Metallics are one of my favourites all year round but as party season approaches they really come into their own. At Topshop this month basics are turned into showstoppers, as everyday pieces are given a major metallic injection for some seasonal shimmer. Skinny jeans with metallic finishes
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If the prospect of snow boots and flood gear is all becoming too grim a reality then for the next couple of minutes cast your mind forward to warmer, sunny, spring times. The fashion world is already in full swing for Spring Summer 2012. Yesterday I popped along to the Topshop SS 2012 press preview in Fitzrovia, central London
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With boys dressing like girls and girls dressing like boys, there’s no stopping one of this season’s chicest looks – androgyny – definitely one of my faves for AW11/12. The seeds of this trend were sown a couple of seasons back with the popularity of the boyfriend blazer, followed by oversized jumpers and then brogues
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The heritage look is one of those trends which dominates winter fashion year in and year out
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This season fashion is going Native with luscious layers inspired by all things Navajo and Aztec. On yesterday’s Four Live on RTE One, two wannabe stylists took on the challenge to create a Native-inspired look in just 30 minutes, using clothes from top highstreet stores Forever 21
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***UPDATE: News just in – due to popular the demand the Simone Rocha for Topshop collection, will now be stocked in the St. Stephen’s Green store from this weekend (Sept 30th 2011), Hooray! Full pricing details below.
Very exciting times for young Irish designer Simone Rocha
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I’m never sure how the likes of Alexa Chung, Daisy Lowe or even Katy Perry for that matter, always manage to look amazeballs come the final day of any music festival (case in point at last months Coachella) although I’ve a sneaky suspicion that staying in the closest five star hotel helps A LOT!
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From the voluminous, free-flowing nude skirts at Lanvin to the column-like colour block skirts at Issa – one thing is for certain this spring, Maxi skirts are back. Not that they were away for very long – but usually they have the decency to excuse themselves until high summer…but not this year. Oh no
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By Avril Collins
If you’ve gotten into a style rut of relying on the all-too-handy one piece approach to styling that is ‘the dress’, this is your season to shine! Now, don’t get me wrong I’ve as many dresses in my wardrobe as the next gal and they will always
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By Siobhan Lam
I’ve got to admit, this season I was rather disappointed with the “trends” that the higher powers decreed we should embrace. Camel is chic and nice but does it thrill you to your very core? Do you spend your nights tossing and turning as you dream
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On these cold and windy mornings there’s nothing like the cosiness you feel when you pop on some chunky knitwear and with the hightstreet awash with some amazing patterns and designs there’s no reason not to embrace this trend
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The lovely peeps at West Coast Cooler invited me back to do some more guest blogging. This month we had a look at shearling and unless you’ve been living under a rock
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Australian Pop Princess Kylie Minogue has, over the years, managed to pull off some of the most daring styles possible (remember the hotpants craze? ). Recently though she’s been showing us how to pull off this season’s cropped trousers
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The perfect pair of jeans are the holy grail of fashion. When it comes to buying jeans on the highstreet though, you don’t necessarily get what you pay for. A hefty price or a designer label is not always a guarantee of quality or fit
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After some dodgy beginning’s in the style stakes, Nicole Richie is fast becoming one of Hollywood’s most stylish stars. She managed to outdo herself recently on a trip to London. She arrived at Heathrow Airport dressed to kill wearing
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