and become obsolete and we favour a much more apt three seasons: spring/summer, autumn/winter, festival. Friends, we’re smack bang in the middle of the latter.

This special time of year is marked by the nation suddenly being overcome with …read more

FASHION
Jun, 28
2013

WHICH MADE IN CHELSEA MEMBER ARE YOU?

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June 28 2013, Style In View

Monday night brought with it some sad news: another season of Made In Chelsea has come to an end. And what an end it was, with Louise sucking on her hangnail for a good 45 minutes of the 60 minute episode as she valiantly sort of denied hooking up with her mysterious friend (Niall of One Direction), while her other friends speculated over how long it would be til Andy dumped her ass for being such a rabid whore.

And so it is that we must once again find us saying farewell to Proudlock’s non-ironic, genuinely Christian earring. In the most fitting send …read more

CULTURE, FASHION
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