2 September, 2010

In search of…evening jumpers

Mulling over the coming season, it has become glaringly obvious to me that there’s a gaping hole in the knitwear market. Namely the ‘evening jumper’ category.

Let me clarify. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 4 Comments Design, Shopping, Trends knitwear, shopping

1 September, 2010

Coming soon: Selfridges Shoe Galleries

Londoners are all a-twitter at the news of Selfridges’ new ‘Shoe Galleries‘. Much more than a bog standard shoe department, there are six ‘galleries’ surrounded by 11 boutiques and a hanging garden. The whole shebang combines to create a theatre of shoe shopping, just what’s needed in these dreary times.

The Shoe Galleries open on 16th September but to kick off the fun there is already a Vivienne Westwood shoe exhibition in the Ultra Lounge. And to create even more hullabaloo, Selfridges has launched an interactive online competition where you can win a year’s worth of shoes. To enter, just share the story of your favourite shoes and upload a picture if you have one. Mine are above. These are the Prada lip mules that I bought from Harrods more than ten years ago with a juicy pay cheque. I hate mules but I love the print on these and I bought them as a work of art, knowing they’d never even come out of the box. Get a load of those snazzy ‘Harrods green’ velvet shoe trees…

What are your favourite shoes?

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31 August, 2010

Military nails

Everyone’s hyping Chanel’s camo nails it seems (which launch at Fashion Night Out next week) but I’m not ready to go the whole ten-fingered hog of khaki and beige. I prefer the idea of a handful of khaki or grey and the other hand a rich, bloody red – my favourite military combination – inspired by a page in Harper’s Bazaar.

Nails can be long or short and the beauty of this colour scheme is that it’s wonderfully versatile and will work with all neutral outfits including denim, black, grey, khaki, camel and, of course red.

This also chimes in with the happy news that Revlon is reviving its iconic red, Fire & Ice. Try this with Barry M’s grey nail paint, a good, flat grey with no sparkles.