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M&S Picks for the party season
It seems strange when we look back on Marks and Spencer from the 1980s and 1990s. It had become a shop that was synonymous with grandma fashion. The place you could look for a good quality pair of trousers with an elasticated waist, a soft knit cardi or jumper, and of course, the only place to go for big knickers or a bra fitting. It was practical and reliable, but fashionable was not a word you would ever use to describe it. But that was then. In recent years M&S woke up. We had the much anticipated adverts containing a range of influential women from Erin O Conner to Twiggy.…
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Archive by Alexa and Rosie’s perfume – a M&S update
Everything she touches turns to fashion gold, so letting Alexa Chung loose on the not considerable fashion archives of M&S has to be one of the best ideas ever. ‘Archive by Alexa’, which has just launched, is a collection of pieces that have been curated by Alexa, and have then been reworked, or used as inspiration for a brand new collection that is sure to appeal to fashion purists, M&S fans and Alexa fans everywhere. I love the collection, which has the sort of retro cool feel you would expect from Alexa Chung. You can see the inspiration everywhere. The Misty tea dress is one of those 1970s takes on…
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Outfit post – January Review
I always think January is a strange month, the long comedown after the excitement of Christmas. My January consisted of trying to catch up with blogs after the break I decided to take over Christmas, and also attending events as the social calender started to take off again. This post is a bit of a mix of some of the outfits I wore for both casual and more formal occasions during the start to the year. You will see some ever presents in the images. The yellow coat is my absolute fave at the moment, one of my Christsmas presents that cost just £25 from Primark and is already heading…
