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Monthly Archives: January, 2012

How do I look?

Each week on my LCF short course I’m given an assignment to complete. I thought that since I’ve got to write these things anyway I may as well throw them … Continue reading

January 31, 2012 · 2 Comments

Katie Hillier and the BFC Rock Vault

As London Fashion Week fast approaches, it feels like we’ve reached the home stretch. While bloggers and press dust off their trophy trousers and finery, here at Style and Then … Continue reading

January 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The eternal feminine: Valentino Spring/Summer 2012

I was such a big fan of Valentino‘s Autumn/Winter 2011 collection that the other day I was considering doing something that only die-hard fashion obsessives do: watch a live video … Continue reading

January 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Dear Wildfox, adopt me please?

Dear Wildfox, I know this may sound slightly unethical, but would you like to sponsor my life?  I promise to wear nothing but Wildfox White Label for SS12 and, as … Continue reading

January 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment

OMG! Tilda Swinton stole my style.

Just look: the maroon blazer, the white shirt, the black ankle-skimming trousers. Even my signature blonde undercut pixie crop – Tilda Swinton has been caught red handed in possession of … Continue reading

January 28, 2012 · 2 Comments

Com-pleat-ly in love… with pleats

It’s often the way with fashion that us plebs can’t afford to buy into the trends that we like straight away, and so eye up what we want for a … Continue reading

January 27, 2012 · 2 Comments

Doing it for the Boys: Menswear Week to hit London

Menswear Day.  Yep, if you are a regular on the London Fashion Week scene you will be familiar with the one day that British fashion has deemed sufficient enough to … Continue reading

January 26, 2012 · 1 Comment

Pre-book or prepare to queue|David Hockney’s A Bigger Picture at the Royal Academy

The new David Hockney exhibition, A Bigger Picture, at the Royal Academy has only been open for four days and it’s already proving extremely popular. ‘I’m SO clever,’ I thought … Continue reading

January 25, 2012 · 2 Comments

Sizing up: On the importance of good underwear

It was Coco Chanel who reportedly said that ‘Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.’ It’s a trite cliché to say that when dressing, women should start with a … Continue reading

January 24, 2012 · 6 Comments

The Olympics: Riches or Ruin?

The Olympics.  These two words conjure up a somewhat mixed bag of emotions for me.  As someone who has never been excessively involved in competitive sport, I find it’s becoming … Continue reading

January 23, 2012 · 1 Comment

Book Porn | Selfridge’s Pop-Up Library

Last week saw what some silly statisticians term as ‘Blue Monday’ – the most depressing day of the year. Worked out using an equation (that can be found here) that … Continue reading

January 23, 2012 · 2 Comments

Leslie Knope – feminist, inspiration and future President of the USA

I just read an essay called The Ontology of Performance (to help my sister with a presentation) in which there was a lot of talk about speaking men and silent … Continue reading

January 22, 2012 · 1 Comment

2012: The Game Changer for new, unpredictable music?

Recently, I have found myself becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of originality the so-called ‘breakthrough’ musical artists of 2011 were supposed to possess.  I will not pretend to be … Continue reading

January 22, 2012 · 7 Comments

And the winner is…

Congratulations to Emma, who won the online part of our beauty giveaway – the other winner was Jess, at the Tweet Up. Emma sent us this photo when she received … Continue reading

January 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I’m going back to school

Not for good though. I’m starting a short course at the London College of Fashion. Along with beekeeping, I’m starting another extra-curricular activity this year. Although, actually, this one is … Continue reading

January 19, 2012 · 3 Comments

Outgrowing Hollister

You can tell a lot about a man based on how he reacts to being taken into a shop like Abercrombie & Fitch, or Hollister, its little sister brand. It’s … Continue reading

January 19, 2012 · 4 Comments

Pretty girls pretending to be unattractive | New Girl

I had kind of a mixed reaction when I watched New Girl, the new American series which has just started on Channel 4. The concept behind the show is that … Continue reading

January 18, 2012 · 9 Comments

Here are some excellent new people we met at our Tweet Up who you should follow on Twitter

Fashion bloggers, designers, illustrators, and burlesque performers…these are just a handful of the Tweeters who came to our second fashion tweet up last week. Click on the links on their … Continue reading

January 17, 2012 · 2 Comments

Kids on the catwalk | Anais Gallagher

The fashion industry’s obsession with all things young and beautiful shows no sign of abating. Earlier this week The Daily Telegraph reported Anais Gallagher (daughter of Oasis front man Noel … Continue reading

January 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Ted Baker SS12 Preview Show

Last Wednesday, Style & Then Some were invited to attend Ted Baker’s SS12 preview catwalk show.  This affair is usually only witnessed by the company’s sales staff as a way … Continue reading

January 16, 2012 · 3 Comments
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