The words “animal print dress” are normally enough to strike fear into the hearts of The Fashion Police officers… and, actually, so are the words “Peaches Geldof”, now we come to think of it, but that’s a whole other post.
Peaches wore this dress to the the Human Rights Campaign in Los Angeles at the weekend, though, and we actually find ourselves liking it a lot more than the words “Peaches Geldof in an animal print dress” would have suggested to us – which is not the same thing as saying we LIKE it, just to be clear.
Do YOU like it, though? Or do you think pretty much ALL incidences of animal print on the red carpet should proceed directly to Fashion Police jail, without passing ‘Go’?
Spring is definitely in the air, with summer right behind it, so it’s time to re-open our Swimwear Section and take a look at some of our favourite swimsuits and bikinis of the season. We’re kicking off with this little red number, which is from the Kelly Brook for New Look range, and will make you look a little bit like the chick from the Special K adverts. Maybe that’s a good thing, maybe not…
We’re big fans of the Kelly Brook swimwear line, which tends to be kind to the figure. Having inspected this suit at first hand, we can also confirm that it’s much nicer in real life than it looks in this image. It’s £20, and if you love it, today is a good day to buy it, because New Look are offering free shipping for today only.
Always one of our favourite shows at ANY of the Fashion Weeks, here’s a quick look at some of the looks from Dior’s equestrian themed Fall/Winter 2010/2011 runway. We like: do you?
We WERE going to make this the Ugly Harem Pant of the Day (joke!), but we know a lot of you are actually quite fond of the Dress Like a Toddler trend, when it’s applied to items of clothing designed to be worn in the privacy of your own home, so all we’re going to say about these Care Bear suits is that they exist, they’re $85.47 and they’re available from ASOS. And that we somehow don’t think this guy’s getting lucky if he wears this to bed tonight…
You know those days when your feet are really hot, but your ankles are f-f-freezing?
Um, no, we don’t either. Someone out there is clearly having that very problem, though, and luckily for that person (or people, even), Koolaburra have come up with the solution: a thong sandal with a shearling cuff to keep your ankles nice and toasty.
If that sounds like exactly what you’ve been waiting for, they’re $140 at Neiman Marcus.
We know from previous posts here that a lot of our readers hate ironing. So do we, to be honest, although we do it in preference to walking around in wrinkled clothes.
What if the clothes were ALREADY wrinkled, though? As in, that’s how they’re supposed to look, and if you tried to iron them, you’d be completely defeating the purpose, stupid!
These Miss Selfridge tank tops fall into that category: they’re £14 each, and come with that “pre-worn and washed” look, so they’ll look like they’ve been lying in a crumpled heap at the bottom of the wardrobe no matter what you do. They remind us of those “crinkle” shirts people used to wear in the 80s, and they actually make us feel a little itchy, like we desperately want to IRON something. Right now. That’s what OCD does for you, kids!
Do you like the “I don’t own an iron” look enough to want to buy clothes like this? For us they fall into the same category as pre-ripped jeans: yes, it’s a particular kind of look, but it’s one we can achieve perfectly well on our own without paying someone else to rip and wrinkle our clothes for us, but if you love these to death (they actually look like they’ve ALREADY been loved to death, but whatever), you can buy them here.
We’re sure most of you will have seen it already, but we love Lady Gaga (and yes, we say that completely without irony), and we thought you might like to see this exclusive glimpse of the inside of the Fashion Police jail, where this video was filmed*. We particularly like the way Gaga wears the police tape from our banner…
* Not strictly true. We’d never lock up Gaga, anyway – the world is much more interesting with her in it!
Our last Style Challenge was our toughest yet, so this time around we thought we’d go easy on you and just have some FUN. Nautical-style stripes tend to come around every Spring/Summer, so we’d hesitate to call them a “trend”, but there are a lot more of them in stores this year than usual, so this should hopefully be a really easy one: the challenge, however, will be in trying to come up with something different from everyone else!
The item we’ve chosen for this challenge is technically a dress, but we reckon it could easily pass as a top, too, so it should give you a bit of extra versatility. (You can buy it here.)
You’ll find the rules of the game under the jump: have fun!
Moschino Cheap & Chic silk georgette dress
Coast ‘Harriet’ dress in peacock
