This year’s much anticipated Met Gala took place last night and celebrated the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ‘Manus x Machina exhibition’. Exploring the relationship between clothes created by hand versus the machine, fashions biggest names stepped out in other worldly creations featuring flurries of futuristic silvers and lustrous tones. Robotic metallic, mirrored detailing and...Read More
“What Vogue did made sense to me because it dealt with fantasy and the magical. As I studied its archive I started really to understand photography.” – Tim Walker Fantasy and magic, two words that succinctly describe the publishing juggernaut that is Vogue. From young girls dreamily escaping real life through its glossy pages to...Read More
“Annie Leibovitz captures women in all our human variety and idiosyncrasy, simplicity and artifice, bravery and fear, creativity of mind as well as womb; in other words, in all our humanity. No notion as limited as gender can account for all the truths in this exhibit.” – Gloria Steinem There aren’t many people that could...Read More
During our first meeting of 2016 I proposed to the team that this would be a year of consolidation. I promised not to come up with too many new ideas and I think I saw a few eyes flicker in disbelief. The Semple team had some great achievements in 2015. One example, our magazine Semple...Read More
Can you believe it is November already? Us neither! Time to start preparing for the long winter ahead. Getting your winter wardrobe ready doesn’t have to cost the earth, some well picked winter accessories can update your look instantly and keep out the British chill. Here is Semple’s essential guide to your must have winter accessories. Oversized Scarves...Read More
Some trends that come along feel like a little too much effort. Take Ladylike Goth for example, great look once you get there but getting just the right amount of black lace, the exact height of chunky boot and just a touch of aloof swagger can feel like a big effort when the nights are getting...Read More
I love this time of year. Now I realise this statement tends to put me in a minority as the vast majority mourn the lack of sunshine, the drop in temperature and the freedom of sundress and flip flops. Yes, I could do without the constant rain and the long dark nights but as a pale skinned...Read More
Fashion moves fast and just as we are settling into our new autumn looks the spring summer collections for 2016 are hitting the catwalks. Semple is here to guide you through the shows so read our lowdown on the labels you will be coveting: Versus As the little sister of fashion powerhouse Versace, Versus manages...Read More
Art deco is in the air as DAKS took us back to the realms of the Great Gatsby for SS16. But in a refreshing new take on the era there wasn’t a flapper dress in sight as Creative Director Filippo Scuffi brought the 20s and 30s firmly into the 21st century with a fresh new...Read More
It’s the time of year that every accident-prone girl dreads. Goodbye to the safety of the little black dress and hello dangerous and unsure territory of the little white dress. Oh how we envy the girls who can glide about all day in a floaty white dress without incurring so much as a smudge! How do they...Read More
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