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As I walk down the roads of central London, it seems to be the calm before the storm for Vogues Fashion Night out. The streets are slowly becoming increasingly lively as stages where set up and vans advertising 15 minute blow-dries parked up in places they saw fit. London’s most famous shopping areas are filled...
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Louise Gray is all about colour. Big, bold, beautiful colours. Whether she is designing for her own label or working in collaboration with high street favourite Topshop, one thing is for sure, the colour grey is unlikely to feature anywhere in her collections. After studying at the Glasgow School of Art, Gray graduated with an...
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Age has always been a huge issue in the world of fashion, be it prepubescent models on the catwalks at fashion week or the whole mutton dressed as lamb scenario that the unlucky few become victim of. There is an invisible fine line as to what is acceptable and at what age, but I constantly...
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It is a well known fact that diamonds are a girls best friend…but crystals would equally make loyal companions. Swarovski is one of the biggest household names for crystal cut jewellery, and it is a known fact that their collections are as stunning and original as the name itself. 1862 marked the birth of Daniel...
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As soon as the clock struck 6 last Thursday evening, the city of London was transformed into a fashion haven for Vogue Fashion’s Night Out. Covent Garden, Regent street and Bond street were just a few of the shopping districts to open their doors with sparkling glasses of champagne and cocktails to us fashion lovers...
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“Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way” – Lucy Tighe for Never Fully Dressed It’s London Clothes Show Live 2008, and as I make my way through the maze of identical pop up shops and rummage my way through the sea of clothing racks, there was one stall that caught my eye....
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As I walk down the cobbled streets of Brick Lane it seems the idea of looking unique is becoming more and more of a competition. Girls wearing leather skirts and big circular glasses wander past in platform high creepers, whilst the guys come in their numbers wearing skinny fit shorts and 90s styled jackets. Brick...
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Ladylike fashions have been commanding the catwalks for a while now; a peplum here, floral patterns there, all very proper.  This looks set to continue into AW12, with designers like Marios Schwab giving us a femme fatale character straight out of a black and white movie; However, if girlie gives you the fashion shudders then...
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Jil Sander’s AW12 ‘Vasari’ bag is possibly the world’s most expensive paper bag. At a staggering £185 we cannot help but find the price slightly ridiculous, after all, this handbag (if you can call it that) is simply a glorified brown paper take-out carrier; hardly glamourous, but that hasn’t stopped it from selling out. The...
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Looking for inspiration can often mean looking above and beyond, but sometimes the best ideas can be found in the banal routines of everyday life. Anything from old nostalgic photographs, to new and innovative ideas can inspire someone’s creativity. Fashion designer and shoe extraordinaire, Manolo Blahnik found his muse in the passings of his daily...
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