| The Hottest Trends And Greatest Buys Steal The Show |
| The new winter collection is all about androgynous play with subtle feminine lines. The signature classic tailoring is fused with eccentric details in silhouettes like slender pants, bermuda shorts peeking out from under skirts and dresses, all put together in a fun bad-girl attitude. |
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| The Wool Coat |
| Classic, well cut, versatile-meet your new wardrobe HERO. EYE-CATCHING accessories keep the look fresh |
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| The Smart Jacket |
| Dress SIMPLY to maximize impact. Team with denim for day, leather for EVENING or trousers for work |
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| Five tips for practical buyers |
| There’s a fine line between innovator and fashion victim. Look for interesting colour, fabric or detailing, rather than extreme shapes. |
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| The Simple Shirt |
| Buttoned up or casually UNDONE, this unfussy piece takes your style from laid-back to BOYISH to preppy |
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| Five Tips For Classicists |
| I know what I like and I tend to buy it over and over again. Case in point: I currently own 10 pairs of black open-toe ankle boots, all pretty much interchangeable but all, obviously, entirely necessary. I don’t like to make trend-led purchases because I know more classic pieces will last a lifetime; they will need to, given the price. |
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| The Invisible Pedicure |
| It’s a very British trait to want to see what you’re getting for your money. That’s why the thought of paying for a pedicure and not being presented with a splash of cheerful color at the end could seem, to our frugal sensibilities, churlish. |
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| Can You Wear A Peplum? (Part 1) |
| Peplum. It isn’t an easy word. As a trend, it’s even harder. In fact, this unnecessary, entirely redundant bit of fabric sewn to the waist of an otherwise ordinary dress or top is up there with neon and the bralette this spring/ summer as a one-season wonder. |
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| Can You Wear A Peplum? (Part 2) |
| The oversized, the bold cape, the glossy trouser… these are the hero pieces from the autumn/winter collections. Take note: wear with a hint of tomboy attitude! |
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| Not Everything Is Black And White (Part 2) - Sugar rush |
| Wool jacket, $592.5, and wool skirt, $414, both Diane won Furstenberg; cotton-mix vest, $150, Theyskens’ Theory; leather shoes, $885, Neil Barrett; acrylic bag, $495, Jimmy Choo |
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| Moves Like Jagger |
| Straight-talking, sexy, Hudson denim poster girl and Madonna’s new muse. We spend one day in Paris with the irresistible Georgia May Jagger. |
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| Instyle Rules : Think clean |
| Cut adash in impeccable white. Be an ice queen in YSL’s liquid silk gown or an Alberta Ferretti Park Ave princess. Go sports- deluxe in Proenza Schouler or be playful in McQueen’s fantasy skater-dress dream... |
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| Up Close With Lily Cole |
| I first got into beauty when I was a teenager. Up until then, I didn’t really watch TV and I wasn’t exposed to the media much. When I hit my teens, I became interested in the Fifties. |
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| All Eyes On Erin |
| I’m obsessed with contemporary Australian designers such as Flannel and One Teaspoon. I also really like BCBG by Max Azria - he does great jackets. My take on fashion is that it should be easy and effortless and we shouldn’t stress over it or spend too much. |
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| Fashion Moments: Four cities, four enthralling show stoppers |
| Rain clouds cracked with thunder and water streamed over the clear roof of the pop-up show venue as the gorgeous Cara Delevingne led a parade of Burberry models, all clutching coordinating umbrellas shielding them from a spray of silver ticker tape. EPIC. |
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| Fashion Gets Its Sexy Back |
| At Versace, Donatella revisited the Gianni era with pure, unadulterated S.E.X. — crystal-embellished leather bustier cocktail dresses were paired with caged, knee-high boots, silver chain-mail and cutaway trellis details over bare midriffs. |
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| The Long View |
| After years on the sidelines, the trouser suit – worn with masculine panache or a feminine flourish – is coming into its own again. And it means business, says Sarah Harris. |
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| Best In Show |
| From silk-damask trouser suits to jacquardmaxi coats, military tailoring and deep, rich tones… be inspired as designersexplore a darker side. |
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| Choose Sleeveless T-shirt For Summer Days |
| Remarkable advantages of T-shirt sleeveless are cool, airy, and very youthful, fashionable. Through long time, design of T-shirt sleeveless is stylized very much. The ways to mix and match clothes are more diversified, suitable for many different conditions such as going for a walk, going camping, or having a date. |
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| Volume Control (part 2) |
| Stella McCartney has long had ideas on men’s tailoring; this season, she takes the biker jacket as a blueprint. NB: White shoes are on the return (not how neatly they correspond with a starched stock collar and cuffs) |
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| Volume Control (part 1) |
| From roomy silhouettes to strong, exaggerated lines, the new directive is one of bolder proportions. |
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| Our Pick For August |
| As fashion’s love of color continues, jewellery requires an intensity to match the look. Kenneth Jay lane’s clusters add a finishing touch for day, while Adler’s multicolored sapphires and rose-cut diamonds are perfect for night. |
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| Meet Your New Workout Wardrobe |
| Pret-à-Surf is aimed at the ‘woman who wears a sensual bikini by day and a couture gown by night,’ but if that’s not quite you, you can still bag yourself a bit of preppy East Coast sex appeal. |
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| Full English : McQ Alexander McQueen |
| “McQueen’s fascination with futurism and historicism, and also that sense of subversive luxury, interested me,” explains Collins, who pared back the interior of the building to reveal its bones before adding a juxtaposition of graphic black and white with subtly sensual flesh tones and ruby-red embroidered velvet upholstery. |
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| Fashion's Fabulous Families |
| The solid family unit, It doesn't sound very fashion, does it? But from airy corners of Dalston to the decks of super-yachts, designers are surrounding themselves with trusted family members. Perhaps this is a reaction against the big fashion conglomerates, or maybe it's just that the rag trade has always been about exchanging skills with your nearest and dearest. |
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| All That Jazz (part 2) |
| We seem to have become fascinated with a time when people were really well dressed,” says Dunn. But beyond the glamour, parties and indulgence, the decade was also a period of incredible social change and conflict because of modernization. |
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| All That Jazz (part 1) |
| Runways in Paris, Milan and New York were dominated by ‘20s inspired spring/summer collections. Gucci showcased low-waist dresses with graphic beading. Veronica Etro’s waistless dresses featured prints of intersecting black, white and Nile-green lines inspired by the art-deco aesthetic of the era. |
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| 10 Things We Absolutely Love |
| Absolutely has a soft spot for Barbara Hulanicki, whose Biba emporium in Kensington lives on in the collective memory, with old clothes and even shop furniture to be found in lofts and cupboards all over west London. |
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| The Hot List – Aug 2012 |
| Sugary pastels with pops of bright are what to expect from the Spanish store’s s/s 12 collection. Add look who’s fronting the campaign… |
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| 101 Ideas – August 2012 (Part 2) |
| Dress, $390, Juicy Conture; scarf, $253.5, Matta at Fenwick; necklave, $637.5, Sweetlime; bag, $26.985, New Look; (left) bracelets, as before; (right) bracelets, from $235.5, Fiona Paxton |
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| 101 Ideas – August 2012 (Part 1) |
| Dress, $450, Kylee Davis at Browns; cap, $22,5, River Islands; scarf, $253.5, Matta at Fenwick; beaded pendant necklace, $622.5, and silver bead necklace, $222, both Sweetlime; bag, $1,008, Jérôme Dreyfuss; (left, from top): bracelet, $243, Fiona Paxton; |
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