Monthly Archives: October 2010


ASOS launches in the US and Forever 21 comes to Britain: Fashion Police happy

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forever 21 launches in the UK ASOS launches in the US and Forever 21 comes to Britain: Fashion Police happy

One of our biggest fashion gripes has always been the fact that not everything is available to everyone: i.e. some stores either only deliver within their own country, or offer international shipping, but at extortionate prices.

This year, though, things have been getting just a little better: we were thrilled to hear that ASOS.com has now launched a US version of its website (Prices in dollars, American terminology, shipping from within the US itself) with sites for France and Germany to follow soon.

There’s also good news for British shoppers: Forever 21 will open their first UK store in Birmingham next month, and will also launch a UK section of their website for the benefit of those of us who don’t live near the Bullring.

Obviously this isn’t great news for ALL of our readers, and we know (and sympathise) that many countries are still without access to some of our favourite brands, but it’s still a step in the right direction: maybe one day there’ll be equal access for everyone to great style! (Well, we can dream, can’t we?)

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Tao’s kangaroo sweater lets fashion victims carry their young

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tao jangaroo sweater Taos kangaroo sweater lets fashion victims carry their young

Aww! A sweater with a pouch in the front, just like a kangaroo’s! Now,won’t that be useful when you want to carry your belongings in a hands-free kinda way?

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Designer Vs High Street: Leather/wool dresses from Theory and Topshop

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leather and jersey dresses Designer Vs High Street: Leather/wool dresses from Theory and Topshop
This is technically a case of Stuck Together Clothes: they’re dresses, but they’re masquerading as skirt/sweater combos – and goodness knows, it’s hard to pair a black skirt with a black sweater, isn’t it, readers?

Ignoring the flagrant breach of the “skirts should be skirts and tops should be tops” rule for the moment, however, let’s take a look at the similarities between these two dresses. The one on the left is by Theory, it’s a leather/wool mix, and it’s £555 at Net-a-Porter. The one on the right, meanwhile, is good ol’ Topshop, and while the skirt is also leather, the top half is jersey, rather than wool. It’s also significantly cheaper, at just £70, and is lacking the batwing sleeves of the Theory dress.

Which do you prefer, though? Would you choose designer or high street: or would you chose neither?

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Thakoon Addition straightjacket/cardigan

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thakoon cardigan Thakoon Addition straightjacket/cardigan

This cardigan looks like it’s missing a little something, doesn’t it? Or maybe two “somethings”.

Thankfully, though, the straightjacket effect is but an illusion: there are, in fact, two cunningly disguised armholes:

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Get the ‘hairy leg’ look from your pants

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hairy leg look Get the hairy leg look from your pants

We’re not quite sure what’s worse about these pants: the fact that they look suspiciously like a pair of hairy legs (and not human ones, either) from the front, or the fact that they look like THIS from the back:

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