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Guest Post: Candy girls
After a deceptively mild winter period it seems this week Jack Frost was merely delayed and, with the prospect of more snow this week, the only thing keeping me warm is the thought of SS12.
Guest Post: London Fashion Week - the countdown begins...
One of the world’s most exciting fashion shows is merely a month away. London Fashion Week (LFW) kicks off its A/W12 show on February 17th at Somerset House, Central London.
IMAGE GALLERY: Button it
A new book, On the Button, examines the cultural history of the button, not just in fashion but also literature and the visual arts.
Guest Post: Mixed emotions towards the British fashion industry
There’s a lot of mixed emotions towards the British fashion industry. It’s great for the economy and employment, it can be aesthetically beautiful, it involves creativity, skill and it’s a trade.
Guest Post: Grunge - Fashion or Filthy?
Situated opposite from myself is the fashion team wearing gorgeous jumpsuits and envious dresses every day.
Guest Post: Festival fashion: get rid of those pac a macs as designers get in on the act
Browsing the fashion magazines on a newsstand, there is one line that you will see time and time again- ‘Festival Fashion.’
Guest Post: Too young to drink but old enough to blog about fashion
As I sit here in the posh offices of Drapers, I wonder how confused staff may be as a blonde, 17 year old sixth former looks around bemused in this wonderful world of fashion.
Taking a bite of the apple
Whilst on my travels in the big apple I thought it would be rude not to take a peep at the New York scene and see what events were hot with our friends across the pond in the world of fashion.
Guest Post: A calculated risk
Last week I attended the Drapers Next Generation Academy and the watchword of the day was ‘inspiring’. And I think it was from all sides of the spectrum. This was a conference different to any other I have been to. It was focussed on youth, ambition and potential.
Is the only way Essex?
Parties and events are part and parcel of being a fashion journalist, glamorous trips and being entertained are all in a days’ work.
Guest Post: Valentine's New Crush
This Valentine’s Day S/S trend will guarantee a crush that’s hard to brush.
Guest Post: Is shape the new size?
The need to find clothes that look and more importantly fit correctly has always been the purpose of shopping; however it is not necessarily the easiest task at hand. Women spend countless hours in an out of changing rooms across the retail high street trying to find that desired fit, which let’s face it, is hard to find.
Image Gallery: New exhibition offers A Front Row Seat
Mere mortals can usually only dream of a front-row ticket or backstage pass to the world’s top fashion shows.
Finding the perfect EBD...
Let’s be honest, whether your style icon is Alexa Chung or Audrey Hepburn, the perfect black dress is the one thing a women strives for, comforted by the fact that it will always be there in her hour of need.
Guest Post: Prom dresses: What the UK can't give me
The phenomenon that is prom has newly grasped teens in the UK, after an influx of high school musical type TV shows from the US.
Game on for fashion
Recent statistics from the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) showed that in 2010, video games outsold music and DVDs.
VIDEO: Made in Chelsea
If I had to choose between interviewing the cast of The Only Way is Essex or Made in Chelsea, I think I’d probably – just maybe – go for the latter.
Guest Post: Save Our Skills - meeting Dominic Shellard
After all the overwhelming support and feedback from the UKFT meeting I was really excited and pumped up for my meeting with Dominic Shellard.
Fashion favours the brave
The clocks went forward at the weekend and that can only mean one thing (no, not that we have all been robbed of an hour’s sleep) but that British Summer Time is here and the weather will soon start to reflect that.
Guest Post: SOS meeting has given me hope
I can’t believe I’m actually writing my first blog for Drapers, me the fashion technology student, it’s mental!
