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Wardrobe staple?
I have so many things in my wardrobe, but you’ll always find gowns, dresses, jeans and tees. I’m crazy about clothes from Chloe, Marc Jacobs, Marni, Rochas and Prada.
Fashion no-nos?
No fur. I’m a spokesperson for the SPCA and, as an animal lover, [...]
Painful, restrictive, unsteady and downright dangerous, yet currently the epitome of female style. Well – that’s fashion, dahling. For the past few seasons high heels have been getting higher and more fetishistic, and six-inchers have become a staple on the catwalk and the high street alike. The must-have manolo blahnik for autumn is pointy-toed with [...]
The first disappointment was to discover the fashion department was in the basement. Oops, I mean the lower ground floor. Labels here include John Galliano, Alber Elbaz for Lanvin, Donna Karan, Nina Ricci, Versace, David Szeto, Martin Grant, Giambattista Valli and Matthew Williamson. What! No Gucci, Pucci, Prada, D&G, Stella? And where was our Louise [...]
NEW YORK — Authenticity is scoring big when it comes to the fall’s hot Western trend.
While almost every fashion footwear company is ringing up sales of Western-inspired looks, core vendors are standing out as big winners.
“The fashion customer has chosen a traditional Western boot,” said Larry Miller, VP, sales for Durango, a division of Rocky [...]
“Some people are afraid of Soul because they think it is all expensive stock, but I do try to cater for different price brackets. What I am trying to do with the selection I make is tobring a living element to footwear, but a bit of glam too. So that the woman who pushes prams [...]
Whether you’re running for office yourself or dangling on the arm of a premier, there’s no underestimating the importance of a killer outfit in politics. But does it really take the best part of 拢 100,000 (the amount Sarah Palin’s campaign wardrobe has cost so far) to cut it on the global stage? As Carolyn [...]
It was an unusual reaction. When marisa acocella marchetto was diagnosed with cancer she responded to the news by ‘pulling on her five-inch heels to kick cancer’s butt’.
Marchetto is known as a ‘hyper-stylist’, such is her position in New York’s arts world. Her story begins in 2001 when she was working as an illustrator for [...]
The spring/summer ‘98 collections got moving in Milan last weekend with Giorgio Armani’s chic Emporio Armani collection and Manolo blahnik Shoes collection inspired, improbably, by home sewing.Manolo blahnik turned her attention to a home ec zealot with a can-do attitude, a well-stocked crafts drawer and an Yves Saint Laurent fixation.
On Sunday afternoon when Armani took [...]
Hipsters and navel-baring T-shirts are on the way out as the era of elegant femininity makes a comeback.
For the scores of people who decry catwalk shows as full of clothes no real women could wear, Milan fashion week was a joy yesterday, full of light but elegant dresses and skirts that will not require you [...]
The Manolo blahnik Shoes store is the pinnacle of rigidly controlled merchandising. Manolo blahnik, the woman behind one of the hottest status labels in the world right now, comes from a family of leather-goods manufacturers. Her grandfather, a supporter of Stile Liberty, the Italian equivalent of the Arts and Crafts movement, started out making travel [...]