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Style Crush – Octavia Spencer
There’s a new style star in town. Octavia Spencer was one of the winners at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, and now looks like a shoe-in for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. She was also voted one of the best dressed on the night in an exquisitely pretty pink/lavender gown by Tadashi Shoji. But this is not the first time that Octavia has shone at a Red Carpet Event, in fact it’s becoming quite a habit for the lovely star. Octavia, of course, isn’t a perfect size 10, but she is super stylish. And part of the reason for this is that she realises that dressing stylish isn’t about having a…
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Evans Winter Catalogue launch – hot picks.
Evans has just launched it’s always hotly anticipated winter catalogue and it is full of sumptuous goodies that will be topping many a Christmas list. From cute coats to snug knitwear, great accessories and fabulous boots, Evans are again tapping into key trends whilst maintaining their emphasis on dressing the four key body shapes, hourglass, top-heavy, apple and pear shape. Here are some of my key picks for stylish everyday wear. These are the clothes that will take you from shopping to the school run, from college to all those Christmas markets.They will enable you to look stylish and cool, whilst keeping nice and toasty. Also don’t forget that…
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Caro Emerald – new style crush.
Strictly come Dancing isn’t usually the place to discover a new style crush, but that is exactly what happened on the Sunday night result show. Caro Emerald was the guest singer, and she was totally amazing. A bit of research told me that Caro is currently the biggest star in Dutch music, and is sure to be a sensation here very soon. A jazz singer who channels the spirit of Billie Holiday, I was totally enthralled by Caro’s voice, music, but, most of all, her unique retro styling. Caro has a stunning hourglass figure that she dresses to its best advantage by pouring it into outfits that reflect 50s styling. …
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Pippa Middleton attempts lumberjack chic…with mixed results.
It seems that not a day passes when we are not treated to another look from the bulging Pippa Middleton wardrobe. And whether she channels casual styling or chic workwear, there are always covetable items that I would like to add to my own wardrobe. But sometimes Pippa makes fashion mistakes, just like the rest of us, and maybe her attempt at grunge style lumberjack chic was just that. This was an outfit that made me smile…and then frown. I loved the Zara lumberjack shirt, I used to wear a red plaid one very similar to this in my grungy days, and the skinnies also look great on Pippa’s slim…
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Christina Hendricks brings more good news for Curvy girls.
As regular readers of Fashion-Mommy know, I just adore Christina Hendricks. To me, she is just the most beautiful women on TV, with a curvy hourglass figure to die for. But Christina doesn’t always get it right in the fashion stakes. On Mad Men, Janie Bryant styles her character Joan as a regular bombshell, in curve enhancing suits and dresses, but in real life, the thoroughly modern Christina struggles to dress for Hollywood occasions due to designers just not catering for her sort of figure. Recently, Christina was photographed on a beach in a black one-piece swimsuit, which sent the press and blogosphere into heated debates about her body –…
