`“I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.” – Yves Saint Laurent Fashion is a universal subject, a language understood and spoken by many. When we look back over the last 100 years, the change and influence fashion has seen has...Read More
The 19th of August marked the legendary Coco Chanel’s birthday, a woman who embodied elegance. Which got me thinking, what makes someone elegant? And what does it actually mean? The Oxford English Dictionary defines elegance as “the quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner”. It describes something that is somewhat intangible and elusive. Importantly, elegance...Read More
Women, fashion and stories are at the very heart of who we are, and we are passionate about the style stories of exceptional women. We simply love fashion books, and our bookshelves are packed with mesmerising tales of high fashion combined with intimate stories of personal style. In aid of World Book Day, we’re celebrating...Read More
As Yves Saint Laurent once said, ‘fashions fade but style is eternal’. Keeping this quote heavily in mind as London Fashion Week fast approaches, we know that not every item being showcased on the catwalk will make it to the high street. Where some designs are simply an art form, expressing the current economic feeling, others will...Read More
There are certain things and certain people that we, as fashion lovers, will always associate with style. Coco Chanel will always be the revolutionary who freed women from corsets and gave us a more comfortable silhouette. Her quilted bag with a chain strap will always be iconic. We will always take our hats off to...Read More
As of late, our youtube channels have been bombarded with videos of our once favourite teenage talents ‘twerking’ in as least clothing as possible. Miley Cyrus is the talk of the town at the moment for her risqué behaviour and strained tongue that just doesn’t seem to want to stay in her mouth. Even Britney...Read More
“Follow your own very original convictions…A sage has said that when one follows someone, one always remains behind” Marion Pike If we had to describe Coco Chanel in just one sentence, we would probably paraphrase Marion Pike’s quote, her originality shaped her life and career in a time where creativity was reserved only for the...Read More
From inanimate objects to Karl Lagerfeld’s cat or even political movements, any number of things can get a designer’s creative juices flowing, but throughout fashion history it is often an individual that defines the look of the time and becomes a muse for fashion world. Fashion has seen many icons rise and fall but few have...Read More
If Christmas shopping on the packed British high street has left a sour taste in your mouth, then 59Strings is the perfect shopping antidote. Bringing the luxury of European boutique design to your desktop, e-commerce has never looked so stylish. Launched this autumn by founder Stacey Liu, 59strings, new luxury online boutique, brings together up...Read More
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