shopping
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The last days of Summer with High Street Outlet
The latest in my review series for the brilliant High Street Outlet is a dress from the Cornish Brand Seasalt. The Seasalt Gylly dress is lovely, a navy and white cotton dress with a fit and flare style. Ostensibly a summer dress, I think this would be lovely with a chunky white knit added to it, either in the form of a jumper, or a cosy cardigan. The Gylly is a semi fitted dress in quite a stiff form of cotton. This gives it a wonderful 1950s shape – ultra feminine, and one you could easily add a net underskirt under if you wanted to go for the retro look.…
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Bespoke, beautiful sandals from K. Jacques
Imagine you could create a sandal that was completely bespoke, created by your own design, and then that sandal would be made, for you, in one of the World’s most glamorous towns, the sun-drenched Saint Tropez. You could choose from a range of leather or suede sandal designs, from flat to wedges, choosing your colours, your finishes, straps, literally everything. It sounds amazing, but it is a reality with K. Jacques, who have been creating beautiful, bespoke sandals for three generations. The K. Jacques fashion house was awarded the French Award the EPV: Entreprise du Patrmoine Vivant (Living Heritage Company) label in 2011. A family brand, started in 1933, K.…
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Next – Customise your denim
The word ‘customise’ fills me with dread, I’m not that handy with a needle and thread….. I love fashion, every single element of it, but my own skills with a needle and thread are amateur, scrap that, infantile to say the least. So when Next approached me to see if I would like to take part in a special customisation challenge I was both excited and terrified, especially as the competition was being judged by someone who really does have a talent for customising and personalising clothing, Kirsty from Fashion For Lunch. But a challenge is a challenge, so I decided to have a go…be kind to me. The…
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Fabulous looks from the Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival is less well known than the ultra glamorous Cannes, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a visual treat for fashion lovers. It puts the style into September, and this year’s festival is no exception. With Grand Jury members including the impeccable Diane Kruger, Elizabeth Banks and Paz Vega, and attendees like Alessandra Ambrosio, Dakota Johnson, Elisa Sednaoui and Tilda Swinton, Venice is an event that has fashion fans swooning over both the daytime, and red carpet looks. I have been trawling through the images from the festival ( a really tough task…lol!) and have collated my favourite looks from the festival so far. They include Elizabeth…
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Shapeology Fashion Week with Marisota
One of my favourite online fashion destinations is Marisota. I love the choice, the range of sizes (which I find to be very generous) and the gorgeous quality. I love the fact that it stocks top brands, and that one of my fave fashion people, Mr Mark Heyes, is a brand ambassodor, creating the lovely Ava range too. With the new season almost upon us, next week Marisota is holding it’s very own online Shapeology Fashion Week. Each day, the Marisota website will be hosting a different ‘trend’ on the homepage with emai; communication and social media showing how you ‘CanWear’ new season trends with confidence! They have also created…
