Last but not least, Scandinavian duo Aminaka Wilmont ended London Fashion Week on a high note for me.
Simple sculptured shapes in soft browns and greys showed neutral colours against stone landscape.
Bold graphic prints in this show the duo called changeling were modern, fresh and elegant.
I like this long dress, leggings combo. Great for my Middle Eastern Clients
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I think Kate Middleton must have read my last post! She has really upped her style. I love this Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen outfit. Her style is naturally classic but here this is classic with a twist. Sexy, chic and the black and white combine to great dramatic effect. Bravissimo Kate!!
Anna Dello Russo is so stylish. Editor in Chief Vogue Japan knocking head and shoulders off all contenders at Julian Macdonald.
Also serious and chic was Kate Lanphear Editor of Elle France really great hair!
Olivia Palermo was unknown last season at Christopher Kane with the Paparazzi ignoring her. This time she is all over London Fashion Week looking fab.
Front Row was Elle MacPherson and Cat Deely wearing identikit outfits.
Model Amber Rose rocked with her ice blonde hair.
The clothes were delicate feminine with gauzy chiffon and billowing skirts.
Lovely long floating dresses for summer days.
The organic experts at leading French beauty brand Melvita have a formulated a new targeted range of sulphate free Hair Care products, specifically designed to nurture and condition individual hair types with a comprehensive range of shampoos for healthy and abundantly beautiful hair. These are designed to nourish hair rather than strip it of essential oils. They also smell great and left my hair shiny and lustrous.
Inspired by the “elixir of youth” used by Queen Isabelle of Hungary this wonderful skincare smoothes your features, tightens pores and made by skin glow with radiance. Caudalie also used designer Bénédicte De Lescure, to produce a beautifully illustrated bottle, which you will love and treasure.
Lierac Lifting and Firming Beauty Mask – LIERAC SOIN ECLAT EXPRESS Stimulating & Firming Beauty Lift Mask has been specially formulated for tired complexions. Skin is left feeling better toned and firmer, which makes your skin appear rejuvenated. It contains natural botanical extracts of comfrey and Hawaiian algae.
New from Priori is the Idebenone Complex Age-Defying Cream. This has a lovely fragrance and will firm, even and smooth your skin. It has a light silky texture and reverses sun damage and fine lines. Fab for post –sunbathing care.
Coming into the shops now for Xmas are a fabulous range of deep lipsticks from Bobbi Brown. These are great colours and have matching lip glosses to sparkle the night away……..
London Welsh
Sometimes it is such a hard life being a stylist surrounded by gorgeous men!
Here is me styling London Welsh at House of Fraser Richmond. They were so massive and had huge feet we had real problems trying to get clothes that fit!!
Three of them came with black eyes so I sent them to make-up, which they hated until ……..they saw the makeup artists at Lancome. Ha!!
I love styling men, there are so many fantastic clothes out there. Men should wear great colours that suit them, cool designs and expensive shoes. I like Etro for shirts, jackets and coats. This is a great easy coat to wear for Autumn days.
Leather is hot for this Autumn. Zegna make great suits for a classic fit, and this season check out the leather shearling jackets. Prada, D and G, Etro, Armani all have versions. This jacket and chunky polo neck will make you look broader, taller and is very sexy.
Lanvin rocks! Each season visit for cool jackets, fabulous suits and uber stylish ties.If you have not yet been to Savile Row this season is the time to go.
Cheap shoes will drive women away trust me. The number of conversations women have about tasteless shoes would be a revelation to men. Several of my friends have rejected advances purely because of shoes! Prada make fantastic trainers and loafers. Alexander McQueen does a privately ordered range at Harrods. Cheap shoes cheapen the whole outfit. Buy less and buy good. For work shoes Church’s and Prada make nice shoes that if you are typical of the men I know will last for 10 years or more. Cost per wear becomes negligible. Women’s shoes cost far more and last about 6 months!
Also at Prada this season is lovely wearable autumnal colours. Combine a blue shirt with a soft brown jumper and jacket for effortless style. The jumper in the shops is longer!
Cashmere jumpers are lovely, and there are great colours out there for men, Dunhill, Aquascutum, with their new design team, Armani and Ralph Lauren all make fantastic designs. They are seriously nice to wear and soft to the touch- cuddly. Try the ones styled with a collar like a long sleeve polo shirt. Also hitting the shops are ski jumpers this is seriously nice from D and G.
Mens styling for very tall men is harder, there are many men out there over 6’4”, it has taken me ages to source clothes for them. High and Mighty is a good source but the suit quality and selection for slim men is poor. I suggest their Ralph Lauren range and to go elsewhere for bespoke tailoring for suits and shirts. The Italian suit maker Sartoria is great and reasonably priced. Segun Adelaja has clothes to dream about. Very elegant and sophisticated, classic with a twist. Timothy Everest, does a range at Marks and Spencers.
Ties again should be expensive, forget polyester, big spots or “funny”ties go for silk. Buy Hermes, Lanvin, Salvatore Ferragamo, to instantly upgrade your look under £100.
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These Vivienne Westwood for Melissa shoes are cute as a button, great fun, and really will make you stand out from the crowd. I have the red pair with silver hearts everyone asks me where I got them from. With fun and really eye catching designs they really brighten up any outfit. Buy them now for summer fun, the perfect holiday shoe.
The range of jelly shoes are made from bubblegum scented plastic so your feet will smell good as well as looking good! How amazing is that?? And for the mini me in your life there is a range of kids shoes too, complete with Velcro straps to make it even easier to get them on as they wriggle around.
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Le Grand Bal Dior
I am going shopping to Galerie LaFayette and Printemps and while I am in Paris I will check out this has not been an exhibition like this since the couture one at the V &A. Cant wait!!
Dior Grand Ball
The Christian Dior Museum in Granville will for the first time ever bring together over 50 Dior ball gowns for the new exhibition “The Dior Grand Ball”, from May 13 to September 26, 2010.
This remarkable new exhibition places the universe and creations of Christian Dior—haute couture, accessories and fragrances from the House of Dior, plus paintings, photographs, archive films and literary works—in a unique context: the history of balls, from the 18th century to the present. The exhibition is a tribute to Christian Dior himself, showcasing his talent and refinement, and his love of sumptuous costumes, expressed in creations for the grand balls of the post-war period.
May to september 26 2010 from 10 am to 6.30 pm
Musée Christian Dior Villa « Les Rhumbs »
T : +33 (0)2 33 61 48 21
Rue d’Estouteville
50400 Granville
France
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