Monthly Archives: August, 2011
Beauty: Our mini adventure with Asda
Last Thursday Katie and I were treated to a fantastic showcase of all the new bargain beauty potions those chaps at Asda have been cooking up this season. Now, you might … Continue reading
RECIPE: Baked lemon and raspberry cheesecake
I was looking for a baked lemon cheesecake recipe last weekend, but the ones I found were all too fussy and involved beating eggs and several types of cream. I … Continue reading
Look up – the London scenes you’ve never noticed
Shoegazers, prepare to see some shots of London you wouldn’t believe have escaped your attention – they’re from the Boom Son blog by photographer Faraz Pourreza Jorshari. And we’ve thrown … Continue reading
Join the call to bring the Alexander McQueen exhibition home
Fashion editor Melanie Rickey thinks that New York’s recent Alexander McQueen exhibition should be brought home to London - and we couldn’t agree more. You can’t have missed the acres of web space recently devoted … Continue reading
Beg Borrow or Steal – just a regular Friday night
I haven’t been a big denim wearer for years but even I can appreciate a line of premium denim that won’t cost you more than £70. After a summer of … Continue reading
September Issues: We are here to help!
Can anyone else feel the tension building? Nope, not yet? Well, in fashion terms it is the ‘Summer holidays’ still – that slow moving month of August that lulls everyone into … Continue reading
Films for September 2011 – step away from the rom-com
Break out of your rom-com rut by taking a chance on these films coming out over the next month. The Skin I Live In – out 26 August From director … Continue reading
IN PHOTOS: Bombay Sapphire vs Rebel Dining Society
Last Thursday Sophie Caldecott and I went to the press preview of the second in the Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series – events that those makers of the blue bottled gin … Continue reading
Kurt Geiger gives you everything but the dress
I had a little wander around Covent Garden yesterday; I have a penchant for gawking at the street performers, especially the guy that dresses up as a dog in a kennel (I’m … Continue reading
Behind the scenes at John Lewis Edition magazine
Ever on the hunt for ways to boost my knowledge of magazine publishing, last week I spent a morning with the team behind John Lewis Edition, the brand’s customer magazine. … Continue reading
Festival beauty essentials – don’t forget to pack light
With V Festival this weekend, Reading and Leeds not far off and my own pick of the summer – Bestival – rounding up the British festival season, we thought we’d … Continue reading
Pimp my Palace: Marie Antoinette’s Versailles
They say you should never meet your heroes. And I generally believe this to be true. I mean, I can pretty much guarantee an encounter with Liam Gallagher (insert mockery here) will … Continue reading
You are invited to our first tweetup
We’re very excited to announce our first ever event, which we’re calling the Fashion’s Night Out Tweetup, on 8th September 2011. What is it a tweetup? Twitter + meet up … Continue reading
Louche, my go-to label for flattering high street fashion
We should know by now not to set foot in the Topshop Oxford Circus on a Friday afternoon. Yet still we go in our hordes, queuing for the changing rooms … Continue reading
Ten things I learned at the royal wedding dress exhibition
Six different types of lace can be seen on the dress. Four of the lace motifs were chosen to represent the nations of the United Kingdom– rose, thistle, daffodil … Continue reading
RECIPE: Melting chocolate pots
Nigella still comes top of my list of celebrity chefs when it comes to delicious, easy desserts. I’ve made these melt-in-the-middle warm chocolate pots for a few dinner parties recently, … Continue reading
Style Alert: Fearne Cotton and the invasion of Aussie Brands
There are very few people’s style I actually admire. I mean, I would die to look like an Olsen twin, yet others think they look like the richest homeless kids … Continue reading
Today I’m wearing: the Nixon Kensington
Way back in 2008, I happened upon a watch that I wanted badly. It was during the phase when I became mildly obsessed with royal blue (the dust currently gathering … Continue reading
Get dirty at the Wellcome Collection
You’ve got three weeks left to see Dirt, the latest exhibition at my favourite free London museum the Wellcome Collection. Chronicling dirt, disease and decay throughout the ages, Dirt: The … Continue reading
Fela! at Sadlers Wells – shake it like a technicolour picture
I have definitely got the bum for this kind of dancing, I thought to myself five minutes into Fela!, the musical based on the life of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti. … Continue reading
