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Kate shines at the Order of The Garter Ceremony.
Rounding of a trio of stylish and inspired Royal looks, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge looked amazing yesterday at the annual Order of the Garter Ceremony at Windsor. Kate opted for a silver-grey coat with an embroidered waistband and a silk draped neck dress, and wore a stunning Philip Treacy fascinator. She again showed off the sleek, elegant style that she is becoming famous for. The outfit was quite similar to the one her mom Carole wore to the royal wedding, showing perhaps where some of Kate´s style influences lie. I think this weekend as shown that Kate is the rightful heiress to Diana´s vacant style throne. She exudes confidence and always looks…
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Outfit launches new store in Wednesbury
The Arcadia department store Outfit launched its new Wednesbury Store on Saturday, with balloons, goodie bags and spot prizes of loaded gift cards for lucky shoppers. Fashion-Mommy went along to have a look at the fabulous new store. The store, situated on the Gallagher retail park, had opened on December 1st, but had decided to have an official Christmas party on December 11th. With just two shopping weeks until Christmas, it was very busy, with lots of shoppers coming along to take a look at the new store. I was amongst them, and was seriously impressed by what I saw. For a start, the store is split into two departments.…
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JB’s in administration – teenage fashion memories.
I popped into Sainsburys on Saturday to pick up hair colour, having made a knee jerk decision that I needed to go blonder, and whilst there I noticed that lots of the October style mags were out = Marie Claire, In Style, Harper’s Bazaar etc. So, obviously I grabbed them and got into the long Saturday Lottery queue. And there, on the front of the local Express and Star was the emblazoned headline ‘JB’S IN ADMINISTRATION’. Legendary Dudley venue under threat of closure. I instantly felt sick. JB’S couldn’t possibly close, it’s an institution,where bands like the Wonderstuff, Neds Atomic Dustbin and Pop Will Eat itself had started out. The…
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Has plus size fashion finally broken the size barrier?
The last few weeks have seen a sudden explosion in the fashion world. Suddenly plus size fashion and fashionista’s are everywhere. At the Emmy’s the fabulous Christine Hendricks and Glee‘s Amber Riley shone like beautiful beacons of voluptuous style, totally at home in the company of equally beautiful, but noticeably slimmer stars. In the case of Amber Riley, praise for her lovely white Grecian dress came from no less a doyenne than the notoriously bitchy Joan Rivers on ‘Fashion Police’. The amazing Crystal Renn is EVERYWHERE! Whatever magazine you pick up seems to feature something about Renn. ‘Elle’ magazine featured her in its Q&A session, Look magazine gave over both…
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The fashion season no-one will get!
According to the UK september issue of Marie Claire, Autumn/winter 2010 is the season “your boyfriend won’t get”. Boyfriend won’t get it, frankly I don’t get it. You’ve got;- Eskimo chic at Chanel Ugly Betty clones at Marc Jacobs (if that’s what he wants to stick us size 16 pluses in then I’ll stick to Evans). Peruvian Yak herders at Gaultier. Christmas Jumpers at D&G. Bag lady chic at Topshop unique. And…most hilariously…Nun chic at YSL. I can’t wait to see Posh spice wearing that !