Knitwear From Chanel to Vivienne Westwood
© Fashion and Textiles Museum I love to visit the Fashion and Textiles Museum. Not only is it wonderfully inspiring with the best museum shop but it is also close to Borough Market - a wonderful place...
View ArticleVogue Paris' Fall Fashion Guide
By Ruby Norris As the cold weather starts to bite it's easy to choose comfort over style and lose track of the season's trends. With fur-lined parkas, cosy knitted sweaters and chic rollnecks a-plenty,...
View ArticleThe Skinny: Jeans With Staying Power
For almost ten years now, skinny jeans have had a sartorial strangle hold on our wardrobes. Despite the fashion press declaring the style 'dead' on a regular basis, we continue to favour the skinny...
View ArticleShould I Dust Off My Killer Heels?
Reading that Belinda Earl, the style director of Marks and Spencer, says that women should ditch their uniform power dressing suits in favour of more comfortable attire has made me reflect on my...
View ArticleElsa Schiaparelli: A Life Well Lived
Described as being "modern and sleek as a skyscraper" Elsa Schiaparelli was a tour-de-force in her day. A fashion designer extraordinaire, who pioneered avant-garde fashion, from knitwear to couture,...
View ArticleThe Fashion 'Please Just Don't' List
There are many things on this planet that irritate me. People who chew with their mouths open, casual sexism, that annoying talking sloth from Ice Age, people that don't move down the carriage when you...
View ArticleInspired by Women, Fashion, Power
It's an exhibition that feeds the fashion lover with so much: original sketches, films, paintings and the history that was behind all of the most iconic trends and style movements. 'Women Fashion...
View Article48 Hours in the Life of the Rich and Famous
Imagine every summer sailing around the Mediterranean. On your own yacht. With your own crew. You wear flowing Roberto Cavalli maxi dresses over Triangl bikinis and Tom Ford sunglasses to protect your...
View ArticleIt May Not Be Catwalk But It's Still Designer
In a brief hiatus from the gorgeous spectacle of fashion month, it's also worth looking at those designers who might never show on the catwalk and what their role is in fashion industry. I'm talking...
View ArticleIt's Harder Being a Man, Right?
It is fairly obvious when you look around that freedom of style is no longer exclusively for women. In fact men haven't had as much freedom to dress since Louis XII and men's style evolves and develops...
View ArticleThe Skinny Is Not Dead
Skinny jeans are (if reports are to be believed) on the way out. Really? Then what are you wearing right now? Chances are that for all the talk and bluster about skinny jeans finally sliding from the...
View ArticleStylish Brides WIll Adore Vera Wang's New Fall 2015 Collection
Photograph by Vera Wang. Say the words Vera Wang, and you instantly think about the world of bridal, and the creative genius of the designer who creates the most beautiful wedding dresses. imaginable....
View ArticlePampered Pooch: Addresses and accessories for your dog
By Ruby Norris With accessories from Louis Vuitton, Ralph Lauren and Gucci, celebrity trainers on Instagram, food and grooming tips on Pinterest and chic city hotspots promising five-star treatment, it...
View ArticleA Street Style Journey: What Defines British Youth Style..?
What are the defining street style trends of the past 25-years? What makes Britain such a hotbed of youth culture style? And how does street style shape the culture around us..? After spending much of...
View ArticleThe Genetics of Personal Colour Analysis: How We Are Physically and...
In the Colour Analysis module in Gail Morgan's Personal Stylist 'Study in Style' Course, it was extraordinary to learn that humans are largely predisposed to a specific colour palette both on...
View ArticleLizzy Clothing: #GetLizzy Collection
LIZZY is a street wear brand that carries the mantra, aspire to inspire, a fundamental part of its design and represents its place of conception, London city. Created by UK rap artist Dion 'Sincere'...
View ArticleThere's Always Tomorrow
I'm a firm believer that being positive is always a bigger win, personally and professionally, than being negative. Looking on the bright side, seeing the glass half full, trusting that every cloud has...
View ArticleHow to Become Sophisticated (and Sexy!) by Establishing Your Personal Bodyline
There are two main components of personal styling taught by Gail Morgan on the Study in Style Course and they are Colour Analysis and understanding how to flatter different body shapes and figures...
View ArticleWoolmark: Not Worth the Label It's Printed On
I've been a vegan for five years, and people frequently ask me to explain what's wrong with wearing wool. Last week, I was at Somerset House, where the finals of Woolmark's menswear design competition...
View ArticleWhy Yoga Can Bolster Your Confidence
There are few places today where we aren't able to see our reflection - mirrors abound, selfies taken at every opportunity not to mention the media obsession with perfect looks. Yoga is one of the only...
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