Why There Is Another Side to Fashion Than Perfect Beauty
Its Paris Fashion week and the whole city is a flutter with achingly styled designers and lofty young girls not to mention Kim Kardashian's new blonde hair. I had the weirdest and totally random...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to American Apparel, Regulators Are Total Hypocrites
In this harsh economic climate, it's not always easy to convince people to buy overpriced goods they don't need. After all, there's an ever-expansive sea of competition out there. What's a poor...
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I May Be an IVF Baby, but There Is Nothing Synthetic About Me
What do rubber, nylon stockings and me have in common? According to Dolce and Gabbana, we all neatly fit under the title of "synthetic": 'a substance made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a...
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Savage Beauty at V&A Is a McQueen Masterclass
Lee Alexander McQueen was a rare talent - he had that scarce combination of superb craftsmanship and extraordinary vision. And both of these pillars of his strength are on show in this stunning new...
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Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
I first saw the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art back in 2011, and it stuck with me as one of the most awe inspiring demonstrations of talent I have...
View ArticleThe Most Stylish Chancellor of the Past 50 Years
You don't expect sartorial elegance from the Chancellor of the Exchequer but on the last Budget before the election, clearly George Osborne's image consultants were pulling out all the stops. And on...
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Maternity Fashion: Styling Your Bump For Spring
There have been some major changes occuring this week... The Uggs have been replaced with loafers (more so because I can no longer get them on), I am back to walking the 100 yards to Scarlett's nursery...
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Flares Are in This Spring, But Can Anyone Actually Pull Them Off?
Wide legs are getting a good rep right now. The Spring/Summer 2015 womenswear collections championed the Sixties and Seventies by reminiscing and redefining flares (as well as crochet, fringing and...
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Charlotte Casiraghi covers Vogue Paris April 2015 by Mario Testino
She's style royalty and one of the most private people in the business. Charlotte Casiraghi trains her deep blue gaze onto Mario Testino for our cover this season, welcoming Spring in relaxed denim for...
View ArticleSociety's Turbulent Love Affair With the Afro
I think it's fair to say that afro-textured hair is the most misunderstood and culturally divisive of follicles. I never thought that in 2015, society would still not know what to make of the...
View ArticleThe Politics Of Style: What Will Make Us Vote This May
I have been lucky to work with some of the world's most creative talents - Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga being just two of them. Being a good hair stylist, whether it's working on a red-carpet or with a...
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The Arabian Eyebrow
The Arab Eyebrow is the number one fashion and beauty news happening in London. It is everywhere, on Amal Clooney, on every woman that you pass on the street and surprisingly even on trendy blue eyed...
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What to Wear to an Interview at Vogue
I have an interview at Vogue. For me, and others like me, there is nothing else; there is only Vogue. Vogue is fashion Valhalla and Alexandra Shulman is Odin. Once I step foot inside of 1 Hanover...
View ArticleKeep The Plus
I work in the fashion industry, I studied fashion design and I describe myself often as a fashion stylist. But when it comes to my specialism I add a very small but significant little word to it.......
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Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
The recently opened exhibition at the V&A museum, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty is a must-see not just for fashion fans and art buffs but for, well, everyone. It's a moving tribute to a man...
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A Dapper Chapper Guide to Wearing a Suit
Looking effortlessly Dapper in a suit isn't easy. During London Collections: Men 2015 I was invited to speak with many of the Savile Row super tailors about their forthcoming collections. Over the...
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The No Poo Movement: How and Why I Stopped Using Shampoo
I like the idea of natural beauty. I've never been one of those women who was embarrassed to leave the house without their face on. So when a friend told me she had stopped shampooing her hair, I was...
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Do You Know How to Make a Great Impression at Work?
Whether you have an important job interview or just want to be noticed for all the right reasons at work - how can you make sure you stand out? Researchers disagree on the exact amount of seconds that...
View ArticleBounce: History of the Sports Bra
It's strange the journeys you end up going on as a freelance sports reporter and presenter. Earlier this year I was asked to host the Sports Business Innovation Awards at which a woman called Hinda...
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It's Fashion Revolution Day: Let's Show We Care
Photocredit: Fashion Revolution "I love your top! Where's it from?" A line guaranteed to be followed by some ungainly contortion of the body as we fumble around to fish out scratchy labels tucked in...
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