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Vote in the Handbag Online Fashion Awards
I like to keep up-to-date with online shopping (so that I can bring you all the latest news), and now my expertise has been used to judge the Handbag Online Fashion Awards!
As part of the panel, along with Leon Bailey Green, Handbag editor Belinda White and Courtney Blackman, we have selected a short list for the fashion sites.
Choose your favourite place to shop online by clicking here and voting.
Hillary Talks Sexism, Obama's Job Offer, and Mad Men to Vogue
Hillary Clinton finally sat down for a long-overdue Vogue interview. She offended editor Anna Wintour during the primaries by turning down the fashion mag out fear of looking "too feminine." And though she won't be on the December cover, the article is as substantial and satisfying as a cover story.
Breaking News: London Fashion Week Schedule Announced
This morning the provisional schedule for September's London Fashion Week was announced. The Spring/Summer season (I know, how confusing) will kick off as usual with a show from Irish designer Paul Costelloe on Sunday 14th September. That day continues with the likes of PPQ and Ann Sofie Back before Monday's shows by Luella, Mario Schwab, Temperley London and Paul Smith to name but a few.
Oh Snap! Pakistan Shows Off Its Style
More color and less skin filled the runways yesterday during the first day of Pakistan's Fashion Week, an event that will feature over 30 Pakistani designers. The organizers had to push back the four-day event twice due to security fears, but at last the beautiful show must go on. Check out these gorgeous photos.
Ralph Lauren Rep Apologizes For Photoshopping Model
When controversy erupted over an image for Ralph Lauren's Blue Label — model Filippa Hamilton's body appeared to have been digitally retouched, so that she looked bobble-headed and emaciated — I was convinced that the image wasn't the original ad. I was sure that it had been retouched by one of those "thinspirational" proanorexia blogs you hear about which feature models Photoshopped, so that they look like Holocaust victims.
Wow, was I wrong.
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Fab Flash: A Luella Update
Yesterday, I shared the sad news that Luella had lost it's license and financial backer. The British fashion house is loved by celebrities and mere mortals alike with Bartley scooping Designer of the Year in 2008. Luella is now seeking a new financial backer and looking to the future.
Breaking News: Luella is No More
I unfortunately have to break some very sad news to you as one of London's best loved fashion labels, Luella, is no more. The announcement came today as WWD revealed that the long term investor Club 21 have walked away from the design house.
According to a statement, VSQ Limited who operated the Luella business have reluctantly “taken the decision not to invest further in its relationship with Luella Bartley Limited.” Bartley commented, "This is a very disappointing situation for everyone involved with the brand…I very much appreciate the support that VSQ has given me, but it is upsetting not to be able to protect jobs in this difficult economic climate.
Breaking News: Victoria's Secret Is Coming to the UK
Calling all lingerie fans — there's some exciting news on the horizon! Following the successful launch of Banana Republic, Abercrombie & Fitch and Anthropologie in the UK, another store is rumoured to be crossing the Atlantic. Victoria's Secret has already begun to scout for store locations.
Friday Fab News Roundup
- Lara Bohinc's shoe collection — Vogue UK
- Victoria's Secret Fashion Show announces its top ten finalists — FWD
- Fab Ad: Daisy Lowe for Louis Vuitton — FabSugar UK
- Beyonce Knowles in David Koma — Red Carpet Fashion Awards
- Designer denim drops in price — The Budget Fashionista
- Annie Leibovitz focuses on deal — Page Six
- Best budget-friendly boots — Frugal-Fashionista
- Chloe Green for Topshop — Vogue UK
- Shoes: A not-so-guilty pleasure — New York Times
- MTV's 'Styl'D' shows the reality of a stylist's job — LA Times
- Escada sold — Vogue UK
- Why big models are big fashion news — Guardian UK
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