Dress of the Day: RM by Roland Mouret pink square shouldered dress 
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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Dress of the Day: RM by Roland Mouret pink square shouldered dress
Leopard Alert: ASOS bandeau leopard jumpsuit
It’s a boob tube and leggings stuck together. In leopard print. What else do we need to say?
We can’t understand who would wear this and in what situation. Even the model doesn’t look too happy, does she? It is sold out in a size 6 and 8 so someone must be buying it. Is it you? (If it is you, please let us know where on earth you plan to wear this.) ASOS have put a leather jacket over it on their site and believe us, that doesn’t help it at all.
Had this been two separate items (leggings and a bandeau top), we wouldn’t have had any issue with them. Separately though. We just feel that this is a little too much leopard print to take in one go.
If you want to buy this it is £30 at ASOS.
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Get the oven-ready look: Isabel Marant Gunay Jacket
Does anyone else recall Babylon Zoo, that one-hit-wonder band of the 90s made popular by that iconic Levi’s jeans commercial?
“Spaceman, I always wanted you to go into space, man (Intergalactic Christ…)“
With that look in mind tell us, could you really see yourself wearing this jacket out and about this winter?
Astronaut jokes aside, is the bacofoil look ever really a good one? We mean, there’s no denying that, without the sleeves, this jacket would look suspiciously like a new-fangled kitchen gadget for the cooking and warming of baked potatoes – in fact, we wouldn’t be in the least bit surprised to see it turn up on an episode of Dragon’s Den!
But maybe you could see the spud look working for you? If so you can pick it up from My Theresa for €498,00.
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Handbag of the Week: Leather pushlock bag from Topshop
We couldn’t decide which colour we liked best, so we’re showing you Topshop’s leather pushlock bag in both tan and navy, and noting that it’s also available in burgundy, just to make the decision even harder.
Now, this isn’t going to be the most exciting bag you see all month, but it has that expensive, could-be-designer look about it, which tells us it’s probably going to last forever, and accompany you just about everywhere. It’s also large enough to be useful (nothing worse than a pretty bag which forces you to carry another bag along with it, just to hold all your stuff), and has both a shoulder strap and handles, for versatility.
At £96, it’s on the expensive side of the high street price range, but we reckon it’ll deliver value for money. If you agree, click here to order it from Topshop.
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What do you think of tights with peep toes?
This week around the Midas Media blog network:
Shoeperwoman wants to know what everyone thinks of tights with peep toes.
Dollface wants to know what you think of the trend for matte nail polish.
Keeping It Realtor finds something to make us smile.
And the Grumpy Old Bloggers are actually NOT feeling grumpy for once!
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Dress of the Day: D&G lace strapless corset dress
D&G lace strapless corset dress
£495, My-Wardrobe
(Click here to buy it)
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Dressing gown chic: Sonia Rykiel cashmere-blend long-length cardigan
In fairness this is not actually nightwear. It is a cosy, warm cashmere cardigan, ideal for chilly winter days. But you can’t deny that it looks more than a little like the kind of cosy you’d snuggle into after a relaxing bath rather than the kind you’d wear out shopping on a Saturday – because it looks undeniably like a dressing gown!
Being cashmere blend, of course, it comes in at cashmere cost – £1,565, should you have such readies lying around to spend on post-bathing luxury. Or, should you fancy hitting the high street in something that might be mistaken for your robe. And which, as such, might see you barred from your local Tesco…
Sonia Rykiel cashmere-blend long-length cardigan, £1,565 from Net-a-Porter.
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Fashion Trends for Fall 2010: Kilts
Clockwise, from centre: Pink Vivienne Westwood kilt; Christopher Kane buckled wool kilt; Comme des Garcons black pleated kilt; Burberry long wool skirt kilt; Warehouse cut-about kilt; Burberry mini kilt; Burberry heart kilt;
The kilt is making a comeback this winter, apparently.
And just like that, it’s 1995 all over again, and we’re all dressing up like Cher in Clueless, in our little mini kilts and our knee socks! Well, OK, not quite: this season’s kilt isn’t quite as mini as Cher’s was (although as you can see from the image above, the mini kilt is still around). In fact, this season’s kilt comes in a range of different guises: some are short, some are long; some are plaid, some are plain; some are purple, some are bright pink – you get the picture. All, however, share that distinctive pleated detail that makes a kilt a kilt, and while most of the examples above come from designer brands, fear not, the high street won’t be far behind, and many of our favourite retailers are including kilts as part of their Autumn/Winter collections.
Round these parts, kilts are still an integral part of many a school uniform, so we struggle not to associate them with schoolgirls, or with those drunken relatives you always see at weddings (pretty much the only place you’ll see a real kilt worn in Scotland these days), but kilts do tend to come in and out of fashion, and if this winter is going to be one of those times when they’re back in, well, we’re going to need to know what you all think of them, so hit up the comments box and give us your thoughts!
Yay or Nay to kilts?
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