Four Seasons in One Day
As I write this, the international fashion weeks are in full swing with London complete and Milan just kicking off. It's a great part of the seasonal calendar and I'm an avid spectator, eager to see...
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Bikini Season: Five Reasons Why This Term Sucks When You're a Woman
It's barely spring and already I've started getting emails about summer - or should I say 'bikini season'. Here's fair warning: anyone who pings me a message with those two words in the subject line...
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How Short Wedding Dresses Are Made
Planning your wedding can be quite challenging and time consuming, so much so that you could whiz through it without actually enjoying the process that leads up to that very important day in your life....
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Let the Sunshine Into Your Wardrobe
I love cold, winter weather but these never ending grey skies are getting me down. Yellow is one of those cheery colours that just makes everything a bit better and brighter. Associated with optimism,...
View ArticleFashion Week Recap: Autumn/Winter 2014-2015 Beauty Trends
By Charlotte Sutherland-Hawes From New York to Paris, via London and Milan, Fashion Week has been making its path for the past four weeks, and as designers presented beautiful collections full of...
View ArticleHigh Heels Fail Compilation (VIDEO)
Yet more evidence, if it were needed, that high heels are a ridiculous imposition on womankind. Yes, they might make your bottom wiggle in an alluring fashion - but as this video shows, sometimes...
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Vogue Publishes (Another) Blackface Spread - Will They Ever Learn?
Although model Saskia de Brauw does not have dark make-up on her face in all of these photos, it's hard not to experience a face-palm 'WTF, Vogue?' moment at this fashion shoot. The spread - called...
View ArticleFur, Remixed
Vicki Woods writing in the Daily Telegraph recently talks about the dilemma that many people face when it comes to fur. Some people are vehemently against it and will never change their mind, no matter...
View ArticleWhy We All Need to Be Less 'Judgy' This Lent
I could feel it rising in me before I'd even had the chance to process what I was thinking. 'That Chanel dress Keira's wearing is so darn odd. Disturbing...', I tweeted, without so much as a second...
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The Resurgence of the Boyfriend Biker
Androgyny in fashion has existed since the beginning of time, granted. However, the resurgence of the boyfriend biker has become somewhat of a 2014 trend to watch. Tastemaker girls from London to New...
View ArticleNormcore and the Emperor's New Clothes
So we need to talk about this 'normcore' trend that is shaking the sartorial core of our NY-LON in-the-know trend friends. For those stuck under a fashion rock (me most days of the week) the...
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Prince's Trust Celebrate Success Awards 2014: Pixie Lott And Laura Whitmore...
Pixie Lott, Laura Whitmore and Gabby Logan have arrived at London’s Leicester Square Odeon ahead of the Prince’s Trust Celebrate Success Awards which are taking place this afternoon. Pixie is among the...
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Karl Lagerfeld Hits London
I have an incredible fascination with Karl Lagerfeld. Not just because of his legendary position with Chanel, and the almost inconceivable way he also fits in designing his eponymous clothing and...
View ArticleRiver Island Jumps on the Poverty Porn Bandwagon with Ridiculous T-Shirt
River Island has removed a t-shirt from its website after heavy criticism on social media for the crass and insensitive slogan it bore. However, their "Homeless - New York City" t-shirt, which features...
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Fashion Week Beauty Round Up A/W14
Sixties Siren Both Alexa and I are so inspired by our 60's girl crushes and eye looks so it was lovely to see Pat McGrath updating the decade for Dolce Gabbana, Versace and Gucci in Milan. McGrath...
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Forget That Frieda Pinto And Cate Blanchette Are Fans, Facialist Su-Man Is...
The world tends to be divided into two types of people: facial people and massage people. Until I really start freaking out about ageing, I sit firmly in the latter camp. SEE ALSO: Why Adopting The...
View ArticleSeven Stylish and Fashionable 2014 Bridal Trends You Will Fall in Love With
Although we are already in March, I thought it was a pertinent time as ever to discuss the seve stylish and fashionable bridal trends for 2014 that I think are impossible not to fall in love with....
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Forget That Frieda Pinto And Juliette Binoche Are Fans, Facialist Su-Man Is...
The world tends to be divided into two types of people: facial people and massage people. Until I really start freaking out about ageing, I sit firmly in the latter camp. SEE ALSO: Why Adopting The...
View ArticleLessons I Learnt From My Mentors When Shooting And Promoting My Latest Hat...
I shot my AW14 collection just after my first Triumph mentoring session with Grace Woodward. With this being my biggest collection to date, it was fantastic to hear her advice on how to section up the...
View ArticleWhat Is the Future for Leopard Print?
There's been much written about animal print & fashion over the years. And interestingly, there's a whole bunch of reason behind why humans have such a love for it. Before I started writing this I...
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