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Archive for the ‘Fashion Polls & Debates’ Category
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
 Don't wear them to Tesco... Pyjamas in public: The Fashion Police have so far been fortune enough to avoid seeing this phenomenon in action, but we know from our spies on the ground that it’s becoming increasingly common – not just in supermarkets, but on college campuses and at the school gate, too.
Now UK supermarket giant Tesco has become the first supermarket chain in the UK to introduce a dress code specifically forbidding customers to shop in pyjamas: the St Mellons store in Cardiff has put up printed notices at the doors, and has already had several pj-clad patrons escorted from the premises for flouting the rules by turning up in nightwear, including dressing gowns and slippers. Meanwhile, the headteacher at a UK primary school has sent letters home to all parents asking that parents arriving to collect children after class at least take the time to put on some kind of clothing before leaving the house.
Tesco say their new policy has been introduced in response to customer complaints. The dress code states:
“To avoid causing offence or embarrassment to others, we ask that our customers are appropriately dressed when visiting our store (footwear must be worn at all times and no nightwear is permitted).”
What we want to know, then, is this: were Tesco right to turn real-life Fashion Police and ban nightwear from the aisles?
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
Well, readers, it’s January, which, for fashion-lovers everywhere means just one thing: sales!
The Fashion Police have something of a love/hate relationship with sale-shopping. On the one hand, everyone loves a bargain, and if that bargain happens to be a beautiful example of Shoe Porn, a fabulous dress or covetable coat, then so much the better.
So there’s lots to love about the sales, make no mistake. On the other hand, though: crowded, overheated shops, clothes racks that resemble a jumble sale, having to hunt through piles and piles of clothes only to find that they don’t have your size anyway and, worst of all, the frequent realisation that nothing you actually want has gone on sale, and instead the stores have simply rolled out all of their unsold summer stock (which was unsold for good reasons)… well, we can quite happily live without all of that, thanks very much. Also: we’re sure we’re not the only ones who go sale shopping and come home with armfuls of full-price items, are we? Oh.
Tell us, then: are you a professional bargain hunter, who loves nothing more than a good sale scrimmage or do you, like us, tend to lurk at home until it’s all over, and then resume your normal shopping habits?
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
For the past two years now, we’ve been running an end-of-year poll to find out what you thought was the biggest fashion crime of the year just gone – and both times, Crocs have been the clear winner.
Will they run (or rather, “waddle”) away with the title in 2009? Well, we actually think Crocs have been on the decline this year: they’re still high on our list of “fashion hates”, and always will be, but they seem to be less popular than they once were, which makes us wonder if it’s time to crown a new King of the Fashion Crimes?
What do you think? What was the biggest fashion crime in 2009? Vote in the poll below to let us know what you think. You’ll find a short description of each of the options under the jump.
(NOTE: You are NOT voting for the specific items shown in the image above – they’re there for illustration only!)
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Every day (with the exception of the couple of brief hiatuses we’ve had this year), The Fashion Police bring your our Dress of the Day selection. Some dresses you’ve loved, some you’ve hated – and some you’ve wanted to see us publicly executed over. But of all these dresses, we think it’s time we picked a leader. A Queen. One dress to rule them all, if you will. And so today we ask you to place your vote and help us decide on the Dress of the Year 2009.
There was no easy way to select the dresses on the shortlist. In the end, we simply picked the dresses that seemed to get the best reaction when they were first posted, although obviously this isn’t an exact science, as not everyone comments/retweets (and a lot of comments were lost during the Black Friday crash), so we hope you’ll forgive us if your personal favourite isn’t included.
You’ll find larger pictures of all of the dresses under the jump – cast your vote in the poll below and help us decide on the Dress of the Year!
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
We've spoken about the issue of opaque tights in summer before, but lately the lines between "summer" and "winter" fashion seem to have become even more blurred, and while summer always brings the usual crop of people in shorts and cotton dresses, our officers are also reporting lots of sightings of people wearing more or less the same thing they'd wear in winter: thick tights, boots, you name it.
Take this picture of Alexa Chung and Kelly Osbourne filming Alexa's 'It's On' for MTV this week in New York. They both look fantastic, but if we didn't know it was the middle of July, we could easily have been convinced that this was shot in winter – and Alexa is far from the only one wearing black tights in July.
Of course, there's a definite argument that opaque tights are no warmer to wear than trousers or jeans – and lots of people wear those in the height of summer – so we're wondering what everyone thinks of this mode of "seasonless" dressing. Do you have distinct wardrobes for different seasons, reserving boots and tights for winter and shorts and sundresses for the warmer months, or is it a case of "anything goes", and totally dependent on what the weather happens to be doing that day? Tell us!
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
We love lingerie. In fact, it's one of our weaknesses in life, and the prettier and more extravagant it looks, the better.
Here's the thing, though: despite buying more than our fair share of luxurious lingerie, we hardly ever wear it. It just never seems to work out right: that frilly, frothy bra may have looked gorgeous in the store, and it'll probably look great on, too, but it'll also leave all kinds of lumps and bumps under our top, which will totally ruin the look. And those pretty little knickers may be the last word in luxury, but unless they're as comfortable as they are good-looking, we'll be reaching for something plainer but comfier and less likely to be clearly visible under our clothes.
And so it is that all of our lovely lingerie lies unused, while we stick to those plain old basics that are invisible under clothes and so comfortable we don't even know we're wearing them. We know there is a middle ground, occupied by gorgeous pieces that are also comfortable, and which can't be seen under our clothes, but we rarely seem to find it them these days (and when we do, we stock up!).
What about you? Do you share our love of beautiful lingerie, or do you stick to the plain-but-serviceable pieces?
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
The Fashion Police have always aspired to be the type of people who plan their outfits well and advance, and maybe even lay them out the night before, in order to save time in the morning, but sadly for us, we're just not.
Part of this is purely practical: as some of you may know, our HQ is located in the UK, where the weather is as changeable as Paris Hilton's boyfriends, which means that clothing decisions often have to be a last-minute thing, when we wake up and find out what the weather's doing today. (And even then, we'll probably have to get changed halfway through the day when it changes yet AGAIN.)
Partly, though, we're just not very good at planning. We may THINK we're going to be in a jeans-and-t-shirt-mood tomorrow, only to wake up and find that actually, it's gong to be a dress-and-heels-day, so despite our best efforts to get organised, we still mostly fly by the seat of our pants. Or dresses. Or skirts.
What about you? Are you an outfit planner, or do you just take each day as it comes? Vote in the poll under the jump!
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
We've shown you a selection of Oscars dresses, but now it's time to address the most important question of all: who was the Best Dressed at the 2009 Oscars?
Cast your votes in the poll you'll find under the jump and help us decide who wins the award for the Best Actress in a Leading Dress…
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Late last week, we stumbled upon this little green sundress on Topshop.com. Now, granted, it's nothing particularly out of the ordinary, but it's a colour and cut we love, and so we instantly started to covet it. The problem? Well, it's a summer dress: not only is it 100% cotton, and probably not very warm, it has a cut-out detail at the back (which we could actually do without, to be honest), which adds to the "summery" feel. Sure, we could probably try to "winter" it up with boots, cardis and other warmer items, but we just know in our hearts that we'd not get any use out of it until the warmer weather arrives (if it ever does), and while we're sitting in the HQ with piles of snow outside the window, we have to admit that sundresses are the last thing we feel like buying.
This isn't the first time this has happened either: right now the stores are full of lovely summer dresses, open-toed sandals, pretty bikinis and little tops that we know we'd have to buy and then stash away for a few months before wearing them. The sensible thing to do, of course, would be to just wait, and buy them when we're more likely to wear them, but of course, as we've observed before, to do that is to run the risk of the coveted items selling out altogether – and we just KNOW that when the summer finally does arrive, the shops will be full of sale stock and the beginnings of the Autumn/Winter lines. Gah.
Our question to you today, then, is this: do you actually shop like this? Do you buy your summer clothes in February, and your winter ones in August, or do you prefer to buy your clothes when you're actually going to be able to wear them? Are you starting to stock up for summer, or are you still shopping for winter woolies?
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
Last year at around this time of year, we asked you to tell us what, in your opinion, had been the biggest fashion crime of 2007. Unsurprisingly, you voted for Crocs. We were proud of you.
This year we want to ask you the same question. What do you think was the biggest fashion crime of 2008? The thing that made you turn pale and reach for the smelling salts every time you saw someone wear it? Some of the usual suspects are making a re-appearance on this year’s list because, sadly, despite our best efforts, we’ve not yet managed to completely eradicate these crimes. There are some newcomers too, however, and, as always, if there’s something you think we’ve missed, you can drop us a comment to nominate it!
So, without further ado: what was the biggest fashion crime of 2008? Was it:
Look under the jump for more on each option!
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