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Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
 Hey, look, it’s The Fashion Police uniform, only in red! And, er, with long sleeves. So, not The Fashion Police uniform at all, then, but still a great little dress that will at least help you stand out amongst the sea of little black dresses at the very next party you go to, or, as Net-a-Porter suggest, you can always dress it down for daytime with a pair of opaque tights and boots.
There’s just something very classic about the shape of this dress, and the bright red colour is irresistible to us during the gloom of winter because it’s such an effortless way to give your outfit some impact.
This is by Tibi and is $390 at Net-a-Porter
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
She’s facing forward, people. You see what they did there? It’s like Samara from The Ring, all grown up and newly dyed blonde. Looks like it’s going to be nightmares for us again tonight, then…
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
We’d hesitate to call this a crime of fashion, because, let’s face it, we’ve seen worse, haven’t we? Like much worse…
No, this is just the kind of thing that makes us scratch our heads a little and wonder why, for the love of God, anyone would want an open-shoulder hoody. Seriously, why? Can someone explain this to us? Is it for people with unusually sweaty shoulders? Are there situations in life which necessitate covering your ears, arms and body, but leaving your shoulders bare? And if so, what are they?
"Keep your head toasty but your shoulders cool," says the Urban Outfitters website, where you can buy this for $55. But why would you need to do that, Urban Outfitters? WHY?
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Paris Fashion Week is under way, folks, and if this is the shape of things to come, well, next summer is going to be interesting to say the least…
Consider the outfit above, for instance, from the Anne Valérie Hash show. We’re probably going to be having nightmares about this for weeks now. A sheer top, a bottom that will have all eyes on your crotch, a strange, drapey bit to the side, and let’s not even think about what this is going to look like from the back. No, seriously, let’s not even think about it. Moving along…
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
One thing the fashion world is very good at is making up new names for old clothes, perhaps in the hope that it’ll trick us all into believing the style is something new and different, rather than just the same old, same old. Witness, for instance, the “seven-eighths trouser”, more commonly known as “ankle length” or “ankle grazers”.
These are longer than capris but shorter than “regular” trousers, and unlike the peg-legs we featured earlier this month, they don’t have to be tapered, but are generally the same length all the way down. All well and good, but what do you think of them? We have to admit to a certain fondness for this style, although we think it can be a little hard to pull off without looking like your trousers are just too short in the leg, no?
The ones shown above are by Elizabeth and James, and are $275 at Shopbop, but there are lots of these around at the moment. Will you be wearing them, though?
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
 OK, so clearly the two items shown above aren’t identical, but the style is roughly the same, so what we want to know is: how much would you pay for a pair of knickers, anyway?
The pair on the left are from Accessorize, are made of cotton and are a wallet-friendly £6. The ones on the right, meanwhile, are much more of a splurge at £65, but they are made of silk, and are by Myla, available at Net-a-Porter.
We think both are rather cute, but tell us: is the luxury of silk worth all that extra cash to you, or would you settle for cotton and spend the extra £59 on something else? Assuming that you’d even buy this style in the first place, would you save or splurge?
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse…
On the right of the picture, dead rabbit. On the right, dead fox. Both atop dead sheep, of course. What’s with the proliferation of real fur in fashion right now? Every day as we police the web we see real fur for sale in stores which, just a couple of years ago, probably wouldn’t have considered selling it. Is the wearing of real fur no longer as taboo as it used to be? Because it seems to us that a large part of the fashion industry just doesn’t care any more, and while we’ve discussed the use of fur in fashion more than enough times already here, we’ve still been surprised lately to find out just how much of it there is around this winter. Is it slowly becoming more acceptable to wear it, do you think, or will there always be a taboo connected to items like the ones shown above?
Monday, September 29th, 2008
 Once again, it’s the colour more than anything else that drew us to this bright green dress by Acquascutum, although the fitted bodice has lots of appeal, too.
We think this is the kind of dress that could adapt to lots of different occasions, and the colour is always going to make it that little bot more interesting than basic black. Is it interesting enough to make us want to pay £795 for it? Er, that would be a “no”. A firm one. If you do, though, you can get it at Net-a-Porter.
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
We know what we think of these Cortesan court shoes by Irregular Choice, but on the other hand, we also know that Irregular Choice shoes, by their very nature, tend to inspire very strong reactions in people, and so rather than tell you what we think of them, we’re just going to sit back, relax, and let you tell us what you you think. Because, quite frankly, after the drop-crotch leggings we showed you earlier today, we could be doing with a break…
Have at them, then readers: tell us what you think!
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