Velvet? Oh yes you heard correctly. I did say velvet.
And it’s had a sexy makeover. Blowing away the cobwebs from its previous fustier image, we now find stylish pieces that are delicate and feminine.  The “it” fabric of the season and sassy in a precious stone palette, it’s the perfect slinky fix for the party season!
This decadent [...]

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Just like a certain boy-turned-manband, the blouse has made a stratospheric style comeback and has flown to the top of the fashion charts. Sexy and slinky, the blouse is Winter’s showpiece. This season’s oh-so fashionable shape errs on the side of a shirt but the distinction is in the soft fabrication and cut, giving a message [...]

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Dark evenings don’t have to translate into dreary dressing. And as a fashion favourite leopard print equals an instant sartorial lift.
Nothing offers more of a lift than the optimism and opulence of the 60s.  This flirty number transforms leopard from pub landlady to a bright colour popping print in a 60’s style mash up (who [...]

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So what’s a girl to wear for her appearance as Ambassador of Britain’s first Centre for Sustainable Fashion?
This is me at 7am before I leap on the tube for a breakfast presentation. It’s another of my uniform categories ‘Fashion Journalist at work.’ If you who have my e-book, which is hot on body type fashion [...]

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Last time we hooked up, I was talking about legs and skirt length. Well, as a long time wearer of trousers and trouser suits I’ve only recently (last couple of years) begun to feel at home in skirt and heels. I think that has everything to do with getting older and feeling more comfortable in [...]

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