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It is my absolute favourite time of year. A time when it is still light when we look out of the window at 9pm and the sun is slowly starting to rise as early as 4am. I was lucky enough to discover this the other morning when our dog started barking at a pigeon in...
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A colour synonymous with sunshine and happiness, yellow is a popular colour in the fashion world. It seems too, walking past spring window displays and browsing online, that it is to be a much-worn colour as we venture into the warmer months of 2019. Yellow doesn’t just have to mean all boldness and brightness either....
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At what age do we develop an interest in fashion? Is it from the age of eight – or perhaps as young as six – when we ask for some new clothes or decide purple is now our favourite colour? Or is it on our first ‘mufty day’ at school when we long to have...
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Following on from the fast fashion discussion, the importance of re-wearing our wardrobe and making good investments is now starting to take precedence. It’s all too easy to buy new items. From a similar blouse to the one we’ve spotted on our favourite style icon or to invest in a piece from H&M’s newest Morris...
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autumn trends
As I type this, the rain is falling heavily outside my bedroom window and the wind is blustering around the trees. I can see the leaves turning rich browns and the conkers growing ever more rotund. It is hard then not to think about the new season and the cosy autumnal wardrobe which inevitably accompanies...
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autumnal
When we think of autumn, our thoughts turn to cosy afternoons spent beside the fire, rainy evenings retreating to the local pub with friends, hearty roast dinners on a Sunday and lazy Saturday morning lay-ins as the wind blusters outside. Like many of the UK seasons, much of what we do – and wear –...
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breton
Talking about the rise of the polka dot trend in recent weeks, it got me thinking about other enduring trends that continue to stand the test of time. Those sartorial inclinations that we continue to wear, year in, year out, season after season. Those prints or styles that defy age barriers, trend forecasters, predictions and...
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timeless trends
Timeless trends aren’t often something we associate with the younger generation wearing. Timelessness suggests something that has been around for a long time and so naturally we think of older generations – the ‘make do and mend’ era, where fashion wasn’t about consumerism, bad quality or how much you could buy in one month. It...
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heatwave
Britain is basking in beautiful sunshine. This prolonged bout of glorious weather doesn’t often hit our little island. We have the odd day here and there where the temperatures may reach the late 20s or perhaps, if we’re really lucky, the early 30s; but it tends to end almost as quickly as it arrived and...
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summer trends
It only feels like yesterday when we were considering the trends for spring and getting excited for the warmer days that lay ahead, and now here we are with the summer solstice marking the welcoming start of the season with its wonderfully long days, warmer evenings and sunny mornings. Naturally, the British Summer can leave...
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