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ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END
SHOCK, HORROR! This is the last collection, ever, for D&G. The final D&G show, S/S 12 After 18 glorious years of playfully complementing their mainline Dolce & Gabbana collection, with...
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MSGM: JOIN THE CULT
Over the last two seasons a small Italian label has subtly infiltrated the group of super cool (and generally French) cult labels that fashion editors and buyers covet themselves. MSGM was only...
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RAISE A GLASS TO PREEN!
Preen’s Justin, Thea and friends toast A/W ’12 Temperatures may have been nudging 20 degrees Celsius last Thursday evening, but at No. 23 thoughts were firmly fixed on Autumn/Winter 2012. Preen’s...
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Forever Repetto
If you want your ballet pumps to come with real authenticity and more than a smidgen of Parisian chic about them then Repetto is the original and the best. The brand was founded in 1947 when Rose...
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SNEAKY PEEK: PETER PILOTTO A/W’12
London Fashion Week stars: Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos A basic understanding of how to read a pulse rate – place the index and middle fingers gently in to the groove in the wrist that lies...
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Girls, Gowns and glamour
By Julia Robson The countdown to New York’s super-glamorous Met Ball – on 7 May – has begun. The blogosphere is bristling with reports of who is taking who and who is wearing what (we hear Carey...
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High Heels Appeal
By Julia Robson There are shoes and there are Christian Louboutin shoes, with their signature glossy red soles and devilishly high heels. The Design Museum’s first UK retrospective of the iconic...
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DENIM CLINIC
BY JULIA ROBSON Matches Contemporary Womenswear buyer, Suzanne Pendlebury, is the Matches denim guru. Who better, then, to talk us through the brands, the trends and what styles suit who? This way to...
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Layer upon Layer
BY JULIA ROBSON If only fashion was as easy as knowing what to wear, as opposed to how to wear it, too. This season, for instance, layering is key to pulling off not just the new shapes and...
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Gorgeous Jorge
Fernando Jorge is one of three new Brazilian designers to Matches in 2012. Jorge is famous for gobstopper sized gemstones in organic shapes and languid, dreamy colours, picked out by pretty diamonds...
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A BASTIAN OF GOOD TASTE
BY JULIA ROBSON “]Michael Bastian PHOTOGRAPH: RAUL TOVAR Michael Bastian’s current range gets us in the mood for the go-see movie of summer 2012: Baz Luhrmann’s remake of F. Scottt Fitzgerald’s...
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The new dress code rules
It’s occasion o’clock! What’s the dress code? Fabulously fashionable and formal you say? Yes, it’s possible to get three into one so long as you follow the rules. Ah yes rules. Although we British use...
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PREMIUM DENIM: MEN, KNOW YOUR LABELS
Jeans got a makeover in the late 1990’s. Then, just in time for the 21st Century, someone came up with the bright idea to upgrade the best-selling contemporary clothing staple ever – which even Yves...
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A handheld piece of fashion history
There are handbags…and there are Chanel handbags. Nothing else shrieks of luxury, elegance and enduring style quite like this most covetable icon. And – oddly – nothing ever comes close to the real...
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DRESS CODE RULES!
Events management: learn the rules Special occasionwear for men doesn’t have to mean you resemble a penguin or compromise your street cool. When a gilded invitation plops through the letterbox at...
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FRENCH DRESSING
Thierry Colson’s French dressing is the perfect summer accompaniment Everyone is talking about Thierry Colson. And no wonder. He’s the genius behind this summer’s beach reach-for. His...
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GILES ABOVE THE REST
The latest Pre-collection from GILES is selling fast and it’s not surprising. We meet the man behind the label and ask him about his influences. iPad print Pyjamas by Giles - re-orders via MyStylist...
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London Collections: Men
One of the stars of the collections - E.Tautz A/W12 Never mind Euro 2012, this weekend menswear’s coming home (or should that be homme?!) From today until Sunday, London – birthplace of Beau...
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LONDON COLLECTIONS: MEN….THE HIGHLIGHTS
Jonathan Saunders' super cool Spring/Summer 2013 collection The inaugural London Collections proved when it comes to menswear, Britain is as cool as the proverbial cucumber. Sandwiched post-Jubilee...
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Jonathan Saunders in the house: Resort S/S 13 at No 23
Nothing attracts a stampeding fashion crowd more effectively than the prospect of a pre-order evening with Mr Jonathan Saunders – especially with the charming designer himself in attendence to oversee...
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