Have you still not joined Pinterest?

Guys! Have you not heard about the newest social media bandwagon upon which you’re supposed to jump? Pinterest is the latest hyped to the heavens website that aims to “connect everyone in the world through the ‘things’ they find interesting.” I was dubious at first, but now I’m really getting into it.

How does it work? You go to www.pinterest.com and request an invite. Once you’re signed up you download a little button that sits on your browser that says Pin It. Whenever you see an image on the web that you want to share you hit the button and save it to a Pinboard. So you might save a photo of Ryan Gosling looking ridiculously hot to a Pinboard called ‘My Future Husband,’ for example. You can also choose to post your Pins to Facebook or Twitter as you go along, and you can follow other Pinners and ‘repin’ their images on your boards.

If you’re a visual sort of person (and you’re reading this awesome fashion blog right now so I imagine you’ve got pretty good taste) you’ll probably love Pinterest. Like most new social media sites, it takes a bit of practice but before long it gets addictive and you can’t stop pinning. I got properly hooked last weekend after the Angry Birds photo on my nail art Pinboard got 15 repins (I’d barely got a single repin before that). And my best friend Caroline discovered that someone had pinned an old street style photo of me, which I was pretty excited about: little old me, a source of style pinspiration, who’d have thought?

Check out Style & Then Some on Pinterest and leave me a comment below with some tips on which Pinners I should be following.

What we wore // LFW Day 1

 

Dipal: Topshop maxi dress, black vintage dress (underneath), Chelsea boots, and black Topshop leather jacket.

Sophie: Pret a Portobello skirt, Hollister camisole, vintage Mulberry belt, vintage Ralph Lauren cardigan, boots from Urban Outfitters.

Me versus The Hanger – Samantha takes on H&M plastic

Ever ask your friend to grab a joke dress to try on so she can come in the changing room with you? There’s the matronly looking joke dress above – pale mauve maxi tunic with pleated skirt – but fast forward two minutes in the H&M changing rooms and I thought I’d wandered into a production of A Midsummer’s Night Dream.

Although it needs some quality time with an iron, the dress (£25, H&M) and Samantha’s accessories were meant to be together. Gold Michael Kors watch, camel H&M wedges, gold pocketwatch necklace and loose, romantic curls.

H&M hanger 0, Samantha 1.

If you’ve ever picked up a random pair of trousers or floaty top that looked amazing once you’d got it on or had high hopes for a frilly frou-frou confection that didn’t quite come off, send us your Me versus The Hanger photos to styleandthensome@gmail.com.

#TodayImWearing: Katie, Katie and Helene Day Three of LFW

Frantically swapping tickets after an envelope mix-up disaster, the (extended) S&TS team found a little downtime between shows for LFW posing. We’ve always got energy when someone points a camera at us..

Coat from John Lewis Kids (!), vintage boots, H&M bag and new hair

 

That's a Whistles cardigan, Topshop shoes and H&M skirt and tee

 

Working Urban Outfitters boots and blazer with Gap shirt and H&M leggings, accessorised with a Fashion Scout pillar

#TodayImWearing: Sophie and Faraz Day Two of LFW

Perfect the art of the fashion blag, dressed in this – as we did all day at Vauxhall Fashion Scout and the BFC Showspace..

J Lindeberg shirt, Folk jacket, Uniqlo trousers and don't forget the Canon 5D

 

Oasis dress, Topshop pumps and bag from Afflecks Palace, Manchester

#TodayI’mWearing: Sophie and Sophie Day One of LFW

Too many invites, too many “muses” and “style icons” in our way, not enough time = what I like to call Fashion Eek. But Sophie and Sophie still kept it together on their first morning running between shows.

Dress picked up in the sale at Oasis yesterday - ssshh, don't tell anyone

Rocking a jumpsuit from Dotty Ps and crown of plaits

Make wool cool and win a trip to Australia

Now, I realise it’s summer over here in the UK and all you want to think about wearing are denim shorts and playsuits, but a little bit of styling effort with your favourite wool garments on the Fashion by Feelings website could nab you a trip to the Australia, where it’s well on the way to winter.

Launched by Aussie wool promoters Woolmark as part of the We Love Wool campaign, Fashion by Feelings invites you to upload a photo of a look associated with one of twelve feelings – like cute, seductive, powerful or natural. It’s a lot like every wannabe street style photographers favourite website, Lookbook.nu, but the crucial criteria here is that every look has to involve wool in one way or another.

The look that gets the most ‘loves’ by the end of September 2011 will win the grand prize, which includes return flights to Sydney for two people, six nights accommodation, a wool shopping spree worth AUD $3,600, a pair of EMU boots each and a visit to a Merino wool farm. Even if you don’t want to post a look yourself, all voters will be entered into a weekly draw to win a wool prize pack from EMU Australia worth AUD $400.

I went to Australia in April this year (and blogged about this great fashion exhibition I saw in Melbourne) but I wouldn’t mind another trip out there, so I’m off to think up a wooltastic outift that I can upload. So far I’m thinking it’s going to involve a classic navy vintage Lyle and Scott jumper styled up all nautical. Good luck if you decide to have a go too.

Visit the Fashion by Feelings website to upload your look and vote for your favourites. Look out for iPhone and iPad apps coming in August.