June 13 2013, Styleable
I’ll admit, I’ve donned some questionable items in my time through my love of fashion (photographic evidence has been subsequently destroyed), even those I initially thought myself above. Oh yes, I’ve laughed in the face of crop tops, punishing trotter feet high heels and dungarees, but then decided I actually quite liked two out of three of those at least.
I’ve since discovered my threshold for the acceptable is really rather low.
But despite my …read more
June 10 2013, Girlfriend Shoes
Friends, I don’t want to alarm you, but I have some disturbing news. You might want to sit down. A war is being waged. Between high fashion and the high street. I won’t bother you with the politics, but the crux of the issue is the width of your trouser leg. I know, I know: it just keeps getting worse and worse.
It’s been going on for some time now. Fashion decreed the skinny jean to be the epitome of gauche; we mortals here on earth refused to listen (hey, …read more
January 16 2013, Lady M Presents
Ok, enough about the sales now; yes, they’re still going on and yes, there is a wonderful, cut price world of I-can-definitely-squeeze-into-that-for-that-price online still to be discovered away from the seventh ring of Hell that is the live shop floor right now, but come on, we’re half way through January. It’s more than time that we left 2012′s fashion hangovers behind and turned a gleaming eye to the future.
Now granted, you may well be feeling slightly financially and physically worse for wear, thus embracing an expensive new wardrobe that you may or may not have …read more
Amy Lavelle is a freelance journalist who writes for the likes of Grazia, Glamour, Red, The Pool, Metro, Telegraph and the Independent, among others.
Amy is represented by Amanda Preston and Hannah Schofield at LBA. Her debut novel, Definitely Fine, published by Orion Fiction, is out now. Her second novel, Home Sweet Home, came out in April 2023.
