Style Challenge: What to wear with Senso’s Wilma boots?

Is everyone ready for the first Style Challenge of 2011?

We’ve decided to ease you in relatively gently with this one: Senso’s ‘Wilma’ boots were hugely popular in fashion blogging circles last year, so if you’re running low on inspiration, you shouldn’t have to look too far to find some. Despite their popularity, however, bright pink animal print isn’t exactly the easiest thing to wear, so we challenge you to use Polyvore to create an outfit using these boots, and post a link to it in our comments section. We’ll publish your outfits next week and let you vote for your favourite.

Ready to play? Take a look under the jump first to read the rules, and then off you go: have fun!

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Posted on January 14, 2011

Dress of the Day: Oasis rose print cap-sleeve dress

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Rose print cap-sleeve dress
£60, Oasis
(Click here to buy it)

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Posted on January 14, 2011

Real Life Fashion Police: Bette Davis sues Stop Staring

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Looks like the real life Fashion Police have caught up with one of our favourite retailers: the estate of screen legend Bette Davis is currently suing Stop Staring for selling the dress shown above as the “Bette Davis dress” – an action which the actress’s estate claims infringes her right to publicity. They’re demanding that the dress be withdrawn from sale, and that they be paid damages.

Our first thought upon reading this was “damn, that’s a nice dress!” Sadly it seems to be already on the hard to find side, but we did manage to track down a couple of the dresses here, retailing for 130 euros.

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Posted on January 14, 2011

Shabby Chic takes over the fashion world

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So, the homeless look makes another appearance! There’s nothing like threadbare knitwear to get you noticed, eh?

Now, this sweater may not look particularly bad in the great scheme of things and you’re right, it’s not. It’s the principle we take issue with here. Really, what is it about worn-out clothing that appeals so strongly just now? The high street stores seem riddled with bobbly, worn-looking pieces that create the student look on not-so-student prices. Is it a knee-jerk reaction to the recent recession? Because, if so, we should probably be worrying about the fact that these clothes don’t cost any less than the shiny, fresh-from-the box versions. If it’s the distressed look you’re after, we can point you towards a charity shop or five offering much the same effect with a much smaller price tag: but this won’t actually save you any money, no matter how shabby it may appear.

However, if you happen to be a student, and applying for a hardship loan/extra spending money from the ‘rents, this may be exactly the look you need to create…

Knitted navy roll neck jumper, £36 from Topshop.

Posted on January 14, 2011

Shant Alert: Stone Cold Fox lace bell bottoms

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Sometimes a product is so aptly named that we don’t need to say much else about it. In this case, “Stone Cold” is appropriate because that is exactly what you will be if you wear these trousers (though they’re shants really, aren’t they?). They are unlined so we can only assume that those are the model’s pants you can see. Modelling is hard, people.