Creative Director Hedi Slimane has announced his departure from Saint Laurent, but after injecting a much needed burst of life and energy into the brand over the past four years, his departure has come as a surprise to the fashion industry. The French fashion house’s press release explains Slimane’s departure and accredits him for the...Read More
It may be unseasonably warm for this time of year but in fashion terms we are officially in autumn. It doesn’t matter what the weatherman is telling you, if you aren’t in new season stock then you are definitely getting left behind. But with so many new trends on the horizon, which fashion tribe will...Read More
Many trends have been resurfacing recently; crop tops, culottes, DMs, but it’s not often they resurface quite so quickly. You’d be forgiven if you didn’t quite remember nineties fashion the first time around (just) but who doesn’t remember boho? Who didn’t spend the summer of 2005 wafting around in peasant skirts and floaty dresses? Well...Read More
With a proud Scotsman as a father it’s hardly surprising that tartan has played a big role in my fashion life. As the nineties trend shows no signs of letting up, I’m pleased to see that the fashion world once again shares my love of the traditional highland material. Ever since I can remember there...Read More
Christmas parties are like weddings; alcohol will flow freely, cheesy pop songs are compulsory and no one will have any idea what to wear. Why is it that both weddings and Christmas have us reaching excitedly for items of clothing that we would never normally be seen dead in? Not again, not this year! Semple...Read More
Nothing pleases us Semple girls more than daydreaming about designer purchases but if it is a quick fashion fix you are after then you just can’t beat the British High Street. Whilst some stores are more miss than hit (naming no names but we all know who they are) some go from strength to strength,...Read More
Few would have believed in the early Nineties that Kurt Cobain would still be a relevant and influential style icon decades later. Such an impact was made not only with the songs created by the Nirvana front man, but also with his infamous grunge style. Items such as beaten up Converse, distressed denim and plaid...Read More
My first experience of roller-skating was a somewhat rocky experience. As a gangly child with the tendency to bruise like a peach, I found myself unable to whizz off confidently like my more daring younger brother. Clinging to anything within reach for stability, it would be an understatement to say that I took my time....Read More
Having recently written two different articles for issue three of Semple magazine, one questioning the different ways that women dress when meeting men and the second focussing on how female musicians are marketed so differently to their male equivalents, it has been hard not to have music and dress on the mind. I’ve been considering...Read More
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