How to Survive Milan Fashion Week
(Image Credit: Finbarr Toesland) Not content with being just one of the Big Four global fashion capitals alongside New York, London and Paris, Milan deftly manages to offer some of the most exciting...
View ArticleRich Pickings at New Designers 2015
Every summer, New Designers lands at the Business Design Centre in London's Angel. And within it's walls are over 3000 graduate talents from leading design courses across the country. As a past...
View ArticleAlexandra Shulman Is Right - Things Do Change When You're On Maternity Leave
Alexandra Shulman, editor-in-chief of Vogue, was brutally honest this weekend about the impact going on maternity leave can have on a woman's career (in an interview in The Times magazine). I do think...
View ArticleThe Art of Accessorising
There's very little I feel as strongly about as I do shoes. No really, hardly anything. My boyfriend, sure. Friends and family, of course. Even pizza - well, perhaps that's on parr. But shoes? They're...
View ArticleThe Business of Men's Fashion
My reflection on the latest Men's Fashion Week, London... With the sun shining brightly and models and celebrities dashing to and from the catwalk shows, I spent most of my time during the British...
View ArticleGuide to Ultimate Summer Skin
Thunderstorms and freak cold snaps aside, summer is pretty much upon us in glorious Britain. With sooooooo many potions and products out there falsely promising 'Fantasmagorical Mega Radiance Glow'...
View ArticleCarpet Fitter to Model and Award-winning Actor at 50
I wasn't particularly looking for a career change, although something less physical and strenuous than fitting carpets for a living had crossed my mind from time to time, especially after 30 years in...
View ArticleI'm Just Looking Out for My 60-Year-Old Self
No really, I am. When you look at twenty somethings that love beauty, skincare and fitness, what do you see? Are you one of them? Is it all about the here and now, looking good and feeling good, or is...
View ArticleThere's Nothing Wrong With Getting a Bit of Cosmetic Help if It Makes You...
If I read about another celebrity who states, 'I'd never have anything done cosmetically' I will eat my hat. Both smug and annoying it suggests those that do are somehow lesser. Some people are blessed...
View ArticleI'm Transgender - I'm Still Human!
As a transgender woman I have been a victim of transphobic hate crime for a very long time now. When I tell people about my experiences of hate crime their reactions are "OMG. Why don't you report...
View ArticleHow Important Is Your Image to You?
How many of us feel the pressure to present the right image? Even young people are acutely image conscious and brand aware. Try to persuade a young person to wear a cheaper make of supermarket own...
View ArticleHow to Embrace Al Fresco Dining With Style
The heat is on! Whether you have a terrace, balcony or patio - it's that time of year when you want to make this space look as amazing as your interiors. In this fantastic weather, it's only natural...
View ArticleBreastfeeding: A Wardrobe Dilemma! Here Are the Shopping Rules to Follow...
So, you are out of your maternity clothes, and are now facing an entirely new wardrobe crisis. The breast feeding wardrobe... Something you didn't prepare for when you were pregnant, bet you thought...
View ArticleEnglish Weather Wardrobe Woes? Look No Further
'Will it rain today?', 'Is this outfit windproof?' Don't get me wrong, I appreciate every ray of sunshine we get, but true to English weather, each day brings something inconsistent and is wreaking...
View ArticleWhy Serena Williams' Eyebrow Shaping Video Deserves A Second Watch
When a celebrity shares a photo while having a beauty treatment we will often cover it on HuffPost UK Style as we love getting a glimpse into the beauty routines of the rich and famous. However, when...
View ArticleFive Stylish Looks From Eid Weekend
Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that marks the conclusion of Ramadan, was filled with Muslim brothers and sisters bringing out their best outfits for the weekend celebration. Up and down the country there...
View ArticleThree Ways to Keep Up With Fast-Changing Trends in Fashion
We live in a society with countless sources of information. Millions of tweets, instagrams and status' are posted every second. We analyze so many different social media, we keep up to date with so...
View ArticleRadiography and Fashion Design - How I Turned Brain Scans Into a Fashion Brand
Living and working in a city like London, it's not unusual to meet people doing at least two jobs - chasing a dream or trying to get a side-career off the ground while holding down a day job that pays...
View ArticleMen, Myths and Makeup
At the risk of being TMI, the idea for this post came to me whilst I was shaving my legs... a task I'd neglected for longer than I care to mention, as it's such a bloomin' faff. It struck me that us...
View ArticleFour Young Top Fashion Designers in the Heart of London
Fashion is always hungry for the next big thing. New ideas to respond to a Society always on the move. Some of the best schools in the world are in London and never fail to demonstrate that many of the...
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