Kendall Jenner Takes The Sheer Trend To A Whole New Level At Paris Fashion Week
Kendall Jenner has proven her devotion to the sheer trend knows no bounds. The 19-year-old sported a jumpsuit with transparent trousers and a sheer paneled halter neck from the Balmain spring/summer 16...
View ArticleIt's Time to Listen
We live in a society that likes to put labels on people, based on little more than a lack of understanding, stereo types and generalization. Having been born with mild cerebral palsy and slight...
View ArticleBeing Boring's Best
New research has found that we are gullible types who will believe anything that comes after the phrase "new research has found". Well, I might have found the sticking point of disbelief - new research...
View ArticleLondon Fashion Week Frows, Freaks and Major F Ups
London Fashion Week. Those three little words that make people become walking advertisements for how apparently cool and wacky they are. And this year was no exception! I realised I was already being...
View ArticleNew Zealand Fashion Week 2015 - Edition One
It's been a while since I've blogged on the Huffington Post, no real reason - life just gets in the way. All this blogging, event attending, keeping up with instagram, twitter, now Alexa Chung's...
View ArticleEveryone Has Seen This Bride's 120-Year-Old Wedding Dress, Except One Person
Tradition has it that a groom is not supposed to see the bride in her dress before the wedding day. But if the Internet is exploding with pictures of your fiancée's wedding dress, what do you do? Start...
View ArticleNaomi Campbell Poses Naked To Model This Autumn's Hottest Trend: Leather...
According to Naomi Campbell's latest magazine shoots the best way to wear this autumn/winter's trend for leather is to make it compete with little else. The 45-year-old supermodel stripped naked for...
View ArticleDavid Beckham Reveals Which Of Victoria's Outfits Is His Favourite
Victoria Beckham's signature style may consist of little black dresses and towering stilettos but her husband David prefers her in a very different look. "I actually like her wearing jeans and sneakers...
View ArticleParis Fashion Week History: Gorgeous Vintage Photos Show The Catwalk Shows...
We have a lot to thank the people of France for. Namely croissants, Breton stripes and (yep you've guessed it) fashion week. Highlights of Paris Fashion Week (PFW) Spring/Summer 16 so far include...
View ArticleThe Perfect Pair Of Tights: Mathematician Invents Formula To Find Ideal...
It's tights season once again. But here's the question we have to ponder every autumn (not to mention spring) morning: Do we need thick woolly tights or just a 15 denier pair to keep off the chill?...
View ArticleWhy I Took Up the 'No New Clothes for a Year' Challenge
In January 2015, after the usual excessiveness of Christmas, I made a bold decision to take a 'no new clothes for a year' challenge. Some years ago, when I first launched my blog, I committed to ending...
View ArticleParis Fashion Week: Rick Owens Sends Models Down The Catwalk In 69 Position
The world let out a resounding cry of "what the f....." when they saw the latest Fashion Week shenanigan in Paris. Designer Rick Owens found another way to make headlines (there's only so many ways he...
View ArticleKevin Geddes Brings the Evel to London Fashion Week
I wanted to meet Kevin Geddes for personal reasons. Personal in the sense that Kevin, like me, is a pattern-cutter turned designer and owner of his namesake label. He is a rare, creative, frank person...
View ArticleJumpsuit Dresses Are A Thing And They're Bringing Back 90s Memories (In A Bad...
Remember the 90s? Remember when people thought it was a good idea to wear skirts over trousers and actually sell them together as some sort of monstrous clothing hybrid? It's baaaaack. But this time...
View ArticleWhy I Am Putting My Name Out in the Jewellery World to Back Fairtrade Gold
When I started my eponymous beauty company twenty years ago with my good friend Kim Buckland, we had little idea we were starting a revolution in the world of naturally based skincare. Using botanicals...
View ArticleBreast Cancer Awareness Month: The Pink Beauty Products You Won't Want To Miss
This is the only time of the year we can justify spending £45 on a lip balm without feeling bad, as a percentage of the profits will go to the Breast Cancer Research Fund (and, well it is Crème de la...
View ArticleNick Grimshaw Topman Collection: What Does It Look Like On The Average...
You're Nick Grimshaw. You're at the photoshoot for your line with Topman, you're in an East London warehouse. (Have you been here before?) Now you're staring poignantly into a canal, the wind blows...
View Article#ThisIsPlus: Women And Men Call Out The Lack Of Diversity In Plus Size...
One woman's call for greater diversity in plus size fashion advertising is stirring up a storm online, with hundreds of women and men taking to Twitter to share the cry #ThisIsPlus. Blogger Katt...
View ArticleCara Delevingne And Kate Moss Reveal Their Weirdest Selfie Requests From Fans
For some fans of supermodels Cara Delevingne and Kate Moss nowhere is out of bounds for a selfie request - including toilets. But both women say they find it annoying when they are cornered in places...
View ArticleNon-Binary Fashion: Alok Vaid-Menon On Why You Don't Need To Be A Boy Or A Girl
When you don't identify as exclusively masculine or feminine, what is it really like getting dressed in the morning? That's what Alok Vaid-Menon, a non-binary transfemme performance artist, writer, and...
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