It was the moment I had been waiting for. Checking my inbox, I came across a trend alert email from high street giant Forever 21 that confirmed my longstanding suspicion that felines have officially earned their place as a fashion trend worth mentioning. When Miu Miu featured a mass of all-over cat prints as part...Read More
We’ve all heard the rule before; if you can remember the trend from the first time around you are probably too old to work it now. This is bad news for us here at Semple because we can remember the nineties quite clearly and now they are back in a big way. So do we really...Read More
The Fashion Weeks are nearly over, yet despite some amazing shows I can’t help but feel like I’ve already had enough of Autumn/ Winter. With the bitter weather we’ve been subjected to lately, I’d like to rewind back to the Spring/Summer shows for a bold splash of colour in order to prepare for the summer...Read More
My memories of being a child are slightly repressed owing to the fact that puppy fat was my foe, but someone who will always feature in my nostalgic dreams is my mother. Not only was I obsessed with her smell and wispy golden brown curls, but her wardrobe was always to my fascination and absorbed...Read More
Hands up if you frequently troll through an endless number of online stores, flicking madly back between Topshop and ASOS? Well no longer will you have to fear RSS (Repetitive Shopping Syndrome), with the launch of new online fashion search engine, Style in View, you can find all your favourite brands in one place. It’s...Read More
The signs have been there for a while so we probably should have seen it coming. It started years ago with thick rimmed glasses balancing ironically on the nose of too-cool-for-school fashion darlings, then came the influx of marvel comic remakes. It was the quiet revolution that we didn’t even see coming, but suddenly geeks...Read More
Since the recession started we’ve all heard that fateful phrase that strikes fear into the heart of every self-confessed shopaholic, “the death of the high street”. It’s enough to make a girl quake in her newly purchased Topshop ankle boots. Apparently it’s not just the recession that’s killing it though; the real nail in the...Read More
As Maggie Semple celebrated its second birthday last week, there is only one way in which I can pay tribute to this great success, by writing about my own ‘treasured garment’, my cape coat. When I first bought what may seem to many as an ordinary Topshop coat, I was overwhelmed by its initial captivating...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
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