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The Other Fashion Weeks Street Style
Post by CM Guess what I’m bored of. Go on, guess. If you exclaimed “News about Trump’s latest antics!” “Internet commenters trying to out-do themselves with offensive ‘opinions’ about things!” “Facebook informing me that some rando friend who I’m on the brink of unfollowing has liked some stranger’s photo of their baby with spaghetti sauce […]
MoreNew Uniform
Post by Aoife I, like many people out there barging headfirst into September, hate everything in my wardrobe. I’m sick of all my clothes, clothes that I’ve worn on rotation since last year (and before) in various levels of layering, my shoes are falling apart or need re-heeling and anyway I don’t want to get […]
MoreYour annual Festival Dressing Guide
Post by CM Hello people of the tent-dwelling, cider-drinking, music-loving persuasion – festival season is about to kick off, with Body & Soul being only two weekends away and countless others underway after that until September. Excited yet, or chewing your nails over what to bring in your overnight bag? Festival dressing in this emerald […]
MoreMen’s Christmas: Volume II
Post by CM Blare those trumpets, hark the heralds, jingle your bells, it’s Christmas time! Now is definitely the right time to start thinking about your seasonal dressing if you’re of the male persuasion (we started our wimmen’s series a couple of weeks ago – see the posts here and here!). In Volume 1 we […]
MoreVelvet Dream
Post by CM Look; the sparkly street lights have been turned on, the tinsel is being teared off the shop shelves, the air is cold enough to see your breath – I think the jig is up and we can finally say Christmas without risking a few sneaky side-eyes. CHRISTMAS! There. With Christmas (I’ve said […]
MoreDino Babies Having Fun – The It Sweater of the Season
Post by CM Who knew grown women had such a love of crudely realised dinosaur images on woolen jumpers? It’s been a mere month since I first spotted Winona Ryder sporting her dino jumper at New York Fashion Week, and I was so taken by it that up the image went immediately on our Facebook page. […]
MoreLayers and Flares? It’s time to dress for Autumn
Post by CM It’s that time of year again, when every fashion writer, through the medium of blog, online zine or print is waxing lyrical about transitional dressing from summer to autumn to winter. Including us, here. Is there any originality left in the world? Well yes, as it happens! There are significant differences each year, […]
MoreWardrobe Raiders A/W16
Post by CM I’ve lately been in a quandry, and dear readers I suspect that many of you are in the same position. After summer hi-jinks including but not restricted to weddings, festivals, holidays booked for October on a whim, I’ve been left with no money to speak of, and that has fairly scuppered my […]
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