Colour Me Beautiful have issued their new Style Guide for Autumn/Winter 2015. Have a read for some inspiration for your Style Personality:
Continue ReadingBuying Clothes from the Supermarket
Most women I know have bought some clothes from the supermarket when they've been shopping for the groceries, or when they have a need for an item of clothing quickly.
Continue ReadingMaxi Dresses in a Capsule Wardobe
I've got one of my maxi dresses on today, trying to dress like it's summer and I recorded this video talking about how to use maxi dresses in a capsule wardrobe.
Continue ReadingChoosing what to wear
I posted this video on my Facebook page last week. It's all about some rather questionable choices that are made when partners choose what to wear for each other. Watching the video, I realised there was more that I wanted to say about it.
Continue ReadingHigh Heels on the Red Carpet
I've been astounded this week to find that women are *supposed* to wear high heels on the red carpet. At the Cannes Film Festival ushers to the event have been turning women away from walking the red carpet because they had the temerity to be wearing flat shoes. That included older women and an amputee! The organisers say that high heels are not part of the official dress code on the red carpet, but I can't imagine the ushers would take it into their heads to turn women away if it hadn't been a directive by somebody in authority.
Continue ReadingGoing to the hairdressers
If you were going to the hairdressers, could you make a change to your hair colour like Kim Kardashian?
Continue ReadingThis Old Thing?
How often have you trotted out the phrase "This Old Thing?" when somebody comments on the outfit you're wearing? Most women have at some point, and there are a number of reasons for this:
Continue ReadingBelt up – why wearing a belt doesn’t create a waist
It was the Oscars last night, and today the Internet is awash with photographs of actresses in their red carpet outfits. Of course, there is commentary about the best and worst dressed - and I even saw one actress appearing on both lists so clearly there's a question of personal taste coming into it, but the one that stood out to me (for the wrong reasons) was Nicole Kidman's dress which was a shimmering pale gold on ivory which she was wearing a belt with.
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