Lovely Fashion

Essie’s latest collection pack a neon punch

There is no avoiding neon this season, from the laser-cut leathers by Christopher Kane to the Swarovski crystals by Tom Binns, and our nails are no exception. Essie’s “Poppy Razzi” collection of four electric hues includes “Lights,” a hot pink, and “Camera” which trends as a red-pink. For a fiery crimson, “Bazooka” is your go-to, but we especially like “Action,” a beaming orange, which reminds us of a Creamsicle. Note that neon pigments

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My view from the front row at Men’s Day at London Fashion Week. I was invited by the lovely people at Paul Mitchell who had put together a team of talented stylists to create hair looks for Christopher Shannon’s show.

I’m not quite a Fashion Week virgin, but I’m definitely a novice – which could explain why I ended up squeezing myself amongst the family members of the designer. Nestled next to Christopher’s lovely relatives, I had a great view of the fashion and of the hair, created using products from the new Mitch range.

The creative brains behind Howies and The Do Lectures have launched a new company, Hiut Denim, which aims to make quality jeans and provide jobs for the people of Cardigan. Jeans manufacturing is not new to this small Welsh town. According to their website, 400 people (of a 4,000 population) used to be employed by a factory making 35,000 pairs of jeans a week, for three decades.

But the factory closed leaving many workers with knowledge and skill unemployed. “That’s why we have started The Hiut Denim Company,” it says on the Hiut website. “To bring manufacturing back home. To use all that skill on our doorstep. A

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Mar 09

Find your own style with Not Your Daughter’s Jeans

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London Fashion Week has been and gone, and this year Vivienne Westwood made headlines by announcing that she thinks the only stylish British dressers are women in their 70s.

Whilst Vivienne’s eccentric septuagenarian style isn’t for everyone, her comments have led to discussion on the options available for women of different ages on the British high street. The tri

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