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Dorothy Perkins press day – All about brights!
Forget colour clashing – Autumn/Winter at Dorothy Perkins is all about colour blocking! Bright’s of every shade imaginable will be available in a range of styles that pay tribute to many different eras. From the tangerine orange to Mustard yellow via Pillar box red, from 1960s style tuxedos to dalmatian print faux furs, there is a style to suit everyone in the new collection. The mismatch of eras and colours is great news. Sometimes the colour deigned to be ‘so this season’ just doesn’t suit you. Dorothy Perkins are ensuring there is something to suit everyone. As well as the aforementioned colours, there were fabulous outfits in white, pinks, greens…
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Wallis A/W 2011 Collection-1970s daywear – decadent evening wear.
The Wallis collections unveiled at the Arcadia Autumn/Winter press day last week were a fashion range of two halves. There were beautiful bright pieces of daywear inspired by the 1970s style icon Ali McGraw in shades of teal,magenta and orange. But evening wear was a gothic tale of black lace, leather and chiffon in clear tribute to Alexander McQueen. Both collections were instantly covetable. The 1970s colour pallete is plundered for the ‘Babbington House’ collection. This is a fabulous homage to Ali McGraw in Love Story with lots of layering and wools and chiffon worn together with chunky heeled shoes and accents of fur. Colour clashing is still a big…