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Seriously Stylish Sales Picks
I made my first venture to the sales yesterday, and I’m still shuddering at the thought of it. I’m sure there were a great many bargains to be found, but you had to search hard amongst the rails of unmitigated rubbish, with pulls, rips, missing sequins seeming to be the order of the day. The rule of the sales is get there early, when they first start, in order to pick up real bargains. With many of the ‘new years sales’ now starting before Christmas, by the time you get to New Year, you are often faced with items better left to the dustbin than the bargain bin. And this…
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Next – What I’ll be looking for in the sale
Christmas is so nearly here. This time next week we’ll be getting the stockings ready, sorting out a glass of sherry and a mince pie for Santa, and generally rushing around making sure everything is going to be perfect for the most wonderful time of the year. But for those of us who are fans of High Street brand Next, we may also be getting quite excited about what is the most wonderful sale of the year. Next sales are legendary. They entice people to queue outside in the early hours of Boxing Day for hours on end, and are one of the sales that actually offer half price on…
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Duchess of Cambridge – a round-up of recent looks
Slowly but surely, Duchess Kate is heading back towards her public duties, and she’s doing it in the sort of style she has made her trademark. Beautiful gowns, wardrobe favourites that we have seen before and a new, soft hairstyle that is slightly reminiscent of ringlets, Kate shows why she is fully deserving of her nomination for Style Icon at this year’s British Style Awards. One of my favourite Kate looks from this year has to be the elegant midnight blue dress by Jenny Packham. Kate wore this higher up on the shoulders than the dress was worn on the catwalk, making this a more refined, ladylike look. The shade…
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Little Mistress at Dorothy Perkins
Little Mistress has landed at Dorothy Perkins! Continuing the High Street store’s impressive choice of concessions, which includes Billie and Blossom and Alice & You, this cult brand is arriving at just the right time for those looking for the perfect party dress for all those Christmas occasions. Offering dresses with a range of shapes, from prom and skater styles, to figure-hugging pencil shapes, and with colour and embellishment adding interest to the designs, the Little Mistress collection is sure to be a big hit with those looking for something memorable, but affordable. This is a catwalk/celebrity led collection, taking its lead from styles worn by the likes of Emma…
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Treat your feet and grab a Clarks bargain
Ever since I was a small girl, I’ve had a thing about Clarks shoes. From those early days of funny foot measuring machines and leather t-bars that had to last the whole school year (stop growing feet! please!), to the day when I rediscovered Clarks and realised how cool and trendy the Mary Janes, Desert boots and ballerina flats had been all along, Clarks is a shop that has a special, shoe-shaped place in my heart. And, as we slip further through Autumn, and nearer and nearer to Winter, Clarks are again spoiling us with a range of sales and discounts that make it positively rude not to indulge your…
